The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-06
IL CoAIING REI-NIoN-


Beginning on Monday. the 18th day OF
this month, and extending through the
four days including the 18th. viii be cele-
brated in this city the twenty-second
eeUi- annual reunion Of the coordinate
bodies OF the Ancient and Accepted Scot
itsh Rite Of Freema sorry. Wichita Con-
s-story No 2 for the Southern grand ma
sonic jurisdiction
This is the regular meeting for work
which occurs twice every year, in the
spring and autumn. and which invariably
II this city attracts candidates from ali
over the tributary territory governed and
controlled by the Wichita bodies. For
e.even years this has been the most i'm
portant gathering together of Nfasons OF
I'll branches and all grades. the autumn
class being nearly always the largest OF
the two. At these sessions all OF the de-
Erees in the four distinct departments
ere conferred or communicated from the
fourth 10 the thirty-secoud- Always
elaborate preparations are arranged by
the various appointed committees and ex-
ecutive officers, 50 as 10 make the ap-
pointed ceremonies both solmenly effec-
tive and also according the regula-
tons Of the Mother Supreme Council Of
the world. whom the local bodies yield
elegance. At every seTni-annual meet
ing of the Wichita Consistory its at
tempts. its actual doings, and final re-
suits, are closely and admiringly watched
By the entire masonic world so far as the
Scotland Rite holds sway. Never from
the inception in this city OF the rite UP to
the renowned Temple dsdicatory cere-
r1onLse Of last May has there failed 70
be present such a class OF nOvitiates
reeking further light as 10 win the admir-
alton and wonder Of every organized Con-
sistory under the sun, and they all are
AT once made aware Of the happenings
Of each individual local body. Now thai
the finest Sotch Rite cathedral in the
Southern Jurisdiction IL completed in de-
tail. and by powers delegated and con-
@eyed from the fountain head dedicated
and ascribed. the coming semi-annual
class VIII logically and naturally be not
only larger than ever. but also more en-
tnusiasdc and eager for the benefits, priv
neges and honors 70 be received. This.
the fall class Of 1858, win not only be up
20 the aaverage in point Of numbers, but
composed Of the most splendid and avail
able masonic material to be found with
n the ascribed confines Of the Consis-
toryss Jurisdiction This VIII be the sec
ond reunion ever held in the new cathe-
dral and all officers, both elevated and
minor. as well as each and every nem-
Der. are united and IN warm accord 70
make IL one Of the most epechal and
memorable in the brief history of The
Consistory. \ very satisfactory class is
row on the way, and il Is now known
to a surety that before the secretary's
books close for balloting under dispen-
sation several more petitions viii be re-
ceived. so that on Monday evening, the
I4th OF November at : O'Clock, all VIII
be IN readiness for Elmo Lodge Of Per-
lection No. 9, to commence the work Of
the reunion. The bodies sitting in the
Valley OF Wichita. Orient Of Kansas, Will
at this fall class confer with all the pomp
and regal splendor of the ancient laws
and customs the complete system OF
ChivaIric degrees upon a class Of Mas
ter Masons and Templar Masons which
shall add yet more laurels upon a record /
now hallowed by the benediction and pro-
nounced approval directly given forth
from the sacred sea OF the House Of the