COPYRIGHT

BY

THE GRAND LODGE OF Masovs

IN

MASSACHUSETTS

1916

CAMBRIDGE:
CAUSTIC-CLAFLIN COMPANY

32 BRATTLE STREET

CONTENTS

.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, FEBRUARY 4, 1915, SWAMPSCOTT .

Grand Officers present .

Constitution of Wayfarers Lodge .

Organization of Wayfarers Lodge

Charter Members of Wayfarers Lodge .

PAGE

1

1

2

4

6

6

7

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, FEBRUARY 17, 1915, CHESTER

Grand Officers present .

Constitution of Federal Lodge

Address by Grand Master, “V'nited Lodge and Federal

Lodge''

Organization of Federal Lodge

Charter Members of Federal Lodge

11

15

16

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, March 10, 1916

Grand Officers present .

Permanent Members present .

Lodges and their representatives ,

Proxies recognized

Address by Grand Master

Recommendations

Committee on Foreign Correspondence .

Vecrology

Rainy Day Fund

Regalia.

Business Office

Appointment of Committee on Recommendations .

Nomination of Permanent Members of the Grand Lodge

Election of Grand Officers

Appointment of Deputy Grand Master .

Appointment of Junior Grand Deacon .

Installation of Grand Officers

18

18

20

21

31

34

34

35

36

38

39

40

41

41

42

44

45

45

PAGE

Report of Committee on Amendment to the Grand Constitu-

tions regarding Jurisdiction .

45

Disposition of report

47

Report of Committee on Amendment to the Grand Constitu-

tions regarding District Charity Fund

48

Reports of Commissioners of Trials

48

Case of James T. Polson

49

George F. Kingsbury .

50

Report of Committee on Charters and By-Laws .

52

Memorial of R.W. Thomas W. Davis

54

Henry A. Belcher

60

Resolution of Board of Masonic Relief, Additional Land . 62

.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, March 13, 1915, SPRINGFIELD

Grand Officers present :

Fiftieth Anniversary of Roswell Lee Lodge .

65

65

66

71

71

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, MARCH 29, 1915, WEST MEDFORD .

Grand Officers present .

Constitution of Sagamore Lodge .

Organization of Sagamore Lodge .

Charter Members of Sagamore Lodge .

74

75

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, APRIL 10, 1915, SOUTH HADLEY Falls

Grand Officers present

Dedication of Masonic Temple

76

76

77

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, JUNE 9, 1915 .

Grand Officers present

Permanent Members present .

Lodges and their representatives .

Proxies recognized

Address by Grand Master

Necrology

Error in 1915 edition of Grand Constitutions

Portraits of Past Grand Masters .

District Grand Lodges and District Grand Masters

Regulations concerning same .

.

PAGE

Present and Past District Deputy Grand Masters . 103

Ruling concerning titles of District Deputy Grand

Masters

108

Rainy Day Fund

110

Improper practices.

112

Suspension of a Master .

113

Election of permanent members of the Grand Lodge . 113

Memorial of M.W. Charles C. Hutchinson

114

Report of Committee on amendment regarding District

Charity Fund .

118

Report of Committee on amendment regarding Correspond-

ing Grand Secretary

120

Report of Committee on amendment regarding title of Re-

cording Grand Secretary .

123

Report of Committee on Foreign Correspondence .

124

Appendix, Article by Charles W. Moore .

129

Report of Committee on amendment regarding Jurisdiction . 140

Address by R.W. Roscoe Pound, “ The Causes of Divergence

in Ritual”

143

Report of Committee on Charters and By-Laws

167

Report of Committee on recognition of the Regular and

Independent Grand Lodge of France

168

Report of Committee on Recognition of Foreign Jurisdictions 176

Additional real estate at Charlton .

177

Memorial of R.W. Elias P. Morton

179

.

.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, JUNE 12, 1915, ROXBURY

Grand Officers present .

Fiftieth anniversary of Lafayette Lodge.

182

182

183

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, JUNE 24, 1915, SALEM .

185

Grand Officers present

185

Laying of corner-stone of a Masonic Temple

187

Address by Grand Master

191

List of non-Masonic corner-stones laid in Massachusetts 196

Correspondence with Hon. Matthias J. O'Keefe, Mayor

of Salem .

204

.

PAGE

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, JULY 17, 1915, SOUTHAMPTON

207

Grand Officers present

207

Laying of the corner-stone of the Methodist Episcopal

Church

208

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916.

210

Grand Officers present .

210

Permanent members present .

211

Lodges and their representatives .

212

Proxies recognized

217

Address by Grand Master

217

Disqualification of a Master .

. 217

Physical qualifications of candidates

219

Where should the Holy Bible be opened?

221

Grave of Jeremy Gridley

221

International Lodge

Appointment of a Committee on questions concern-

ing non-Christian Candidates .

232

Monument to Jeremy Gridley authorized

234

Report of Committee on Charters and By-Laws

235

.

222

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION, OCTOBER 19, 1915, WOLLASTON

Grand Officers present .

Dedication of Masonic apartments

Address by Rev. Brother Isaiah W. Sneath, Ph.D., “The

Mission of Masonry''

236

236

238

Ph.D.,

239

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION, DECEMBER 8, 1915 .

Grand Officers present .

Permanent members present'.

Lodges and their representatives .

Report of Committee on Records .

Proxies recognized

Brother Daniel Hollinger introduced .

Brother Daniel Hollinger elected honorary Senior Grand

Deacon

Address by Grand Master

The case of G. H. G. McGrew

250

250

2.2

253

262

263

263

.

265

266

266