The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-18
OPEN BIC TEMPLE.
MasOnS Dedicate Headquarters
at Washington Today.
Magnificent Building Patterned
After Ancient MausOIeum.
COST TWO MILLION DOLLARS
Sovereign Grand Commander
Moore Conducted Service.
Masons From All Parts of
Country in Attendance.
COST TWO MILLION DOLLARS

two million dollar Masonic temple,
headquarters of the supreme coun S
of Scottish Rite Freemasonry lot ,;t tn5
southern jurisdiction of the Qnlteu
States, which also is call the Mothe.
Council of the World. was dedlcateo
here today with elaborate ceremonies
and in the presence of a large assem-
blage of distinguished MaSonS from
many parts of the county;
The stately structure fashioned after
the famous mausoleum erected LOT
King Mausolus by Queen Artemisia at
HaIicarnassus-one of the seven Won
ders of the ancient worlds unique
among the many magnificent pullolnss
in the national capital 1t mas peeh
under construction since 1911 when
ground was broken. 1t stands on SIX
teenth street about one mile from me
White House on the capltaIS IlnesI
boulevard and in a section of the city
where the nations most celebrated
nublic men have lived during their
public service in Wash1ngton,
Viewed from the exterior, on
nlateau above symbolic flights of steps,
the structure presents a plain pase;
above which rises lofty pyramidal
entablature supported by thlrty-tnree
massive columns
The approach to the main portal is
by four flights of steps. Two colossal
sphinxes, symbolic OF divine Wlsoo ON
and power, are at the entrance on
the plinths of these figures are IN
scriptions in Fhoenician and in Egyp-
tan hierogliphics. Just before the
two flaming swords and between them
the inscription 1.-The Temple of the
Supreme Council # the Thirty-Thlrd
Degree of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United
States, Erected to God and Dedicated
to the Service of Humanity. save
Frateri' Carved into the frieze over
the great door is "Freemasonry Builds
Its Temples in the Hearts of Men and
Among the Nations. A PLAGUE on
hi -rNT1 "a
with rayed triangle in its center and
with the figures "33" in the center.
The Interior of Palace.
Through the great door. the Atrium,
a large hall. thanked on either side by
four massive fluted pillars of polished |
green granite is reached. A doorway |
on the left leads to the apartments or
the sovereign grand commander, an
other on the right to those OF the
secretary general. Both apartments
are panelled from floor to ceiling with
Russian walnut. In the center of the
Atrium is a great marble table and on
either side between the pillars four
marble seats. On the walls behind
the pillars are PLAQUES bearing SYM
bolic designs.
Directly opposite the great door is
the grand staircase guarded on either
side by the seated figures of Isis and
Nepthys. Doors to the right and left
of the staircase lead to the library and
to the supreme council executive
chamber. At the head of the staircase,
on the first landing, at the back of the
elIipse, two other flights, curving to
the right and to the left, lead to the
door of the temple, in front of which
is the marble seat of the grand tiler,
inscribed know Thyself."
Temple Is a Cube.
The temple is a lofty room in cube
form, each dimension measuring 15
feet, surmoulted by a dome support
ing a skylight 100 feet from the level
of the floor. In the temple are three
great arched windows, one on either
side and one opposite the door, over
the Grand East Each window is di-
vided by two pill~rs of polished green
granite, with the lower part screened
by a tracery of bronzed serpents Elk
tending around the room is a frieze of
black marble, bearing the inscription,
From the Outer Darkness of Ignor-
ance, Through the Shadows of Our
OF Initiation Unto the Divine Light of
the Holy Altar"
At each of the four corners is a
PLAGUE bearing an emblem of TWO
patterns, the square and compasses
and the six pointed star in circle.
The apex of the dome is ornamented
each side with the tablets of the Ton
Commandments between. High over
the main doorway is the organ loft.
Altar of Black Marble.
In the center of the temple stands
the great altar, a solid block of black
marble veined with white, with four ,,
horns at the corners. In the floor /
around the great altar is the inscrip-
ton From the Light of the Divine 1
Word: the Logos. Comes the Wisdom :
of Life, the Goal of Initiation
The ceremonies were performed by Z
Sovereign Grand Commander George
Moore, assisted by Lieutenant i
Grand Commander Charles E. ROsen-
baum and Sovereign Grand Inspectors 9
General Charles F. Buck of Louisiana; =
Ernest B. Hussey of Washington: \
rrevanion w. Hugo of Minnesota; {
John H Cowles of Kentucky; John W. U
Morris of West Virginia; Adolphus L. a
of Nevada, md Sam P. Q
Cochran Of Texas, the next highest Of .
1cers OF the supreme council
A musical service was rendered by
Mo-, and of Louisville, KY, with the
Scottish Rite orchestra of St LOUIS,
Under the general direction of A. F.
NJ Constance of Duluth, MIMI, by
-or General Hugo, the program was
and many of the numbers
we're especially composed for the oc-
,asion.
In improvised platform at the head of
he four symbolic flights of steps at
he main approach to the temple and
n full view of thousands of invited
quests.
Preceding the dedication ceremon-
es, Lieutenant Grand Commander
7osenbaum, as its chairman and on
,ehalf of the executive committee in
ented the new temple to Sovereign
Grand Commander Moore, by whom =
he Grafton of the day was delivered.
The grand commander was attended
w the camp guard of Arkansas con-
jstory, of Little Rock, Ark.
Among Masons from other jurisdfc-
ions present were Sovereign Grand
Benjamin Allen of Cam
ut n