Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-27
Especial to The Bulletin

New Haven, March 26.-The bien-
NAL assembly of the fourth degree,
necticut, was held in this oity this
afternoon, in the assembly room of the
National Headquarters building. The
meeting was called by the master of
the district, John NJ. Lee Of Norwich,
in accordance with the requirements
call for district meeting at least onca
in every two years. There were in
attendance from Norwich. John NJ.
Lee and Charles o. Murphy, master
and secretary respectively, and DIR. t.
A. Crowley, representing Rev. Daniel
Mullen assembly.
Assemblies Well Represented.
Practically every assembly in the
district was represented and a great
deal was accomplished in the way of
planning the future work of this sec
ton of the order and in completing
the arrangements for an exemplif1ca-
ton of the fourth degree to be held
reports from the delegates from the
various assemblies showed that the
affairs of the district were in excel
lent condition, practically every Sec
ton having an effective organization
along the lines laid down by the SUI
by many prominent members who
were in attendance and the consensus
of opinion was that it was one of the
best district meetings ever held in
Connecticut.
Invitation from Newark.
The city of Newark, n. J., is to
commemorate the 250th anniversary of
the founding of the city beginning
May and May Is is to be known as
Knights of Columbus day. An invi-
tation was extended to the fourth de-
gree knights of Connecticut to parti-
cipate in the parade to be held on that
evening. The assembly voted to ac-
| that the members of the various as
semblies attend.
Recommended for Master.
Complying with the constitution and
| laws of the order which provides that
"at the meeting of the district assem-
bly, next preceding the regular meet
! ing of the supreme assembly the dis
| trict assembly shall choose three
names from the fourth degree mem
bership of the district, which names
shall be forwarded to the supreme
master. One Of the persons so names
| should be appointed master of the
| fourth degree for the district" the fol-
| lowing names were selected: John NJ
| Lee of Norwich, William Ryan OF
Waterbury and William F. Collins OF
| Hartford.
| District Masters Report.
| The report Of the master, John NJ
i Lee, was in part as follows
Conforming to the constitution and
laws of the fourth degree section Of
! the order, which requires that a dis
/ trict assembly shall be held at leas
! once in every two years, this assem-.
| bly, has been regularly convened and
1 herewith present my report as mas
| ter of this section of the order for the
| district of Connecticut
The last district assembly was held
in March, 1914, since which time con-
siderable progress has been made IL
| fourth degree affairs in the state, in
| general way, and the various assem-
blies, both general and local, havt
been diligent in promoting the dis
tinctive work of this section of tn
order
there have been two notable exem
Publications.; one at Waterbury on Jun
I, 1914, upon a class of IS and one a
Norwich on May 80, 1915, upon a clas
of 1913 candidates. Both degrees wer
eminently successful and 1 take thi
citation of the splendid assistance rem
dered by the members of Bishol
O'Reilly assembly of Waterbury an,
Rev. Daniel Mullen assembly of Nor
witch, in making these functions S
successful in every way.
Fourth Degree Membership, 1861.
The fourth degree membership il
the district at the time of the last as
sembly was SAC. Since that time 81
members have been added to the roll
making the present membership, with
out any allowance for losses by dealt
or removal, approximately 1861. Their
are twelve general assemblies an
three local assemblies in the district
a new general, known as Rev. Georg
Deshon assembly having been recent
formed with headquarters in NeN
London, to supersede a local, an
which includes the fourth degre
membership from New London, Ston
ington and Montville- With the ex
ception of a few localities where tn
fourth degree membership is small
and plans are already under way [
provide for these sections, the distriC
is thoroughly organized.
Lecture Movement Success.
If the fourth degree membership c
the district was asked to state tn
most notable achievement of this sec
ton Of the order the answer woul
unquestionably be "the free lectur
movement" This movement was in
augurated by John H Reddin, the su
preme master of the fourth degre,
and under the direction of our worth
state lecturer, Rev. William A. Keef
Of Plainfield and with the coopera
ton of State Deputy William J. Mul
ligan, Connecticut has taken a fore
most place among the leaders in thi
educational campaign which means S
much to the people of our faith. Fa
Their Keefe has been Jealous in his e1
forts to broaden the field of the lee
ture bureau and in addition to hi
own work on the platform has enliste
| the services of other members of tn
order, of known ability, to assist /
this great educative movement.
Future Work in Connecticut.