Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-08
The grand visitations to the Roya

| The grand visitations to the Royal
Arch chapters of the jurisdiction be-
gin Tuesday evening with the visit Of the
grand high priest and the other officers
! of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter to
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No :,
| in the chapter chamber, at the New Ma
sonic Temple. This will be followed
Wednesday evening with the visit to Cap
itol Royal Arch Chapter, No. IL, at
| Northeast Temple, 10Th and III streets
northeast, and Thursday evening with
that to Washington Royal Arch Chap
ter. No. 3 in the chapter chamber at the
New Masonic Temple. The other vista
tons to take place during the month are
as follows: Mount Vernon Royal Arch
Chapter, No. 8, January II; Washington
Naval, No. 6. January IS; Brightwood,
No. 9, January 10; Anacostia, No. IL, jan
uary 20; La lafayette, No. 5, January n:
Hiram. No. TO- January "a: Potomac. No.
8, January %: Columbia, No l. January
g. and Eureka, No. 4. January os.
1 Another important convention OF the
! four local Scottish Rite bodies of the jul
ris1iction, Mithras Lodge of Perfection,
Evangelist Chapter Rose Croix, Robert de
Bruce Council Of Kadosh and Albert Pike
| Consistory, was held at the House Of the
| Temple, 433 Sd street northwest. Monday
evening. at the call of Sovereign Grand
Inspector General Charles f. Rosenbaum.
Four members of the executive committee,
which will hereafter direct the affairs of
the rite. were elected as follows: Fran
els A. Sebring. SD degree honorary; Fred
NJ. Book, K. e. c. H.: E.lwood P. Morey.
K. c. c. H.. and Jacobus S. Jones, 33d
degree honorary. who, with Sterling A.
| Kerr, jr, recently selected as chairman
and deputy for the inspector general, will
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present at the meeting Inspector General
| Rosenbaum and Grand Commander Rich
ardson, and the action Of the convention
was ratified. The committee, after its
diately proceeded to business. Plans for
| the future are now being formulated. 1t
I. is contemplated to dedicate the House of
| the Temple as the new temple for the To-
| cal bodies about the end Of February or
| the beginning OF March, when class OF
| from seventy-five to one hundred will
| receive the 32d degree.
| The convention by resolution expressed
| its satisfaction and pleasure with the ac-
! ton of Inspector General Rosenbaum in
! designating Sterling 4. Kerr. ir., his per-
! sonal representative and chairman OF the
new executive committee. The local bod
| les will take possession OF the House of
the Temple as meeting place some time
during the present month.
/ II is said to be the intention TO estab-
fish a billiard room and bowling alleys in
/ the basement Of the House of the Temple,
! when the local bodies take possession
| and there will also be fitted up dainty
reading and waiting room for the ladies
| OF the members of the rite. 1t is also said
that while the library Of the Supreme
Council remains at the House OF the
Temple the members Of the local bodies
will be allowed certain privileges in it,
and when it is removed to the new Scot
| fish Rite Temple on 18th street, a por-
ton of the library will probably be do
mated TO the local bodies.
| With the creation OF the new executive
committee the control OF the business af-
! fairs of the rite will pass from the bodies
! to the committee. which will act subject
! to the approval OF Inspector General
! Rosenbaum. Each body herea fter. as for
merly. will elect it's own members and
confer its degrees. The new departure
Is said to inaugurate an era for the up
| building OF the rite in the District OF
| Columbia to put it on a plane with what
it is ut it's best elsewhere. There is, 1t is
declared, no intention whatever to dero-
| gate from the rights and privileges of
| the bodies here, but simply to point the
way to a better administration OF tie af-
fairs of the rite at the capital Of the ma
| tion Many good things in store for the
| local bodies are promised in the future,
| but. it is said. the time is not yet Cppor
| tune for announcing them.
The centennial celebration OF the birth
of Albert Pike Is declared to have been
! Masonic celebrations held in the District.
BY order of the Supreme Council rec
ord of the speeches made and Of all
the proceedings will be printed and
bound in pamphlet form. Two hundred
bronze medals comnemorating the ami
versary will be struck off in bronze by
| order Of the Supreme Council. They will
| bear the image of the head. face and bust
on one side. while on the diverse side
will appear a suitable inscription to-
gether with the names Of the officers and
| members of the Supreme Council. One of
active and emeritus member of the SUI
preme Council. The others will be pre-
scented to foreign Supreme Councils and
| such eminent brethren as the grand COM
mander shall decide to honor.
The New Jerusalem Lodge. No. .. has
| established the custom Of holding a re-
hearsal of the ritualistic work each Mon
day evening preceding the regular COM
mun,cation Of the lodge. to which MEM
bers and candidates under instruction are
| invited when admissible.
Grand Secretary Arvine w. Johnston
has made the following announcement
under the seal Of the Grand Lodge:
| At the St. Johns day communication
the following oflicers were elected and in
| stalled for the ensuing year:
George ue G. ooe a:,u grand sr.n master:
Ben w. Murch. senior grand warden:
Charles e. Baldwin. junior grand war
den Arvine w. johnston. grand secre-
tary; James A. Sample. grand treasurer;
| Thomas III. Young, grand lecturer;
Joseph Dawson. grand chaplain: ]. Rus
| sell Verbrycke, assistant grand chap
lain: T. John Newton. grand marshal:
Alexander Grant, senior grand deacon;
William w. Jermane. junior grano
! deacon: James w. Witten, grand sword
bearer; Lem. Towers. jr.. grand pursuit.
| want; Joseph H. Milans. senior grand
| steward; j. Harry Cunningham. Junior
grand steward, and Warren G. Rickford.
| grand tiier.
The following standing committees were
appointed:
| MISUNDERSTANDING G. Davis. Will