The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-06
HIRAM LODGES CELEBRATION.
Oldest Masonic Lodge in the State ana
It's Big 15Oth Anniversary

Oldest Masonic Lodge in the State ana
It's Big 150th Anniversary
The four days celebration of the l5Oth
anniversary of the granting of char
ter to Horam lodge, No. !, F. and A.
M, began last night. Hiram lodge is
the oldest lodge of Masons in the state,
and for a year committees have been
arranging for an elaborate celebration
of the anniversary.
The big day will be tomorrow. In
the afternoon of that day there will be
literary and historical exercises in the
Hyperion theater, after which address
es will be delivered by Hon. Lynde Har-
Tison, Congressman N. d. SperIy eX-
Lieutenant Governor j. D. DeWell and
Grand Master John O. Rowland. In
the evening of that day there will be a
promenade concert, invitations to which
have been extended to H. r. H., Albert
Edward, Prince of Wales, Grand Mas
ter of the Masons of All England.
Grand Master of the Dominion of Can
ada; President Mckinley and the
grand masters of lodges in the thirteen
original states.
Last evening the oldest past masters
worked the first degree. This evening
the youngest past masters will work
the second degree, Thursday evening
the third degree will be worked by the
regular officers Of the lodge and BAN
quet of immense proportions will be
served at the conclusion.
The Hon. Lynde Harrison is the
chairman of the executive committee in
charge of the event, and is also the
chairman of the committee on the his
tory of the lodge. Judge Harrison, Col
onel Norris G. Osborn, John B. Caring
ton, Seymour c. Loomis, Ex-Governor
Henry B. Harrison, and Hobart L.
Hotchkiss are members Of the recep-
tion committee. Charles e. Hooghkirk
as the oldest surviving past master of
Hiram Last Tuesday he celebrated his
seventy-fourth birthday. He is hale
and hearty and still takes an interest
In Hiram with as much enthusiasm as
he did when he first became a member
of the lodge.
Following is the order of exercises of
the public observance of the one hun
dred and fiftteth anniversary of Hiram
lodge No. 1, A. f. and A. M, at the Hy-
perion theater tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
Overture-Ruy Bias ....... Mendelssohn
Orchestra.
Address of Welcome-Chares Bonney,
master of Hiram lodge No. /.
Ode to Masonry Observation-Disclosures.
............. Music, Arthur Sullivan
Mems Chorus.
Address-John o. Rowland, grand mas
ter of Connecticut.
Ode, Horace XIII, "Integer Vitae"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Fleming
Mems Chorus.
Lodge History 1850 to 180O-Wallace S.
Moyle, past master of Hiram lodge
No 1.
Masonic Ode-Oft' as Evening Shad-
ows Falling Observation-Disclosures.
Mems Chorus.
Lodge History, 1900 to 1S50-James D.
Dewell, past master of Hiram lodge
No. 1.
"Coronation March" ........ Eilenberg
Orchestra.
Lodge History, 1850 to 190O-Lynde Har-
rison.
Quartette-I With Her My Darling
Hauptman
Temple Quartette
Address-Nehemiah d. Sperry, past
master of Wooster lodge No. 70.
Ode to Masonry-A Stately Temple
Rears it's Head ................
iAddress-The University of Freema-
sonry-Charles Kleiner
Selection from 'The Singing Grip.
Observation-Disclosures. Herbert
Orchestra.
Address-The Centennial Celebra ton
of 1850-James M. Townsend.
Ballet music-Faust .Gounod
Address-Masonry in Eastern Coun-
tries-William S. Wells.
Chant-Remember Now the Creator
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Rhodes
Mems Chorus.
Address-Masonry in the British Isles
as Compared With Masonry in
Connecticut-Luke A. Lockwood
past grand master of Connections.
Doxology--Old Hundred.