The Washington bee., 1910-01-01
PROF. N. E. WEATHERLESS, d.
RECTOR OF SCIENCE, PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, DC, INSTALLED MOST
WORSHIPFUL GRAND MAS Err
F.A.A.M. FOR DISTRICT OF COL
UMBIA.

WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASE Err
F.AA.M. FOR DISTRICT OF COL
UMBIA.
On December Q, 1909, Prof. N. E.
Weatherless, Director of Science, D. c.,
was elected NJ. w. Grand Master F. A. A.
NJ for the District of Columbia by the
largest vote ever given by the M. w.
Grand Lodge for this ancient and honor
able position. The installation occurred
December %, 1909, at Masonic Temple,
corner Fifth street and Virginia avenue
S. E, and the ceremony was performed by
the retiring Grand Master, NJ. w. Brother
William A. Warheld.
The newly installed Grand Master was
entered, passed and raised in 1898 by
Pythagoras Lodge, F. A. A. NJ. No. 9, of
which he has been a consistent member
ever since. His rise to the highest honor
in the gift of the Order has been as rapid
as his Masonic career had been unique and
interesting. During his ten years in
Masonry he has risen from Masonic OBJ
security to the highest pinnacle of Masonic
fame, and that, too, by the sheer force of
his own inherent meritoriOus Masonic
worth. A decade ago he was totally un-
known to Freemasonry. Today he is
without a Compeer in our Masonic realm.
Scientist, scholar, poet, jurist, linguist,
Titualist, and orator, he is, without doubt,
a Masonic star of the first magnitude, than
which there is none brighter; none better
Born since the war of '65, blessed with
father who believed in the best education
for his only son, deeply imbued with the
notion that equality of opportunity will
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by his work, and especially TO him whom
no difficulty, however great, dlsCOuTages-
young WeatheTless entered upon his
career with a favorable disposition toward
success. Indeed any young man who
realizes, early in life, that whatever sue
cess he may achieve in any line of effort
depends wholly upon himself, has his own
individual problem more than half solved.
The brilliant Masonic career of the
present Grand Master dates from his ap-
pOintment to the position of senior deacon
of his lodge in 1898.
Within two weeks after his appointment
he was called upon to deliver the lecture
work of the second degree in his lodge, and
so tTansCendant were his powers of mind
for the conception and Interpretation of
its symbolism, that it was clear to all that
he was man of unusual attainments, rare
executive ability, and destined for most
brilliant Masonic career.
Coming events cast their shadows be-
fore them. Soon his services as a Tituali5t
were in large demand in all the lodges,
where he was we'll and most favorably re-
Ceived by all. His meritorious work soon
attracted the attention of the older
Masons, and he was soon made financial
secretary, chairman, and general manager
of all the big Masonic events given by the
Grand Lodge. So gifted did he prove
himself to be for this kind of work that he
was in a short while made financial secre-
tary of the NJ. u. r. A. and NJ. H. B. A.,
where his rare genius for Masonic achieve
ment has been so pronounced and of ines
timable value to the craft. As financial
secretary of the NJ. H. B. A. he has over
hauled, classified and rewritten all the
minute details of its voluminous business
since 1892, liquidated the remaining in
debtedness on the Fifth street and Vir-
ginia avenue hall, purchased a hall on
Nineteenth street at a cost of SO 900, paid
for the same in eight months time, and
| for three years has been returning to the
craft a liberal dividend on their invest
ment
In FreemasOnry, as in his private life,
everything he has undertaken has pros
pered. Things somehow seem to respond
to his magic touch. Indeed he has the re-
markable power of knowing how to take
hold of things to get large returns. This
faculty, coupled with his indomitable will,
unflinChing courage, rugged honesty, ster-
ling integrity and devotion to duty, has
deeply endeared him to the entire craft
and reared for him a monument in their
affections which neither time will destroy
nor the corroding hand of years decay.
Indeed, in him the craft finds a man in
whom there is no variableness or shadow
of turning from the path of duty and
right: a citizen deeply interested in every
civic virtue; and a Mason thoroughly
devoted to social progress
Few men have wrought so deeply and
so well as he in so short a time; none
better This is true whether his career is
viewed from the angle of his private life
or studied from the viewpoint OF his public
achievements.
Coming to Washington in 1889,
young man in his teens, he entered Howard
University, graduated from the prepara-
tory Department in 1890, College in ga,
and Law Department, regular course, in
o. and post course in '99, since which
time he has taken regular courses in the
Rochester AthenRum and Mechanics In
stitute of Rochester, New York, and Col
umbia College of New York city.
Today he is the head of the Science De
partment of our public schools, a promi
nent leader in our business affairs, and the
foremost Masonic citizen of Washington
City. And how has he accomplished so
much and so well2 The answer is simple
and soul-inspiring: namely, quiet, per-
sistent effort in all things all the time, sup
ported by dauntless courage. faith IN God,
himself and his country, and possessed by
a determination that brooks no obstacle
and fears no defeat - -
Meteor-like has he shot across our
Masonic sky, blazing a trail Of achieve
C,an+e sot in Golden sDte0dor TODAY the