The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-25
st. Johns Day Is Celebrated by
Maspns.
Scholarly Address by T. E.
Dewey, Past Grand Master.
FOR COL. E. C. CULP.
SaIina knights TempIars Issue
a Memorial.
Items of Interest to Secret So
ciety Workers.

St Johns day was celebrated last
night in Topeka by the Ndasons under
the auspices of Topeka lodge No. II.
The address was delivered by Thomas
Z. Dewey. past grand master and this
was followed by q banquet at which
the following programme was given:
w, Chester B. Reed. .......T Oastmaster
Cascade" for piano. .Paner
The Growth Of Masonry.
w, VIII c. Chaffee. Orient Lodge No. 81
The Mason as a Citizen.
w, VIM. S. Bergundthal.. ......-..
........... Golden Rule Lodge No. 30
FraternaliSm.
w. w c. F. Reichenbach.
.......-.--..-.-Si Sloan Lodge No. 225
Loyalty.
w. Thorp B. Jennings. ....-........
..-...-..-- 49, Lebo Lodge No 152
Piano Trio. "Gypsie Rondo" 49,. Haydn
The Ladies.
W. Frank l. Stevens. .........-......
.-...-.............O Orient Lodge No. 81
Masonic Universally.
W. Homer G. Bowman. ...-...-
Topeka Lodge No. IL
The Mysteries of Masonry.
w, Sadlier ]. Hodgins.
................S Sloan Lodge No. 225
The Great Light.
Bro. James p. De B. Kaye
..-...--......-. Topeka Lodge No. II
Concert POlOnaise in D MajOr.--.-.
-.----...---.- ---..-- WlenlaWsHn
ldr. Dewey's address was a scholarly
effort, especially interesting to Masons.
in it he said:
THE relation of Masonry to the state
must be individual and personal in
character. Not as an organization can
it have any relation to the state under
present conditions. In the exercise OF
civil government no secret society has
place, but in the formation of ideals
and the practice of virtue, thereby max
ing better citizens, it is capable of in
estimable aid. The world has a right to
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ought to be apparent in every MasOn's
daily walk and conversation. The world
has the right to ask how it behOOveS
us to be Masons if we are only as 9TH
er men are But why, my brethren,
should we be different from other
men, and hoW2 Let me answer that
in one respect only-in respect to our
thoughts, our ideals.
"Ethics is the science of human duty,
and Masonry teaches it by a series of
symbols just as the state teaches pa
triotism. AS Emerson says: Some
stars, lilies, 1eopards, a crescent, a lion.
an eagle, or other figure, which came
into credit. God knows how, on an old
rag of bunting, blowing in the wind, at
a fort, at the ends of the earth, shall
make the blood tingle under the rudest
or most conventional exterior
1.-The flag is nothing in itself but
pieces of red, white and blue bunting
put together in such form as to violate
all the traditions, all the principles
and all the rules of art, but to you and
to me it is the most beautiful flag in
the world, because it means so much
because every star and every stripe
bring a vision of the growth and the
greatness of our beloved country;
bring visions of bloodshed and battles
won and lost But this flag of ours
ought to excite visions of the fture as
we'll as of the past For the aging
veteran it refreshes a memory which
is a blessed heritage. In the fullneSs
of his manhood he fought for it because
he ra6 he
he fought for it, and that is enough
for him,-and it ought to be. But it
will not be enough for the coming gen
Grafton. A flag cannot wave forever
upon the mere record Of a memory.
The best object of q knowledge of the
past is to store the mind with mater
ial out of which ideals for the future
may be constructed"
Friday was st. Johns day in Ma
sonic circles. Thomas Emmett Dewey
made an address apropOs to the occa-
sion at the Masonic hall at night
At least twenty-five Topeka Tenn
plars are expected to make the trip
to the big international conclave
which meets in san Francisco in Sep
TENDER
1t is now definitely settled by the
returns from the field election that
neither a grand warden nor a grand
representative was elected by the
odd Fellows. B. S. Brown came with
in II votes of getting the necessary
40 per cent. of all the votes cast for
the latter place. The election of these
officials will consequently be effected
by the meeting of the grand lodge
which win gather in Topeka in Rep
resentative hall in October.
A new Odd Fellows lodge will be
instituted at Arkansas City next week.
on Sunday the Woodmen of the
World viii unveil a monument at
Topeka cemetery erected in honor of
Robert Roediger. of this city, who
died last November. The ceremonies
Will be of unusual scope. Large dele
cations from the camps of neighbor-
INTERESTING Z