The Nevada journal., 1854-05-19
For the Nevada Journ
Masonic Education.


IN Sacramento city the lst inst, was very full
there being l54 votes in the election ofofficers
Grand Master Ratcliffe presided over this bod
during its session with patience, prudence an,
ability. His assistant, the Deputy Gran,
Master, t. A. Thomas was constantly at hi
post and with able, Industrious and Jealous ef
forts drew about him host of friends whc
were unanimously in favor of his reelection t.
| the high position he had so honorably ant
ably filled for good reasons he declined
accepting. e'e -,e7saf -,
The subject Of educating the Orphans wa.
prominently brought before the Lodge, but
for want of time the plan proposed was moi
mat'ired. A committee was appointed tc
take charge of the School Lands donated to The
Grand Lodge for a College by Gen. A. NJ
Winn, the locality of which is highly common
ded by the Sacramento papers. The committee
will receive donations from all benevolent per-
sons, either in lands, town lots, money, books,
charts, and other things suitable for educational
purposes. The deputy Grand Master Cox n
G. Curtis will receive and answer all comnlu-
nications upon the subject, he being one of the
committee. COL Curtis is the Recorder OF
Sacramento having the confidence of the peo-
pie and the esteem and support of his brother
Masons. No bettrr selection could have been
made for the high office of D. G. Master.
The Grand Master, Wm. Ii. Howard, is a
man of most exemplary character, an amioblc
man, free and pleasant in conversation, u deyo-
ted Mason and is most enthusiastically in favor
of permanent and effective syetem of Edu-
cation to be established and carried out by the
Grand Lodge of this State. He may be ad-
dressed at San Jose.
!. o. O. F.--Thc Grand Lodge of Odd Fel-
lows closed their annual meeting on the 1lth at
Sacramento city. The attendance was very
large, considering how hard it is for q man to
be qualified to become Past Grand and none
others can sit in the Grand Lodge. A man
must faithfully serve and have the full conf
dence of the members of subordinate Lodge
for two years to reach that high position
Hence very few but men of moral bearing and
industrious habits ever attain to that degree Of
eninence yet it is much more difficult to hold
sufficient influence over the members of the
Grand Lodge to become its master. Butsome
Que must hold those high positions. The
Grand Master for the last year not only filed
the place with honor to himself and benefit to
the Order--but so commanded the esteem Of
his brother Past Grands as to receive at their
hands most beautiful watch and chain, pre-
scnted by his successor, DR.. Morse. The
speeches on the occasion would have read well
on the pages of the history of Odd Fellowship
and should have been preserved. '9
Dr. John f. Morse is the Grand Master fer
made He is able, benevolent, honest aud in
dustrous and in every way qualified to perform
the duties of his high Office. a.
There are twenty-six Lodges now at work in
this state, what change since the Pioneer
band of the Odd Fellows association in
Sacramento city in August 1919, threw out
their banner of charity and spent. thousands of
Dollars for the relief Of hundreds, helpless and
destitute in strange land without home and
friends those were the days to try men S souls.
How pleasant it must be for Gen. Winn, DR..
Morse, Cen Miles and others to reflect upon
their efforts at relief and look upon the grand
phalanx now lowering around the nucleus OF
sacrificing Friendship Love and Truth.