Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-15
MAS0NS ARRIVE HERE
FOR BIENNIAL SESSION
Officials of the Supreme Council OF
the Scottish Rite to Begin
Assembly Monday.
Dedication Services Of the New
House of the Temple to Begin at
2 o'Clock-Ceremonie Public.

Each of the twenty-one officers and
sovereign grand inspectors general OF
the thirty-third degree has arrived IN
Washington for the assembling OF the
Supreme Council of the Southern Jurfs-
diction, Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 30
and E streets northwest, Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. 1t is the purpose to
open the biennial session, but to take
recess shortly afterward that the start
may be made for the new house of the
temple at 18th and S streets northwest
at II o'clock.
Under the escort of the noted camp
guard of Arkansas consistory of Little
Rock, Ark, Sovereign Grand Comman der
George Fleming Moore, accompanied by
the other officers and members or the
Supreme Council, will proceed to the
new temple. The escort will be FOL
lowed by the members of the rite. with
out pretense to an elaborate paraue. !
the new temple dinner Will be serVea
the Supreme Council and members OF
the rite, and the dedication services
will begin at 2 O'clock.
While admission to the platform upon
which the dedicatory rites are TO De
performed will be limited to the Su-
preme Council and distinguished invit-
ed guests. the ceremonies Will be IN
public, at the main approach to the
new temple and between the two I'M
posing sphinxes that flank either side
of the main entrance, so that the gen.
eral public may easily observe and
hear what is going on.
ELABORATE Musical Service.
The rites to be employed were orig
inally written by the late Albert Pike,
but they have been rearranged for the
occasion by Lieutenant Grand Com
mander Charles E. Rosenbaum.
The elaborate musical service was ar.
ranged under the personal direction OF
Sovereign Grand Inspector General
Trevanion W. Hugo of Minnesota. The
several numbers will be rendered by
the Scottish Rite choir of st. Louis,
No., with the Scottish Rite orchestra
of that city, assisted by the Scottish
Rite choir of Louisville. KY. the whole
under the general direction of A. F. NJ
Custance Of Duluth. MINI. They in
clude twelve numbers, concluding with
THE Star Spangled Banner" in which
the entire assemblage is expected to
join.
In the evening at 8 o'clock card
reception will be held in honor or
m embers of the Scottish and blue lodge
rites and distinguished guests. Pre-
yious to this however. the entire tenn
pie will be electrically illuminated in
side and outside as climax to the
dedication services
The grand commanders allocution
will be delivered at the Tuesday morn
ing session of the Supreme Council, at
the new House of the Temple, begin
ming at 10 o'clock, at which time mem
hers of the Scottish Rite Of all de-
grees will be admitted. The remaining
DAYS of the week will be devoted to the
business of the Supreme Council and
the thirty-third degree will be con-
ferred upon those who may be here
Erid n
ing, in the magnificent new room of the
temple, which then for the first time
will receive it's Masonic baptism.
Final Degree on Class Tonight.
In the local bodies. the degrees were
conferred on the dedication class" yes
terday. beginning at $3.50 PM. up to
and including the thirteenth degree.
Beginning this afternoon, the thirty
first degree will be conferred on the
class at the cathedral at Sd and E
streets northwest after which dinner
will be served.
of the thirty-second degree. or master
of the royal secret" the highest that
will be conferred upon the class.
The cast for this degree will be COM
posed of all knights commander Of the
court of honor of the thirty second
degree, including Charles G. F. Topper,
as venerable master of Kadosh; ]. Ar
chibald Bailey, Nathan WE'LL, Rev. Will
liam Tayloe Snyder, John H. Won Herr
mann and Sulaimaan David, assisted
by the camp guard of Albert Pike Con-
sstory OF Washington, headed by Cor
don Robinson. 32d degree. commander.
Fred NJ Book, K c. c. H, will be de-
gree director: George r. Davis, K c.
C. H., stage manager; Todd c. Sharp.
32d degree, assistant; Milton Hopfen-
maier, K. c. c. H., master Of tableaux;
Harry G. Kimball. 32d degree. organ
list; j. Walter Humphrey. 32d degree.
soloist. and Nathan WE'LL, X c. c. H.,
class director.