The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-28
IS A LARGE CLASS
Masonic Degrees to be Con-
ferred on At Candidates
AT SCOTTISH RITE SESSION
Members Here From 0kIaho-
ma, Kansas and Missouri.
AT SCOTTISH RITE SESSION

! The twenty-ffth semi-annuaI reunion
OF the Scottish Rite Masons in the Va!loy
Of Wichita is now in full blast. Yes;er-
| day at o'clock reception was given 10
the visiting members. Among these ere:
a. c. Stewart. ST. Louis: Robert Dausb-
erty and a. r. Glazier, Newton: =. D.
Schermerhorn and F. L. Schermernorn,
| Wilson, Kan; A. Sidney Chase and Ed
ward E. Wellington, Ellsworth; NJ. Tur-
ley, independence; Henry P. Wolff, Luke
Ellison and C. w. Bennett, Oklahoma
City; U. C. Guss. Guthrie, a. O. Baker,
Fargo, North Dakota; ]. NJ. Phillips, Ar
kansas City; Peter Corral, Ell Dorado;
". L. Sullivan, Pauls Valley, / T.: C.
". Conover and F. T. Woodward, Ana
darko, l. T.; Ed D. Little and ]. a. Mill
err Haven. Kan: S. F. Hayden, Fort
Scott; Frank E. Davis, Atchison: E. b.
Schermerhorn and George L McCullagh,
Galena. Kan; w. F. Bray, Ell Dorado;
Geo. George and John McCallum, Cot
tonwood Falls; ]. z. Burbank, Kansas
City, Mo-: John ". Page, Ell Dorado: c.
E. Scudder, Belle Plain: Albert Morris,
Nowata, Kan: T. B. Garcelon, Colwich;
Joseph Tampin, Wilson, Kan: A. K
Wilson, J. w. O'Neiu and w. NJ Shaver,
Topeka; Major A. E. Woodson, Fort
Reno; Harvey Hoener, Caldwell
A class of forty-seven will be taken
through the different degrees.
Yesterday morning the reunion was
organized by commencing work in the
Elmo Lodge of Perfection All the de-
grees from the fourth to the fourteenth
were presented. This work continued
during the afternoon. The presentation
of these degrees was in charge of Fred
H. Stuckey, Venerable Master.
At the evening session work in the
Chapter Rose Croix was taken UP. The
fifteenth and sixteenth degrees were pre-
scented. Owing to the unfortunate i'll
ness Of Henry Wallenstein, the All Wise
Master of this chapter, the work was in
charge Of Thomas G.. Fitch He was ably
assisted by Fred H. Stuckey, C. L. Dav-
idson, B. B. Cushman, E. E. Bleckley, A
NJ. Goldstandt and others.
Today at 9 O'Clock the two remaining
degrees, the seventeenth and eighteenth,
of Rose Croix, will be presented. After
dinner the work will be in the Council of
the knights of Kadosh. All Ehe degrees
from the nineteenth to the .twenty-ninth
will be presented during the afternoon
and evening"
One Of the most interesting features of
this reunion is the music, which is in
charge of Mr.. Henry Huffman. A male
quartette, composed Of Jack Shields, Bion
Hull, Casper Haynes and B. B. Cush-
man sang for the fourth and fifth de-
grees. a mixed quarteete, composed of
Miss Persis Russell. Mrs. Hubert Child,
Fritz Huffman and Nose NJ Johnson,
sang for the fourteenth and sixteenth de-
grees. Their rendition Of Sousa's Mag
nofecat' was especially fine and received
a hearty encore. For the fifteenth degree
in the evening Miss Mable Larimer sang
the noted contralto solo, Loves Trim
ity," by De Koven. Miss Larimer was
beautifully costumed. She received an
encore to which she responded with a
very pretty selection. The class was also
delightfully."- entertained by Professor
George P Garcelon. who has Just come
here from Lewiston, Maine. He is an
artist on the guitar, banjo, mandolin and
violin. He played a selection on every
one Of his four instruments and for each
number received a well merited encore.