The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-05
Annual Memorial Services at the
Elks Lodge.
The Marble Tablet Now Contains
13 Names.
MR.. CLEMENS ADDRESS
His Effort Original and Very In
teresting.
HarshalI'S Band Furnishes the
Music for the Occasion.

The annual memorial services of the
Benevolent and Protective Order OF
Elks, were held Sunday afternoon il
the library and parlors of the club
rooms in the Masonic building
The comfortable club rooms were well
filled, and the impressive service was
most beautifully given. Marshall's band
was stationed in the dining room, and
the doors and windows communicating
with other parts of the club quarters
were thrown open
The visitors were ushered in to the
central section of the seats provided in
the library and two sections of seats
were reserved for the members of the
organization
All the members of the order assem-
bled in the lodge room where they
formed in double file and marched into
the library to the music of march by
MarshalPs band
The opening exercises wer~ conducted
by the exalted ruler, Mr.. A G.. Good
win and the ritual exercises were par
ticipated in by the exalted ruler and the
other officers of the order. The mem
bers of the lodge followed by singing
the opening ode:
Great Ruler of the universe, all-seeing
Look down upon and bless our work, and
be all glory Thine ,,,,-
And let this be our sign, o Elks, and let
this be our sign,
The Golden Rule our motto true, for the
days of AUD Lang Syne-'
G. c. Clemens delivered the eulogy. Mr..
Clemens was in good form and his schol-
arly address showed deep thought.
In his introductory talk Mr.. Clemens
called attention to the characteristic
traits of the Elk, the animal after which,
its gentleness and timidness are exemph-
fed in the history of the order. The ElkS'
known charitable acts and the many deeds
of benevOlence. friendship and charity are
but the reflection of the trait of gentle
ness in the elk. he declared, while the
tinidity of the elk is typified in the tim
orousneSs of member of the order to do
wrong against his brother in the order or
in fact towards any person.
Dwelling but briefly upon this subject
Mr.. Clemens passed on to the subject OF
the eulogy of the dead. In the fourteen
years of the existence of the order in To-
ship of nearly 500, but thirteen members
have died.
death is inevitable" declared Mr. Gle
mems. Every Elk upon entrance into the
order has this thought thrust upon him,
and he is constantly taught to live such
a life he thinks most fitting with death
as the climax"
Mr.. Clemens then delved into the sub
ject of Immortality; and his arguments
were carefully and astonishingly made,
showing that immortality is a certainty,
and not dream
The services were, as usual, pleasant
and profitable for all who attended, and
the exercises closed with ceremonies par
ticipated in by the members, followed by
the singing of the DoXology.
The following names have been chiSeled
upon the Elks' memorial tablet:
Frank G.. Stiles, Benjamin NJ. Curtis, ]
William P. Popenoe, jr., John F. H. Nc
kibben, Eugene Wolfe, Lewis G. Hast
ings, George S. Roberts, William A. Sell
Ter, Moses Sarbach. Jacob ] Frey, James
S Sproat, Herbert S. Hadley, Frank l.
Brown