New Mexico state record., 1920-03-05

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not look large when one stops t,
consider that there are now 5000
Knights of Pythias in this countr,
and that the endowment sough
amounts to less than s. per member
and still when the fact that man,
very rich men are among its activ,
members and that they are a clas
which is embued with generosity ant
patriotism.
In reporting the recent celebration
of the s6th anniversary of the order
which Santa Fe Lodge No. held a
the Scottish Rite Cathedral in thi
city. Mr. Williams ran over the Ions
roll of distinguished speakers telling
something of each and the subjec
which each selected or was assigned
The report OF this event was in sub
stances as follows:
"On the 18th of February Santa Ft
Lodge No. had the best celebration
ever pulled off in New Mexico; il
was held at the Scottish Rite Cathe.
dral and fine dinner was prepared
by the Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist church, your ritual, used
at the celebration at Minneapolis
was used in part, the flag and pa
triotic portions at opening and clos
ing.
II acted as POSTMASTER and called
first on Col. G. w Pritchard, who
was the father of Pythianism in this
state in 1850, instituted the first
lodge, then assisted in the institu-
tion of the Grand Lodge. and later
on in years was given the honor OF
Past Grand Chancellor. He talked
for twenty minutes on Patriotism
and Pythianism"; then Judge r. II,
Hanna, former Justice of the Su-
preme Court of New Mexico, spoke
on "Americanism of the Order" F;
Reed Holloman, Judge of the Dis
trict Court and a member of this
lodge, whose subject was Loyalty OF
the Order; Frank w. Parker, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, spoke
on Influence of the Order; a dis
tinguished guest, who visited our city
at that time, the EN-Consul to China,
who spent about twenty years in
the Orient and the extreme East.
Z. r. Fulkerson, spoke on Brother
hood; {. J. Roberts, Justice of the
Supreme Court, talked on "Frater-
nalism along with the work Of the
Episcopal Church; Rev. Trowbridgc,
of the Episcopal Church, spoke on
Church Work in Line with Frater-
naism" Rev Marble of the Method
ist Church, whose subject was the
State as a Newly Elected Page"
Deputy Grand Chancellor, Louis Gal
les, spoke on the Growth of the
Order in the State; Lieutenant Gov
ernor B. f. Pankey, Inner Guard OF
Santa Fe Lodge No. 2, whose sub
ject was, Why | am a Knight of
Pythias" Lueius Dills, Past Chancel-
lor of Lincoln No. z, and a thirty
third Degree Mason, spoke on The
Influence of the Order Throughout
the Country during the Reconstruc-
ton PERIOD; and closed the meeting
with a talk by Assistant Attorney
General H. s. Bowman, Master of
Montezuma Lodge No. !, on 'Felici-
tations from One Lodge to Another"
"All the addresses were timely and
fitting on Pythian knighthood, Py-
thianism and Patriotism, dealing with
the order, its influence, history and
IN the Stdtc and through
out the Supreme Domain, together
with Americanism and the loyalty
Of the Order"
! think that the foregoing will
enable you TO give us a nice little
write-up in the PYTHIAN ADVO-
CATE regarding this glorious cele-
)ration, and to say that the old city
1f Santa Fe and the great Masonic
is backing this great Amer
can order of Knights of Pythias
md assisting in every way it can
o carry out its principles in the
natter of the uplift.
The Knights of Pythias are rapid
y increasing in number throughout
he country and il is one of the
greatest forces in the country for
,ood fellowship, patriotism and
harity.
In New Mexico there are 2o lodges
nd about 800 members. In Santa
e the local lodge is growing so fast
hat its membership promises to
ouble this year and a new meeting
lace is becoming essential.