Evening star., 1915-05-30

Excelsior Lodge. No. IA, presentd the
page rank Tuesday night. The officers
announce the esquire rank for next Tues
day night
Columbia Lodge. No. rs. conferred the
rank of knight Wednesday night. and at
the next meeting, June 3, the lodge will
confer the rank of page.
Rathbone- e-Superior Lodge, No. 90, con-
ferred the rank of page on a class FRI
day night in the presence Of a large at
tendance OF members and visitors, and
listened to short talks
At the next convention Of Amaranth
Lodge. No. %, the esquire rank will be
presented
Calanthe Lodge. No. II. will present the
third rank in amplifled form at its next
convention. Chancellor Commander Nc
Comas states, with the work in the hands
OF Calanthes team. At the last conven-
tion the second rank was conferred in the
presence OF large assemblage. Many
visitors were present, including Frank p.
Walsh of Quaker City Lodge Of Philadel-
phia. In his talk Mr. Walsh explained
the popularity of Indoor polo" in his
lodge: caianthe Lodge has appointed a
rallying committee. composed of Thomas
r, Landon, Israel Sommers and Charles
o. Sterling. The lodge will give a prize
to each member who adds three members
to the roll by the end of the year.
Capital Lodge. No. "a, was visited Of
hcially, Tuesday night. by Grand Chan
cellor William A. Kimmel and associate
Grand Lodge officers. 1t was the last
grand visitation of the spring series
and was largely attended J. T. Cold
well Company. No. Z. of the Uniform
Rank. acted as an escort. Webster
Lodge and Excelsior Lodge were pres
ent in body: The grand lecturer.
at I'll of f1,A
grand chancellor. exemplified the secret
work of the order. The reports of the
Grand Lodge officers showed the lodge
10 be IN a prosperous condition. The
in which he urged the local lodges to
activity. that the number and infiu-
ence OF the order here might be ad
vanced. and Grand Chancellor John
amusement features which were being
considered by the ways and means
committee. The principal address of
the evening was delivered by John
Philip Meakin. past grand chancellor
of Utah, who applied the principle of
the order to everyday life. After his
address Mr.. Meakin was the recipient
of bouquet of roses. Albert Z. Cor
ham making the presentation on be-
half of the lodge. The grand chan
cellor received bouquet, through Past
Supreme Representative George w.
Bauman who spoke for the lodge, and
Col. Thomas E. Landon performed a
similar service in making a presenta-'
tIon to Grand Inner Guard ]. F. Skid
more. who is a member of Capital
Lodge. smoker and refreshments
followed the routine work of the Wis
itation. The fall visitations will open
Friday, October 1, at Syracusians
Lodge, No. 10.
Ascalon Temple. No 81, D. O. o. K.
has been considering the feasibility of
ceremonial next month. but will
probably postpone the event until the
cool weather in the fall. when. it is
thought. the tyros will journey over the
hot sands with more comfort.
The regular monthly assembly of J..
T. Coldwell Company, No. 1, calendared
for Thursday night, will be held a
week later so as not to conflict with
the moonlight excursion of Rathbone
Temple to Indian Head on that date.
Washington Company, No. 1, of the
Uniform Rank, will hold it's monthly
practice drill Wednesday night. Capt.
George H. Whiting states that drills
will be held every Wednesday night
until the Nashville encampment. Wash
ington Company is devoting consider
able time to preparations for its an
nual outing at Marshall Hall Wednes-
day, July IA, at which all Pythians
and their friends will be welcome.
held largely attended meeting the
fourth Saturday night in May and dis
cussed many questions of interest to
the order. The committee on excur-
sion, through Chairman Edward Sax
ton, reported favorably on the plan of
an excursion to Colonial Beach, and
the date will be announced later.
Chairman P. w. Pritchett of the the
ater committee announced a date for
Polls, June IA, which was adopted
h1, ha n Or
of the ways and means committee will
be held Saturday night, June ~.
Syracusians Lodges "get-together
events in the history of the lodge.
Nearly hundred members and Wis
itors were present for a four-hour en-
tertainment. Those participating in
the program included: The Camel Club.
consisting of J. l.. Armour. George
Degnan, Wash Williams, Ernest Kend
rick, Morris Mcdonald. William N.
Schafer, Walker Colston, John Hurley,
Tony Geraci, William Green, ventrilo-
quist; Charles Schoeneman, violinist;
Wilbur Fookes, impersonator: John
Griffith. limitations: Past Grand Chan
cellor Mark Stearman, address; Charles
s;ickles, solo; the Rev. Patrick Murphy,
address. smoker. refreshments and
many special features followed the pro-
gram. Past Chancellor William NJ
Williams was a recipient of a ring as
IA token from the lodge in appreciation
of his work, Supreme Representative
Albert Kahlert making the presenta-
ton The entertainment committee
was composed of V. NJ. Fookes, John H.
Davis. Sam Wolfsheimer. William
Stone and NJ. H. Adams.
Grand Chancellor William A. hnlmel
has addressed circular letter to the local
lodges and the membership on the ques-
ton of wearing the emblem of the order
and also on a question that is considered
vital to all fraternal rganizations-sus-
pension for on-payment of dues. He says
the officers of the supreme lodge are con-
stantly calling attention to the fact that
too few of our members wear the EN-
blem of the order" and they also call at
tention to the very large number Of sus-
pensions and ask that steps be taken
in each domain to stop them.
Grand Chancellor Kimmel adds: 1.-THE
number of castle halls are at present.
1850, and the total membership of the
of 4,033 For the last six years the ini-
tiations aggregated 313.Os2, and the sus-
pensions 280.927, or an excess of initia-
tions of 32.155 in only six years.
Where any subordinate lodge fails to
grow, fails to attract new members and
to hold them afterward, the fault is with
1t and not with the fraternity Of which
it is a part. Our order leads the frater-
mites of the United States in the number
of suspensions. The list amounts to an
| average of 1000 a month. There is no
good reason for such state of affairs.
1.-The first step in the direction of re-
and grand statutes. requiring that dues
q n.aid he in, od1