Evening star., 1920-02-27

| News has been received here that
the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order
of Scotland. at Edinburgh. Scotland.
| has confirmed! and ratified the nomi-
nation Of George Edgar Corson,
prominent Mason of Washington. as
| the provincial grand master of the
! Royal order OF Scotland in the United
\ States. 1t : regarded by the fra
! ternity as a notable honor to a man
| who has devoted the best years of his
! life to its Interests. and a particular
/ honor to FrecEaSonry in the District
! of Columbia.
Mr.. corson was initiated in liar-
mony Lodge. No. IL. f. \. A. NJ. of
this city December s. 1870. and Will
ccle ebratc tn" tifticth anniversary of
the event ucNt December He was
! master OF IN" lodge in iS,1-.S and in
! 1850 was elected Junior Grand War
den of tho Grand Lodge of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
He was made a Royal Arch Mason
in Potomac chapter, No. s. July -.
1871. and was high priest of the chap
ter in lS15-16. In 1856 he was elected
grand high priest of the Grand Chap
ter of the District and, after twenty
four years service in the official line
of the General Grand Chapter of the
United states. he was elected gen
eral grand high priest at San Fran
cisco. Calf, September >, 1918. Serv-
ing as such until October ?, 1918. lie
vas knighted in Potomac Comma nd
cry. No. 3. knights Templar in No
vembcr. 1871. and was its eminent
commander for three years. ls,9-S1.
In 1909 he was elected grand COM
mandcr of the Grand ConHnandery OF
knights Templar of the District of
Columbia, and since 1906 he has been
chairman of the committee on corrc-
spondence of the Grand Commandcry.
He is now engaged in writing his
fourteenth annual report on Tcmplar
correspondence.
Nns Charter Member.
He received the degrees of royal
and select master. in Cryptic Mason
~. in 1888, and was a charter mem
ber of Washington Council, No. l. OF
this city, which he served as master
in 1911. When the Grand Council OF
Royal and Select Masters was recent
ly organized in Washington, Mr.. Cor
son was unanimously elected it's first
grand master.
The degrees of the Ancient and Ac-
cepted Scottish Rite were conferred
: upon him in 1Ss4-s5. He was secre-
tary of Mithras Lodge Of Perfection
for five years. wise master of Evan
gelist Chapter, knights Rose "Croix.
for three years, and commander OF
Robert de Bruce Council, Knights
Kadosh. for two years. He was
| crowned as thirtythird degree
Mason ana honorary inspector gen
eral by the Supreme Council of the
rite for the southern jurisdiction Of
the United States October 25. 1901.
Civic Connections.
Mr.. Corson is past president Of
the Convention of AnOinted High
Priests and of the Masonic Veteran
Associate of the District of Column
bia and an honorary member of sew
eral old Masonic veteran associations.
He is also a member of the Red Cross
of Constantine and of Almas Temple
of the Mystic Shrine. His civic con-
nections includ" membership in the
Association of the Oldest Inhabitants
and of the National Geographic So
ciety. He is an alumnus of George
Washington University.
Mr.. CorSon received the degrees
and became a member OF the Provin-
c;al Grand Lodge of the Royal Order
of Scotland for the United States in
1887. and he served as provincial first
grand marischal of that body from
1894 to 1918, when he was made pro-
vincial deputy grand master. serving
| in that position for two years. He
was elected an honorary member OF
the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order
of Scotland at Edinburgh. July 4,
1911.