The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-23
BIG TIME FOR MASONS.
Annual Spring Reunion VIII Begin
Monday Evening.

"A Free Mason. therefore, should be
a man Of honor and of conscience. pre-
ferring his duty to everything beside,
even to his life; Independent in his
opinions, and of good morals; submis-
sive to the laws, devoted to humanity,
to his country, to his family; kind and
indulgent to his brethren. friend OF all
virtuous men. and ready to assist his
fellows by ali means in his power
Morals and Dogma
The annual spring reunion of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
bodies commences at 7:3C o'clock Mon
da-- evening, April rs, at the Masonic
temple in this city and continues until
Thursday evening when an elaborate
banquet will close the ceremonies. This
reunion Is an event of much impor-
lance and interest in Masonic circles.
During its course all the Scottish Rite
degrees from the fourth to the-thirty-
second inclusive will be conferred upon
the candidates At this time it is i'm
possible to say how many will be in
the class that will take the degrees,
as petitions will be received up to 5.
O'Clock Monday afternoon, the hour
set for the business session of the
bodies when all petitions will be acted
upon.
The membership of the class will be
made up from Topeka and all over the
state. Fifty petitions have already
been received A large number of visit
ing Masons are expected to be here
during the week to witness the work
During the conferral of the degrees
all of the elaborate scenery and cleo
trical effects will be used, and large
number of We rkers are required to as
sist in making the changes in the
scenes. The Masonic work is said to
tory of chivaIry. Knights and kings
and generals and potentates pass in
dazzling array before the class and the
lessons from each scene are nothing
-I1A of nn1Irf n
the Jewish kings, the camp of the
crusaders, the march of the knights of
the cross one somehow associates all
these grand scenes with the work of
the Scottish Rites.
Four separate bodies of the order are
required to confer all the degrees as
follows: Oriental lodge of Perfection
No. 8, Unity chapter Rose Croix No.
knights of Kadosh No. 2. and Topeka
Consistory Nc. /. The Topeka lodge
is especially we'll equipped to hold this
reunion. The temple on Jackson street
is four story stone building and fur
nished throughout in elegant style. The
lodge room where the work is given Is
nothing short of modern theater.
Then there are kitchens and banquet
hall and reception rooms and offices.
The local members take a deep interest
in their work all the year around. They
hold many social sessions at the tenn
pie and serve their own banquets in
order are scattered far and wide over
the world. They are located in Eu-
rope, Asia, South America and in the
far north. Kansas is Masonic state
and the Valley of the Orient. located
in Topeka, is one of the fairest valleys
in which Masonic pilgrim ever dwelt.
He will find here the cedars of Leban-
on as typif1ed by the friendship of his
brethren. There is a temple, not so
fine as that cf Solomon. but just as
hospitable Crusa ders against vice
dwell here. and knights of Malta who
protect the weak and unfortunate. The
splendors of he orient are shown in
painted scenes and acted by devotees
of mystery and students of profane
and sacred history.
The reunion of the spring of 1910
should be one of the events of the year,
and vet it serves merely to mark an
other degree Of the success and achieve
ments Of the jewellers in this valley
who worship at a temnle where all the
virtues and loftiest sentiments of man
kind are held in the highest venera-
fiOn