The Denver Jewish news., 1924-01-10
PastMasters Night at
Columbine
columbine Lodge No. 147 A. F. s A. NJ.

III
Der 18th, 1928:
This is Past Masters Night at Col
umbine.
Is it not fitting ere we embark upon
/ this happy celebration to inquire some
! thing of its purpose and apprise our
selves of its significance?
Is it not fitting that we pause while
the sands of the hour glass retrace
their course, that we may properly
atune our minds and hearts to the
! spirit this occasion conjures up?
Past Masters night at Columbne !.
Were we to ask its significance of a
Past Master we perhaps would be told
that it is but aB opportunity for the
lowly craft to behold how wonderful
and with what force and perfection the
Noble Masonic work was in the past
performed.
. Were we to ask the craft we no
doubt would be informed that it is
sort of penitence inflicted upon them
whereby they must endure the vanities
of the ''has-beens" and greet the feeble
/ efforts of the 'ancients" with simulated
applause and acclaim.
And yet, my Brothers. Columbine
with its existence of but few years
has already acquired an inheritance
and established Il tradition-a tradi-
ton which, if it has not wrapped about
itself the years which give veneration.
has at least adopted the garb of senti-
it endurance.
1 Past Masters night at Columbine
Its true Importance lies in the OPP
portunities it presents.
1t gives opportunity to weave the
past to the present.
1t gives the young among the craft
n chance to become intimately ac-
i quainted with the old
1t adds the vigor of youth to the
knowledge of age.
II gives to Columbine its hope that
each year there may be added to the
present the usefulness and helpfulness
of the past
And finally, it gives opportunity to
make use of that which is the most
priceless gift to man-the power to
call forth at our will. as slaves at their
masters bcckcning the sweet memories
of other days and other Masters.
This memory brightens DER the past
As when the sun concealed
Behind some clouds that near us hang,
Shines nn 1istnut fold
~
And so let us. before the refresiimcnt
| that is to come. brighten our memories
and renew our affections for Colum-
hines Past Masters
The first three Masters OF Cclumbine
Appel.
L In the structure of our Lodge they
4 stand symbolical of the three great
columns of Masonry-Wisdom, Strength
and Beauty.
Past Master ZwetOw.
IT was by the Wisdom of Daddy"
Zwetow that the foundation of Colum-
binc was laid not upon the shifting
sands of mediOcrity, but upon the solid
Il granite of excellence. Not only did
he instill the principles of Masonry by
forms and rites but by his own acts
and deeds did he demonstrate that Col
umbine was to be not Masonic Lodge
III form but n Lodge of Mascns in fact.
Truly it may he said of him that he
contrived with wisdom.
Past Master Wagman
I Brother Wagman followed in the
| East. He was indeed n column of
strength. His knowledge OF Masonry
its forms-it symbols-its details
its exactness-all were insisted upon.
1t is even said that the lodge room
was marked into squares that all who
took part in the work might know the
exact paths they were TO trod. And
Il rumor has il that ir so marking out
the floor Past Master Wagman dis
covered that our Temple by fraction
of an inch was not due East and West
and through his insistcncc this build
ing has been lifted from its foundation
AMI the mighty error corrected.
Past Master Appel.
Following Past Master Wagman
came Brother Appel to the East. Lest
the Brothers he confused in the
symbolical designation of Past Master
Appel MS the column OF Beauty-it
should he understood that it is not
beauty of face or form w'hich>is meant
1t was the beauty with which Past
Master Appel presided in the East, the
grace and ease with which the Lodge
was governed. the quiet, diGnificd char
acter Of the work as presented-all