Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-28
RITE
PLAN REUNION
in SAN ANTONIO
Lower Rio Grande
Valley Scheduled to
Provide Many Can
didates for Initiation

"a Oct. Zf.-Liftlng
the ritualistic curtain where Blue
Lodge Masonry rings il down. the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
advances the candidate through a
constantly ascending series Of TWEEN
ty-nine degrees. The thirty-third de-
gree is not conferred; il IL award
ed by the supreme council Of the
order in honor Of exceptional SER
vice.
These tw~enty-nine distinctive
dramas OF Scottish Rite Masonry
will be conferred in full form at a
four-day reunion of the order in
southwest Texas. to be held in San
Antonio. beginning Monday morn
ing. November 18th. All Masonic
roads will converge on San Antonio
for this event. Masons from all
parts Of Texas, and many distin-
guished visitors from beyond the
state will come to the city to at
tend the celebration.
The fall ceremonial or Alzafar
Temple, Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine,
will ge held in the temple at the
close Of the Scottish Rite reunion.
Twenty-nins trained degree teams,
representing more than $500 sep
arate roles. will take part in pre-
senting the dramatic work at this
reunion. In some jurisdictions. GER
tain degrees are communicated by
lectures. but in San Antonio bodies
of the rite the entire series are en-
acted on the stage in spectacular
and dramatic form. Each degree is
provided with its own distinctive
scenic setting. and each cast Of
characters is equipped with costumes
and stage effects peculiar to the
time and place depicted in the de-
gree. Much Of this robing and
regalia ~ exceedingly rich and or
nate. representing an expenditure OF
$4,000.
Plans on the trestle board Of the
temple contemplate the introduction
irto the order. during the November
reunion. Of n class Of four hundred
candidates. The towns Of San An
cello, Mason. Brackettville, Del Rio
and Uvalde have already sent in a
total Of more than one hundred APP
plications of candidates seeking the
degrees from those particular places.
The Rio Grande Valley Scottish Rite
club. on its own initiative and work
ing according to its own plaus, is
conducting an intensive Nalley-wide
vancass in behalf Of the reunion.
The club has set its stakes for at
least one hundred Valley-grown rep
~resentatives in the class. and IN
quality as well as numbers. the
Magic Valley co~nsignments 10 the
reunion will be in keeping with the
traditional standards Of that great
fertile section. Class-building work
ers for the order in San Antonio are
striving to duplicate the quotas sent
in from all out-of-town sections
combined.
Fraternal representatives from
the Galveston. Dallas. Austin, FL
Paso and Houston Scottish Rite
bodies will be in attendance TO join
in the great feast OF fellowship in
San Antonio. Sam r. Cochran, 80
degree. Of Dallas. ranking leader of
Scottish Rite Masonry in Texas, will
probably head a notable delegation
from his home consistory.
Following il a condensed schedule
Of the degrees to be conferred dur
ing the November reunion:
Monday, Nov. 10, 1928
Preparation or candidates-7:00-
9:l5 a.. m.
address Of welcome BY Illustrious
Bro. William Seat Fly.
Invocation.
Fourth degree. $3.50 a. M; fifth
degree. 1910 a. M; sixth degree,
1900 a. M; seventh degree, 1880
a. m. Dinner. Eighth degree, 100
D. M; ninth degree, 1:40 p. m;
tenth degree, 2:40 p. M; eleventh
degree. $685. p. M; twelfth degree,
AGO .. M: thirteenth degree, $40
y. m. Supper. Fourteenth degree,
$500 .. M.
Tuesday. Nov. 20. 1925
Fifteenth degree. $3.50 a. m; six
teenth degree, 1880 a. m. Dinner.
Seventeenth degree. 1880 p. M;
eighteenth degree, 2:45 p. m. Sup
per. Nineteenth degree. 1900 p. m;
twentieth degree, Sis y. m.
Wednesday, Nov. FL, 1928
Twenty-first degree, $50 a. ~;
twenty-second degree, 1:f0 n. M;
twenty-third degrees. 1915 a.. M;
twenty-fourth degree, 1900 a. m.
Dinner. T~wenty-fifth degree. 100 y.
M; twenty-sixth degree. 1880 p. M;
twenty-seventh degree, 2:I0 ,. M;
twenty-eighth degree, 3:S5 p. m;
twenty-ninth degree, 1880 o. m. Sup
per. Thirtieth degree, 1900 .. m.
Thursday, Nov. %. 1923
Thirty-first degree, 1900 n. w. Din
ner. Class organization and election
If officers, 200 .. NJ. T~hirty-ssc-
ond degree. $3.50 p. m.