Evening star., 1925-10-22
MAS0NS BESTOW
HONOR ON BURBANK
Naturalist Elected to 33d De-
gree by Supreme Council
of Scottish Rite.

! Luther Burbank, we'll known nat
uralist Of Santa Rosa, Calf, today
was elected by the Supreme Council
| Scottish Rite, Southern jurisdiction,
to receive the 33d degree.
| This honor was awarded the emf
nent scientist in recognition of beneh-
cent labor In behalf OF humanity. Mr..
| Burbank is said also to be an active
worker in the Scottish Rite in his
community.
His election brings the number OF
Masons who have been elected to this
highest honor in the rite by the pres
ent biennial session Of the Supreme
Council to 2Sl. The degree will be
coferred at the House of the Temple,
Sixteenth and streets. tomorrow
night Two District of Columbia men,
Rev. DR.. John Z. Palmer and Wllilam
D. Hoover will be in the group upon
which the honor will be conferred.
The Supreme Council today also
elected Samuel Sung Gung or feklhs,
China. to the rank and decoration or
knight commander of the court OF
honor for his valuable work among
Scottish Rite MasonS III CHINA. MT.
Young Is In the service OF the chinese
government, and was former presl
dent of the Tang Shun Railway ana
the SoAiS6S O. >'''No'
Secretaries Elect Officers.
The Association of Secretaries OF
these Scottish Rite bodies In the
Southern jurisdiction, meeting at the
House of the Temple today elected
officers as follows: President, David
w. Knowlton, Minneapolis, Mimi;
vice president. Samuel II. Goodwin,
Salt Lake City, Utah; secretary, Fred
d. Cornell.
The Supreme Council today added
the fourth honorary emeritus mem
Der, by naming the Earl OF Donoush-
more, Sovereign Grand Commander
of the Supreme Council of Ireland.
and past Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Ireland.
Donoughmore'S election adds him to
the list of thre honorary emeritus
members, which includes Raoul v.
Palermi of Rome, Italy, Sovereign
Grand Commander of the Supreme
Council of Italy; Leon NJ. Abbott of
Boston, Sovereign Grand Commander
Of the Supreme Council, Scottish Rite,
Northern jurisdiction, both of whom
are in attendance at the sessions here,
and the late Gobel B'Alviella of Brus-
sells, Belgium, former president Of
the Belgian Senate and a leader in
Masonic life In his country.
Authorize Welfare Program.
The Supreme Council today also
elected Charles Rosenbaum of Little
Rock, Ark, who is lieutenant grand
comma nder, to be dean Of the Supreme
Council as of Saturday, October "a, in
recognition of being the oldest mem
Der of a council in point of service.
Mr.. RoSenbaum has been an active
member for "a years.
A new welfare program has been
authorized by the Supreme Council
under which Scottish Rite bodies in
the several States within its jurisdic-
ton will be aided in their financial
relief work among members Of the
fraternity by the Supreme Council.
When the States have set up Spe-
cial funds for such relief work, under
certain specifications, the Supreme
Council will match these funds dollar
for dollar. The Supreme Council now
has on hand about 100000 to inau-
gurate the new relief work This pro-
posal was put before the council by
a committee on altruiStic work in
cluding f. T. Meredith of Iowa, for
mer Secretary of Agriculture; Edward
c. Day. Helena, Mont; Thomas J.
Harkins, Ashevtlle, n. c.; William p.
Fillner, San Francisco, and Frank c..
Patton of Omaha, Nebr.
The Supreme Council this year elect
ed 500 Masons of the thirty second de-
gree to the rank and decoration of
knight commander of the court of
honor. This is the prerequisite to the