Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-20
MASONS TO CLOSE REUNION
Festivities OF Scottish Rite Order
Ends with Banquet Tonight.
TH1RTY.sEoOND DEGREE NEXT
work second only 60 the HiRhcst In
the Fraternity VIII Nc Admin
Istcrcd This Afternoon
20 y Large Glass.

Tho Masonic reunion held In connection
with the dedication of the new Scottish
Rite cathedral was brought TO a close
last night with a banquet nthe cathedral
banquet hail. where covers we're laid
for 500 persons. It following the conferrlns
OF tho thirty-second degree upon the
members Of tho class.
At the banquet II. L. Thomas, venerable
master. Knights OF I<adosh, presided
as postmaster. The dinner wac eerved'
at 1.SO and following Il there were
speeches by George w. Schoonover. past
grand master Of Iowa; NJ. + Funkhouser,
Omaha; Judge Wilson. Lincoln: j. r.
Fitzgerald, Omaha, and Rev. g. q. BlN-
ton. Council Bluffs The banquet was
served by Mrs. Scott, who for twenty
years has been caterer to all OF the Ma
sonic grand lodge meetings. An orchestra
OF twenty-four pieces furnished the
music
Lodge work yesterday commenced at
10 O'Clock, the thirty-first degree. that oil
the Observation-Disclosures being conferred
upon the members OF the class seeking
entrance TO the Scottish Rite.
Cast OF setting.
The setting was the Hall OF Equity,
with this cast: Confucius, John r. slime;
Mlnos. John f. Simpson; Moses, saHl
Levy; Hermes, Frank F. Randolph;
Manu-. Nathan Bernstein; zarthustiu,
Charles L. Shook; Numa. Fred Rogers;
Alfred. Edgar Ia Hoag; Chancellor. John
II. Grossman; Subchancellor, W. G.
Shrivcr.
Tho work IN this degree was followed
by taking the candidates TO the Hail OF
Justice. whore r. r. Thomas presided
as Osiris; Charles l. Shook. Alum, John
II. stine, Ma; Frank T. Randolph. Toth;
J. W. Dlsbrow. Anupu: T. L. Combs,
Horus; Saul Levy. Kebhsenuf: John y.
Simpson. Tau Mutef: Fred Rogers, Hapl;
c. II. T. Relpen. Amset; Guy l.. Axteil.
Isis: r. +. Ieavenworth, Nephthys; DR.
Fora ID. Clark, DR. Lee VanCamp. A. p.
Rutherford. T. X. Sudborough, Frank f.
Randolph, James II. Slime. r. L. Hoag
and Leo Rosenthal. vedic poets. and Or.
Clark. G. L. Shook. c. II. wairath, Jo-
seph Barker II. r. Haze. John T. Yates
]. s. Davis. Louis r. Btter and saul
Levy. Zend worshipors
To Give Thirty-secOnd Decree.
Al o'clock the thirty-second degree,
that OF the master OF the royal secret,
the highest that can be conferred outside
Of the city OF Washington. was given the
members Of the class. b. r. Thomas, sit
ting as venerable master Of Kadosh. as
sisted by John II. Grossman, prior; John
r. slime, preceptor; George F. West,
minister OF state; Joseph s. Davis, al
moner; c. II. Walrath. master OF cere-
monies; J. W. Disbrow. prelate; A.. @.
Pancoast, camp orator; Fora Clark, YER
die hymns; Dell F. Tough. commanding
camp guards Earl Sterricker, ninth tent
J. q. Glssshoff. eighth tent: w, H.
! Miller, seventh tent; W. c. Katzonstein,
sixth tent; Fred striffier. fifth tent; A.
G. Kugel, fourth tents S. F. Pollock, third
tents l.. C. Jensen, second tent; c. S.
Huntington. first tent. and c. o. Wilson,
A. n. Kelley and Gust Martig guards.
The thirty-third degree IL that OF the
Knights OF Kadosh, a degree that Masons
all over the world seek to attain.
During the week the Cathedral has
been visited by scores OF high de.ree
Masons from all over the country and
forty-three who have taken the thirty
second degree and live in states other
than Nebraska have been present al the
reunion. They assert, one and ali, tina,
the Scottish Rite cathedral here, while
not so large as some is the best ap-
pointed for doing work and. at the same
time' IL the most elegant OF any they
have ever seen. Among the visitors
nearly every state in the union has beer
represented.