Evening star., 1921-10-15
:'AS0N|C CHAPTER
FOR BOYS FORMED
anch of Order of De MoIay
Instituted at Scottish
Rite Cathedral.

-.obert lie Bruce Chapter Of the Or
!. of De Molay, the new order for
VS.. under the protection of Scottish
te Freemasonry. was instituted last
'ening. at the Scottish Rite Cathe-
al. 3rd and f streets northwest, by
e uniformed degree teams from
,nsas City Chapter" the mother
j.. apter of the world"
rhe degrees of the order were pre-
nted in full ceremonial form. with
e len Hills. master councillor, preSld-
&, assisted by Donald Munro. T. M
.. as senior councillor; George w
hinnery. p. NJ. c., junior councillor:
',filliam Lewis. p. NJ. C, scribe. with
red Montgomery. Louis q. Lower. T.
7. c.: Stanton Agnew, Hans Lorsch
howard Peck, Cecil Kenworthy, Clin-
IN Paddock. Robert Closer. George
"atk, De Los Elmore. +. NJ. c.. and
:yron Ward, assisting in other sta
ions
Prominent MasOns Present.
The ceremonies, degrees and insti-
''ttion were witnessed ~ a distin-
uished gathering of Masons. includ-
Gorge Fleming Moore and Secretary
General John H. Cowles, with other
,iemberS of the Supreme Council of
t1e Scottish Rite for the Southern
Jurisdiction of the United States
cuest of honor of the evening was
i'rof Paul v. Raoul. sovereign grand
ommander of the Scottish Rite and
rand master of the Grand Lodge OF
tally. who was accompanied by Sow
~reign Grand Inspector General To-
iAntino of the Supreme Council OF
Italy. Other guests of the evening
Included officers of the grand Masonic
!,odies of Washington, the Masters
Association, the High Priests Asso-
citation. the Commanders Association
and others representing local Free
masonry.
rho Kansas City degree team was
accompanied by Alexander 6. Coch-
an, an active member of the Supreme
Council of the Scottish Rite. who is
grand master councillor of the Order
# De Molay: Deputy Grand Master
councillor Havens. Grand Scribe
Frank S. Land. Ray V. Denslow. ma,
,icnal supervisor from the Grand
Chapter: John H. Glazier, grand
senior councillor, of New York, and DR..
Jesse a. West. retiring grand master
choir. consisting of Past Master Coun-
,:ilors German Mcbride, William
Lewis and Averill Tatlock and Rich
ard p. Dodds. the latter Il soloist
with a rare and beautiful voice.
The musical program included a
patriotic and otherwise.
Those In Charge.
The ceremony of institution was
performed by Fred o. Wood. acting
grand master councillor: Raymond
NJ Havens, acting grand senior coun-
cilor; D. Clarke Kelly. acting grand
junior councillor; Charles A. Conover.
deputy for the state of Michi gan:
sirand Scribe Frank S. Land. Ray v.
pensiow, acting grand senior deacon.
and Frank 4. Marshall. acting grand
chaplain.
1t was explained. after the insti-
tuition of the local chapter, that the
order of De Molay Is for boys of
Masonic fathers, and those who are
vouched for as such: that its chief
aim is clean living and clean think
ing. with especial reverence and al
fection for parents and love of coun-
try. 1t was conceived by the secre-
Kansas City, where it's HEADQUARTERS
are. and at the present time COM
prises 300 chapters throughout the
United States, with more than 100000
members.
Robert de Bruce Chapter, the newly
Instituted local body of the order,
has chosen the following officers:
Robert T.. Doyle, master councillor;
Garlic W. Turner. senior councillor;
William Emmett Davis. Junior coun-
cllors iarry Z. temps, secretary '
Walter Z. White, jr., treasurer: Bar
ney Goldstein. senior deacon; Henry
Preston, Junior deacon: Sylvan Aren-
deS. senior steward: John Slaughter
back. junior steward; Fred Blum,
almoner; Elhert Tune, marshal: Lloyd
L. Gibson, standard bearer; Donald
Mckenzie, sentinel; f. l. Kneesi. jr.:
organist; William Wales. captain of
the drill team. and G. Duvall, Will
liam B. Roberts. Maurice Williams.
NJ Marseglia, Samuel B. Smith, Her
bert Sherwood and Alvan Day, pre-
ceptors.
1O5 Already Initiated.
The new chapter has los members
already initiated. with a large class
awaiting initiation. Worth Landon
is chairman of the advisory council
under which it operates. Mr.. Landon
stated that the new officers would be
installed later and that the chapter
would hold it's meetings the first and
third Fridays of the month in the
Scottish Rite Cathedral.
The Kansas City visitors have been
combining pleasure with business
during their stay, in the way of
sightseeing. Yesterday morning they
made the pilgrimage to Mount Ver-
non and laid a wreath at the tomb
of Washington. THURSDAY they m
stituted George Fleming Moore Chap
ter at Hyattsville, named in honor OF
the sovereign grand master of the
Scottish Rite.
Chapter In Baltimore.
Today they will institute a chapter
of the order in Baltimore, returning
40 Washington in time for service at
Christ Church, Alexandria, tomorrow,
which they will attend in d body.
Monday they will assist in the insti-
tuition of a grand chapter and grand
council in Fort Wayne, Ind; Tuesday
they will initiate a class of 1000 in
Indianapolis; Wednesday they will
,yemplify their work before the
ti,and Lodge of Masons of Kentucky,
at Louisville. and Thursday they will
90 10 Evansville. Ind, for further
work. November 5 they will make
special trip to Detroit. Mich, where
they will Institute new chapter OF
more than 1000 members.
The advisory council for this Juris-
diction is composed of Worth Landon
chairman; Frank NJ. Roller, vice
chairman: Marx E. Kahn. supervisor
Of ritualistic work, and Rev. John e.
J'almer, Thomas H. Harr, Joseph F.
Schevlin. d. ]. Luckett. Rev. David
l.. Covell, Rev. Mimi c. Marseglia
Theodore ]. Moore and Albert g. Nc
Chesney, all members Of the local