The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-14
WAS BIG REUNION
Nearly 100 Candidates in
Scottish Rite Bodies.
More Than 100 Guests From
Out Of Town.
BAI QUIET LAST NIGHT.
Five Hundred MasOns Celebrated
Many Speeches.
Ex-Governor Crawford Elected
President of Class.

The closing day of the thirty-sixth
semi-annual reunion of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite Bodies or the
Valley of Topeka, Orient of Kansas,
was celebrated by the Maundy Thurs-
/ day ceremonies in the Masonic temple
in this city last night. Nearly 500 Scot
fish Rite Masons Joined in the feast
and the secret work and class OF lOO
men was welcomed into the bodies.
More than 100 Scottish Riters from
ever the state and nearby states join
ed in the Valley of Topeka reunion and
in the class were 40 candidates from all
parts of Kansas, outside of Topeka.
The work of this reunion began Mon
day, April 10, and ended last night. To-
day the Ancient Toltec Rite is holding
a reunion for the purpose of conferrlng
the degrees of this Rite. On Easter
Sunday morning Unity chapter of Rose
Croix will breakfast together and per
form the ceremony of Rehghtlng the
Lights. The breakfast at 8 o'clock and
the ceremony at 9 o'clock. DR.. Charles
A. Finch will make the address.
9. j. Crawford, ex-governor OF Kan
sas. was elected president of the class
last night. o. S. Samuels of Emporfa
was made secretary. The degrees and
numbers as follows: oriental lodge OF
Perfection, 81; Unity Chapter Knights
Rose Croix, "a; Godfrey de st. Omar
Council of knights KadOsh, AZ; Topeka
Copsistory, 40.
Among the out of town notables who
attended the reunion were: Henry c.
AIverson, SO, of Des Moines, Ia, who
is active member of the supreme
Council of Iowa: Alfonso G. Stewart
&c. of St. Louis, who is an active mem
Der of the Supreme Council or mis-
souri,; Campbell Wells, 80, of Platte
City, Mo, who is past grand master of
Missouri; and Alexander G. Cochran,
49, K. c. c. H., of St. Louis, who is an
active worker in the Bodies, an ex-
congressman from the Pittsburg dis
trict of Pennsylvania and at one time
general counsel of the Missouri Pa
cif1c.
At the banquet DIR. F. L. Loveland
made the principal address. Short talks
were given by Charles Sessions, j. f:
farrell, Charles. D. shukers' Samuel al,.I
Zimmerman and Ex-Governor Crawford
of Topeka. Also by w. s. Kretsinger
of Emporia, C. L. Fisk of Sabetha and
]. S. Ford of Maryville, Mo. L. j.
Graham acted as postmaster.
Maundy Thursday is commemora-
tive of Christ's Last Supper with His
disciples, and the incidents connected
Herewith. The word 'Maundy'' is de-
rived through the Old French from the
Latin 'mandatum,' a command, ana
refers in this connection to. CHRIST
mandates, or commands, lard upon
His disciples on that memorable occa-
sion. The ceremony of washing the
feet of poor persons or interiors, per
formed as a religious rite on Maundy
Thursday in commemoration or
Christ's washing the disciples feet at
the last supper, was custom OF very
early origin. both in the Greek and
western churches, and led to the den-
milton of the term Mandy as the
custom itself. This custom is now
obsolete in the Anglican church. but is
still observed in the Greek and Ro-
man Catholic churches. In the same
manner the term 'Maundy' has been
defined as the sacrament of the Lords
Supper, passing the meaning from the
commandment to the thing COM
manded.
Scottish Rite Masons. however, use
the word in its pure sense, com
mandment," referring primarily 10
L give unto you, that We love one an
Members of class from Topeka:
c. A. Allen, @. N. Allen, A. NJ. Bax-
ter, C. F. Babb, F. o. Purkett, o. c.
Black. Dr. A. L. Billings, G. S. Bad
B. Crosby, S. ]. Crawford. C. d. Girls
well. E. E. Chapman, A. J. Dozier, p.
r. Endres. Mortimer Gragg, T. F.
Carver. Fred Hess, c. o. Hovatter, A.
H. Herzmard, w. L. HUmmel, c. M.
Hensley, r. K. Hinkson. Rev j. w
Johnston, w. M. Jones, Cary Johnson,
Jerry Kendrick, c. M. Knowlton, V.
! B. Kistler. G. W. Knauer, d. M. Lane,
w. L. Miller, L. Matney, w E. Moi
fit, O. B. Martin, DR.. c. N. Mertz. c.
E. Neil, william Oldham, w. L. Os-
born, T. A. Pennycuick. r. r. Peter
son, c. A. Reid, H. ]. Skinner, A. w.
1 Smith, c. H. Sessions, c. W. Schwartz,
"A. A. Searle, c. d. Shukers, Robert
H. Steele, G. H. Spards, c. L. Tall
madge, A. F. Teur, N. B. Thompson,
L. r. Vesper, F. H. Vaughn. L. w.
Wilson, John Wilton. Out of town
members were: E. E. Bailey, Scran-
ton; j. T. BARLEY, Fostoria; E. A
Bush, Holton: E. NJ. Barry, Olsburg; A.
e. Bowker, Dover; F. ]. Castle, Nor
ton; Rev. C. w. Cooper, Holton; E.
S. Dean. Oberlin; Z. Dibbern, Holton;
Rev. ]. S. Ford, Marysville; c. L. Fisk,
Sabetha; r. B. Francis Holton; w. l.
Gale. Atchison: S. j. Glidden. Con-
cordia; c. S. Gillett, Fostoria; DIR. G.
NJ. Gafford, Emporia; ]. H. Garside'
lAtchison; O. G. Harner, Keats; G. f.
Hawley, Traer; w. H. Hendrickson,
Neosho Rapids; r. c. Hulburd, Wa
mego; C. L. Hooper, Emmett; G. E.
Holman. Rossville; E. c. Hubble, EN-
poria; j. w. Lauck. Olsburg; w. A.
Moon, Chanute; E. F. Oberhelman,
Manhattan; w. L. Pursley, Waverly;
B. A. Rosenquist, Usage City; H. B.
Rosseter, Emporia; w. A. Smith,
Oberlin; Christian Stauffer, Fostoria;
o. S. Samuel, Emporia; Lloyd Stanley,
| Enporia; Otto Strowig, PaxicO; Oscar
Schmitz, Alma; DR.. c. w. Thompson,
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