Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-20
AMONG THE
FRATERNITIES


This committee was composed of two past
grand chancelIors and David l.. Burnett,
one of the founders of the order. This lat
Ter fact was pleasantly alluded to IN the
report. TIE committee said:
Your committee on fraternal correspond
erce s,lutes the Grand Lodge and through
you gives due greeting TO all the MANY
grand lodges of our order throughout the
p,-tbiau world Our great fraternity IS
forty wears young this evening, ana IL Is
but INST that here where it was born Tour
decades ago recognition should be gwen 10
tie founders of the fraternity ana lhe iln-
uortant services they have rendered 10 the
greatest of purely American orders Oh inns
character
-, cannot fail TO be inspiring to the cor
resnondence committees of the sister 90
mains of this the mother OF them an 10
l,,ov, that in the Grand Lodge 10 WhSh we
. wake This report there are now sltuhg as
accredited elected grand representatives wv
Of the five men VINO Lo-o[ s ne Iocation of
he castle hall in which we now assemple
founded our order. These men are ru" g.
: Kfuban grand representative lIolI ~
,,srior odge No. ~, and David L. Buih ~
i5 an1esentative from Calanthe, NO.
II hoth hale. hearty and loyal; iHenuiS'
charitable and truly beneYoleht, i,,f,
standing the span OF two-ss sl,. ~ solemn.
tirst they took upon themselves the S az,
Iintine obligations of true knignthoou' ss
I'm a2amplified in the progressive rahhS
PA of page, esquire ana kIlSiie AZ
v-orld-embra cling order. ,.,,,,e
On, first founder Justus H. Rathpone,
elaens in his never-to-he-forgotteh g lase,
lis brilliant and jealous co-Wothei. 49, -,
A. Champion, passed ave. potbione's
1Firtv years ago. long before att -
.,.isio, of beauty became the mishty
atty into which it has since deVeiopeu' 90
But with US yet and with US mere OF Of
E.tr~ L. a
psthboue and Champion in the lons-pas,,eo
Tut aforementioned days OF the pes .il
pfngs Of our order in the capltai cry u
republic. 1t will interest the Ean M Com
of other jurisdictions with winch tii9 -, .ol,.
,,,ittre exchanges fraternal news 10 hhow
that neither of these are strahsei9t -
'trope and metaphor, ana tnat ,,s eaI these
,,,anifestlv good to lnger with us yet these
many wears One of them Is a mcnloer VI
the committee which hereby exchanges
greetings with the correspondence Conilit
faas of more than forty other JurlSdlctiohs;
- 4. nerhans unnecessary for us to adu
mat he did not write nor is he responsipie
for this portion of our report Inc IhaJu o,
ity of the committee, however, WIZ ~ii 8
inelv stand sponsors for this paragraph VI
Inc report desire to assure their brethren
i'm sister domains that the kindest OF Wolos
and sincerest of well wishes go TO thenl
with this report from one OF the SURVIVING
founders of the order.
1T is evident that our fraternity mas
,,rospered greatly during the Pythian pc
Rod. Its membership Is IdTSeI' ilS Ca
cheduer stronger and its manifest destiny
plainer than ever before 1t has grown
from five members to nearly G0o,Voo IN the
Gfetimes of some of its surviving founders
Who may tell what vast numbers our fra
ternity may embrace within the Hfetimes
of some of its present younger members
in the wonderful eras of national and ira
ternal expansion now before us! me OF
der is already by far the greatest OF purely
American fraternal organizations: who can
predict how great il will be in the days
when our language and our KIN rule the
world
1T is with regret that your committee
finds itself unable 10 give the exact mem
bership of the order on this anniversary.
This viii be made known by the reports
submitted at the Forthcoming session of
the supreme lodge in Louisville. 1t is,
however. to quote the optimistic language
of our last report to this Grand Lodge,
perfectly apparent that the prosperity and
progress so abundant in the year covered
by the report has continued in evidence.
The Pythian structure is growing strong
year by year, and was never in better
condition m every particular than on the
present suspicious anniversary of the begin
ming of Pythianism in the world of fra
terual organizations. Pythianism has been
practiced by good men and true, true
friends and good friends for many centu-
Iies. 1t has remained, however, for the
closing years of the nineteenth century
and tie dawnng years of the twentieth
century to reach perfect organization
extending over many states and territories
tant areas.
1T is peculiarly fitting that on this oc
casion we of the mother domain should bt
the first to felicia tie ourselves and con
graduate our well-beloved daughters o
many other domains on the splendid show
ing made by our fraternity throughout TIL
Pythian world forty years from the day OF
Which tins order was here born. We ar
proud Of the achievements of these fifty
four domains which are at once our daugh
tiers and our sisters. We are proud OF tn
of 011r fry nd c.rJor 1.cl
VIII reach out into greater areas of infiu
cnCe and power in the world during tn
newborn century. We salute these do
mains IN the inspiring language of the elo
qUent and lamented Samuel 5. Cox man
years an eminent member Of Congress, il
the last grafton of his long and successful
life. lie was speaking on that Fourth o
July which saw at once five new star
added TO the blue field of the standard o
our country. The voice OF the great states
man IS stilied forever. but his CLOWN
words of greeting 20 the new stars in tn
flag may we'll be used by this committee i
giving saiutation TO the Pythians of all tn
domains of the world
All hau, sisters he said and we ac
cept and express the same sentiment
Welcome 10 the Oiympian race. All hal
the promise of your superb morning. Ma
II De glorious TO the endi Under favorin
auspices may you so direct your destin
that the genius OF our race and polity sha
flourish beyond the imagination of man I
conceive or modern Homers sing or smi
ing freedom write in their Iliads @
Peace ."
At its present meeting the Grand I.odg
X. Of p. viii be called upon to consider
resolution for the appointment Of speci;
committee to compile sketches of the live
Of ali deceased and living past grand char
Ceilors of the order 1t is proposed thu
these be published by the Grand Lodge as
feature OF the Grand Lodge journal for II
1orlieth Pythian period.
The Virginia Grand Lodge KNIGHTS ,
Iythias. convened in annual session Tue
day in Pythian Castle Hall. at Petersbur
with representatives in attendance from Il
various lodges throughout the state Tt
address of welcome was made by Mayt
William NJ Jones. and the response was
K. IL Mann of Petersburg. After the a,
dresses various committees were appointe
and the Grand Lodge degree was conferrt
past chancellors and representative
The retiring grand chancellor, George
C'abell. jr. of Norfolk, made his repor