Time and conditions change so rapidly that unless we keep on the alert, ever working, watching, improving and learning, we will be left behind in the race of progress.
Eternal vigilance is the price of success.
Increasing in membership at a rate which is without precedent in the Order, bringing into our ranks men and women of the highest intelligence, standing and character, to stand and keep on the same old rut would be a positive crime, and downright refusal to use those powers, advantages and opportunities which God has given us to make our Order the strongest, best and most beneficial. Into this army have come teachers, preachers, lawyers, doctors, businessmen, working men and women. The good and true, the noble and pure men and women from every rank and walk of life. They have come hoping and wishing for an opportunity to join hands, and still further cement our fraternal band. First we need a savings bank, chartered, officered and run by the men and women of this Order.