The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-24
Reunion of Scottish Rite Bodies
Valley of Topeka.
Eighteenth Annual Reunion In
cludes Big Demonstration.
ON MAUNDY THURSDAY.
Ceremony of Distinguishing and
Relighting the Lights.
IL. p, Lodge to Give a Progress
siYe High Five Party.

! The eighteenth semi-annual reunion
of the Scottish Rite bodies in the valley
| of Topeka will be held at the Masonic
| building, March 25 to 2s.
l The degrees in the Lodge of Perfec-
.tion No. 3, including the fourteenth,
will be conferred Tuesday afternoon
and evening. The degrees in Unity
| Chapter Rose Croix No. 1 from the
| fifteenth to eighteenth, inclusive, will
| be conferred Wednesday morning and
| afternoon. The degrees in Godfrey de
St. Omar Council knights Kadosh No.
2, from the nineteenth to thirtieth, in
| elusive, will be conferred Wednesday
| evening. Thursday morning and after
noon and Friday morning, Thursday
evening being set apart for the Maundy
Thursday ceremonies. The thirty-first
and thirty-second degrees, in Topeka
ConSiStory No. l, will be conferred F'ri-
| day afternoon and evening. the music
for the reunion will be furnished by the
Amphion quartette, composed of II. L.
Shirer, Mrs Frank s. Thomas. Mrs L.
S. Ferry and Frank S. Crane.
The reunion will be in charge OF the
following committees:
Reunion nmittee-Alfred Alexander
Rodgers 22d degree, chairman; William
Henry Wilson 33d degree. John William
Neale 32d degree, Early Whitten Poin-
dexter 33d degree, Homer Caleb Bow
man, 33d degree, secretary; w. C. f.
Reichenbach, 32d degree, treasurer.
Examination committee = Matthew
Murray Miller s3d degree, Jonathan
Dorr Norton 33d degree, Evan Davis 33d
degree Adrian Cyrus Sherman 33d de-
gree, James Albert Hass 3Sd degree,
Walter White Phillips 3Sd degree.
Entertainment cOmmittee-William
Elder 32d degree, K. c. c. H, chairman;
Edward Francis AIcDermott 32d degree,
William Green 33d degree, Daniel w.
degree, Theophilus p. Rodgers 32d de-
gree, K. c. c. H, Samuel Cunningham
32d degree.
Hoted committee-W. C. F. Reichen-
bach 32d degree, Carl w. Nellis 32d de-
gree.
Music committee-John w. Neale s2d
degree.
Director of claSS-William ii. wilson
33d degree.
The ceremony of extinguishing the
lights on Maundy Thursday will be
held at $50 o'clock, and the BANQUET
will begin at 7 o'clock. The programme
for the banquet is as follows:
Will Curliss Chaffee, 32d degree, x c.
c. H, POSTMASTER.
Scottish Rite Masonry" Response
by T. w. Harrison, S3d degree. SOW
ereign grand inspector general.
Music Solo by Frank Snow Crane,
The bay Cnaundy Thursday and its
Meaning to U.s. Response by Rev.
James P. de b. Kaye, 18th degree.
Music. Nearer. My God. to Thee
Religious and Political Equality"
Music Solo by Frank Snow Crane,
S2d degree.
Masonic Influences Response by
Thorp Buttolph Jennings, 32d degree
Music "Auld Lang syne"
Patriotism Response by John C.
Payne, 32d degree.
Music, star spangled Banner"
Loyalty Response by Homer G.
Bowman, S2d degree.
Music America
Our Departed" In silence.
Music, Home, Sweet Home"
The Easter services and the cere-
monies of relighting the lights will be
held Sunday morning, March 30, at 9
o'clock, at the Masonic building. Rev.
John G. Maver, S2d degree, will deliver
the address.
Webb McNalI, former state superin-
tendent of insurance. holds the second
highest office in the sovereign grand
lodge of the A. o. u. w. He is the SUI
sovereign grand lodge meeting at Port
land this year he will be elected to be
supreme master, the highest office in
the gift of the order.
G. E. r. Charles E. Pickett is con-
sidering and will probably grant dis
pensation for a new ElkS lodge in Ma
Mia. Philippine islands There are 200
applicants on the charter list, and forty
resident Elks indorsed their applica-
ton.
The Red Men enjoyed a dance at
Hudson's hall Thursday night. The
knights of Pythias band furnished the
music.
Signs of awakening interest in the
proposal to make the sessions of the
Odd Fellows supreme grand lodge bien-
NAL are observed in many of the jour-
nails of the order published in the
states.
rank will initiate four new candidates
Wednesday night. March 26, the Val
liant lodge No. 155 of the knights of Py-
thias will give progressive high five
party for the members of the order and
their gentlemen friends. The affair is
to be strictly stag" and refreshments
will be served during the evening.
The Degree of Honor postponed the
regular meeting of the society Thursday
afternoon to one week from that date.
The Nautilus club will meet Tuesday
afternon at o'clock with Mrs. D. L.
McEachron Washburn college. The |
regular programme will be carried out !
The roll-call will be answered with |
quotations from Corio1anus.