Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-26
No More Entries for Degree Team
Contests.
PRIZES AGGRECATlNG So, 45OOFFERED
Rebekah Lodges in keokuk, Mason
City, MarshaIItown, Humboldt and
From Cities in Other States Will Be
Represented at Meeting.

be given by the sovereign grand lodge
to the best degree working teams in
the Odd Fellow lodges of the country
have been closed and the list made
public at Des Moines by Grand Secre-
tary Tilton of that city, where the
meeting will take place next month. 1t
includes number of Iowa teams
which Will compete for the $3,450 Of
fered for the best work during the
week Of the lodge meeting.
Al of the stats which compete must
be composed of at least twelve mem
bers except that the contestants for
the special Rebekah degree prize
may consist of from six to ten men,
bers. Secretary Tilton is not in re-
ceipt of the names of the members of
the teams that have been entered.
Drills will occupy not more or less
than one hour and a half All of the
lodge rooms in Des Moines have been
secured for the disqualification of the
work. An hour for rehearsal will be
+ given to each team.
The competing stats except those CT
Rebekahs are expected to appear in the
grand parade on Wednesday, Septem-
Der II.
Ratings of the contestants will be
on ritualistic work, unwritten work,
dramatic Interpretation, delivery and
1mpressiveness of charges and floor
work. The Introduction ,of tableaux
and features wherein words are not
used is permissible in the competition
but there must be no Interpolation or
deviation from the language of the
ritual.
The following are the degree teams
which have entered to contest for the
prizes:
Rebekah Degree.
Colfax, No. 4, Keokuk.
Queen, No. 100, Mason City.
Electric, No. 331, Marshalltown.
Humboldt, No. 200, Humboldt.
ella, No. Sc, Chicago, III.
Myrtle, No. 256, Moline, III.
Sylvia, No. AL, Indianapolis, Ind.
Woodbine. No. 4. Nashville, Tenn.
Special Rebekah Staff.
Evening Star, No. 5, st. Paul, MINI.
Encampment Degrees.
Metropolitan encampment, No. 5, In
dianapolis, Ind; Patriarchal and Roy
al Purple degrees.
SiiS ulIlldHI DC9Tec.
Canton Pioneer, No. 8, Des Moines.
Canton Apollo, No. 8, st. Paul,
MINI.
Canton Capital, No. AZ, Indianapo-
lis.
Subordinate Lodge Degrees.
Indianapolis lodge, No. 465, Indian.
apolis, Ind, first and third degrees.
Woodward, No. 212, Richmond, Ind,
third degree.
Meriden, No. 4S0, Indianapolis, mi
tiatory and second
Shelby, No. 80, Selbyville, Ind, in
itiatory and second.
Capital, No. 124, indianapolis, init
iatory and first
Center, No. 1S, Indianapolis, initia
tory and third.
John Ericsson. No. 361, Chicago, mi
tiatory and third.
Philoxenian, No. Al, Indianapolis,
third.
Congress, No. 1862, Chicago, initia-
tory and second.
Marion, No. Is, Miamisburg, O.,
first.
North Star, No. 6, Minneapolis, first
and third.
woodward, No. 46O, Woodward, Ia.
first and second.
Banner, No. 1913, Marshalltown, sec
ond.
Sioux City, No. 1854, Sioux City, in.
itiatory.
The prizes are larger this time than
any previous sovereign grand lodge
meeting. They are as follows:
Subordinate Degrees.
Initiatory-F First, 5000 cash; second,
500 paraphernalia; third, $50 cash.
First degree 5000 cash; second,
500 paraphernalia; third, $50 cash.
Second degree-Frst, 5000 cash; sec,
ond, 800 paraphernalia; third, $50
cash. Third degree-First, 5000 cash;
second, $100 paraphernalia; third, $50
cash.
Rebekah degrees-First, 5000 cash;
second, 500 cash; third, SIS cash;
fourth, $50 cash.
Special Rebekah degree First, SIS;
second, $50.
Encampment degrees Patriarchal
First. s1l0; second, $75; third, $50.