The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-04
SCOTTISH RITE
MASONS MEET
IN PENSACOLA
LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS
HERE, AND ARE COMFORTING
DEGREES FROM THE FOURTH
TO THE THIRTY-sEcoND DE-
GREES.

reunion for the purpose of comforting
Of all the degrees from the fourth to
the thirty-second, inclusive. The ses-
sions Of the lodge began yesterday
morning and continued throughout the
day and last night and will continue
today.
The Invitation was extended to all
the brethren of the Ancient and Ac-
cetped Scottish Rite Everywhere and
to all Master Masons of the Jurisdic-
ton of the Valley of Pensacola, ORR
ent Of Florida, qualified to receive
the higher degrees, and there were a
number to respond to the invitation,
and large delegation came over from
Mobile to take part in the comforting
of the degrees.
| All of the visiting brethren are
| guests of the members of the local
lodges and everything is being done to
make the visit a pleasant one during
the hours when the lodge is not in
session. Last night more than a hun
dred of the visitors and the local mem
bers were given a banquet at the San
Carlos hotel, and there will be others
today, although at what times the
members do not known for the ban
quets take place during the intervals
between lodge sessions. No speeches
are made at the banquets for the time
is short and the large number to re-
ceive degrees makes it necessary that
the after dinner speeches be elmin-
ated.
Those receiving degrees are the fol-
lowing. The degrees conferred vary
from the fourth to the thirty-second:
S. M. Baggett, ]. D. Schwartz w. d
Willis, F. G. Meyer, r. H. Brown, A
H. McLoud, F. E. Bayliss, F. ]. Ket-
terer, r. P. Edge, N. Levy, w. j
Haley, w. s. Garfield, j. w. Merrick
J. E. Williams, z. Y. Morgan, c. H
Bourne, c. Blount, ]. S. Reese, G. S
Walker, L. H. Pierce, G. H. Goodwin
M. E. Reguson, ]. w. Bullock, Jr, w
L. Morgan, E. ]. Quigley, w. L. Cav
thon, M. D. Merritt, A. M. Avery, Jr.
w. c. Barrineau, ]. N. Rogers, L. H
Paul
. The Mobile Party.
Those from Mobile are: G. A. John.
stone, /. Lichtback, ]. H. Mccormack
F. M. Mcmillan, F. Narquist, S. A
Rassmus, Frank Summers, NJ 7
Sprague, DR.. E. Turrentine, T. S. Bed
good, s. A. Burgoyne, l.. A. Cawthon
s. Coffee, M. Compass, r. L. Douglas
c. E. Dupree, Joe Feebleman, ]. H
Hutchinson, FRANKIE Warde.
Comforting Degrees.
Those taking part in the conferriny
OF the degrees were as follows:
Venerable Master, Bruce S. Weeks
S2nd; Senior Warden, L. H. d. Pierce
l4th; Junior Warden, Lewis Cruick
shank, 14th; Orator, A. c. BIount, Jr
S2nd; Master Of Ceremonies, E. M
Parker, 32nd; Expert, A. G. Brown
l4th; Assistant Expert, ]. w. Bullock
18th; Captain Of Hosts, ]. D. Hardesty
14th, Guards, Blocker Forbes, K. c. c
H.; d. w. Mcmillan, 92nd; H. w
Gibbs, K. G. 9. H.
Those serving on the arrangement
committee are:
. G. S. Bonacker. Send; VIM. Fisher
S2nd; Bruce S. Weeks, 32nd; c. w
Gray, 32nd; ]. B. Mcneil, S2nd; Bleek
er Forbes, 32nd; c. L. Smith, 32nd.
Director of the Work, c. w. Gray
32nd.
Programs, c. w. Gray, 32nd.
Class Director, w. S. Ware, 33rd.
History of Order.
The Supreme Council of the Thirty
third Degree (Mother Council of TIL
World) was organized at Charleston
S. c., on May 81, 1901, and from it ha.
sprung all regular Supreme Council
! of the Rite in the world, now number
ing some thirty. It's Grand Orient is a
: Charleston, but 1t owns much VALUABLE
property in Washington, d. c., includ
ing the House of the Temple, an,
holds it biennial meetings there
The Ineffable Degrees begin with tn
. fourth and end with the fourteenth
and are conferred in Lodges Of Perfec
ton.
: The Historical and Religious Degrees
begin with the fifteenth and end will
the eighteenth, and are conferred IL
Chapters Rose Croix.
The Chivalric and Philosophic De
grees begin with the nineteenth anC
end with the thirtieth, and are con
: kferred in Councils of Kadosh.
The Official and Ceremonial Degrees
: are the thirty first and thirty second
; and are conferred in Consistories.
The thirty third degree is the last IL
the Scottish Rite. and is conferred b!
the Supreme Council, and only confer
red as an honorary degree on thos
who have, by long and faithful servic
! in the Masonic vineyard, attained dis
tinction and have been previousl.
} elected and served two years as
knight Commander Of the Court o
Honor. It can never be asked, and
asked for shall be refused.
The Inducements of a Master Mason
The Mysterious has always BEEF
most attractive to the thinking mind
and the solution of difficult problem
the objects Of the most earnest AM
serious investigators. Since the adven
of man upon earth, his origin ant
destiny has been the study Of the mos
thoughtful
Over the entrance Of the Temple o
Isis, engraved centuries ago, we fin,
the inscription: 81 Am whatsoeve
Was, Whatsoever Is, and Whatsoeve
Shall Be; no Man shall lift the Vel
from Ny Face" Tt is to the Infinit
Creator and Supporter Of all that j
that Missionary teaches us to look. II
is Whatever Was" and the origina
and completion Of 'Whatsoever Ii,