Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-10-08


Light (open Bible), the Right Rever-
end Grand Chaplain and union of
flcers, marched south to the new
schoolhouse in process of erection, up
the incline, across the building to the
southeast corner of the main floor,
where the stone was held by tackle
and pulley, ready to be swung into
place.
The services We're opened with an
Invocation from the Right Reverend
Grand Chaplain at the request of the
Most Worshipful Grand Master, VINO
followed with an announcement of the
purpose of the assembly.
The Most Worshipful Grand Master
then instructed the craftsmen to swing
the stone into position for lowering
and to spread the mortar. Further
instructions to officers and craftsmen
resulted in the stone being lowered
onc-lllird its distance. The lodge then
| gave the Grand Honors of Masonry
| once.
The stone was lowered two-thirds of
its distance, and the lodge gave The
| Grand Honors of Masonry twice.
The stone was lowered its full dis
tance and the lodge gave the Grand
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The Right Worshipful Deputy Grand
Master and the Right Worshipful
Senior and Junior Grand Wardens
We're then called upon to name each
in turn the jewel of his office and de
fine its moral symbolism and signfi-
cance. In turn again these Officers
were called upon to apply this instru-
ment to the stone and perform the
test of its efficiency. First the Right
Worshipful Deputy Grand Warden ap-
piled the Square, the Rule of Life,
and pronounced the stone square, an
nouncins that the craftsmen had per-
formed their work correctly.
The Right Worshipful Senior Grand
Warden next applied the Level and
pronounced again the formal approval.
The Right Worshlpful Junior War
den then applied the Plumb and an
nounced the stone plumb and the
craftsman faithful TO his work
This was followed by the pouring
into the hollow of the stone the Corn,
emblem of prosperity and plenty; the
Wine, emblem of refreshment and joy
the Oh, emblem of peace and unity
and brotherly love.
The orator of the day, the Right
Worshipful Senior Warden w. w.
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audience of teachers, pupils and citi-
zens upon the value and meaning of
the Public Schools of America, what
, they had stood for in the past. in the
days of the little red schoolhouse on
the hill with its faithful. self-sacrific-
ing teachers laying foundation of in
telligence, loyalty and patriotism what
is expected and hoped for in this new
reat-granddaughter" of that little red
schoolhouse, what our public schools
, mean to the foreigner coming to our
shores from the dOwntrodden lands OF
! Europe and the Orient and what they
mean to the law and order of our
land. He related conversation be
tween himself and an easterner, in
which he himself had remarked that
the laws of Colorado did not demand
that judge must be admitted to the
bar. When asked by the eastern man
what that meant, he had replied that
the early pioneers coming from these
little red schoolhouses of the east had
brought with them such an inviolate
sense of order and Justice that the de-
mand for courts of Justice and law
were more numerous than could be
filled by men already admitted to the
bar. Although most of Colorado's
judges had been admitted, neverthe-
less 1t was not compulsory the up
right character, general intelligence
and high regard for constitutional law
of an individual was of sufficient
worth to give him the office of judge
| Mr.. Vale then spoke of onr Decia-
| ration of Independence, calling atten-
/ ton emphatically to its final clause:
''and for the support of this declara-
tion, with firm reliance on the pro-
lection of Divine Providence, we mu.
| tuaIly pledge to each other our lives,
our fortunes and our sacred honor"