Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29

Never before in the history Of
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Masonry in the District of Columbia, it
is stated, have the local bodies of the
rite-Mithras Lodge Of Perfection,
Evangelist Chapter of Rose Croix.
Robert de Bruce Council of Kadosh and
Albert Pike Consistory-made more
elaborate preparations for any event
Of its kind than have been made for
the week beginning May 8, when the
cathedral of the rte, in the House OF
the Temple. their new home, Sd and E.
streets northwest, win be solemnly dedi-
Gated by the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons for the District of CO.
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1t is perhaps the closest blending of the
York and Scottish rites Of Masonry that
has ever occurred in this jurisdiction and
marks memorable epoch in the older.
| Grand Master George c. Ober, repre-
senting, with the other officers of The
| Grand Lodge, the b-ue lodges of the Dis
trict. will unite with Sovereign Grand
Commander James D. Richardson, SD
| degree, of the Supreme Council Of the
| Scottish Rite for the southern district OF
the United States, the mother council OF
| the world, and Sovereign Grand Inspector
| General Charles E. Rcsenbaum, ID de-
| gree. for the District in making the ex-
| ercises OF the week memorable in the an
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| Order Of ExerciseA
The dedication exercises will take place
Thursday evening at s o'clock, opening
with an organ prelude by Harry G. Kim
ball, 32d degree; followed by a vocal Sc
lection by J. Walter Humphrey, 32d de-
gree; the invocation by Rev. Dr. r. p
Williams SD degree honorary. rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, and an intro
ductory address by Grand Commander
Richardson. Then will follow the dedi-
Grand Lodge, F. A. A. NJ, of the Dis,
trict of Columbia, after which there will
be an anthem by the Scottish Rite Quar-
tet. The orator of the evening will be
Sovereign Grand Inspector General
Charles e. Rosenbaum, for the District
Of Columbia and for Arkansas After an
organ offertory the benediction will be
pronounced by Rev. William Tayloe
Snyder.
The proclamation of allegiance on be-
half of the local bodies to the Supreme
Council of the Inspectors General, knights
Commander of the Temple of Solomon of
the Thirty-third Degree A A. S. r.
! Masonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of
the United States of America whose see
is at the Grand Orient Of Charleston, s.
c.. will be made by Grand Commando
| Richardson, Secretary General Austin B
Chamberlin, 33d degree: Inspector Cen
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deputy for the inspC ctOr general.
| Ellwood P. Morey, thirty-third degree
K. G.. c. H., as venerable master repre-
sents Mithras Lodge of Perfection and
Robert de Bruce Council of kadosh, the
| latter as commander: Francis A. Sebrlng
thirty-third degree honorary, represents
Evangelist Chapter of Rose Croix, as
wise master. and Jacobus S. Jones,
| thirty-third degree honorary, Albert Pike
CoEsistory, as venerable master.
List of the Participants.
| Among those who will take part in the
dedication of the cathedral to the uses
| of Freemasonry will be George c. Ger
| grand master; j. Claude KEEPER, deputy
grand master: Ben w. Murch. senior
grand warden; Charles E. Baldwin, junior
grand warden; Arvine w. Johnston, grand
| secretary; James A. Sample grand treas
urer; Thomas II. Young, grand lecturer
Joseph Dawson, grand chaplain; T. John
Newton. grand marshal: alexander
| Grant, senior grand deacon; William w.
| Witten. grand swordbearer; Lem Tow
ers, jr.. grand pursuivant: Joseph H. Mi
| lans. senior grand steward: j. larry
Cunningham. junior grand steward, AM.
Warren c. Bickford, grand tiler.
Leading up to the dedication and fol-
lowing it the full thirty two degrees of
the rite will be conferred by the local
bodies as follows: Monday afternoon
May 9. 4:ao O'Clock, Mithras Lodge
Perfection. No. 1. the fourth to fom
teenth. inclusive; Monday evening 7:3,
O'Clock, Evangelist Chapter, r. c., No 1,
the eighteenth degree; Tuesday evening,
comforting the nineteenth and twentieth
degrees. closing with the presentation of
the twenty-f1rst. Prussian knight, in the
Robert de Bruce Council: Wednesday
evening. comforting the twenty-second to
twenty-ninth degrees and presentation of
the thirtieth degree. knight Kadosh. in
the Robert de Bruce Council: Friday
| evening, thirty-first degree, Inspector In
quisitor, In Albert Pike Consistory: SAT-
urday evening. the thirty-second degree.
Master of the Royal Secret, I'm Albert
| Pike Consistory. The whole will close
| with q banquet in honor of Sovereign
Grand Commander Richardson and In
spector General Rosenbaum. at which the
latter will make an address.