Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
MASONS FROM z
STATES TO GATHER
Biennial Sessions of Supreme
Council of Scottish Rite
Here This Week.

The biennial session of the Supreme
Council, thirty-third degree, Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite of the
Southern Jurisdiction, will be held this
week at the House of the Temple, 1898
Sixteenth street. Scottish Rite Masons
from practically every State in the
Union, from Canada, Mexico, Turkey
and Rumania will be in attendance.
The Supreme Council of the South
ern Jurisdiction is the mother council
of the world and has under its juris-
diction more than 100000 Scottish Rite
Masons in 80 States, the District OF
Columbia, the Army and Navy and ter
ritorial possessions Of the United
States. Among its present active men,
bers are included representatives from
20 States. .
Memorial Services Today.
Albert Pike memorial services will be
held at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
principal address will be made by Wal
ter r. Reed of North Dakota. Grand
Comdr. John H. Cowles will preside.
Albert Pike, whose monument is at
Third street and Indiana avenue, was
grand commander of the Supreme
Council from 1859 to 1891.
The opening meeting of the session
will begin tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
Identification cards are required. Four
teenth-degree Scottish Rite Masons will
be admitted after the opening cere-
monies. In the afternoon a pilgrimage
will be made to Mount Vernon, where
wreaths will be placed on the tomb of
George Washington, who was master OF
Alexandria Masonic Lodge, No. %, now
Alexandria Washington Lodge, No. %.
In the evening there will be a recep-
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Visitors at the session will include
Leon M. Abbott, sovereign grand COM
mander of the Supreme Council of the
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction; Henry
p. Ballard and Melvin M. johnson,
active members of the Supreme Coun-
ell Of the Northern Jurisdiction: Alberto
Pro. sovereign grand commander OF the
Supreme Council of Mexico, and Alfredo
Tonnage Of that Supreme Council; w.
M. Logan, active member of the Su-
prefne Council of Canada; Ahmed
Mouhtar Bey, Turkish Ambassador to
the United States and active member Of
the Supreme Council of his country;
the new Rumanian Minister, Carlos
Davila, active member of the Supreme
Council Of Rumania, and Georges
Bonesco of the Rumanian legation,
active member of the Supreme Council
OF his country. AL are of the thirty
b1ltIu 0SkIGSs
Two Sessions Daily.
The schedule for the week includes
afternoon and evening sessions of the
Supreme Council. Tuesday afternoon,
while the Supreme Council Is In eXecu-
tive session, the council chamber will
be turned over to visiting Masons for
fraternizing. Miss Charl o. Williams
executive secretary Of the National Edu-
cation Association, and DR.. Henry e.
Woolever, editor Of the Methodist Press,
viii speak at this gathering. A banquet
viii be held Friday evening at o'clock
for thirty-third degree Masons and
those elected to receive this degree.
Degrees will be conferred afterward.
It is expected the Supreme Council
at this session will reafirm its edu-
cation program. This includes sup
port Of legislation providing for the es-
Enlistment of a department of edu-
cation, with secretary in the Presi-
dents cabinet, and other measures In
the interest of the public schools.
In keeping with its educational pro-
gram, 81 ,00O, 900 was donated to George
Washington University for the estab-
hshfnent of a school of government at
that university. The school was estah-
lished in the Fail Of 1923, looking b
the preparation Of students for posi-
tons in the Government service in
this country and in foreign service. The
school has attracted wide attention and
many students have enrolled in this
department of George Washington.
The closing session of the Supreme
Council will be held Saturday.