The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-11


The first session q 81 the convention
this morning at the I. o. o. F. hall,
was a school Of instruction for dele
gates to- tlleEgrand encampment. The
school opened at 10 O'Clock and will
be ia. session all day. The grand en-
campment includes the three higher
degrees of Odd Fellowship. -,
Work of the grand encampment will
be completed in the first two days of
the convention according to the plans
of the program committee. This
evening a special session will be held
to confer the grand encampment de-
gree and to receive the reports of the
grand officers. Business sessions will
be held in Bates hall at 8 o'clock and
1870 o'clock Tuesday. -
Eneampment degrees will be con-
ferred by the degree staff of Pratt En-
campment No SO in representative
hall at S7o'c1ock Tuesday evening.
Seven Amendments Up.
Seven amendments to the constitu-
ton come up for consideration and
adoption at the Rebekah state assem-
bly, which opens Tuesday afternoon.
Six of the amendments, it is generally
conceded, will pass without serious OBJ
lection. A fight. however, will be
made on one relating to change in
the election of grand officers of the
assembly. The. amendment proposes
to change the present system of max
ing a plurality sufficient for election
one candidate get at least forty per
cent of the total vote cast In the May
election.
The assembly will meet for instruc-
ton in Representative hall at $3.50
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday
night a special session to confer the
assembly degree will be held in
Memorial hall, followed by a reception
for the grand officers
Regular Session Wednesday.
The first regular session will be held
in representative hall at 9 o'clock
Wednesday morning. At $50, the as
sembly will meet III the auditorium,
where they will participate in an open
session of all branches of the order.
Wednesday evening, Rebekah degrees
will be conferred in representative hall
by Harmony Rebekah lodge of Barnes.
Business sessions of the assembly
will be held in representative hall
Thursday morning and afternoon.
Among the officers of the grand
lodge who were in Topeka today were:
G. E. Brooks of Sedan, the grand
John i. Saunders of Cheney
past grand master, and VIII ]. Rus
sell of Topeka, grand secretary. En-
officers who were in town
Sunday night were: G. B. Potter of
Preston. grand patriarch; Andrew J.
Muir of Stockton. grand senior war
den; A. M. Balm of Leavenworth,
grand scribe; Fred J. Cossitt of Wich-
ita, grand treasurer; Otto r. Sou
ders of Wichita, chairman of commit
tee on correspondence, and 1. w. Tay-
lor of GaIena, special deputy, G. f
Alex Livingston of Fort Scott, we'll
known to grand officers, and Thomas
Dryden CT Spring Hill. past grand pa
triarch, also had arrived
Brig. Gen. L. E. Walsh and Major
W. H. Roadruck beth of Independ-
ence, officers of the department. coun-
Gil. and Maj. Gen. T c. Frazier of
Coffeyville, who will conduct the de-
partment council, arrived today.
Rebekah Officers Here.
The following officers of the Re-
bekah assembly came to Topeka to-
day: Mrs. liza Potter of Clifton, pres
ident; Mrs. Kate A. Hcrne of Grain
field, secretary; Mrs Genoria B.
White of Pratt. past president.