Evening star., 1915-04-11

snGhre. antd auditorium l. o; o. + Hall
| social.
Federal City Lodge. No. 90. Wednes-
day evening will confer the first degree
| on large class OF candidates for Mount
Pleasant Lodge. No. %, i'll its lodge room
in Northeast Temple. 18th and II streets
northeast.
| The personnel of the degree team
includes ]. H. Wood, H. A Ison, George
Eakle. s. N. Mallory, A. A. Reed, w. NJ
Ziegler. F. A. Royce. w. G. Lar4s,
Charles Garrells, w. F. Dement,, H. A.
Burr. Charles Walleiga, S. Stanouskie.
j. l. White, W. H. Wright, w. H. Har-
ris. H. E. Donnell, w. H. Webb, w. H.
Bonine, D. c. Cook. John Cam, Charles
Miller. G. I. Baker. J. !. Jones. George
| E. Gentner. H. J. Walther, p X Penn
ington, A S. Barger. B. Lenard and E.
| b. Russ, degree director The degree
will be put on the floor at $50 o'clock
| sharp, it is announced, and the doors
will be closed when the degree begins.
| 1t Will be the largest class of candi-
| dates that has received this degree in
| the jurisdiction during the past year.
| In addition to the class of Federal City
| Lodge, Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. %,
| will have over thirty candidates. Large
delegations of members will be present
! from other lodges.
| The Noble and Vice Grands' Associa-
meeting Saturday evening, April II. in
the library room of I. o. O. F. Hall
| The grand secretary will meet with
the members of the association and
Will ADDRESS the meeting on the i'm
portance of the library in connection
| with the order
The president of the I. o. 0. F. Ii
I hrnr
| Seiffert, has announced that in the near
| future an entertainment will be given
| by the members of the several lodges
for the benefit of the library fund The
library contains over 5000 volumes, in
Guiding the best books published. The
! complete history of the order may be
found upon it's shelves and there all
the records relating to the laws and
reports of the Soveign Grand Lodge
and the Grand Lodge of the District of
| columbia are kept, free of access to
| the membership of the contributing
lodges or encampments.
| The biographers of the founders are
| available to those who want to learn
| bers of the contributing lodges may
| make individual arrangements with the
| president or librarian to have access
to the works relating to the lives and
experiences OF those who were engaged
| with Thomas Wildey in founding the
order In the United States. Histories,
| fiction. laws relating to the order and
many other subjects upon which many
volumes have been written are here
| classified so that the reader can select
the book desired without unnecessary
| trouble or red tape
me library Is open every evening
until o'clock. From the reports to
the grand secretary it is believed many
| OF the new members of the order are
| not familiar with the procedure in OBJ
tanning books or the kind or class of
books contained in the library.
| Amity Lodge. No. 27, received Grand
| Master Rich with open arms at it's
last meeting, large attendance of the
members being present The noble
| grand, vice grand and warden render
ed the unwritten work. Grand Rep
resentative MILAN congratulated the
| ofhcers. and incidentally complimented
| the instructor of the lodge, Past Mas
| ter r. II. Sorrell. The financial re-
port OF the grand treasurer. showed
that the finances were growing al
| though the lodge has paid out large
sums for relief since the beginning of
the year. and had reduced the in
debtedness on its hall. Grand Con
ductor Hammer delivered the address
| OF the evening, taking for his sub
| ject The Sower and Reaper" At the
! close of the meeting refreshments were
| served.
Langdon Lodge, No. 26, conferred the
third degree upon four candidates
Monday. one of the candidates being
from Washington Lodge. No. 6. The
| attendance of members, which was
| large. included Past Grand Mothersead
after an absence. He delivered a short
| address at the close of the meeting.
The The banquet room is almost completed
| and 1t is expected in the near future
! the lodge will hold a reception to it's
| members and friends.
| soJ,
grand master. accompanied by the
other grand officers. Thursday evening
| The examination of the officers in the
| work Of the order was made and the
| reports. of the grand treasurer and
grand secretary showed gains in mem
f, bership and in finances. This is the
home lodge of the grand treasurer, the
grand chaplain and the grand repre-
sentative, Frank p. Seiffert. The ad-
dress of the evening was delivered by
Grand Representative MILAN.
| Covenant Lodge, No. 13, held a very
| interesting and enthusia site meeting
| Thursday evening. A large number of
members We're present and ways and
means were "discussed toward taking
a more active part in the lodge work
and the comforting of degrees This
| is the home lodge OF Grand Herald
Chamberlain, and with his advance
ment into the Grand Lodge, Covenant
| Lodge looks forward to increased
| mem DerSnlp ana interest III iou6e "oih n
| by all members of Covenant Lodge.
The change of the meeting nights from
Monday to Thursday has made an in
| crease in the attendance. as 1t was
! found to be more convenient to many
members than the meeting Monday
night. In years gone by Monday was
the regular meeting night and since
the change in meeting nights was made
the attendance has decreased and II Is
| now believed prosperity Will return.
|
The visitation of the grand master
and grand officers was made to Me-
tropolis Lodge. No. 16. Friday evening
1t was one of the important events OF
were examined In the unwritten work
of the order. The noble grand, X. T.
Pumphrey. was graded perfect by the
grand representative. who stated that