A HISTORY OF ORGANIZED

MASONICROSICRUClANISM

SOCIETASROSICRUCIANA

by

HAROLD VAN BUREN VOORHIS, 1X0

SupremeMagusEnieru~us

HAROLD VAN BUREN VOORHISSupremeMagusEmeritus

Passedto the GrandLodgeonHighMay23, 1983

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R..W..ROBERT C. PATEY, 1X0Secretary-General

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TA~1LE OF CONTENTS

Preface 9

Chapter1 - The Early Rcsicruciaiis 11

Chapter 11 Societas Rosicrucianain Anglia 15

Chapter111 - The Socitatas Rosicrucianain Scotia 29

ChapterIV - Societas Ro~icruciana n Graccia 32

Chapter V - Societas Rosicrucianain Canadericia 34

Chapter VI - Societas Rosicrucianain CivitatibusFocdeiatis,Pat~I 45

ChapterVII - The High Council 54

ChapterVIII SocietasRosicrucianain Civuatibus

loederatis,Part II 58

High Council Officers 66

Ninth GradeFr’atres 70

Eighth Grade Fratres 75

MembershipStatistics 80

Bibliography of Printed Items by Colleges 81

CollegeCharterDaresandChict Adeprs 82

Dormant Colleges 82

Officers at High Council 83

M..W..LAWRENCE EMERSONEATON, 1X0SupremeMagusEmeritus

PREFACE

M. .W. .HENRyEMMERSONSupremeMagus

In my three treatmentsof this subject: 1935 a “Foreword” - 1958 a“Preface” - and 1970a ‘‘Preface” 1 listed the namesof thosewho helpedme. Of Ihese twelve but threeare with us today: John Raymond Shute,

1X0 of North Carolina, Lucille Maria Hottendorf of Hewlet, L.1.,N.Y.,and Henry Emmerson,1X0 of New York City. Lucille was my secretaryand Henrywasmy printer.

In the first edition (1935) therewere a few remarksby the SupremeMagus, Frederick William Hamilton, 1X0 then about the Society “notclaiming descentfrom the Rosicriiciansof latei middle ages,it having notraditionsto propagateandno assertionsto defend.”

Most historical booksare usuallyprefacedby excusesor explanationsand reasonsfor its advent Thelatter being to the effect that, so far as theauthorknows what he hasto sayhas notbeensaid before or to his liking.In my case I makeno excusesbecausethis was the first book on thesubject.

When I wrote my part, 1 simply said that 1 set down in simplelanguagethe discoveredhistorical dataconcerningour Society, prolixitybeing purposelyavoided.So many wanteda copy of the 52 edition, that it

wassoonexhausted.Twenty-twoyears late[ I redid it.My chiefsourceof referencefor the early existenceof datawasMost

Worthy FraterWilliam Wynn Westcott,SupremeMagus of our Society inEngland(1891-1925). Then, shortly after the publication of my history,Right Worthy Lieutenant Colonel H.C. Bruce Wilson, V1110 - 90 ofEnglandbegana detailedresearchol the archivesof the English Society.The resultsof his work weremadeavailableto me.

ThereuponI correctederrors madein the materialas used from theworks of Frater Westcott,and addedmuch of that publishedby FraterWilson. Thirteenyears later camean updatedissueof 71 pageswhich wasprinted in The RosicrusianFama - S.R.I.C.F. #42 - July 1971. It had avery short preface(half page).Only two editedparagraphsI repeathere:

“Not everythingcontainedin the 1958 book was repeated- the illus-trations, statistics(mostly in the English and Scottishsectionsespecially)not of particularmomentto our Fraters.”

“I acknowledge the service given me by R.W. Frater HenryEmmerson,then V1110 - 90, our printer, for his unfailing endeavors,ason so many previous occasions,to bring ‘order out of chaos’ from mymanuscriptsand thus producea presentableproduct.” Now he is a fullMagus,IX having beenelectedour SeniorSubstituteMagus on February24, 1979.

Thereis little to be addedin this, the fourth, “preface” but there is anumberingof the sectionsand a printing of theresult in the CONTENTS

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at the start. Thereis also an updating of all of the statistics since 1970.Very little editingwasdone.

It is amazingthat niosi so-calledhistoriansof Freemasonryfabricatetheir productby addinghundredsof yearsto its continuity. A whole tribeof writers, starting with Anderson who wrote the 1723 and 1738Constitutionsof the Craft, havePublishedbookstrying to tell us, withoutdocumentationthat Freemasonrycamefrom varioussources,evenAdam.Just why an order would be better by adding years to its known ageand/or connectingit to an historical event with which it really had noconnection, when we, as a fraternity, doteon TRUTH, I cannotsay.

Those who have helped me in the past, and those who havecontributedherewith, who I now add thanks, J. Philip Berquist, HenryEmmerson Stanley P. Matthewsof Summit, N.J. andEthel Rita Landauof Brooklyn N.Y. (alsomy Secretaryat a laterdate);GeorgeS. Draffen,Scot.; Alan G. Davies, Cyril N. Bathamand FrederickH. Smith, Eng.

Harold V. B. Voorhis - 1982Summit, N.J., U.S.A.

ChapterITHE EARLY ROSICRUCIANS

The searchfor the origin of the Rosicrucianscarriesus backto a veryremote past. It leads us through a seriesof “hidden traditions” comingdown to us by way of what may be termed as “The Near East”. It isextremelydifficult to lift the thick veil which obscuresthe History of theOrderof the RosyCross,evenon its externalside. Fratier Arthur EdwardWaite, of England,whosestudiesinto the inward historyof Rosicruciansymbolismare unexcelled,succinctlysaid that the ‘‘difficulties which areinherentto the subjectof secretassociations’’haveaddedto them in thiscase “someothersof a peculiar kind, chief amongwhichare perhapsthesuccessivetransformationswhich it has suffered from within the groupsand the actualcircumstancesof its origin”. He points out fhat “there isnothing corresponding to the year 1717 in the History of the RosyCross,as wehavein Freemasonry.”

Frater Waite has summedup the adventof the Rosy Cross thus:“Belween 1614 and 1616 certain pamphlets appearedin German andLatin which affirmed that a secretand mysteriousOrderhad subsistedinGermanyfor abouttwo centuries;that it wasfull of light and knowledge,derivedfrom a hidden centrein the Near-Easternworld ... The effectofthis proclamationin Germany,Holland andevenEnglandis now a matterof notoriety; everybody who knows anything about Secret Societies inEuropehas heardof the greatdebatethat followed. But the fiist questionfor our considerationand the first difficulty before us is whether therewas a Societyat all in any incorporatedsensewhenthe documentswhichclaimedto reveal it were first publishedasan appealto alumni andhteratrof magianand occult arts. . . . We are in the presenceof a claim put outsuddenly from the void.” Most of us who haveworked on this problemare of the opinion that there never was a definite Rosicrucianorganizationbefore the eighteenthcentury—definitelyin 1777—i.e. anywritten initiatory ceiemoniesbasedon a “crosssymbolism” termedRosyCross.There seemsno doubt that a few groupscame into possessionof a“degree” with the themeof the Rose and Crossidea in the seventeenthcentury or even earlier. However, although it is possible and evenprobablethai actualorganizarionswere formedhaving the nameRosiern-cian or ~vereRosy Cross in nature, positive proof of such existencesislacking. One thing is certain—no degree of Masonry has had widercirculation. it is found (not always by name but usually so) in nearlyevery systemof “high degree” Masonry: The Rite of Perfectionof theeighteenthcentury,The Rite of Memphisof the nineteenthcentury, andThe Ancient and Accepted Rite of the twentieth century are notableexamples.lt is found in The FrenchRite, The Primitive Rite, The ScottishPhilosophical Rite, The Rite of Mizraim and The Royal Order ofScotland.

Rosicrucianisniis the survival of the early form of INITIATION wellknown to studentsand scholarsof the occult, undervarious names.The

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symnolicajFOUNDER of our SocietyCHRI5~J~~ROSENCREUTZdid not invent the doctrinesthat havebeeii promulgatedby the Societyoreventhosecontainedin the Rosierriciandegrees.No evidencethat such anindividual actually lived has come down to us. However he may beregardedas the Founderof the system as it has becomeknown to theworld at large sincethe publicationof THE FAMA FRATERNITATIS in1614.

Only a few personsseem to havebeen referred to as Rosicruciansduring their lifetimes in the seventeenthcentury. They were writers whoissued tracts concerning “The Order” or who defended it in print. Inoccult literaturethey are frequently referiedto as Rosicrucians,but not ascrap of evidencehas cometo light to provea membershipin a Rosicrucian organization if such groups actually existed. Examplesare CouniMichael Meier (1568-1622)of Germany;RobertFludd, M.D. (1574-1637),Sir I(enelm Digby (1603-1665), Francis Bacon (1561-1629) and EliasAshmole(1617-1692)of England

Our RosicrucianSociety, whosemembershipfrom its start has beenconfined to Freemasonsis the oldestRosierriciangrotip existing today,althoughit is only 115 years old. That theremay havebeenone or moreOrganized Rosicruciangroups existing in the British Isles prior to theknown existenceof the presentSociety, is acknowledged Only twentythree years after the formation of the Grand Lodge in London, thefollowing letter by “A.Z.” dated Edinburgh Scotland, December27,1739, appearedin “The Gentleman’sMagazine” of January 1740, pagesl7and 18.

“It mustbeconfessedthat thereis a Society abroad,froni which the EnglishFree:Masons(ashamedof their true origin as above) have copied a few Cere-monies, and rakeii great Painsto persuadethe World that theyare derivedfroiiithem, and are the same with them: These are called ROSICRUCIANS fromtheir Prime officers (such as our Brethrencall Grand li/laster, Wardens etc.)being distiiiguist~~~ on their High Days with Red Crosses.This is saidt 10 he aworthy, tho’ they affect to he thought a mysrical Society, and piomoiecheerfullyone another’sBenefit in a very extraordinaryManner, rhey meetingfor betterPurposesthan Eating which Acts are slitl to be seenin Ihe printedStatuesof ihoseReigns; now tho’ the Occasionis Leather On this Society haveour Moderns, as we havesaid, endeavor’dto graft themselves,rho’ ihey knownothing of their most materialConstitutions,and are acquaiiite~only with someof their Signs of Probationand Entiance;insomuch that ‘tis but ot late years,(being better informed by some kind Rosicrucian) that they know John theEvangelist 10 he their right Patron,having kept for his Day, that Indicated toJohn the Baptis4 who we all know, lived in a Desart Isic] and knew nolhing ofthe Architecturerind Mystery which, with so many Plausibility, they reputetotheAuthor of the Revelations.’’

In spite of the fact that this letler was written more than a centuryanda quarterbeforeour Society wasorganized no noticeof a groupatthe datein questionhascomeho us.

hi this work we are not morethan passinglyconcernedwith Rosicru-cian matters previous to the era of our presentSocieties.We should,however,mentionthefact that in the particularera of our excursiontherehavebeenand are other Rosicruciangroups in England and the UnitedStates,at least.In the earlypart of this era, roughly spottedat the middleof the last century, many of the prominentmembersof our Society inEngland were active in these non-Masonicgroups, but in the UnitedStates,the reverseprevailed. One of thesemembersbecameassociatedwith a non-Masonic group which, after his death, resulted in theformationof a non-MasonicSociety,Rosicrucianin nature.

The largest of these groups in England eventually emerged in1887—Finally resulting in five Temples of The Hermetic Society of theGoldenDawn.

Isis-Urania,No. 3 at London Mar. 20, 1888Osiris, No 4 at Weston-super-Mare Oct. 8, 1888Horus,No. 5 at Brartford Oct. 10, 1888Amen Ra, No. 6 at Edinburgh Apr. 14, 1893Ahathoor,No 7 at Paris Dec. 3, 1893The combined activities of ihis group, for all practical purposes

ceasedearly in the presentcentury. In 1902, a memberof York College,S.R.I.A., FraterT. [1. Pattinsonand a Dr. BogdanEdmundJastrzebski,betterknown as “Edwards”, who held first and secondoffices in HorusTemple,No. 5, took the “remains” of the GoldenDawnand addedsomeoriental and contemporarymaterial to form numberone Templeof TheOrder of Light iii Bradford, which has continued to the presentday.Therehavebeenother,but lesser,excursionsinto the samerealm.

William Wynn Westcott (1848-1925),SupremeMagus of the EnglishSociety,S.R.[.A. from 1891 until his death,in his THE ROSiCRUCIANS(1915) page 3, said that the Masonic RosicrucianSocieties “are by nomeansthe only descendantsof the original Collegiurn, for in Cernianyand Austria there are other RosicrucianColleges . . . which are notfettered by any of the limitations which Freemasonryhas imposeduponus, and someof these,althotigh not composedof manymembers,includestudentswho understandmany curious phenomena,which our Zelatorshave not studied.” In his HiSTORY OF THE SOCIETASROSICRU-CIANA in ANGLIA, 1910, page 6. Westcott remarkedthat “eailierEnglishRosicrucianCollegeshaveno Masonic basis,and somefraternitiesabroadcertainly admitted women on equal terms, of which fact there isextant literary proof.” The ‘‘extant hitetary proof”, however,hasnevercometo the attentionof thoseengagedin research.

Frederick Hockley, a notable English spiritualist, who died in 1885,possessedan original MS. which describedthe admissionto a RosicrucianFraternity in the now Englishowned, but in 1794 owned by France,676squaremile Island of Mauritius, otherwiseknown as The Isle of France,in the Indian Oceanabout 500 miles from Madagascar,of a Dr. Sigis-mundBacstrom.TheMS. recordsthe admissionof one Louis, the Comlede Chazal, on September12, 1794, TUE ROSICRIJCIAN, edited by

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FratersRobertWentworthLittle andWilliam RobertWoodman,first andsecondSupremeMagi of our Society in England,carrieda printedversionof the documentin theOctober, 1876 issue,pages149-151.A note statesthe copy wassuppliedby FraterF. G. Irwin, 90, of Bristol (who becamethe owner of much of Frederick Hockley’s greatMS. collection). Thedocument is not taken seriously by students, it being classed as“Questionable” by some and “an obvious mid-victorian forgery” byothers.

That there was a Brotherhood of the Rosy and Golden Cross inGermany prior to 1710 when a certain Sigmund Richter published itsLaws seemssure, but what is certain is that therewas a reformation ofthe Rosy arid GoldenCrossgroup someseventy-fiveyearslater. Althoughit worked only on the Continent,someof the membershad connectionselsewhere.In 1836, Godfrey Higgins published Isis ANACALPYS1S, inthe courseof which he remarkedthat he had not soughtadmissionamongRosicruciansor Templars.

There is a book, THE TREE OF COMMONWEALTH, written byEdmund Dudley, Esq., in 1509 while he was a prisonerin the Tower ofLondon, under sentenceof death for high treason. It was printed for“The Brotherhoodof the Rosy Cross” in Manchester,in 1859. Otherthan the prefacebeing signed as above, there is nothingelse in the workrelating to Rosicrucianism.This date is actually in the formation periodof our Society. It appearsthat thereflourished in Manchestera Rosicru-cian Brotherhood for a number of years. The dateof this publicationpinpoints a period of its existence. Frater Waite furnishes these“verifiable” particularsconcerningthe Brotheihood:

I. It wasan AntiquarianSociety, without pretensionsof any kind.2. The only mysteryconcerningit is its choiceof the particularname.3. It met at thehousesof members.4. Its convocationswere called Chapters.5. Reportsof its activities appearedoccasionallyiii THE MANCHESTER

GUARDIAN.6. One explanationbeing that editor of the above mentionednewspaper,

JohnHarland,belongedto the Brotherhood,7. It wasconcernedwith topographical,historical,architecturalquestions,etc.8. It knew arid cared nothing for so-calledoccult sciencesand hadno views

on the legendof Christian Rosy Cross.9. On one occasion at least there was a volume of antiquarian interest

publishedunderits auspices.10. Irs occasionalmeetingscontinuedtill the endof 1869, if nothater

It is not within the province of the fraternal historian to discuss theliturgical particularsof anygroupunderconsideration.Our provincehereis purely historical. The Masonic RosicrucianSocieties,unlike most non-Masonic ones, neither claim nor sanction any connectionwith occultassociationsof ancientvintage, none of which havebeenproved to havedescendedto our day. We will, therefore, dismiss that possibility andproceed with an examination of the beginnings of The RosicrucianSocietiesproper.

ChapterII

SOCIETASROSICRUCIANA IN ANGLIA

The early history of our Society for manyyears has beenbasedonstatementsfound in the published accounts made by William WynnWestcott during the thirty-three years he was SupremeMagus of theEnglishSociety. in 1924, FraterWaite, in his THE BROTHERHOODOFTHE ROSY CROSS, pages564-567, thoroughly questioned theallegations made by Frater Westcott. In THE HISTORY OFORGANIZED MASONIC ROSICRUCLANISM, which I published in1935, I dwelt very sparinglyon the early history—simply quoting FraterWestcott’s “cover-all” statement which he published in 1900 (whichstatementwas repeatedin an occasionalpronunciamentofrom the samesourcewith a deletionor an additionto the main theme).

This “official theme” was summarizedby FraterWaite, as follows:1. That the Society was projected in 1865 and started in t866 by Robert

WentworthLittle.“Frater Little waseducatedfor the Church,but turned asideto enrerthe CivilService; after someyears of service in Dublin, he migrated to London andbecamean official at Freemasons’Hall in 1862, becomingCashierin 1866, inwhich position he remaineduntil his appointment in 1872, to the office ofSecretaryto the Royal MasonicInstitution for Girls, in which he did excellentwork up to the time of his death.” (Obituary). He died April 12, 1878, in histhirty-ninth year arid wasburiedat Croydonin Surrey,England.

2. That Little found and borrowed or abstractedcertain papers, contairung“Ritual Information,” preservedin the GrandLodgeLibrary.

3. That the rituals had been discoveredbefore Little found them by WilliamHenryWhite, upon his attainingtheoffice of the GrandSecretaryof the GrandLodge of England in 1810, and retaining that office until 1857. (He died in1866).

4. That White, upon his retirementpassedthe information to Little, at the sametime admitting and recognizing Little as a Frater, thereby qualifying him toconferthegradesupon others.

5. That White wasamong “the last survivors” of an EnglishRosicrucianSociety,holding from a VenetianAmbassadorto Englandin the eighteenthcenturywhohad “conferredRosicrucianGrades” on studentsin England,and said studentshad handed“on the rule and tradition ro others”.

6. That accordingto Westcott, White “made no use” of the GrandLodge MSS.but accordingto anotherdeponent,White admitted Little, not apparentlybythe powerscommitted to him as an initiate arid from “Ritual lnformation”in his own possessionbut from thepapersin GrandLodge.

7. That this notwithstandingthesepaperswere “imperfect for ceremonialuse”.8. That on finding them after White’s “retirementfrom office”—asstatedby the

other deponent—Littlecalled to his assistanceKennethR. H. MacKenzie,whoclaimed that when in Germany he had been admitted by some “GermanAdepts” into certain Gradesof a Rosicruciansystemand had beenlicensedtoform agroup01 Masonicstudentsin England,“under the Rosicrucianname.”

Frater Waite does not find any of these ‘‘conclusions~~ worthy ofhistorical notice and goes to somelength in justifying his conclusions.

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However, he did not give an account of how the Society really wasconstituteddueto the lack of historicaldocumentsavailable to him.

In 1937, Rt. Worthy Frater H. C. Bruce Wilson, V1110, 90 of theEnglish Society,busiedhimself with an examinationof this subject. Flegave an account of his researchesthat year in a papen at a GeneralAssemblyheld on Novembet 13th of that year in Manchester.The paperwaspublishedthen,but ten yearslater, after additional research,anotherpapercoveringthe sameground was read by Frater Wilson at a GeneralAssembly at Perth on May 3, 1947, and again at the MetropolitanCollege,S.R.I.A., in London,sevendays later. It was then published.

Frater Wilson started his paper by noting that since 1900, whenWesteolt,with official approvalof the High Council in England,printedan account of the origin of the Society, it had been “repeated andsupplemented”from the samesource “and had been reproducedin allworks teferring to RosicrucianSocieties;it was translatedinto Germanand printedin LATOMIA in Berlnt; it figures with much detail in Whitte-man’s HISTORLE DES ROSE-CROIX; it even finds a place in theIntroductiomi to Regardie’s GOLDEN DAWN printed in Chicago,”U.S.A.

The two legendsare labeledby FraterWilson as “The Legend of theVenetianAmbassadotandthe Ritual in the Cellar,” and“The MackenzieLegend.” These titles suggest a foreboding which Frater Waite wasunable to accomplish. The paper gives us a thorough picture ofdemolition of the two legendsand, for the first time suppliesus withsomethingsubstantialconcerningthe advent of the Society in England—not heretoforeassembled.So far as the legendsare concetned,they arejust that and it is time that theybe relegatedto the hand of fables. Wereit not for the fact that they were put forward by the SupremeMagus ofthe Society in England as FACT, not much notice needbe given them.Becauseof this Frater Wilson has goneto greatpains and in greatdetailto prove,beyondall question,that these“histories” are greatly distorted.I shall not go into the subjecthere other than two phases—acertainletterwhich has been a weak “backbone” of the main legend, and somepertinentmaterialconcerningthe “Mackenzie Legend”. Thoseinterestedin the minute details of the whole may consult the papers hereinmentioned.It seemsmoteuseful to devotetimeand spaceto the origin ofthe Society as brought out in thesepapers. I shall therefore digest thematerial, concentratingon suchhappeningswhich I hopewill be sufficientto give a clearpictureof what really took placein the earlydays.

In the earliestversionof the first legendFraterLittle was supposedtohave found the rituals in a cellar at Freemasons’Hall after White’s deathin 1864.This date was subsequently“adjusted” to 1865, but White didnot die until 1866. Then comes the letter which, so say the “HistoricalNotice”, is the “only Literary extant evidence of the source of ourRosicrucianRitual from Brother W. H. White.” It was wittlen by theRev. T. F. Ravenshaw,GrandChaplain of the GrandLodge of England,

a Brother sufficiently well known by EnglishFreemasonsso that no morethanhis nameneedbe mentionedhere:

“Dec. 18, 1870 DearSir and Bro.‘‘I did not intend to write unpleasantly.The factsaresimply these,“The history set forth by BrotherLittle whenthe order was ‘revived’ was that

distinguishedmembersoh the genuineorder had the right of conferring it onothers.

“That a certain Venetian (if I remembemrightly) Ambassadorin the lastcenturyhad so conferredit on personsin this counitry, who in turn had handedit on, the former G.S l3rothei White being one of the last possessorsof it,among whose papers in G. Sec,’s office Brother Little fonind an imperfectRitual. Whetherany memberwas then living I do not know, but at any rateBrotherLittle with some othersamendedandenlarged the fragmentaryRitualand floated the ‘revived order’ as a genuineand legitimatecontinuationof theold orden;”

The aboveis the first page of the letter and this is what wasusedas‘‘pnoof” of whencecaine our Ritual in the S.R.l.A. But FraterWilsondiscoveredthe original letter andtherewasanotherpagewhich was NOTreproduced.Hereit is.

“and for somefive yearsor so it lived and flourished, tho’ the Sup. Council 330

dech~redthat it was merelya new form of a degreewhich belongedto them—asthe Scotch S.C. does to this day—somuch so that an objection was raisedbutfinally waived in Ednmmbono’ to my admissioninto the ‘Royal Onder’ on accountot~ niy connectionwith the Red Cross.Then on the scemieappearedRhodokana-kis, Prince or Grocer, in much wiath and indignation, claiming to be by birthanddescentthe living and only representativeof thehereditarySovereignsof tImeAncient order, denouricimigthe revived ordem as an imposture,and publishedagorgeousvolume on the subiect. To him Lord Kenhis submitted andacknowledgedthat the revivedordercould not substantiateits claims,andmadesuch change of title as Prince R. required to show its distinction from theAncient Order.

“As my attraction to the Order was its being (as was supposed)a genuinerevival of a neverentirelyextinctorder, my interestin it ceasedwhen it claims tobe such were relinquished.It might still be a more or less interestingceremony,but nothing more, and 1 quietly wnthdmew. The Pr. Conclaveof which I hadbeena memberfrom an earlydate, very amiably electedme an Hon. Member,but I havenor for many yearsattendedthemeetings.

finally yours,T.F. Ravenshaw.”

Brother Ravenshawis statedin an old list of membersto havebeenadmitted in the S.R.I.A. in 1869, but theme is no record of hismembershipnor attendancein the minutes.

The publication of the FULL LETTER simply explodes anypossibility that its contentsrefer to the S.R.I.A. Frater Wilson teiselyconcludesthat “this legend, compiled by FraterLittle for the Red Crossof Constantinemainly from traditions of another chivalric Red CrossOrder, and which he was obliged to discard by a claimant to the repre-sentationof that Order, was warmedup by the Historian (Frater WynnWestcott), seasonedto taste,and served as the ancestryand authority,

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andthe sourceof the Ritual of the S.R.I.A., with which in fact it hadnoconnectionwhatever.”

The secondlegendappearedfirst in 1892, on a reprint of the leafletstating the aims of the Society, over the signatureof the then SecretaryGeneral,FraterW. J. Ferguson,by addingthis paragraph:

“Sincethe reorganizationof the Society in 1864, the Magi who haveheld rulehavebeenthe following M.W. Fratres:

KennethR.M. Mackenzie,P.S.M.RobertWentworthLittle, S.MWilliam RobertWoodman,M.D.William Wynn Westcott,M.13.

Parenthetically,this is an unethicalmixup of Rosicrucian,scholasticand civic titles. Also, if must be noted that this “legend’’ appearedonlyafter Mackenzie’sdeath.

Frater Mackenzie was approved for election as a candidate foradmission as a Zelator in the S.R.I.A. on April 11, 1872, on theproposition of FraterLittle, the SupremeMagus. His qualificationsarepurported to have been gained duting a stay in Austria where he issupposed to have received Rosicrucian initiation while living at theresidenceof a CountApponyi, asan English tutor. No details weregivenby which the individual memberof this distinguishedHungarianCatholicfamily can be identified. He also receivedoccult knowledgefrom AbbeAlphonse Louis Constant,better known as the Kabbalist and OccultistElphas Levi Zahed, whom he visited on December3 and 4, 1861, andwith whom he corresponded.But he was not qualified to become amemberof the S.R.L.A. until after March 9, 1870, on which datehe wasinitiated in RoyalOak Lodge, No. 871, at Freemasons’Hall, London.

On I0-17-’72 Mackenziebecamea Zelatorand “he promisedto reada paperat the next meeting. “ The paperwasdeliveredandmet with suchapproval that Frater Mackenziewas declaredin the 1V0. More papensfollowed and “in April 1874, he was appointedto the office of AssistaniSecretary-General,after which lie signshimself VIhI0, A.S.G.” He serveda year “when he was deliberately insulted by Frater Little, and resignedfrom the Society.His deathon July 2nd, 1886, wasannouncedat thenextmeeting, where he is simply referred to as Hon. 90, without anyreferencesto any past services.”That he cotmid NOT havebeenSupremeMagusfrotn 1864 to 1867—orany other time, is obvious.

There was a further attempt to provide evidence in support ofMackenzieas the Founderof the reconstructedSociety. In the imposingRegister known as The Golden Book of the Society, thereis no ituinberagainstMackenzie’sname. The original Register,from which the nameswerecopied to start the new book, is extant.Mackenzie’snumberis 114.Before it wascopiedsomeonechanigedthe numberto 0, but the copyist,says Frater Wilson “did not react according to plan, and apparentlypuzzled by the alteration solved the difficulty by omitting the numberaltogether.”

‘‘In the sixth decadeof the XIX centurytherewas in active existencein Edinburgha RosicrucianSociety in Scotia,divided as at presentinto 9gradesand3 orders,with appropriateceremonies.Thoughthe Societydidnot havethe Masonicqualifications,its membersincludedactiveMasons.Anthony Oneal Haye, headof the Society, was Editor of “The ScottishFreemason’,andthe well known Masonicwriter David Murray Lyon wasalso a member. The Secretary-Generalof the Society was Brother JamesH. M. Bairusfather.”

In this Society two Englishbrethrenwere admitted to the Grades,asfollows:

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Robert Wentworth Little12-31-186612-31-1866

2- 4-18672- 4-18672- 4-18675-18-18675-18-18675-18-18676- 1-1867

William Hughan12-31-186612-3 1-18662- 4-18673- 6-18673- 6-18673- 6-18676- 1-1867

before 10-31-1867before 10-31-1867

For Little, at least, the IX 0 must havebeen ante-datedor given inabsentia;for the fiist meetingof the revived Society in Anglia took placeon June 1, 1867, in Londoni. Frater Little and six others were presentatthe London meeting so he could nothavebeenin Scotland.Little becamethe first SupremeMagusand Hughanthe first SeniorSubstituteMagusofAnglia. Their certificates in Anglia were dated December 31, 1866, thedate they were both receivedin Scotia—andthis date, saysFraterWilson,“is thereforethe properdatefor the constitutionof the presentS.R.I.A.”Thereare no certificatesin Anglia datedearlier. The next is datedJune6,1867, five days after the first meeting. The secondmeeting was held onOctober31, 1867. It is obviousthat Little and Hughanwere admitted toScotia for the purpose of “reconstructing” or forming the Society inEngland.In fact, in a list of members,at the back of the original minutebook, for the first threeanda half yearsof the Society,FratersLittle and1-lughan are shown ashavingjoined “from the ScottishBranch”.

The earliestextant minute book of the Society containsthe minutesof a meeting held on June 1, 1867, and the minutes continue untilJanuary, 1871 when there is a hiatus until April, 1873. (The minutescovering this lapseare printed in The Rosicrucian, however). From thisdate to January, 1875, there is a signaturebook listing the namesofFraters who attended the meetings.Written minutes are then completefrom January, 1875, to date. It ,must be noted that the summons formeetingsin London were headed“The RosicrucianSociety”. It was notuntil January 8, 1874 that the summons for a meeting was headed“l’vletropolitan College.” The next meeting summonswas for April 18,1874 and that was likewise soheaded.The first meetingof the Magi and

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Magistri, constituting The High Council, was held on April 24, 1874,whenit wasdecided“(I) That thegovernmentof the RosicrucianSocietybe vested iii the High Council consisting of the Magi and N4agistiiTemple, 90 & 8 ‘~ . . . . (5) That the Metropolitan Collegeof Englandbethe title of the London College.” Eight of the memberswere presentatthe meeting.At this time, when the line of demarcationbetweena 1-lighCouncil and Metropolitan College was drawn, threeother Colleges hadbeenauthorized—Bristolin 1869,Manchesterin 1871, andCambridgethesame year. The first two being in active existence in 1874.

The Rulesand Ordinancesof the Society—undoubtedlythe work ofRobertWentworthLittle, the first SupremeMagus,cometo light in 1868,but are not dated. The Preamblecommenceswith this statement:“TheSociety of Brethren of the Rosy Cross is totally independent,beingestablishedon its own basis, and as a body is not otherwiseconnectedwith the Masonic Order than by having its membersselectedfrom thatfraternity.” In the Ordinances,Rule VII says that “No aspirantshall beadmitted into the Society unlesshe be a MasterMason.” This restriction,which is characteristicof the revived S.R.I.A., and its various offspring,is not found in the older RosicrucianSocieties, including the S.R 1.S.from which it immediately sprung, and it also precludedany risk of theintroductionof feminine members—arestriction which has beeneffectivein the non-recognitionof at leastone Rosicrucianbody in the U.S.A.

Frater Wilson has devotedmany pagesin Chapter2 of his “EarlyHistory of the S.R.I.A.”, to an examinationof the original Rules andOrdinances—towhich are referred those interested in these specificdetails. However, one of the Rules is of historical interest—No. XIII.This Rule says, in part, that “The Proceedingsof the Society shall beprinted quarterly,under the title of “The Rosicrucian” and a copy shallbe sent to every subscribingand honorary memberby the Secretary-General. The record shall be conducted tinder the supervision of theSupremeMagus.” Under the dateof July, 1868, thereappearedthe firstnumber of “The Rosicrucian”, edited by Frater Robt. Wentworth Little(S.M.), Master-General,printed by Collins and Hearn, afterwardsThomasH. Hearn of StokeNewington, which is changedwith No. XVIIto Reeves,Son & Co., LudgateHill. Actually the restilting publicationsunder the Society name were mostly records of the Red Cross ofConstantinein general and Frater Little’s activities in particular, “withthe ulterior objective of an excursion into general Masonic journalismwith a strong popularflavor”. The following were issued:July 1868 to Oct. 1872—THEROSICRUCIAN—Vol I—numbersI to 18.Feb 1873 to Nov. 1874—THE ROSICRUCIAN AND RED CROSS—Vol. 11—

Numbers19 to 26.Jan.1875 to Oct. 1875—THE ROSICRUCIANANDMASONIC RECORD—New

Series—Vol.I—numbersI to 4.Jan.1876 to Oct. 1878—Same,New Series—VolI—numbersIto 12.Jan.1879 10 Oct. 1879—Same, New Series—Vol Il—numbers 13 to 16.

In the eleven years there were forty-six numbersissued containingsome 1,186pages.

After a thorough analysisof the dataconnectedwith thesepublica-tions and their contents, Frater Wilson concludes, ‘‘So ended ‘TheRosicrucian’;and with it for a time all printed recordof the Society orany part of it; meagreandspasmodicas the information which is suppliedhad been,andembeddedin massesof extraneousmatter, it had preservedsomethingof interest for thosewho comeafter, not only by what it hasrecorded,but also by the extent and mannerof its omissions.Fortunatelya few years later, in 1885, the Metropolitan College beganto print itsTransactions,which preservea continuousrecord of the meetingsof theCollege, and print most of the papersread in it; and this has continuedwithout a breakto the presenttime; and some of the Provincial Collegeshavealso issuedpublications.”

In the first issueof “The Rosicrucian” we find a notice for a meetingof The Rosicrucian Society of England for Jtnly 2, 1868. The RightHonorable Lord Kenhis (later the Earl of Bective) is listed as HonoraryPresident,the otherofficers being:Robert WentworthLittle S.M. & M.W. Master-GeneralWilliam JamesHughan S.S.M. & R.W. DeputyMaster-GeneralWilliam Henry Hubbard J.S.M. & V.W. Primus AncientWilliam Robert Woodman, M.D., VIII 0 Secretary-General

On pages6 to 9 of this first issue the Rulesand Ordinanceso1 TheRosicrucianSocietyof Englandare printed in twenty numberedsections.

On October 8, 1868, The Right Honorable, The Earl of Jersey,acceptedthe office of Honorary Vice-Presidentandin the January,1869,issueof “The Rosicrucian” we find the Earl listed,togetherwith FrederickMartin Williams, Esq., M.P., asHonoraryVice-Presidents.

Colonel FrancisBurdett was elected an HonoraryVice-PresidentonJanuary14, 1869, in the presenceof thirty-five Fraters,and receivedTHERITE OF PERFECTION. He is listed in the April 1869, issue of “TheRosicrucian” for the first time, togetherwith the other two HonoraryVice-Presidents.

On July 14, 1870, Biother Hargrave Jennings was elected anHonoraryMember, as was The Right HonorableLord Lytton, the latterbeing requestedto acceptthe office of GrandPatron of the Society. Heaccepted and is so listed in the July 1871, issue of “The Rosicrucian”.Lord Lytton died on January18, 1873, and in the February, 1874, issueof “The Rosicrincianand Red Cross” we find The Earl of Bectivelisted asGrand Patron, Colonel FrancisBurdett as Honorary President,and TheEarl of Jersey, Fiederick M. Wihhiatns, Esq., M.P., and John Ilervey,Esq. (the GrandSecretaryof the United GrandLodge of Englandwhowasadmittedinto the Society in 1870) listed asHonoraryVice-Presidents.

In the April, 1878, issue of “The RosicrucianandMasonic Record”,the Earl of Bective is listed as HonoraryPresidentandThe Earlof Jersey,Sir. Frederick M. Williams, M.P. and Colonel Francis Burdett asHonoraryVice-Presidents.John Herveypassedaway in 1880 and was illfor sometime before, so he may haveresignedas a Vice-Presidentof theSociety.From this point we heai no more of the office of Grand Patron.

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Sir Frederick Martin Williams, M.P., died on September 3, 1878. Thisleft the Honorary President and two Honorary Vice-Presidents—andtheycontinuedto be listed through the last numberof “The RosicrucianandMasonic Record”, which was October, 1879. Our next printed record isthe Transactionsof the Metropolitan College, the first issue beinig datedJanuary, 1885. The same Honorary officers are listed as in 1879 andcontinuethusuntil 1888 whenWilliam JamesHughan,P.S.S.M.is addedas an Honoraiy Vice-President.This listing coiitiiiued through April,1892, whentheseofficesseemto havebeenabolished.

At the meetingat which The Earl of Jerseywas electedwe find that“twelve Brethrenhavingbeenproposed,secondedand ballotted for, wereappiovedfor a Gradeof Zehator;of whom the following, being present,received THE RITE OF PERFECTION”. We find this entranceceremonyfor a numberof years. It was the Zehator Grade.The ritual ofTHE ORDER OF SECRETMONITOR, was included in the “work” ofthe Society in 1868 but properly excluded a few years hater on therecommendationof FratersWoodmanandMacKenzie.

At a meetingof the Societyon April 8, 1869, FraterAngelo J. Lewis(who wasa PastSovereignof PremierConclaveNo. I, andthe followingyear GrandAssistantMarshalin the Giand Senateof the Knights of theRed Crossof Romeand Constantine)posteda notice of motion, to wit:“1. That new admissionsinto this Societybe restrictedto membersof theRed Cross Order. 2. That the regalia of the Red Cross be worn atmeetingsof this Society by thosewho are Knights of that Order.” OnJuly 8th, 1869, this mattei was broughtup when “Frater Lewis withdrewhis motion for the present”, after about an hour of discussion. FraterHughan, the MasterGeneral, had madea journeyof over three hundredmiles at considerableinconveniencein order to presideat the meeting. Itis apparentthat it was largely due to Frater1-lughan that the oppositionwasso strong,and that the motion had to bewithdrawn, much to FraterLittle’s disappointment.On October14, 1869, this sameFrater “withdrewhis motion unconditionally”. This is a matter of interest becausepracticallyall the high ranking officers of the Red Crosswere also highranking officers in the RosicrucianSociety—Lord Kenhis, Frederick M.Williams, The Earlof Jersey,Colonel FrancisBurdett,William H. White,RobertW. Little, William J. Hughan,Wihhmam R. Woodman,and others.Furthermore,Frater Little, the SupremeMagus,was GrandRecorderofthe Red Cross Order and had aspirationsof turning the RosicrucianSociety into an appendageof the Red Cross Order—which processeventualhywasthwarted.

On April 24, 1873, it is recorded“that M. AlphonseLouise Coinstant(whose occult name was Eliphas Levi Zahed) of Paris, be ehectcd asHonorary Foreign Memberof the Society and that Frater Mackenzieberequestedto transmita notice to him of the fact”

In August, 1873, there is recordedin thc official magazinean essayon Rosicrucianismby Albert G. Mackey of the United Statesof America.This appears-to be the first mention of an American having to do with

Rosicrucianism—Masonically.So far as is known, Dr. Mackey neverbecamea memberof an exotericRosicrucianSociety.

In the printed minutes foi tIme January 14, 1875 meeting of theSociety, Frater Woodmnan, Secretary-General,signed with an Arabic 9insidea triange. This seemsto be the first use of this designation.In thesameminutes Fraterand Captain C. Hunter of East of ScotlandCollegeis designatedas Honorary 70 in the samemanner.Woodmansigned theminutes as Secretary-Generalas an Honorary 80 in a triangle. Hecontinued to sign thus for four more meetingsand then on October9,1879 he signedas Honorary 90 in the triangle. The magazineterminatedthat yearandwith it the trianglesigning—atleastit is not met with in theTransactionsof MetropolitanCollege which startedsix yearshater.

The first SupremeMagus, Robert Wentworth Little, died on April12, 1878, at thirty-nine years of age. He left a sealedletter appointingashis successorDr. William Robert Woodman, who had been Secretary-Generalsince 1868, as well as Junior SubstituteMagus for two years anda few months the Senior Substitute Magus. The Adepti acceptedthenominationandon April 15th Dr. Woodmanacceptedthe office.

In January, 1879, the new SupremeMagus approved a Zelatorcertificate, but it was two years before the certificate came into being,accordingto a paragraphin the June 1, 1881 numberof TI-LE KENPI-l,the official organ of The Ancient and Primitive Rite of Masonry,publishedin London,being edited by FraterKennethR. H. Mackenzie.Ittells us that “membersof the RosiciucianSociety in Englandwill be gladto hear that the long-promisedcertificateandseal has at last been issuedby the Authorities. We congratulate our enthusiastic Brother Dr.Woodman, P.G.S.B.,upon this auspiciousevent and we trust that theunselfish labor he has devoted to this interesting branch of Masonicscience,will beargood fruit in thc future.”

In January,1885, Metropolitan College started to issue its AnnualReports,with abstractsof the papersreadbeforethe College. In the 1887Report mention is madeof a lecture delivered by FraterWestcott, tithed“The Zelator Ritual of the SocietasRosicrucianaof the United StatesofAmerica.~~

In 1900 a Study Groupwas foimed by MetropohitamiCollege,whoseactivities havebeenreportedin the Transactionsof the College,which atthat time hadbeenruiining for fifteen years.

Dr. Woodman,SupremeMagus, died on December21, 1891, after afew monthsof illness, As in the previouscase,at the death of SupremeMagus Little, a sealedletter was left (with his nephew)addressedto theSociety, appointing Dr. William Wynn Westcott as his successor.Westeolt had been Secretary-Generalfor the previous years and neverservedas either of the SubstituteMagi. At a meetingof the High Councilon February25, 1892, Dr. Westcottwas electedSupremeMagus, and hewas proclaimedat the QuarterlyConvocationof MetropolitanCollege onthe samedate.

Frater Woodman was buried at EihhesdenCemetery. The Royal1-lorticultural Society has erecteda handsomeand appropriatecenotaphto his memory,a photographof which may be found oppositepage48 ofthe 1912 MetropolitanCollegeTransactions.

On February 24, 1902, hess than two months before Berlin Collegewaswarranted,Dr. Westcottwrote to TheodoreReuss(who was initiatedinto Freemasonryin Pilgrim Lodge, No. 238, London) who headedtheGerman Province and College, that “the German Council shall issueParchmentCertificatesof Membership,andit would be wise to issuealsoa small card of membership,small enoughto be carried in a purseorpocketbook,for usewhenvisiting other Colleges,or to adoptthe Englishcard.” The October9, 1902 minutesrecordthat “The S. M. said he haddesigneda small certificate of membershipof the Society, suitable forcarrying in a pocket-book; these would be issuedto all new Fraters inaddition to the large certificatealready in use,and any presentmembercouldhaveoneon application.

In the Transactionsfor 1902, we find the Active Gradesdesignatedby the use of Romannumeralsfor the first timein print.

In the minutesof January12, 1905, we find the following: “BrotherJames William Squires, P.M. of Chippewa Falls, Lodge, No. 176,Wisconsin, U.S.A., was duly electedand being in attendance,was thenadmitted in solemnform by the R.W. Celebrant,the secretsbeing givenby the M.W. SupremeMagus.” FraterSquireswasa residentof Londonat the time andwasin Englandfor some time afterhis admittancein theCollege. He was erasedfrom the roll of memberson January9, 1909.Frater Squires was born in Bridgewater,England,on March 20, 1864.Just whenhe cameto the United Statesis not known but in 1887 he wasemployedas a bookkeeperin ChippewaFalls, Wisconsin. He wasmadeaMaster Mason in ChippewaFalls Lodge, No. 176 on October 11, 1887and was Master of that Lodge in 1895. He was subsequentlyanaccountant in a large lumber concern and when the lumber businessceasedhe returned to England where he spent several years. After hereturnedto the UnitedStatesheresidedin Ohio wherehe died on October18, 1916. His body was interred in the Masonic plot at ChippewaFalls,Wisconsin.

In 1907, the SupremeMagus visited the Provinceof South Africa,sometimebetweenthe middleof April andthe middleof July.

On July 8, 1909, Rudyard Kipling, who said he was “Entered by aHindu, Passedby a Mohammedan,and Raised by an Englishman” inHope and PerseveranceLodge, No. 782, at Lahore,India, in 1886, justbefore he became twenty-one years old, was elected in MetropolitanCollegeand admitted to the Gradeof Zelator. He was a memberof theCollege until his passingin London on January 18, 1936, just nineteendays over seventy years of age. His memory was edited, as in most“history” written by poets. He was Secretaryof the Lodge when hereceivedthe degrees.Only Englishmenpresided.The minutesare extant.

In the minutesof The High Council meetingof April 14, 1910, there

is recordedthat “Letters from a Brother Geo. Phumnmem,of New Yonk,were read and considered,regardingthe grant of a warrant for a newCollege in New York, by reasonof the previous Colleges being all inabeyance,and it was resolvedto refer the matterto the Secretary-General[Frater A. Cadbury Jones, 90] and Frater W. J. Songhurst 1190], forinquiry and report to the High Council in July.” No further referenceconcerningthis matter has been found in the minutes. The letter fromBrother Plummer, who was well known to the writer, stating that “theprevious Collegesbeing all in abeyance”was not fact. On October 7,1908, the U.S.A. High Council met and Maryland and MassachusettsColleges were in active existence.As a matter of fact, in 1911 threeMinnesota brethren were admitted into Maryland College,which resultedin the formation of a College in Minnesotabefore the end of that year.Additional information on this subject will be found in the Chapterdealingwith the earlyhistoryof the Society in the United States.

From “Data of the History of the Rosicrucians,”page12, we obtainthe information that “In 1911 a CONCORDAT between the SupremeMagus of England 11W. Wynn Westeolt] and Colonel Todd Stewart, theSupremeMagusof Scotland,wassigned,andGeneralThomasJ. Shyrockwasnecognizedas SupremeMagusin the United Statesof America.”

The London College of Adepts was warranted on September29,1922. It is composedof membersof Metropolitan College who havetheAdept Grades.Thesegradeswereworked at the pleasureof MetropolitanCollege.The first CelebrantwasFraler GeorgeF. Irwin, V1110.

On June 19, 1924, Metropolitan College of Scotia celebrated itsjubilee. In the 1924 Transactionsof The MetropolitanCollege of Englanda recordingof the affair is spreadover two pages,and a half pagecut ofMW. Frater JosephInghis, SupremeMagus in Scotia, is reproduced.Aletter from M.W. FraterW. Wynn Westcott, SupremeMagus in Anghia,from Durban,Natal, Africa, is printed in full.

On July 30, 1925, the SupremeMagus died at Durban, Natal, atseventy-sevenyears of age. He had been SupremeMagus for approxi-mately thirty-threeyearsout of the fifty-eight yearsof the existenceof theSociety.A photographof the stoneerectedoverhis remainsis reproducedoppositepage24 in the Transactionsof MetropolitanCollege.

The Secretary-General,Frater Stanley W. Rodgers, 90, issued asummonsfor The High Council to meetin Mark MasonsHall, London,on October8, 1925, at 3 p.m. The result was the election of FraterW.John Songhiurst,who had been Junior Substitute Magus 1920-22 andSenior SubstituteMagus 1922-1925,as SupremeMagus of the Society,by unanimousconsent.

York College of Adepts was warrantedon April 12, 1934 at Yomk.Neither London nor York Colleges of Adepts are Colleges for theentranceof aspirantsinto the Society.

As nearly ashas beenascertainedtherehavebeentwenty-nineregularCollegesandtwo Collegesof Adeptsin the EnglishSocietyduring the 104years of its existence.In addition, it has also formed, under its premier

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THE ACTIVE COLLEGESCollege,a StudyGroup. It is likewise responsiblefor the formulation ofthe High Councils of Scotland and Greece and, indirectly, those inCanadaand the United States,the latter, of course,very remotely.

The following haveheld the office of SupremeMagus,S.R.I.A.

1866-18781878-18911892-19251925-19391939-19561 956-19691969-19741975-19791979-19821982-

RobertWentworthLittleWilhiani RobertWoodmanWilliam Wynn WestcottWilliam JohnSonghiurstFrank Martin RickardWilliam Richard SeinkeimEdwardVarley KayleyDonald Michael PenroseNorman Charles StamfordAlan Glyn Davies

We now come to a portion of our story which necessitatessomeexplanation—thesettingup of Provincesin the Society in the mannerofEnglishMasonry.This systemis practically unknownin the United Statessincewe becamean independentcountry. The RoyalOrderof Scotlandinthe United Statesis a Province of the GrandBody in Scotlandand theCouncilsof Knight Masonsin the United Stateswas oncegroupedinto aProvinceof the Grand Body in Imehand.Thesecover only a few hundredMasonsandare not generallyknown.The Red Crossof Constantinedoeshavea system of IntendentGeneralsbut this is more like the DeputySystemin vogue in most Grand Lodgesand other Grand Bodies in theUnited States.

The Provincial Systemusedin Englandis well suited for largeGrandBodies where control is delegated for betler operation. It seemssuperfluousin as small a body as the RosicrucianSociety.The Red Crossof Rome and Constantine,working during the sameperiod in England,but already well established— and having many membersin the Rosi-crucianSociety,gavea patternto follow. While it is still operating today,it appearsto be a top-heavyappendagerather than an operatingasset.Itis not used in the United States,where eachCollege is directly undertheHigh Council and is presidedoverby a Chief Adept, 1X0, appointedadvitani by the SupremeMagus.

It might be well to notehere,also, that in Englandand Scotland,aswell as in the defunctCanadianSociety,the original systemof having thefimst threeofficers of the High Council active 1X0, and any othersof thatgrade honorary 90, prevails. In the United States the three Magi, theSecrelary-Genemal,the Treasurer-Generaland all the Chief Adeptsare full1X0.

It must be specifically noted that prior to 1874 Colleges emanatedfrom the “Society” in London, or from the Collegesit started — afterthat time a High Council gave College warrants and establishedProvinces.The mannerof starting theseProvincesis not standardin anysenseof the word.

1867 - Metropolitan— LondonNov. 15, 1879 - York — YorkJan.21, 1886 - Deniiurgus— E. Melbourne,Aust.June18, 1890-Newcastle— Neweastle-upon-TyneJan. II, 1906 - Christehureb— New ZealandMar. 21, 1908 - Woodman— Eastwood,TodmordenNov. 29, 1909 - RobertFludd — AndoverJan.13, 1910 - Hahlamnshire— SheffieldOct. 29, 1910 - Lancashire— ManchesterJune5,1915- Birmingham& Midland—BirminghamMay 31, 1919 - William Wynn Westcott— BrightonApr. 23, 1921 - Mersey— BirkenheadOct. 14, 1946 - ThomasVaughan— Victoria, Aus.Sept.2,1966- William Semken — HalsteadSept 2, 1966 - St.Johnof Beverley— BeverleyMay 27, 1967 - Michael Mater— Woodstock,Ont., Can.Apr 26, 1967 - EugenmusPhilalethes— Brisbane,Aus.Nov. 30, 1967 Elias Aslimole — FanehamMay 25, 1973 - Toronto — Toronto,Can.Apr. Il, 1976- The Holy Grail — Saltash,CornwallDec. 2, 1977 - Michael Penrose— BuckhuistHillJuly 25, 1979 - John Dee— Retford,Notts.Sept.20, 1980 -ThomasLinacre — Croydon

Apr. 4, 1981 - ThomasB. Whytehead— CastlefordFeb.20, 1982 - Pythagoras— BromagroveMar. 27, 1982 - Paracelsus— TauntonMay 29, 1982 - Bernardde Clairvaux — Lpais& Lon.

THE INACTIVE COLLEGES

Apr 8, 1869 . Bristol — BristolFeb.28, 1871 - NorthernCounties— ManchiestemJan. 13, 1876 - Cambridge— CambridgeOct 6,1877- Burdett — MiddlesexApr. 1,1892. ZaphnathPaaneali— PenangMalayaFeb.4, 1902 - Berlin — GermanyNov. 14, 1902 -UmbullaPeshawar— Punjab,IndiaJuly 12, 1906 - Ladysmith— Natal, SouthAfricaApr. 11, 1907 - Wynii Westcott— BuenosAyres,Arg.Apr. 15, 1909 - Pymander— RawalPindi, Punjab,IndiaNov. 19, 1910 -Aiidhra — Ballery Madras,IndiaNov. 12, 1915 -Trinity — Bangalore,Madras,India

Metropolitan College in London was really the first college of ourSociety anywhere.Actually, it wasoriginally “The Society” itself, it beingthen referred to as “The RosmeruemanSociety of England.” Seven yearsafter the start of the Society it was decidedto call the London Fratersa

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CHAPTERIII“Cohlege”—MetropOhitanCollege.Although the Society was startedwitha presidingofficer calledThe MasterGeneral,the following year an officewas createdcalledThe SupremeMagus. In 1874, when the High Councilwas established,the office of Master-Generalwas abolishedand at thesame time the London Fraters becameMetropolitan College. Thepresidingofficer of a constituentor subordinategroup was establishedasMasterof the Temple.

THE SOCIETASROSICRUCIANA IN SCOTIA

It has beendefinitely establishedthat therewasa RosicrucianSocietyin Scotland pre-1857, and there are indications that it came by way of aSociety in England which Godfrey Higgins, in his ANACALYPSIS,referredto asactivein 1830.

In the ROSICRUCIAN for October 1868, at the bottomof page24,we find the statement, “Frater Haye is the Chief of the ScottishRosicrucians”.This is a Contemporarystatementand,as hasbeenshownin the Chapteron Anglia, is true.

In the English High Council thereis a very small note book, writtenby Frater Walter Spencer,who becamea memberof Bristol College in1873. It contains an obligation taken by him in 1857 when he wasadmitted a Rosicrucianby Anthony Oneal Haye. This shows that theearly ScottishSociety wasActive as early as 1857, and a certificategivento FraterWilliam JamesHughan,also in the sameLibrary, datedJuly 18,1867, and signed“A. OnealHaye,MagusMax. Ros. Soc. Scot. — J. H.M. Bairnfather,Sec.” shows that they were active for at least ten years.On the back of the certificateOneal signed again, stating that the datawere “extracted from the Books of the GrandCouncil.”

William Wynn Westcott, in his HISTORY OF THE SOCIETASROSLCRUCIANA IN ANGLIA, 1900, page 15, in commentingon thecontentsof the October,1868 issueof THE ROSICRUCIAN, repeatsthestatement1 haveabove quotedconcerningAnthony Oneal Haye, beingchief of the Rosicruciansin Scotland, but adds “and remainedso untilCharlesF. MatierwasappointedSupremeMagusin 1870.” His statementis not true, as may be seenby referring to page 125 of the January1871issue of THE ROSICRUCIAN, where Charles Fitzgerald Matmer ofManchesteris in a list of Aspirants to the Grade of ZELATOR to beadmitted on January12th. He was not admitted on that date, however,but on Tuesday,February28, 1871,accordingto the samepublication forApril, 1871, page 152. “Authority wasgrantedto FraterMatier to founda College of Rosicruciansat Manchester” at the very same meeting.Westcott,also in his 1900 historical publication on page29, states thatBrother John Laurie (Grand Secretaryof the Grand Lodge of Scotland1872-1877)was admitted a Frateron January13, 1870, and “appointedby Dr. Woodmanto be a Magus in Scotia.” This is not recordedin theprinted minutes of January 13th. In fact I have not been able to findFrater Laurie’s name mentionedin any of the printed minutes. In anyevent, he could not havebeenappointedby Dr. Woodmanwho did notbecome SupremeMagus in Anglia until 1878. Laurie presidedat theinauguralmeetingasChief Adept of East of ScotlandCollegein 1873 butit wasnot until January13, 1876 that Matier and he were appointedthefirst Magi in Scotland.

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The inaugurationmeetingof the East of ScotlandCollegewas heldon October24, 1873, in Freemason’sHall, Edinburgh, Frater CharlesFitzgeraldMatier, Hon. 90, being commissionedto open the College. Itwas presided over by the newly appointedChief Adept, Frater Laurie.Threebrethren,including the Provincial GrandMasterof AberdeenshireEast, were received into the Society and promoted to the grade ofTHEORICUS.

It appearsthat the College was subject to the Society in Anglia, thesupremeauthority exercisedby the premier Collegein London, which thefollowing year received the name “The Metropolitan College ofEngland.” The High Council in Anglma, comprising the Magi andMagistri, was constituted on April 24, 1874, and the daughter colleges,including that of the East of Scotland, came under its jurisdiction.

As above mentioned, Fratres Matmer and Laurie were constittited thefirst Magi in Scotland. They were so constituted at a meeting of the HighCouncil in Anglia meeting in London, January 13, 1876. The actionresulted from a proposal by Supreme Magus, M.W. Frater R. WentworthLittle, which was seconded by R.W. Frater W.H, Hubbard, JuniorSubstituteMagus.From this date the SocietasRosicrucianain Scotia canbe regardedas having entered upon an independentexistence.At thismeeting a resolution was passed that “the rmtual be revised by theSupremeMagi of Englandand Scotland.”Thus is shown the immediateco-equalstatusof the SupremeMagi of thetwo Societies.

At the time of his appointmentas SupremeMagus iii Scotia, FraterMatier was Chief Adept of the College of Lancashireand the NorthernCountiesandcontinuedto be so until Aprml 18, 1877,Thus he held, for ashort time, high office in the RosicrucianSocietiesof both England andScotland.

The first S.R.I.S. collegewas constitutedon October24, 1873 —

Metropolitan or The East of Scotland College. The first charter issuedwas in May 1878 to JonathanJohnFrenchof lllinois, U.S.A.,but thereisno recordthat it wasever formed.

Thencamefour others in the United States:Dec. 27, 1879—CharlesE. Meyer, Phmladelphia,Pa.Apr. 18, 1880—AlbertG. Goodall,New York, N.Y.May 4, 1880—Alfred F. Chapman,Boston,Mass.May 10, 1880—Thomas1. Shyrock,Baltimore, Md.

The first reference concerningthe Illinois College was found in aletter from M.W. CharlesF. Meyer, first SupremeMagus of the Societyin the United Statesto Albert Pike, Washington,D.C., dated July 10,1880. Nothing was known concerningthis College in America. M.W.FraterJ. MasonAllan, 1X0, in searchingfor a recordof the procedureinScotlandcame upon an old chartularywhich containedas a first charterentry one in favor of “JonathanJohn French, Magister Templi, V1110,(Veritasvis arnicitae) Honorary 90 01 Scotland,which gavehim authorityto openand hold a College for the stateof lllinoms, U.S.A. FraterAllanremarksthat “The copy, however,is incompletein two respects;(1) while

it wasgrantedin the month of May, 1878, that dayof the month has notbeenenteredand (2) the namesof the Magi who signed the charterhavenot beenentered.”

Colleges in SRIS:Metropolitan- Meeting in Edinburgh 90West of Scotland - Meeting in Glasgow 94North of Scotland- MeeLing iii Inverness 111Aurora Australia - Meeting iii Sydney,N.S.W. Aust. 31Hunmer Valley - Meeting in Newcastle,N.S.W. Aust.

18761877-18931893-19081908-19 181918-19311931-1961196 1-19761976-19781978-

Dec. 1981The following Fratreshaveheld office of SupremeMagus:

Charles Fmt~gera1cl MatierLord Inverurie(succeededhis fatherasEarl of Kincore in 1880)J. Dalryinple DuncanCol. J. Tod StewartJosephtnghsJ MasonAllanJohnF BimmellRobert BurmmetmWalter Bmllmngton Dickson

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CHAPTERIV

SOCIETASROSICRUCIANA IN GRAECIA

The following letter, dated Athens, Greece, July 14, 1880, waswritten by His Imperial Highness Prince Rhodocanakis(titular Mace-donmanprince) in reply to a letter from FraterAlbert Pike:

“When I was in London in 1871, 1 was createdan HonoraryMagus of the RosicrucianSocietyof England,whosefounderwas thelate Brother Little, and whose Honorary President, the Earl ofBective, with powers to establisha SupremeLodge ot that Societyfor the Kindom of Greece.

“On my arrival here I establishedone. I announcedthe fact toLondon,and I was acknowledgedin duecourse.A few yearslater, 1nominated otir friend, Colonial MacLeod Moore as Honorarymemberof this SupremeCollegeand a Magus,1X0, andgrantedhima Warrant to establisha SupremeCouncil in Canada;this he has

The only refemenceto this matter in the archives of the EnglishSociety is found in the Golden Book where appearsa statementofadmissionof Prince Rhodocanakisin October,1872. Most Worthy FraterRickard, 90 then Secretary-Geimeralof the Society in England, whoinformed me about this matter, further states: ‘‘It is thought that he wentto Manchestersometimeafter his admissionbut nothingfurther is knownof him in coummectionwith the S.R.I.A.”

It is obvious that the date in the Golden Book and that in thePrince’sletter do notagreebut as the Princewas in Greecemn July, 1872.just aftei returningfrom L6ndon, it is morethan likely that the year 1871is the coirect one.

Practicallynothingis known concerningthe RosicruemanSociety itselfin Greece. It is not probable that it functioned at all as an operativeentity. The body (if it may be termed such in this instance)has noaccessiblerecords. The only memberknown besides the Prince is Prof.EmmanualGellanis,who wasSecretary-General.

Information concerning Prince Rhodocanakis is so difficult to findthat, in the interestof future investigation,I am settingdown all that hasbeen found concerninghim after a rather extensivesearch in Americanlibraries.

It is significant to note that the Prince was one of the fiveFreemasonswho are known to have beenhonored with the academicdegreeemititled “Doctor of Universal Masonry” emanating from theAmericanBody of the “Allied MasonicDegrees”,viz:

JosiahH. Drummotid, LI.S A.William JamesHughan,EnglandThe Earl of Euston,EnglandD. Murray Lyon, ScotlandDemetriusRhodocanakis,Greece

PrinceJoannesRhodocanakis,born May 11, 1812 (Greekstyle) wasour Prince’s father. He wasmarriedon the Island of Chios (Semo),a smallislandin the AegeanSeaabout 32 miles in length which wasa possessionof Turkey. The marriage took place on February 19, 1840, and onDecember3, 18A0, on this sameisland,PrinceDemetrius(namedafter hisgrandfather) was born. He was the 8th titular or hereditaryEmperorofthe Byzantine Empire. He is a direct descendant of Nicephorus DucasRhodocanakis,hirst King of the Island of Rhodes and founder of theRoyal and Imperial I-louse of Rhodocanakis.He married DespmnoCanaris, Granddaughterof the Admiral. A coppercoin struck during hisreign A.D. 9 14-929wasownedby I-us HolinessPopePius IX.

The Prince becamea British subjectby lettersof naturalizationdatedDecemiiber24, 1867 (see Reportof Naturalized Aliens, printed by orderofthe Houseof Commonsand datedJuly 7, 1868, page 18). Although hemesidedin WestMansion,West Worthing, Sussex,England,mit September12, 1870, he was made a Mason in Edinburgh, St. Andrews Lodge, No.48, in Scotland, in October, 1869. He was receivedinto the A.A.S.R. ofScotland and on April 28, 1870, was made a 33 0 Mason. In 1872 heretumned to Greece and on July 11th of that year was elected GrandMasterof the GiandLodge of Greece,a body which wasfoundedby him.Omi the next day, through his efforts, the Supreme Council of theA.A S.R. was formed, and the Prince was chosen Sovereign GrandCommander,an office which he held until his death, thirty yearslater. Hewas made an Honorary Member of the A. & A.S.R. — SouthemnJurisdiction,U.S.A. — Mar. 29, 1876.

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A picture of the Prince may be found in the 17th annual Report otThe Illinois VeteransAssociation 1902 — page83.

He wasGrandMasterof the GrandLodge for nineyears.A letter dated October30, 1878, from the Prince, showsthat he had

createdGeneralJohnMeredith Read,United StatesMinister to Greece,a33 0 Mason by permission of the authorities in the United States.

Prince Rhodocanakisis principally known in English speakimigMasoniccircles for his work THE iMPERIAL CONSTANTINEORDEROF ST. GEORGE,London, 1870,andits relationto the Orderof the RedCross of Constantine.

Hedied on September15, 1902 in the GrecianIslandof Syra, oneofthe Cycladesgroup, eleven miles long, in the Aegean Sea some ninetymiles Iromn Chios, the islandof hisbirth.

The only other Rosicruicianconnections,which have cometo lightand in which the Princefigures,will be found in the historyof the Societyin Canadawhich follows.

In a letter to the writer datedDecember8, 1933, the GrandSecretary-Generalof the SupremeCoumicil, A.A.S.R., for Greece,writes: “. . . . wehavebeen,unfortunately, not able to discover further information as tothe effects of Prince Rodocanachi[sici or anything concerningactivitiesor namesof your Society [Rosicrucran] in Greece.”

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CHAPTERV

SOCIETASROSICRUCIANA IN CANADENCLA

The RosicrucianSociety in Canadaresulted from a contactbetweenLt. ColonelW. J. B. MeLeod Moore andJohnYarkerof England.Thesebrethren were associatedin activities in The Red Cross of ConstantineandTheOrderof theTemple.

Frater Yarker, a member of Northern Counties College inManchester,England,and its Secretary,as well as an honorarymemberof Bristol College (elected July 14, 1871), conceivedthe idea of havingPrince Rhodocanakis,SupremeMagus of the (paper)Society in Greece,issue a warrant to some Canadian brethren, to be selected by ColonelMoore, for a College in Canada.

Prince RhodocanakisappointedMoome a Magus and made him anhonorary9” and then wrote to him on June 30, 1876, asking that adeclarationbe preparedand signed by his proposedassociatesto form aCollege,promising obedienceand secrecy.FraterN. W. J. Haydon, V110of Toronto, Ontario, discoveredwhat he thoughtmight “be the originaldraft of this declaration” attached to which were tIme signaturesofhimself, Thomas D. Harrington, George C. Longley, John Dunibrille,Robert G. Hervey,AlexanderG. 1-lervey, Daniel Collins, all of Maitland,Ontario, andJohnEastonof Prescott,Ontario. It is datedMay 31, 1876,a month before the Prince wrote the letter of request.No doubt FiaterYarker had advised Col. Moore that such a requestwould be necessaryand this draft was already prepared when the Prince’s letter arrived.However,the actualdeclarationmust havehad anothernameaddedto it,to make up nine. This was probably Samuel B. Harman,who was theMayor of Toronto in 1870 and prominent in The Red Cross ofConstantine,aswereall the others.

Rt. Worthy Frater,The Right Rev.William C. White, IX” first ChiefAdept of the presentOntario College,under the S.R.I.C.F. (1937) in theprinted Transactionsof the College, says there is an extant letter ofColonelMoore, written to FraterEdwin H. D. Hall, then the only livingmemberFrater of the early RosicrucianSociety in Canada,giving thatdate of the establishmentof the Society in Canadaas July 25, 1876.However, Frater Moore wrote to Albert Pike in Washington,D.C. onApril 26, 1880, from LaPrairie,Quebec,as follows:

‘The RosicrucianSociety of Canadais supremeand independentand was organized by charter from H. I. Highness,The PrinceRhodocanakis,33 ~, IX0 SupremeMagus of the RosicrucianSocietyfor the Kingdom of Greece,bearingthe dateof 19 Sept. 1876.Thereis one Provincial Collegeat the village of Maitland, Ontario.”Here we havea easeof the sameman, in fact the founder of the

Society, giving two datesfor the establishmentof the Society. It is nowclear that the first date — July 25, 1876 — is that date when Col. Moorewas made a Magus by Prince Rhodocanakisand the second date —

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September19, 1876 — the date of the charter. The Dominion College,No. I, as it was known, was not formed, however,until March 16, 1877andthe High Council September19, 1877, just oneyearafter the Collegecharter date. The High Council was composedof the eight namesin theoriginal declarationdraft plan plus FraterHarman.We havearrived attheseconclusionsfollowing the receipt of copies of some paperssent tothe Society in England. These papers list the names of those in theCollege,as follows:

1—GeorgeC. Longley, IX” Master General and ChiefAdept2—JohnDunihrille, VIII 0 DeputyMaster General3—JohnEasmon,VIll 0 Celebrant4—AlexanderG. Hervey,VIII” Treasurer-General5—RohertRamsay,VII Secretary-General6—RobertG. Hervey,VIII “ 1stAncientandCond’, ofNovices7—DanielCollins, VIII 0 2nd Ancient& Torch Bearer8—JohnMoore, VII” 3rd Ancient& Herald9—TheodoreH. Tehbs,VIP 4th A;mcient & Precentor

Threeotherswere surelymembersof the Collegewhenit started:l0—W.J.B. MeLeodMoore, lx”Il—ThomasD. Harrington,IX”l2—SamimelB. Harman,VIII’

Only threeothersbecamemembersof this College:lJ—Wmlliam L Hamilton, VII”14—Richard1. Hovenden,VtI”15—J. RossRohertson,VII

Robert Ramsay,in 1879, transferredto Ontario College at Orillia.Just why rvloore, Harrington and Harman were not officers of theCollege is not known. Number1,2,3,4,6, 7, 10, II and 12 madeup theHigh Council when it was formed six months later, they holding thefollowing offices, according to the records in the High Council inEnglan&

1—W.J.B.MeLeodMoore, IX” SupremeMagus-President2—ThomasD. Harringion, IX” Sr. SubstituteMagus, V.P.3—GeorgeC. Longley, IX” Junior SubstituteMagus4—AlexanderG. Hervey, VIII 0 T;easurer-General5—JohnDumhrille, VIII” Secretary-General6—Rohert0. Hervey, VhII” 1stAncient7—Daniel Collins, VIII” 2ndAncient8—SamnuelB. Harman,VIII” 3rdAncient9—JohnEaston,VllI” 4th Ancient

It would be thought that the doubling up of the stations ot theAncients and an additional office was becausethey had only ninemembers, but it is certain they had at least twelve members in thebeginning.Also, they titled the first two officers as a MasterGeneralanda Deputy MasterGeneral, two offices which had beenabolishedby theEnglish Society on April 24, 1874. The Treasurerand Secretaryweretermed “General”, which nomenclaturewas reservedfor like offices in

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the High Councils. This led to confusionin the listing by FraterRamsay,who was Secretary-Generalof the High Council in 1885 and wrote anarticle listing the various officers andmenibers.

Again, in the listings of the High Council officers, the SupremeMagus was also the “President” and the Senior SubstituteMagus the“Vice President”. In the parent body in England these oltices werehonoraryand not held by any of the regular officers. Actually, after thelisting in the transactionin 1888, no further mention of a PresidentorVice-Presidentis made.

Frater Moore’s letter to Pike is inaccurate concerning ‘‘oneProvincial College” in 1880. At least one year before a College wasstarted in Orillia, Ontario. Later there was a College staited inPeterborough,Ontario, calledMeLeodMoore Collegebut it is not knownif it every really receiveda charter. FraterEdwin H. D. Hall ol Peters-borough, who was originally a Member of Ontario College, and wasPrecentorof The High Council in 1885, said “it did not survive verylong.” The Society was active as late as May 17, 1886, as there is anextant letter written by FraterRobert L. Pattersonof Toronto, which hesignedas Secretary-General.

From letters written by Moore and others,it is quite clear that theSocietyneverbecamevery activein Canadaat any time. I would estimatethat ten years would practically cover its active existence.There is 110

record of any of its activities as most of the official documemitsweredestroyedin a fire at La PrairieBarracks,wheme they werestored.

From vamioussourceswe havepieced togethera list of membersinthe threeCollegesof the Society in Canada.Fratersin the presentcollegein Toronto, especially the former Secretary,R.W. Cohn C. Rous, havebeenvery helpful mu identifying many whose full namesand their placesof abodewerenot known.

DOM1NION COLLEGE — MAITLAND, ONTARIO — 15 MEMBERSDaniel Collins Mait landJohnDumbrille Mait landJohnEaston PrescottWilliam L Hamilton BrockvmlleSamuelB. Harman TorontoThomasD. Harrington OttawaAlexanderG. Hervey !VlaitlaridRobertG. Hervey MaitlandRichardJ. Hovenden TorontoGeorgeC. Longley MaimlandJohnMoore MaitlandW.J.B McLeod Moore PrescottRobert Ramsay TorontoJ. RossRobertson TomontoTheodoreH. Tehhs Birkenhead,Eng.

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Dickson Anderson Montreal, Q.CharlesW. Brown TorontoAmos Chamfield OttawaR. Gitray TorontoJohnH. Grahani Richmomid,Q.Edwin H D. Hall PeterboroughA. E. Hirchfelder CannmngtonW. R Howse OshawaWilliam I-I. 1-lutton Montreal, Q.Henry Johnson OrilliaR. Kelland Montreal, Q.Orinhyatekhia LondonRobert L. Patterson TorontoRobertRamsay* OrilliaR Dathousie OrilliaDaniel Rose TorontoEdmundE. Sheppard TorontoF. G. Smith OmilliaDaniel Spry BarrieJohn B Trayes Port HopeI. N. Walter Montreal, Q.(*) Atfilmamed horn Dominion College

McLEOD MOORE COLLEGE— PETERBOROUGH,ONTARIO10 MEMBERS

I E BeleherR. P. BoucherCharlesCameronVincent ClementiEdwin I-I. D. 1-taIP’ PeterborooghCharlesD. Macdonald PeterboroughR A. MorrowW Patterson,Jr.H. RushJohn B. Trayes* Port I-lopeII C WinchR. E Wood(*) Affiliated from Ontario College

COLLEGE UNKNOWN —3 MEMBERS

Sir John M Gibson HamiltonHtmgh A. Mackey I-hamiltonOsborneSheppard Hamilton

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CANADIAN HIGH COUNCILWe have already listed the officers of The High Council in 1876.

Thereis only oneotherlisting known—thatof 1885,as follows:SupremeMagus Daniel Spry, 1X0SeniorSubstituteMagus JohnH. Graham,90

Junior SubstituteMagus JohnDumbrilhe, 1X0Treasurer-General JohnEaston,90

Secretary.General RobertRamsay,1X01stAncient CharlesD. Macdonald,90

2ndAncient SamuelS. Harman, V11103rd Ancient RichardJ. Hovenden,V11104thAncient JohnB. Trayes,V1110Precentoror 5th Ancient Edwin H.D. Hall, 90

We also know that Robert Ramsay,IX 0, wasSupremeMagus sometime between 1877 and 1884 and that Robert L. Patterson,90 was theSecretary-Generalin 1886. It will be noted, too, that the Society inCanadastruck to the systemof not havingmore than three activeMagi,IX o~ at any one time, for John H. Graham,although Senior SubstituteMagus is listed as Honorary 90, becauseRobert Ramsay, then a PastSupremeMaguswas1X0.

NINTH DEGREEMEMBERS, 1X0W.I.13. N’IcLeod Moore—lst SupremeMagusRobertRamsay,2ndSupiemeMagusDaniel Spry—3rdSupremeMagusThomasD. Harrington—hstSeniorSubstituteMagusGeorgeC. Longley—lst Junior SubstituteMagusJohnDumbrille—2ndJunior SubstituteMagus

NINTH DEGREE MEMBERS, 90

JohnH. Gsaham—2ndSeniorSubstituteMagusJohnEastou—lstFourthAncient and2ndTreasurerGeneralCharlesD. Macdonald—2ndFirst AncientEdwin H. D. Hall—Precenter1885RobertL. PattersonVincent ClementiJ. RossRobertsonFor threeyears little or nothingwas accomplished.ln April, 1880, a

correspondencewas enteredinto betweenFraterMoore and Albert PikeconcerningmattersRosicrucian.The correspondenceshowsthe true factsof the inactivity of the CanadianSociety and Pike’s connection withorganizedRosicrucianismin America. Extractsfrom the letters,therefore,follow:

The first letter, datedLaPrairie,Piovince of Quebec,Canada,April14, 1880, informedFraterPike that the Rosicrucianrituals would be sentto him to copy and return. It also statedthat “Harrington, Longley andmyself haveit all in our handsin Canadabut havedone nothingasyet.”The following day the rituals were sent to Pike stating: “Of cotirse we

makeyou a memberof our Society in Canada,and as you are a residentof the U.S., and not of Canada,wegive you the Gradeof Magus,or IX”,the highest, and attach you to our College as an Honorary Member.***In this way we preserveour rule of limiting the 1X0 Gradeto 3 only inCanadaand still give you the distinction your distinguished Masoniccareer and brilliant talents so justly entitle you to. Harrington amidLongley, my two confreresIX” are only too happy to associateyou withus.’’

Concerningmatters of information and ritual, Frater Moore saysthat he only sends part but will try to obtain the rest from Englandcommenting:“I must tell you honestlyI havenot paid much attentiontoit, but both Harrington and Longley are willing to give you all of theassistancein their power. The fact is, that thereare so few who careorunderstandanything aboutit, that heretoforeit has beenuphill work, andlike many other good and desirableassociations,allowed to die out forthewant of material.”

In the next letter addressedto FraterPike, datedApril 26, 1880,wefind the following:

“I believe the Societyhasan existenceand an organizedbody in theUnited States. I think Frater Meyer of Philadelphia has instituted acollege. I think he deriveshis authority from England as he enteredtheSociety at York, and he is an 1-Ion. Member of the College there, ofwhich I am also a member.If the Philadelphianshavea regularwarrantof constitution for the United States,you would be required, I presume,in courtesy,to apply to them for authority for a Provincial Collegeat anypoint in the Northern Jurisdiction. If they have not this charter orwarrant from a lawful nationalSociety, then they are self-constitutedandillegitimate. If the hatter is the case,then you and two othersas the 3Magi could be granteda charterby us, for the whole of the United Statesif you so wishedit.

“Every supreme and independent Society governs the whole nationfor which its charter gives its authority. We will exceptthe U.S., whichmayhavetwo jurisdictions,Northernand Southern.

“The United Statesmight very properly, following the systemof A.and A. S. Rite be divided into two jurisdictions, that of the North andSouth.We will be quite willing and even desirousto grant you and twoother associatesthat you may name (whom we will createHon. TX0 ofCanada)a charteracknowledgingyou to be the supremeand independentCollegeof the RosicrucianSocietyof the United States,the territory to beembracedto be the sameas that at presentincludedin the jurisdiction oftheS. J. of the A. andA. S. Rite.

“You can alter, add to, change or abolish the rituals, as you may seefit. Indeed it is very desirable that you should do so, as it must beconfessedthat what rituals we at presenthaveare very poor affairs. Ifyou will take the matter in handand bring your storeof RosicrucianandHermetic learning to bear on the matter, you will confer the greatestfavor on the Societygenerally.

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“Canadawill adoptwith thanks any systemof ritual that you maypropose.

Enclosedwith the letter was a summonsfor York College,England,for a convocationon February24, 1880, which containedthe informationthat M.W. FratresW. J. Hughan,Hon. IX”; W. J. B. McLeod Moore,IX”, S.M. of Canada,and Charles E. Meyer, IX”, of Philadelphia,would be proposedasHonoraryMembers.

The remark of Moore concerningthe rituals is reflected in a letterfrom Prince Rhodocanakisto Frater Pike, bearingthe date of .hily 14,1880,as follows:

“For myself, I found the rituals so full of nonsensethat I returnedthem and usednone whatever. I havetried to give the Society a sort ofliterary form and to connectit as nearly as possiblewith HerPliticism.You areawarethat the Rosicrucianorder of which we are SupremeMagipretends to represent the older fraternity of the Rose Croix whichflourished the first fifteen years of the 17th century. If you coultl writeRituals for the various degreesof Rosicrucianism,having as a basis theold ceremoniesof that order, the presentOrder would owe a debtof gmeatgratitudeto you. BrotherYarker, a very learnedandill-used Mason,anda personaland dear friend of Colonel Moore and myself, knows betletthananybodyelseeverythingrelatingto this Order, andwould be of greatassistanceto you if you were to write to him.”

When the dateof thesecommunicationsis taken into considerationand tIme close connectionexisting between FratresMoore aiid Rhodo-canakis,I believe I am ableto detecta rather concertedeffort on the partof thesetwo Fratersto bring FraterPike into a frameof mind to write theproposedrituals.

There is a letter extant from John Yarker to Colonel Moore, datedApril 27, 1867,and stating: “It is but fair to inform you that the EnglishSociety of Rosicrucianshold underno warrantand haveno authority tostart the rite other than what you would haveyourselves.We havea veryexcellent College in Lancashirebut we havetwice arrangedto break offaltogetherfrom the London Collegeas it is entirely in the handsof thosewho will not attendto its affairs.”

In a letter datedMay 17, 1880, FraterMoore stated:“1 at oncesendyou a Provisional Authority to enable you to declare your Collegeestablished.Let me know if there is any alterationyou would wish madeor othernamesadded,beforeI havea warrant properly engrossedfor you• . . 1 enclosefor you to look over my authority from H. I. H. PrinceRhodocanakisandothercertificates.FraterMeyer wrote to Longley a dayor two ago for our regulations. He was informed that you were a IX” ofthe Canadian College.” The charter bears the dateof May 17, 1880, thetwo Magi selectedto act with FraterPike being CharlesLevi Woodbury,of Boston,Massachusetts,and William Morton Ireland, of Washington,D.C.

Then follows a letter dated May 29th which continueson matteistakenup in previous letters and announcesthe receipt of a letter from

Frater Whyteheadof York College, England, which states, among otheritems: “I haveonly the 1st and 2nd rituals and the S. M. (Dr. Woodmanof Exeter) seemsto havehost sight of someof the grades.They were firstgot from Germany, I believe, by the late Bro. Wentworth Little, whofoundedthis EnglishOrder.”

From this, it would appear, that Metropolitan College, founded in1866, eitherpossessedno rituals of any gradehigher than the secondorthat the managementhad been so lax that rituals were lost after beingreceivedby FraterLittle in 1857 from FraterWhite or thosewhich FraterMackenzie brought with him on returning from his stay with CountApponyi.

On the same day that FraterMoore wrote FraterPike a letter waswritten by Charles E. Meyer, 722 Arch Street,Philadelphia,to FraterPike. It statedthat the PhiladelphiaCollege hadbeenestablishedfor twoyears and that ‘‘certain parties, whose names I am not at liberty tomention, are working to get control of the Societyof the United States.”He further states: ‘I havehad a very unpleasantexperienceof’ the RedCrossof ConstantineOrder in this country. I was deterniinedas the S.Magus of the only College in the United States to circumvent thesepersonsand so set on foot the organizationof a Grand High Council ofthe United Statesand thus keep the Society in the handsof those whowotmld valueit for what it is worth and keepOut thosenot worthy. Had Iknown that you were of the IX” it would havebeen much pleasuretohavehad you with us in the organization,and hope you may be pleasedto work with us. Why not organizea Collegein Washington,D.C. unlessyou haveone alreadyformed?I will be pleased to know the name of yourCollegeand,if one is notyet formed,which I infer in your letter, andyouwould like to organizeone,1 shall be l)lCasedto know the nameyou selectand shall forward the matterall I can. Let me know the dateof your IX”and Latin motto. What hasbeendone,hasbeendone for the sole benefitof the Society. I do not think, am sure, there are not 5 in the UnitedStates.’’

FraterMoore’s letter of May 29thmust have crossed in the mails, aletter FraterPike wrote May 29, 1880, asfollows:

“DearBmo. Meyer—I am very desirousof seeingyou about the RosicrucianSociety. I

haveworked out a plan which I think will suit you; and I mustseeyou. Iam going West by 15 June,but shall be in N. York, at Bro. Graham’sHouse, 321 W. 23rd, from Monday to Thursdaynext. Now can you notrun up there, and let us talk it all over. I have written to Woodbury,asking him to come. I mustseeyou, becauseI would not think of doingany thing contraiyto the rights of your Phila. College;and becauseI amsure that you will approve my plan aiid work zealously to make theSocietya success.Do try andmeet me. Always your truly

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says: “You have our full sanction to make such changesand amend-mentsand to do any and everythingyou considerbest.We do not knowof any restriction, excepting,of course, that it would not be advisabletoincreaseor eliminate the numberof grades,or alter the names, but asrespectsany changesyou may wish to makein the rituals, etc., you havesupremepower. We all feel quite certain that thereare no more ritualsextant,beyondthose sent to you. Neither FratresYarkerof Manchester,nor CaptainIrwin, of Bristol, know of any more.”

Five weeks later a letter dated July 10, 1880, and written inPhiladelphiaby Frater Meyer was received by FraterPike which says:“We havegonetoo far with our High Council to stop. We haveformeditaccordingto Masonic law and usage.You must know that severalyearsago a charter was grantedby Scotlandto the late Bro. J. J. French ofChicago—thiswas for the State of Illinois.” (See referenceunder thehistoryof the ScotiaSociety.)A Letter * is then quotedfrom Englandasfollows: “Ford House,Exeter,England

June17, 1880CharlesE. Meyer,SupremeMagus,RosicrucianSociety,U. S. of AmericaMost Worthy Frater:

It is with heartygood wishesthat I greetyou as the SupremeRuler ofyour Order in the United Statesof America, and your two colleagues,FraterAlbert G. Goodall,S.S.M., andFraterAlbert F. Chapman,J.S.M.I am surethat all our Collegeswill unite in cordially welcomingyou intoour Order, and our High Council will alwaysbe pleasedto reciprocatewith yours in furtheringthe advancementof Rosicrucianscience.As theSupremeMagus of the Order in England I shall always be ready torecognizeyou as holding a similar position in America and may you andyour colleaguesbe long sparedto reciprocatewith the Fratres in theMotherCountry. Your Brother,

Win. Robert Woodman,IX”SupremeMagus in Anghma”

*(NoteThis letter is printed on page 10 of the report of the first Annual

Conclave of the Grand High Council of the United States, Boston, 1880,but in this report the dateof the letteris given as July 5, 1880. This mustbe an error as it could not have beenwritten on that date and yet bequotedby FiaterMeyer in his letter written in Philadelphiaon July 10th.The dateJune7th is evidentlythe correctone.)

Another letter received by Frater Pike pertinent to Rosicrucranactivities at the time waswritten on July 15, 1880, by R. M. C. Graham,25 Wall Street,New York City, as follows:

“I duly receivedyour letter with regardto Rosicrucianmattersandlearned from Bro. Goodall that he is organizing a College here, that hehas reserved a place for me, but I declined to join, telling him that halready had the degrees, and if you did nbt interest yourself in it, I wouldnot.”

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proposedby FraterPike as a Magus,wrote a letter dated October 14,1880, to Frater Pike in which he gave the latter some informationconcerninga meeting with FratresChapmanand Meyer in Boston, inwhich they discussedthe whole Rosicruciansituation.Nothingof valueinthe premisesis containedin the letter.

FraterHarringtonwrote to FraterPikeabout this time and senthimthe regular warrant. Tire letter is dated Prescott,Canada,November15,1880.

• The next item of interestis a letter from CharlesE. Meyer, SupremeMagus, to FraterPike containinga copy of the Resolutionpassedby the“High Council SocietatisRosicrucianae”in theUnited Statesgrantingtherankof Hon. PastSupremeMagus on FraterPike.

The letter is datedWashington,D.C., October 17, 1882 and, beside• the signatureof Meyer as SupremeMagus, it is signed by Albert G.

Goodall, Sen. Sub. Magus, and C. T. McClenachan, See. Gen. Pike• repliedtIne following dayand declinedthe honoroffered him. He decided

he could not be a memberof the Society unlesslie might contributeto itsliterary advancement,which at his ageandcommitmentshe felt unabletodo. (He was73).

Frater Pike’s reply is not in his handwriting, nor is it that of Bro.MacGrotty, who did all the ornamentalpenmanshipin Frater Pike’smanuscripts.It is believedto be in the handwritingof FraterPike’s son,who wasat the time helpinghim as Secretary.

In passing,it is interestingto know the FraterPike actually wrote aset of laws for his High Council. This book hasbeenpreservedin his ownhanidwriting.

In the “Regulae” the membersof Pike’s Societyare listed:I. Albert Pike, Washington Arch,Magus2. CharlesLevi Woodbury,Boston S. S. Magus3. William Morton Ireland, Washington J. S. Magus

4 Albert Gallatmn Mackey,Washington,D.C.5. RobertMeCoskeyGraham,New York, N.Y.6. CharlesEugeneMeyer,Philadelphia,Pa.7. William GebbsDesaussure,Charleston,S.C.

8. SamuelCrockerLawrence,Boston,Mass.9. HenryBurst, Charlesnon,S.C.

It). Henry Lynde Palmer,Milwaukee,Wise.II. JamesCunninghamBatcheler,New Orleans,La.12. JosiahHaydenDrummond,Portland,Me.13. RobertFarmerBower, Keokuk, Ia.14. Vincent LumbardHurlburt, Chicago,Ill.15. EnochTerry Carson,Cincinnati, Ohio16. William ReynoldsSingleton,Washington,D.C.~17. JohnLongworth Stettinus,Cincinnati, Ohio18. John Mills Brownie, Valejo, Cal.19. JamesEdwardSimmons,New York, N.Y.20 FrederickWebber, Louisville, Ky.

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CHAPTER VIThis would seemto be GeneralPike’s final connectionwith matters

Rosicrucian.Let us now return to the CanadianSocietyproper.TherehavebeensevenCollegesin Canadaas follows:

C - 1 — 1876,Dominion (Defunct)at Maitland, Ont.C -2— 1876,Ontario (Defunct)at Orillia, Ont.C - 3 — 1886,MeLeod (Defunct)at Peterborough,Ont.USA - 4 — 1936,Nova Scotia (Defunct) at Halifax, N.S.USA - 5 — 1937, Ontarioat Toronto, Ont.Eng. - 6 — 1967,Michael Maier at Woodstock,Our.Eng. - 7 — 1973,Toronto,Ont.

Just how active the Society becamein Canadaand when it can besaid to haveceasedactive existenceis a matter of conjecture.Most of theofficial document~weredestroyedin a fire at La PrairieBarracks,wherethey were stored. The three Magi were all prominent CanadianFree-masons.ColonelWilliam JamesBury McLeodMoore, initiated into Free-masonry at the ageof 17 years in 1827 in Aberdeen,Scotland, is bestknown asSupremeGrandMasterof Knights Templarof Canada.Hewasborn at Kildare, Ireland, in 1810, and died in Prescott,Ontario, Canada,on August31, 1890. Col. Moore receivedthe degreesof the A. andA. SRite in NewYork City in 1863. In 1868 he wasmadean activememberofthe SupremeCouncil of England and Wales and in the same year heintroducedtherite in Canada.

ThomasDouglasHarringtonwasborn in Windsor,England,on June7, 1808,and died in Prescott,Ontario, Canada,on January13, 1882. Hewas made a Freemasonin Leinster Lodge, No. 283, Irish Regiment,Kingston, Ontario, in 1843.From 1860 to 1863 he servedasGrandMasterof the GrandLodge of Canada:He wasSovereignGrandCommanderofthe A. &A. S. Rite of Canadafrom 1847 to 1882 and a memberof thevariousMasonicbodiesexistingduring his time.

GeorgeChanningLongley was born in Maitland, Ontario, Canada,on October 24, 1827, and died in Prescott,Ontario, on February 23,1885. He was the first Chief Adept of DominionCollege,No. 1. He wasamemberof many Masonic bodies and the recipientof threehundredandfifty-five degrees, according to his notebook. He was received intoFreemasonryin OgdensburgLodge, No. 128, Ogdensbung,New Yoik,U.S.A. in 1852. On April 17, 1882, he was elected a 33” Mason in theThompson(Cerneau)Scottish Rite Body in New York City. During thesame year he was made the first SovereignGrand Commanderof theCanadianbranchof that body.

Most Worthy FraterDaniel Spry, IX”, was SupremeMagus of theCanadianSociety following the deathof Colonel Moore. FraterSprywasGrandMasterof the GrandLodgeof Canada.

A letter datedMay 17, 1886, is extant,signed by R. L. PattersonofToronto as Secretary-Generalof the CanadianHigh Council. This showsthe Societywasactiveas late as that date.

SOCIETASROSICRUCIANA IN

CIVITATIBUS FOEDERATIS

PART I

News of the formation of a RocicrucianSociety in England becameknown to a number of eminent Freemasonsin the United States, whointerestedthemselvesin an effort to introducethe Society in this country.As a result, during a Masonicpilgrimage of Mary Commandery,No. 36,Knights Templar, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,to Great Britain andIreland, the party visited York, England. On July 25, 1878, BrotherCharlesE. Meyer, PastMasterof Melita Lodge, No. 295 (Pennsylvania);Daniel Sutter, PastMaster of PhoenixLodge. No. 230 (Pennsylvania),and Charles W. Packer, Philadelphia Lodge, No. 72 (Pennsylvania),received the ZELATOR Grade in Yorkshire College. SubsequentlyBrother Mark Muckle, Past Master of Hermann Lodge, No. 125(Pennsylvania),wasadmittedin MetropolitanCollegeof London.

In a letter to FraterW. J. B. McLeodMoore, SupremeMagusof theRosicrucianSociety in Canada, from Frater E. B.Whyteheadof YorkCollege,England,regardingthe above,he says: “We gavethe ‘degree’ tothe 3 or 4 Americansfrom Philadelphiain 1878, and they applied for awarrant, but not being able to evokea response,they transferredtheirapplication to the SupremeMagus in Scotia, and got one and are nowworking under it.” This warrant (charter)was madeout in the nameofCharlesF. Meyer for a collegein Pennsylvaniaand was datedDecember12, 1879, accordingto recordsof our Societyprinted in 1880.

as Considerablediscrepancyhas beenfound in the variouscharterdatesheretoforepublishedin different recoicls of the Society. Most Worthy

FraterJ. rVlason Allan, IX”, SupremeMagusof the SocietasRosicrucianain Scotia,hasmadea verycareful searchfor datain the files of his HighCouncil in an endeavorto clarify this discrepancy.Concerningthe matterof Charters,he says:

“I would state that the contemporaryrecordsof our High Councilfor these early years are lost—the earliest in our Minute Book havingobviouslybeenwritten some time afterthe eventsthey record—howmuchlater can not now be determined.Amongst the earliest of these recordsare what purport to be copies of the Charters issued to the fouiAmericanColleges.I enclosecopiesof theseas they appearin the MinuteBook. They are in the handwritingof R. W. FraterR. S. Brown, who wasthen Secretary-General,and comparingthe handwriting with what goesbeforeand what follows, one could safely infer that all four werewrittenat one ‘sitting’.”

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“In any case, I am satisfiedthat our early records,though ‘scrappy’,are reliableso far as they go, and that the recordscopied by FraterBrowninto the existingMinute Book werecopied from someearlier andreliablesource—possiblyfrom loose sheetsor from an old Minute Book whichhad becomedilapidated.This last point suggestsitself to me becausethecontemporaryminutesof the East of ScotlandCollege in thosedays aresimilarly very brief indeed—notsuch as would satisfy our historical sensenowadays—andthat the old Minute Book itself is ip a dilapidatedcondition. At that time FraterBrown was also Secretaryof the East ofScotlandCollege.”

In a subsequentletter from M.W. FraterAllan, dated August 24,1933,he says:

“We have only this month recovered an old chartulary whichcontains . . . Ms. copiesof chartersissuedby the High Council in Scotia.Theseare all in termssimilar to the four of which I sentyou copies.”

There is nothing known concerningthe outcomeof the J.J.French—Illinois College. The only information found has alreadybeen givenunderthe Scotia history. As this College hadno part in the formation ofthe Society in the U.S.A. no further referenceto it is madehere.

A copy of the Philadelphiacharter, the first of the four referred toby M.W. Frater Allan, shows the dateof December27, 1879. As theoriginal is not in the archives of High Council, it is not possible toascertainwhich date is correct. It is madeout in the nameof Charles E.Meyer (P.M. of Melita Lodge, No. 295, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Chairmanof the Grand Lodge Library Committee for twenty-oneyears,PastGrand High Priest, and Grand Secretaryof the Grand Royal ArchChapterof Pennsylvaniafor thirteenyears).

On April 9, 1880, another charter was grantedby the Society inScotia for New York College,Albert G. Goodall (P.M. of MontgomeryLodge, No. 19, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,but then affiliated withHolland Lodge, No. 8, of New York City) being namedas first ChiefAdept. The dateof this Charterin our printed recordsagreeswith thecopy in the Minute Book of the High Council in Scotia. The originalcharteris in our archives,but bearsthedate, June5, 1880.

Thesecharters were issuedby authority of the SupremeMagus inScotia, Lord Inverurie (Lord Kiutore)—”the former being the courtesytitle which he borebeforehe succeededto the earldomon the deathof hisfather in 1880”), and, if similar to the Massachusettscharterissuedat thesame source, were signed by his lordship; R.W. Fratei H. Y. D.Copeland,S.S.M.; R.W. Frater D. Murray Lyon, J.S.M.; and Robert S.Brown, Secretary-Generalof the High Council of the RosierucianSocietiesin Scotland.

Alfred F. Chapman,of Boston (who was GeneralGrandHigh Priestof the GeneralGrandChapterof the United Statesof America,1883-86)was qualified from the First to the Ninth Grade on April 19, 1880, byCharles E. Meyer. On April 20th, the following day, Frater Chapmanqualified John Haigh, of Somerville, Massachusetts,and Alfred C.

I Smith, of Boston,Massachusetts,with the Gradesincluding theHonoraryNinth. On April 21st Caleb Saunders,of Lawrence,Massachusetts,wassimilarly qualified and the fees of forty dollars and fifty cents wereforwardedto FraterMeyer.

The sum of L2/2/0 wassent to the Society in Scotlandfor a warrant(charter).A receipt from the Societas Rosicrucianain Scotia for thatamount,dated October8, 1880, and signed by G. Dickson (Dr. GeorgeDickson, S.S.M. of Scotia, 1893-1901)9”, Treasurer-General,is pastedinthe RecordBook of MassachusettsCollege.

The two Colleges (Pennsylvaniaand New York) met according toagreementand at the call of Chief AdeptsMeyer and Goodall in the cityof Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,on April 21, 1880, and createdthe GrandHigh Council known as ‘‘SocietasRosicrucianaRepublicaeAmericae”.

The proclamationof creationwassigned by “CharlesE. Meyer, 9””and “Albert G. Goodall, 9””. Thus April 21, 1880, is the formationdateof our Societyin the United States.

NEW YORK COLLEGEOneof the four Collegeswhich formed our Society in 1880 was in New

York. Practically nothing was known about it until I found a hithertounknown folder on October 27, 1960 in our archives at Boston. Itcontainedthe original minutesof six of the College meetings,dated asfollows:

1. July 13, 1880 142 Broadway,N.Y.C.2 Sept.21, 1880 MasonicTemple, Boston3. Oct. 27, 1880 339 W. 34th St., N.Y.C.4. Apr. 28, 1881 339 W. 34th St., N.Y.C.5. June 1, 1881 29 W. 52nd St., N.Y.C.6 Sept. 30, 1882 107 W. 38thSt., N.Y.C.

The totalmembershipwas:1. Albert G. Goodall (8) Appointed 4-9-18802. CharlesT. MeClenachan(35) Appointed4-21-18803. GeorgeH. Fish (316 Ind.) Elected7-13-18804. CharlesRoorrie (454) Elected7-13-18805. JohnF. Collins (35) Elected7-13-18806. Sanmuel Jones(8) Elecred7-13-18807. Aaron L Northrop (16) ‘. Elected4-28-18818. CharlesH. Heyzer(323) Elected4-28-18819. J. EdwardSimmons(454) Elected4-28-1881

tO. William S. Paterson(21) Elected4-28-188111. SheldonB. Shaw (690) Elecred4-28-188112. JamesR. Angel (35) Elected4-28-1881

Angel was namedas “JudgeAngel”, and lived in Morrisania, NewYork. In 1881 hewasforty-five yearsold.

Someodd matters,degree-wise,appearto have takenplace, as willbe evidencedby listing datesrecordedin the minutesand on printeddataon releasesfound in the folder.

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Goodall was appointedVIII” on April 9, 1880 by the High Councilof Scotland.On April 21, 1880, whenour High Council was formed, hewasappointedIX”.

MeClenachanwas madeViii” and IX” on this sameday, April 21,1880.

Fish wasgiven the Grades,including VIII” on September21, 1880 inBoston.He is listed in the minutesof 1882 as IX”, but thereis no recordin any otherplaceof his attaining that Gradeandit is probablyan error.

Roome was madeVII” and VlII” on October 27, 1880 and HighCouncil recordsshow he wasmadeIX” on September16, 1885.

Collins wasalso madeVii” and VIII” on October27, 1880, yet heislisted as 8” in the officer list of High Council on September21, 1880.Healso, like Fish, is listed in the 1882 minutes as IX”, which, likewise, isprobablyan error.

Northrop and Heyzerwere made lV” on April 28, 1881. Northropwas never advancedbut Heyzerwas madeVII” and VIII” on September30, 1882.

Jones,Simmonsand PatersonweremadeIV” on June 1, 1881. Jonesis listed as 8” amongthe officers of High Council on September21, 1880.Simmonswas neveradvanced,but Patersonwas madeVII” andVIII” onSeptember30, 1882.

There is no recordin the minutesof ShawbecominglV”, but he wasmadeVII” and ViII” on September30, 1882. However, he is listed at thestart of the meeting as VI”, whereasPaterson,who was made V” toVIII” at the sametime is listed as IV”. This leadsme to believethat theremusthavebeena meetingbetweenJune 1, 1881 and September30, 1882,at which tinie Shaw could havebeenadvancedIV” to VI”. (The abovedoes not preclude that other gradeswere not conferred or additionalmemberselected,because,from the materialin the folder the College wasin existence as late as 1894, thus having “operated” at least fourteenyears).

On April 28, 1881 an election was held (the Suffragan beingappointed,and,of course, the Chief Adept was Ad Vitam). Three otherofficers(*) wereappointedJune1, 1881, so that they were:

ChiefAdept Albert C GoodallCelebrant CharlesT. McClenachanSuffiagan JohnF CollinsTreasurer Aaron L. NorthiopSecretary GeoigeH Fish1stAncient CharlesRoome2ndAncient *Sam~iel Jones3rdAncient CharlesH. Heyzer4th Ancient *J EdwardSimmonsConductorof Novices *Willram S. Paterson

A ratherodd thing aboutShaw,he is listed as SheldonB. Shawwhenelected,but Alfred Shaw whengiven the Grades.He is the only memberwho wasnot an officer of the College,asof June1, 1881. The recordsof

the GrandLodge of New York show his nameas SheldonB. Shaw, age32 in 1880.

In the folder were threeother items. The first two are letters writtento FraterMcClenaciianby CharlesA. De Lancy in Buffalo, New York, in1892. De Lancywas Sovereignof the Grand Council of the Red CrossofConstantineof the United States(formed on June1, 1875 in New YorkCmty—dismntergratedAugust 24, 1897) foi the year 1892 and 1893. Hedied April 25, 1902. Theletter follows:

“Buffalo, Dec. 16, 1892DearSir and l3ro.:

Your favor of the 15th cameto irie safely, andin the samemail I havewordfrom Chailes F Meyei that lie will come here and spend Sunday with me toarrangesome matters in Rome and Comistantmnework. So I thought he couldwitnessmy signing theOath of Fealty,and if you wished, he might otherwiseassistin giving mc the Rosicrucianwork—Meyer will arrive heie Sunday A.M. andpossiblygo back to Philadelphiathat night although I shall try and keephim hereon Monday—I will go to the Post Oftice Sunday noon so that we may receiveatihar mime any papeisyou maysend to us tomorrow on receiptof this.

Fraternally,CharlesA. DeLaney”

To CharlesI. MeClenachan,NewYork CityNote, Deceniber 16, 1892 was a Friday. Bmo. De Lancy surely expected betterservice79 yearsago to get a letter iii the mail in Buffalo that dateand get a replyfiom MeClenachamiin New York on Sunday,than we could get today

‘‘Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 19, 1892CharlesT. MeClenachanNew York CityDeam Bro andSir.

l3ro. Meyer stiggested to me yesterdaythat I start a Collegeof RosicruemanKnights here,and now I know more aboutyour beautiful Rite I am inclined ro doit provided you are willing to help me do it. Please,if you think favorably of thematter,adviseme what steps it would be necessaryfor me to take. I understandfrom Meyer that two with myself, 3 of us, may apply for a Charter ofDispensationafter we attain the7”: What papersare necessaryarid whenwould Ihave to submit the namesof theothertwo Brethreii?

Fraternallyyours,CharlesA. De Lancy”

Note: Thereis no record of a College being formed. The third itemdatedNovember29, 1894, reads:

“Forwarded this day to Nicholas Coulsona letter coveringa blankOath of Fealty for him to sign, and a bill for $13, due from him forinitiation $10, andfor Certificate to be sent to him $3, andrequestinghisLatin Motto. The said Coulsonto becomea memberof N. York College,C. T. McC.”

Coulson,whosenameis recordedelsewhereas “Nicoha” as well as“Nucolas” Coulsoii, was also a Knight Grand Crossof ConstantineasofSeptember18, 1894. He wasa Michigan Freemason.He died on August20, 1910.

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MASSACHUSETTSCOLLEGE

MassachusettsCollegewaswarrantedon May 9, 1880, andcharteredon June5, 1880, accordingto the printed record of the first High Councilmeeting.The copy of the charterin the Minute Book of the High Councilin Scotia shows the date of May 4, 1880. The actual charter date,however,is June5, 1880, and the charteris made out in the nameofAlfred E. Chapman(P.M. of Zetland Lodge, Boston,.Massachusetts.)The Charteritself, engrossedby hand in red, black, and gold characterson the first page of the MassachusettsCollege Minute Book, is aninterestingdocument.It appearsthat the Book waspurchasedin Boston,Massachusetts(the stationer’slabel being pastedin the front) and the foursignaturesthereon are doubtlessthose of the officers of the SoemetasRosicrucianain Scotia (by comparison with facsimile of the West ofScotland College charter dated October 27, 1880, and reproducedinJUBILEE HANDBOOK of that College, 1930). From this it wouldappearthat the book musthavebeensentto Scotlandfor the signatures.

FraterChapmanwas editor and publisherof THE LIBERAL FREE-MASON, which had its beginning in 1877. In the March, 1891, number(its last) there appeared,along with the obituary notice of FraterChapman, this significant sentence: “The present number closes thefourteenthvolume, and with it THE LIBERAL FREEMASON will ceaseto exist.’’

Massachusetts is the only one of the four original colleges that hassurvived (Maryland College will be referred to later), although there was aperiod when the record of the meetings was entered in the Minute Book.There was a meetingon March 2, 1896, at which thirteen were present,andthe next entry is March 31, 1909, whentwelvewerepresent,plus ninecandidates.Three of the older membershaveverified this point. ln oneotheryear, namely 1929,no meetingwasheld.

To show the activity of the College, the early minutes show thefollowing meetings: 1880, 1881, 1883 (2), 1885 (5), 1886 (7), 1887 (6),1888 (5), 1889 (3), 1890 (5), 1891 (4), 1892 (4), 1893 (3), 1894 (2), 1895(2), 1896’(l), 1909 (2), 1910 (3), 1911 (2), 1912 (2), etc. There are printednoticesof meetingsof The College in its Archives for 1881, 1884, 1886(2), 1902 (2), 1905, 1906 (2), etc.

The March 31, 1909 meetingwas held in Young’s Hotel in Boston.The following officers were elected at the meeting (The Chief Adepthavingjust previously beenappointedby the SupremeMagus—ThonlasJ.Shyrock):

ChiefAdept EugeneA. Holton, IX”Celebrant EdwardC. Benton, VII”Suffragan JamesB. Blake, VII”Treasurer Henry N. Fisher, VIISecretary BenjaminW. Rowell, IX”1st Ancient JosephW. Work, IX”2ndAncient Warreim 13. Ellis, VII”

3,d Ancwnt J. Albert Blake, VII”4th Ancient Rinaldo B. Richardson,VII”Cond. a! Novices GeorgeG. Thacher,VII”Organist JosephT. Dyer, VII”1st fletald Albert L. Richardson,1X02ndHerald Arthur G. Pollard, VII”Torch Beater JamesD. Ronmius,VII”Guardian of the Cave,’ns EdwardS. Benedict,VII”Medallist SylvesterC. Gould, VII”Acolyte Henry B. Perkins,VII”

On July 13, 1909, the College met at “Crows Nest” Peabody,Massachusetts,the summer campof Frater BenjaminW. Rowell. Therewere sixteen Fraterspresent.EugeneA. Holton, Chief Adept from 1909to 1927, died on March 21 of the latter year. A regular meetingof theCollege was held on November 11, 1926, which ~as the last that heattended.The next meeting was called for April 25, 1928, when Dr.Frederick W. Hamilton, SupremeMagus,presided,andFrater Arthur D.Pmince waselectedChief Adept.

On May 29, 1883, JosephT. Dyer was admitted to the College.Hedied on August 14, 1932, having been a member49 years, 78 days.FrederickL. Bakerwasadmittedto the College on May 17, 1887. He diedon March 30, 1951 having beena member63 years,317 days.

So far as records reveal, Frater Baker was a Masonic Rosicrucianlongem than any other. Most Worthy FraterAllan, SupremeMagus ofScotland advisesthat Rt. Worthy Frater AlexanderF. MacKenzie, 9”,First Celebrantof InvernessCollege in 1924 and Senior SubstituteMagusof S.R.1.S.1950-1953was adniitted in Metropolitan College,Edinburgh,on December9, 1898 andat his passinghad beena memberof the Societyfor 56 years.

The following Fratres have been Chief Adepts of MassachusettsCollege:Altred F. Chapman—June5, 1880 to March20, 1891JohnHaigh—July 11, 1891 to August 20, 1896EugeneA. Holton—March31, 1909 to March 21, 1927Author D. Prmnce—Apurl25, 1928 to May 17, 1946Alfred A. Schaefer—May29, 1947 to October23, 1947RutherfordF. Smith—November21, 1947 to Febmuary1, 1967NormanK. Wiggm—Feb.1, 1967 to Nov. 13, 1970LaumenceB. Eaton—Nov. 13, 1970 to Feb.24, 1979StanleyF. Maxwell—Feb.24, 1979 to date

Onememberof MassachusettsCollege deservesspecialmention—FraterSylvesterC. Gould, who was admitted on February 10, 1885. He wasaresidentof Manchester,New Hampshire,and was engagedin publishingvarious Masonic journals. He was particularly learned in Rosicrucianmattersand we are indebtedto him for preservingmany of the recordsofthe activities of our Societynot found elsewhere.In January,1907, THEROSICRUCIAN BROTHERHOOD,an octavomagazine,was first issuedby Frater Gould. There were nine issues, Volume III, Number 1, for

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January, 1909, being the last. Frater Gould also publisheda number ofpamphletsin separateform containingRosicrucianarticles amid studies.Inpassing,it may be notedthat it wasthrough FraterGould that the presentRosicrucianain America, undem the leadershipof Dr. GeorgeWinslowPlummer,with headquartersin New York City, owes its origin. FraterGould died on July 19, 1909 at 69 yearsof age.

Another very learned Frater of MassachusettsCollege was Dr.SeranusBowen, IX” (J.S.M. in 1891), who gaveseveralpaperson Rosi-cruciansubjectsin MassachusettsCollege,someof which wereprinted. Inthe earlyyearsmanyof the papers-readat collegemeetingswereprinted.

At a meetingof the College in February, 1884, Frater John Haigh,IX” exhibited a Ms. copy of rituals of a largenumberof the gradesin theYork and Scottish Rites; also a first edition of ANDERSON’SCONSTITUTiONSof 1723.

~vIARYLAND COLLEGE

Maryland College was charteredon May 10, 1880, and the printedrecordsof our Societyshow the samedateasthe copy in theMinute Bookof the High Council in Scotia.The charterwas madeout in the nameofThomasJ. Shyrock (for 33 yearsGrandMasterof Masonsin the StateofMaryland) The original charter is not in the archives of our 1-lighCouncil. All efforts, that havebeenmadeto locatethe chartersor any ofthe archivesof Pennsylvania,and Maryland Colleges,havebeenfruitless.

There was publishedin THE KEYSTONE (Philadelphia,Pennsyl-vania) of February7 and 14, 1880, an addressdeliveredby FraterCharlesE. Meyer at a meetingof the PennsylvaniaCollege held on January30,1880, in Freemasons’Hall, 814 Filbert St., Philadelphia.It was publishedin pamphlet form some time later in the sameyear. The title of thepamphletwas “The PennsylvaniaFreemason’sHall, Philadelphia,1802.”in a noteat the end of the addressthe statementis madethat it was thelast meeting held in the old hall and gives a list of those presentasfollows:

CharlesE. Meyer JohnHanoldDaniel Sutrer JohnSartamn

March RichardMuckle AugustR. HallJamesS. Barber ThomasR. Patton

JohnL. Young HenrySartainThese Fraters together with Charles W. Packer and Walter T.

Taggart are the only Fraters known to have been members of thePennsylvaniaCollege.

On September21, 1880, there was openeda meeting of the HighCouncil of the Societas Rosicrucianain Boston, Massachusetts,MostWorthy FraterCharlesE. Meyer, iX”, presiding.Representativesfrom allfour colleges were present. By virtue of their inherent powers, aconstitution was adoptedand the four collegesconsecratedwith ChiefAdeptsas indicatedin the abovechartersfrom Scotland.

On the second day of the meeting, Frater George 0. Tyler(ShaweneganLodge, No. 134, Three Rivers, P.O., Canada),a residentofVermontand a very piominentMasonand a man of considerablemeans,was admittedas High Council charteredBurlington (Vermont)College. Itappearsthat the College wasnever actually formed for no record of it isin our archivesand nothing concerningsuch a project has been found inthe Masonic or secular press of the period. The charter is not in thearchivesof our High Council.

At this meeting, those present also “reproclaimed said creation,formation, and constitution of such Society and Order under theSovereign title SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA IN THE UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA, holding Sovereignpower of governing itselfandregulatingall the Gradesof the Societyof the Rosicrucianswithin theboundaryof theUnited States;of determiningand perpetuatingthe ritualand philosophyof the Society, in substantialaccordancewith that underwhich it waswarranted.”

The first Officersof theHigh Council were:SupiemeMagus CharlesE. Meyer (Pa.) IXSeniorSubsUniteMagris Albert G. Goodall (N.Y.) 1X0Junuoi SubstituteMagus Alfred E. Chapman(Mass.) 1X0T,eii~urer-Genernl ThomasJ. Shytock(Md.) 1X0Secretury-Gene~al CharlesT. McClenachan(N.Y.) IX 0

Fast Ancient JohnHaigh (Mass.) 90

SecondAncient . WoodwardAbralmanis(Md.) 80

Thi,dAncient Daniel Sutter(Pa.) 90

Fourth Ancient Samuel Jones(N.Y.) 80

Fijth Ancient . . CalebSaunders(Mass.) 90

Sixth Ancient ... William F. Cochran(Md.) 80

Seventh Aiicient CharlesW. Packer(Pa.) 9”P,ece,mter John F Collins (N.Y.) 80Conductorof Novices Albert C. Smith (Mass) 90

Torch Bearer Willmairi H. Clark (Md ) 80

Ile,ald Mark R. Muckle (Pa.) 80

Guardian of the Caveins GeorgeH. Fish (N.Y.) 80

Medallist William T. R. Marvin (Mass.)80

Chu~/AdeptVe,niont College George0. Tyler (Vt.) 1X0The High Council, therefore, startedwith nineteenmembers; five

officers each from New York and Massachusetts,four each fromPennsylvaniaandMaryland, andone“At Large”.

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CHAPTERVHTI-IF HJGH COUNCIL

Thisseemsto be a placeto makea generalcommenton thematter ofour earlycharters.As is evidentfrom the citationsheretoforemade,thereis considerableconfusionregardingthe datesof the charters.The statisticsshow:—College Our Records Scotland Actual Charter

Pa. Dec.12, 1879 Dec.27, 1879N.Y. Apr. 9,1880 Apr. 9, 1880 June5, 1880Mass. May 9, 1880 May 4,1880 June5, 1880Md. May 10, 1880 May 10, 1880Vt. Sept. 22, 1880

It seemsthat the granting datesand the actualcharterdatesare notthe same,probably all four of our charteisissuedby Scotlandweremadeout and datedthe sameday—June5, 1880, and the otherdates the timeof dispensation.

The record of the first full meeting of our High Council onlyindicatesthe charteringof Vermont College—unlikethe usual practiceofissuing new chartersto the existing bodies forming the new independentor Supremebody. This is boine out by the fact that the only charterMassachusettsCollege has (and technically works under) is the originalScottishCharter.

Aside from variousactivities noted in the minutesof MassachusettsCollege and,the printed record of all that has to do with the originalformation of the Society in. the United States, there are no minutesofHigh Council until October 7, 1908. In 1932 when Frater JosephW.Work IX”, was electedSecretary-General(having beenTreasurer-Generalsince1908), he causeda permanentMinute Book for High Council to bemade and copied into it all the recordsm possessionof High Council,Any information, relative to High Council’s activities between1881 and1908 is, therefore,from externalsources.

A note in the minutes of MassachusettsCollege statesthat WilliamRobertWoodman, S.M. in Anglia, The Earl of Kintore, S.M. in Scotia,William JamesHughan, Past J.S.M. in England, Colonel Win. 3. B.McLeod Moore, S.M. in Canada, and Prince Rhodocanakis,S.M. inGreece,weremadehonoraryniembersof the High Council of the UnitedStateson September21, 1880, in Boston,Massachusetts.Whetheror notFrater Woodman and the otherswere notified of this honor conferredupon them is questionablefor in 1887 Frater Woodman was made anHonorary9” in the Societyanda certificateissuedto that effect. It wouldseemthat this action would be superfluoushad notification of the firstactionbeenconsummated.

On September16, 1885, the High Council of the United Statesmet inthe Hotel Brunswick, Boston, Massachusetts,and Fraters Sylvester C.

Gould and Dr. SeranusBowen were duly receivedand elevated to theVIII” Grade, Magister Templi—the ritual being performed by FraterCharlesT. McClenachan,IX”, Secretary~General

BrotherGeoigeF. Moore, later SovereignGrandCommanderof theAncient and AcceptedScottishRite for the SouthernJurisdiction of theUnited States,was given the Viii Gradeby FraterCharlesT. MeClena-chan,IX”, on September16, 1885, in thepresenceof Most WorthyFraterW. J. ~. MeLeod Moore, SupremeMagus in Canada, in FraterMcClenachan’shotel room.

In July, 1887, nine Fratersfrom the Colleges in the United Statesmadea social and businesstrip to Europe,as follows:CharlesF. Meyer, IX” ...

CharlesRoome,IX” SupremeMagusSeniorSubstii’riteMagusAlfred F. Chapman,IX” Junior SubstituteMagusThomasJ. Shyrock, IX” Treasurer-GeneralCharlesT. McClenachan,iX” Secretary-GeneralJohnSartain,VIII”Daniel Sutter,VIII”CharlesW. Packer,VIII”JohnL. Young, VIII”

The SocietasRosicrucianain Anglia (meeting on April 14, 1887)called a special GeneralConvocationand a quarterly meetingof Metro-politan College at Freemason’sHall, Great Queen Street, London, onJuly 22, 1887, and receivedthe eminent Rosicruciansfrom the UnitedStatesat a Jubileeconvocation They were welcomed by Most WorthyFraterWoodman, SupremeMagus in Anglia, in an eloquentaddressofcongratulations,who observedthat:

“The RosicrucianSociety of the United Statesof America was conceived inEngland,born in Scotland,nurtured by York and now most heartily welcomed,and its dignity and importancerecognizedby a GeneralGrandConvocationof theSocietiesin Anglia.”

TheMastem of the Temple, ITrater RobertRoy, VIII”, thenperformedthe ceremonyof ZELATOR, assistedby FraterS. L. MacgregorMathers,as Conductorof Novices, Frater T. W. Memon, as Chaplain, and fourFratersas Ancients. The SupremeMagus in the United Statesexpressedhis deepappreciationof the work.

The SupremeMagus in Anglia, Most Worthy Frater William R.Woodman, IX”, then conferred the Honorary 9th Grade upon FratersMeyer, Roome,Chapman,Shiyockand MeClenachanand the Honorary8th Gradeupon FratersSartain,Sutter, Packer and Young. Certificateswere granted to each Frater and the record duly made in LIBERAUREUS, “The Golden Book”, on July 30, 1887. Following theconvocation, the Fraters enjoyed a sumptuous banquet at HelbornRestaurant.

A facsimilecopy of FraterSartain’scertificatewill be found in THEFOUR ELEMENTS by FraterSartain,2nd ed., n.d., with a frontispiece

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portrait of the author, royal octavo, in papercovers, 30 pages.(A thirdedition wasalso printed). The certificateis signed by Most Worthy FraterWilliam Robert Woodman, SupremeMagus, and Right Worthy FraterWilliam Wynn Westcott,Secretary-General.

In October 1887, the SupremeMagus in the United States, MostWorthy Frater Charles E. Meyer, IX”, conferred grades HONORISCAUSA upon four fratersof the High Council in Anglia as follows: The9th Grade on Fraters William Robert Woodman, Supreme Magus,William Wynn Westcott, Secretary-General,and JamesLewis Thomas,and the 8th Grade on Frater Robert Roy. The certificateswere dulyforwarded and acknowledged,and announcedin Metropolitan College,London, at which quarterlymeetingFrater JohnSartamnof Philadelphia,Honorary8th Grade,waspresent.

At this meeting,FraterWestcott readaninterestingpaper,with com-ments, titled: “The Zelator Ritual of the Societas Rosicrucianaof theUnited Statesof America.” The full text of this lecturemay be found inthe Transactions of N4etropolitan College for 1887. The followingpertinentitemsare containedtherein:

“Our American fraters, ever persevering and energetic, had nosoonersucceededin placing the Order firmly in its new home, than theyset to work making researchesinto the printedbooksof the forgotten pastand the curious collection of MSS., chiefly German, concerning theRosicrucianswhich mayyet be found in a survey of the greatlibrariesandthe privatecollectionsof mystics. As a result of theselabours their HighCouncil issued in 1883 a splendidlyexecutedvolume of supplementamyritualsandlecturesbasedupon all theRosicrucianlore still extant

“It should not be forgotten that although this present exotericSocietywasdevelopedby our late M.W. FraterLittle in 1866, assistedbyour S.M. Dr. Woodman,andby others,yet it wasa rejuvenescenceof anearlierstill extantexotericand veiled hierarchy,a reliablenotice of whoseexistenceso late as 1836 is affordedby the ANACALYPS1S of GodfreyHiggins, seevolume I, page 723 and volume [I pages243 and 248. Hestates that, although working on similar lines, he did not join the‘Rosicrucians’ then at work becausehe was at the time of writingunwilling to fetter himself in publishing his opinions.

“The fraters may rest assuredthat the presentZelator ceremonyisessentiallyof ancientdate,althoughit be that this EnglishHigh Councilisnot at liberty to make its completegenealogypublic.”

At the conclusionof the lecturewe find the following note:

“The Historical Lectureof our fratersin the United Stateswas thenread, in extenso, but can not be here reproduced.MS. copies may beobtainedfrom the Secretary-Generalon applicationat 3s. each.”

As mentionedabove,the High Councilminutesin the presentMinuteBook begin in 1908. There is, however, ample evidence from othersourcesthat High Council met at irregular intervals,apparentlywhen theoccasionrequired it. The Society in England,Scotland,Canada,and theUnited Stateswas contemporarywith the formation and activities of the

Red Cioss of Constantineand most of the Officers and membersof onewereclosely connectedin the other. In fact, one is often confrontedwithRed Cross of Constantineactivities in Rosicrucian archives and viceversa—themeetingfrequentlybeing on the sameday or days. Hence, wehave found evidence from this source that confirms our opinionconcerningmeetingsof the society.

Following the deathof the SupremeMagus,CharlesE. Meyer, HighCouncil met in Boston,Massachusetts,on October7, 1908, with all of theliving memberspresent.FraterThomasJ. Shryockpresiding.Also presentwere Fraters Rowell, Richardsonand Work. An election of officersresultedin the following:

SupremeMagus ThomasJ. Shryock, Batrimome, Md.SeniorSubstitute Magus EugeneA. Holton, Boston,Mass.Junio; Substitute Magus Albert L. Richardson,Boston,Mass.Treasurer-General Joseph W. Woik, Newton, Mass.Secretary-General BenjaminW. Rowell, Lynn, Mass.

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CHAPTERViii

SOCLETAS ROSICRUCIANA INCiVITATIBUS FOEDERATIS

PART II

Some time in 1911 three Masonic brethren in Minnesotawere ad-mitted to the collegein Maryland. This is certain becausethe followingdispensationwas granted,precedingthe first meetingheld in Minnesotaon November25, 1911.

“By the power in me vested,I herebygrant this my DispensationtoFratersTrevanionWilliam Hugo, GeorgeWin. Buck and William AlbertMcGonagle,all of the Baltimore College, to open and hold a College ofthe Societas Rosicrucianae,4th Grade, for the State of Minnesota, atDuluth, and such further territory as the High Council may hereafterdesignate,and I do hereby appoint FraterTrevanion William Hugo tohavethe powerand right to confer the ordersup to and including the4thGradeupon such brethren as they may selectas being fit and worthy toreceivesame.

“This Dispensationto continueuntil suchtime as the High Councilmay meetin session. (Signed)ThomasJ. Shryock, IX”

SupremeMagus”

The dispensationwas not dated.The first meetingwasheld in Duluthon the datementionedabovewhen ninenameswereballoted upon by thethiee Fraterstnentsonedin the dispensationand declaredelected. Howmany more meetings of the college were held is not certain but theminutesand recordsof the college in the archives of High Council showsix more, as follows:May 23, 1912—Duluth—3present—Addressof 6 pages by T.W. HugoDec. 5, 1912—Duluth—3present—Ritualscopies—(3copies)Dec. 6, 1913—Duluth—8present—Addressof 9 pagesby T.W. HugoSept. 19, 1915—St. Paul—6 present and 2 guests—Addresses,Dr.

Chamberlain,4 pages;andT.W. Hugo,7 pages.July 25, 1918—St.Paul—3present—Celebrantpresided.Sept.30, 1919—St.Paul—2present—Celebrantpresided.

High Council met in Boston,Massachusetts,on June14, 1912. Fiveof the memberswere present. Frater T. W. Hugo was elevated byconferring on him the VIII and IX Grades and then elected tomembership in High Council. Minnesota College was chartemed withFrater Hugo as the first Chief Adept. The original Charter is in thearchivesof High Council. A note in the minutesstatesthat on August 8,1912, the charter for “Northwestern College”, as it was known, wasforwardedto FraterThomasi. Shryock for his signature.It appearsthat

this was accomplishedas the original charter bearsall the signaturesofthe Magi andSecretary-General

The full membershipof MinnesotaCollege with the feespaid at thetimeof admissionare as follows:TrevanionWilliam Hugo, IX” Charter $ 75GeorgeWilliam Buck, VI]” Charter $ 75William Albert McGonagle,VII” Charter $ 75JehielWestonChamberlain Nov. 25, 1911 $100RenwickBarwiseKnox Nov. 25, 1911 $100William HayesLaud Nov. 25, 1911 $100JohnFishel*CharlesWesleyMore Nov. 25, 1911 $100RobertEdwardDenfeld Nov. 25, 1911 $100William ChesterWhite Nov. 25, 1911 $100NathanielPitt Langford* Nov. 25, 1911 $100*Afflllated with NewJerseyCollege Sept. 18, 1915 $100

According to the minutes of Minnesota College, 1913, six of themembersbecameAssociateMembersof Metropolitan College, London,principally to receIve the Transactionsof that College.The Transactionsof that College, however,do not record such membership.TheseFraterswereHugo,Buck, McGonagle,Laird, FishelandMore.

In a report on the conditionof the Collegemadeout on July 9, 1918,the namesof eight brethrenwho had beenelectedbut not paid their feesare given. One was for 1911, five for 1912, and two for 1915. As theirnamesdo not appearelsewherein the records, it is apparentthat theyneverbecamemembers.

On September18, 1915, the officers were:ChiefAdept T. W. HugoCelebrant J. W. ChamberlainExponent R. E. DenfeldSecretary~T,easurer JohnFishel

The first entry in the Treasurer’sbook of the College is November27, 1911, andthe last October14, 1914, at which time therewas$452.54in the account.The last entry in the Minute Book, however,is September30, 1919, whenthe college wasopenedwith FraterChamberlinpresidingand the only other Fraterpresentbeitig John Fishel,Secretary-TreasurerAttached to the minutesis a letter from ChiefAdept Hugo explainingthereasonsfor the meetingand giving consentof the other members(whowereabsent)to what was to takeplace.The minutesare self-explanatory:

“By direction of the Chief Adept, FraterT. W. Hugo, a meetingofNorthwesternCollege,SocietasRosicrucianawas held at St. Paul,Minn.this 30th day of September,A.D. 1919 at 12:30P.M. at which FratersJ.W. Chamberlinand JohnFischelwere presentand FratersT. W. Hugo,W.A. McGonagle,G. W. Buck, R. B. Knox, C. W. More, R. E. Denfeldand W. F. Richardsonwere construct1velypresent~~(Italics mine.)

AbrahamLouis Metz, GustaveSchultz, Clark FrancisBuck, Jr., andS

JensChristianNielsen, all of New Orleans,Louisiana,were recommendedby Frater T. W. Hugo and John Fishel. They were elected and granteddemitsandthen thecollegerecommendedto High Council an applicationfor a new College to be held in Louisiana. The actual Charter, datedOctober 17, 1919, granting authority to Abraham Louis Metz to holdLouisianaState College, is in our archives.It is illuminated in color andbears no evidence of ever having been used. As no reference iii oroutsideof our archiveshas beenfound to indicate the physical existenceof such a body, it seemssafe to assumeit really had no such existence.Fratei Metz was a memberof Louisiana Lodge, No. 102 and ConcordChapter,No. 2, R. A. M. He was twelve years a niemberof the RoyalOrder of Scotland,being receivedin the Order on October16, 1911.

We now return to the meetingsof High Council, the next being aspecialconclaveheld at Boston, Massachusetts,on September30, 1912.Five of the six membersof High Councilwerepresent(FraterHugo beingabsent).A vote to adoptthe rituals of the High Councils in Anglia andinScotia was taken with the result that such a measurebecameofficial. Itwas also voted in the affirmative that we enter into a concordatwith thesetwo High Councils, as they hadenteredinto such an agreementon March23, 1911. R.W. Frater T. W. Hugo was elected Primus Ancient andFratersEverett C. Benton, Henry N. Fisher and J. Albert Blake wereelevatedto the VIII Grade.

The next meetingof High Council wasa specialconvocationheld onOctober 26, 1916, in Boston,Massachusetts.The death of R.W. FraterAlbert L. Richardson,IX”, Junior SubstituteMagus, was reportedandFrater T, W. Hugo was elected to fill the vacancy (he was the onlyabsentee).

In the DULUTH MASONIC CALENDAR some time early in 1918thereappearedan announcementof a High Council, Societas Rosicru~ciana, meeting and a list of officers. Among those listed are threemembersof New York College, to wit: GeorgeH. Fish, VIII”, Brooklyn,N.Y. (died May 31, 1905) JamesF. Collins, VIII”, Brooklyn, N. Y. (diedApril 2, 1896) and SamuelJones,Viii”, New York, N.Y. (died Aug. II,1892).

I have also come upon the names of FratersJamesH. Codding,CharlesT. McClenachan,CharlesRoome,JosephMyers Levy, GeorgeH.Fitzwilson, ashavingbeenmembersof New York College.

The meetingwas apparentlycalled for the 16th of September,1918,but the recordin theMinute Book of High Council showsthat it washeldon the 17th. We find the entry headed“ANNUAL MEETING, Boston,Massachusetts.’’

On motion and by unanimousvote, FratersBush, Hamilton, Blake,Pollard, Chamberlain,McGonagle,Buck andFishelwereadvancedto theVIII Grade.Electionof Officers resultedin the following selections:

EugeneA. 1-lolton, ~x0 Boston,Mass SupremeMagiisTravanionW. Hugo, iX”, Duluth, Miun SeniorSub.Magu.s.1. Albert Blake, P(o, Boston,Mass Junior Sub Magus

JosephW. Work, ~x0 Newton,Mass Treasurer-GeneralBeiijamin W. Rowell, IX”, Boston,Mass Secretary-GeneralArthur G. Pollard, VIII”, Lowell, Mass PrimusAncientEverettC. Benton, VIII”, Belmont, Mass SecundusAncientJehielW. Chamberlain,VIII” St. Paul, Mmii TertuisAncientWilliam H. Odell, VII”, Dorchester,Mass QuartusAncientWilliam A. MeGonagle,VIII”, Duluth, Miun QiantusAncientFrederickW. Hamilton, VIII”, Cambridge,Mass SextrisAncientSamP Cochran,VIII”, Dallas, Texas SeptimusAncientR Perry Bush, VIIl 0 Chelsea,Mass Precento,JamesS. Blake VIII”, Allston, Mass Conductorof NovicesJohn Fishel, VIII”, St. Paul, Minn Torch BearerWinthrop C Durfee, VII”, JamaicaPlains,Mass Guatdianoldie ~‘ave,nsJosephI-I. (~oodspeed,VII”, Boston,Mass Medal/is-CharlesC. Homer, .tr., IX”, Balrimore, Md Herald

At this meetinga charterwas grantedto TexasCollegewith SamP.Cochran,VIII”, as first Chief Adept. The charter was apparentlymadeout with the dateof April 4, 1918, but it was lost in transit and neverreceivedby Frater Cochran.The Collegewasset to work on February2,1919.

The next meeting or 1-ugh Council was held on October 7, 1918,when Frater Charles C. Homer, IX” of Baltimore, Maryland, wasauthorized to carry on Maryland College in view of the fact that thechartercould not be locatedafter the deathof FraterThomasJ. Shryockon February 3, 1918. The authorizationwas to continue in effect untilrevoked or the original charter found. FraterHomer died on March 9,1923. Nothing further is known concerningthe college. Only five namesof Maryland Fratersare known: Thomas Shryock, Charles C. Homer,Jr., WoodwardAbrahams,William F. Cochran,andWilliam H. Clark.

On September20, 1921, seven members or High Council met inBoston, Massachusetts.The meeting was presided over by FraterFrederick W. Hamilton. Nothing is mentioned concerning who theSupremeMagus was, but apparently it was M.W. Frater Eugene A.Holton who succeededto the office upon the death of M.W. FraterThomasJ. Shryock.As Frater1-lolton wasnot presentat the meetingandthe election of officers which took place does not include a SupremeMagus, this assumptionis probably the correct one. The result of theelectionwasas follows:

FrederickW. 1-lamilion SeniorSubstituteMagusi. Albert Blake Junior SubstituteMagusJosephW Woik Treasurer-GeneralBenjaminW. Rowell Secretory-GeneralArthur G. Pollard PrimusAncientEverett C. Benron SecundusAiicieniWilliam A MeGonagle TertiusAncientSamP. Cochran Qiiartus AncientR. Perry Bush QuintusAncientJamesS. Blake SextusAncientJohnFishel SeptinnisAncient

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CharlesC. Homer, Jr PrecentOrWinthrop C. Durfee Conductorof NovicesJamesH. Goodspeed TorchBearer

Fraters W. Wynn WestcOtt and Samuel W. Rogers of the HighCouncil in Anglia were made honorary membersof the United StatesHigh Council. Frater Westcott, the SupremeMagus and Frater Rogers,the Secretaiy-General,bothacknowledgedthesehonors.

On March 21, 1927, Most Worthy Frater Eugene A. Holton,SupremeMagus, died and Frate~rFrederickW. Hamilton succeededhimas SupremeMagus.

On May 9, 1931, Most Worthy FraterHamilton gavea dispensationto form a Collegeto be known asNew JerseyCollege, to BrotherHaroldV.B. Voorhis, Mystic Brotherhood Lodge, No. 21, Red Bank, NewJersey.The organizationmeetingwas held in MasonicTemple, New YorkCity, on May 22, 1931 (in Grand Lodge Library) and the secondorganizationmeetingwas held in private quartersin the ChaseltonHotelin Washington, District of Columbia, on October 21, 1931. At thismeeting a petition was addressedto the SupremeMagus naming FraterRobert 1. Clegg, VII”, who had received the Grades in MetropolitanCollege, London, England, to be Chief Adept, IX”. (The ZELATORGrade was received in person by Frater Clegg on Januasy10, 1924).Henry R. Evans,Washington, D.C. was namedas Celebrant;J. HtigoTatsch,New York City, as Suffragan;Hiram E. Dents,FlemingtOn, NewJersey,as Treasurer;and harold V.B. Voorhis, Red Bank, New Jersey,as Secretary.The petition wassignedby thirty-sevenfounder.

On October 29, 1931, a set of ordinanceswas approved for NewJerseyCollegeby the SupremeMagus.

On November 17, 1931, Frater Voorhis, addressedthe Fraires ofMassachusettsCollege on the subject “The New Triangle MasonicDerivationTheory”.

On December3, 1931, Right Worthy FraterRobert I. Clegg, LX”,passedaway. The Secretarypreparedand issued, in the name of NewJerseyCollege, a memorial brochure. Dr. Henry R. Evans, Vii”, ofWashington, D.C., Celebrant, assumedthe position of acting ChiefAdept.

On February5, 1932, SupremeMagus appointedFraterHarold V.B.Voorhis,Chief Adept of New JerseyCollege,and elevatedhim to the IXGrade and Frater Frederick T. [lurley, VII”, was appointed actingSecretaryof the college.

On May 10, 1932, High Council met in Washington,D.C., with theSupremeMagus, Most Worthy Frater Frederick W. Hamilton, lx”,presiding. The appointment of Right Worthy Frater Voorhis as ChiefAdept, IX”, of New JerseyCollege was confirmed. Fraters J. HugoTatschand Harry G. Pollard were elevatedto the IX Grade.Electionofofficers washeld with the following results:FrederickW. Hamilton, IX 0 Mass.College SuprenieMagusArthur D Prince, IX” Mass.College Senioi SubstituteMagus

J. HugoTatsch, IX” N.J. College Junior SubstituteMagusHarry G. Pollard, IX”, Mass.College Treasurer-GeneralJosephW. Work, IX 0 Mass.College Secretary-General

A charter was issued for New JerseyCollege with Right WorthyFraterHarold V.B. Voorhis, IX”, as first Chief Adept.

It was moved and carried to issue a duplicate charter for TexasCollege asthe original had beenlost in the mails.

New JerseyCollege held its first annualconvocationin the newlydedicatedGeorge WashingtonMasonic National Memorial building atAlexandria,Virginia, on May 13, 1932. The charterwas presentedto thenew College by Right Worthy Frater J. Hugo Tatsch, IX”, acting forHigh Council, and FraterVooihis was given his certificate for the IXGrade.Following the consecrationof the College, the election of officerswas held and,after the regular businesswas transacted,the College wasclosed.

Following this meeting FratersJ. Ray Shute, II, J. Edward Allen,and KennonW. Parham,all of North Carolina approachedthe ChiefAdept with the ideaof forming a College in the Stateof North Carolina.During the next few monthscorrespondencewasenteredinto concerningsuch a project, which culminatedon August 27, 1932, when these threeFraterspetitioned SupremeMagusfor a dispensationto open a Collegetobe known as North CarolinaCollege. On August 29, 1932, this petitionwasapprovedby Right Worthy Frater Harold V.B. Voorhis, IX”, ChiefAdept of the New JerseyCollege, for New JerseyCollege, and theSupremeMagusgrantedthedispensation.

On September13, 1932, High Council met in Boston,Massachusetts,in specialconvocation, five membersbeing present(Hamilton, Prince,Tatsch,.Work and Pollard), and granteda charter for North CarolinaCollege, naming J. RaymondShute, II (Past Masterof Monroe Lodge,No. 244, and the North Carolina Lodge of Reseaich,No. 666) as ChiefAdept.The charteris datedSeptember9, 1932.

Formalandactualconsecrationof the Collegetook placeon January14, 1933, in Hotel Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina. The electionofofficers and other businessmatters were carried out and the newlyappointedChief Adept Right Worthy FraterShate,deliveredan addresstitled: “The RosicrucianSociety.’’ Following the dinner, a paperentitled,“Noteson Ancient Religion”, wasread by FraterH. MeNeill Poteat.

At High Council meeting of September13, 1932, SupremeMagusmadethe following Gradeelevations:J. Ray Shute,II, IX” North CarolinaCollegeSamuelA. Vanner,VIlI” MassachusettsCollegeJohnL. Stevens,VIII” TexasCollegeHiram E. Deats,VIII” New JerseyCollegeFrederickT. Ilurley, VIII” New JerseyCollegeKennon W. Parham,VlII” North CarolinaCollege

On November10, 1932, a specialconvocationof High Council washeld in Boston,Massachusetts,with FratersHamilton, Tatsch,Work and

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Pollard present. At this meeting the fee for the first two grades wasreducedto $10.00,the yearly1-ligh Council fee for eachCollegewasmade$1.00 per memberand $2.00 for newly mademembersduring the yeai.Certainotherchangesin the constitutionof High Council weremadeandit wasorderedprinted.

On ]uly 17, 1933, a specialconvocationof High Council was againheld in Boston,Massachusetts.In the absenceof the SupremeMagus,Rt.Worthy Arthur D. Prince, ix”, Senior Substitute Magus, presided.(Present:Prince,Tatsch,Work, Shute,Brown.)

Dispensationsweregrantedfor two new Colleges:1. Virginia Collegewith Dr. WillialTi Moseley Brown, VII”, acting Chief Adept. 2. UnitedForcesCollegewith Major J. Hugo Tatsch, ix”, acting as Chief Adept.The matter of the changeof the name of the Society was taken intoconsiderationandreferredto SupremeMagus.

On December27, 1933, the Annual ConvocationHigh Council washeld in Boston, MassachuSetts.(Present: Hamilton, Tatsch, Work,Pollard,Voorhis andChipman).A few minor changesin the Constitutionwereadopted.The printing of a ZELATOR Ritual was left in the handsof the Magi.

SupremeMagusappointedthe followilig Committeeon History:Harold V.B. Voorhis, IX”, ChairmanJ. EdwardAllen, VIII”William MoseleyBrown, VII”SupremeMagus madethe following EIGHTH GRADE elevations:HenryR. Evans Ray V. Denslow

Curtis ChipniaflEdgarW. Timberlake D. RufusCheneyHerbertW. DeanElection of additional membersto High Council was held for the

periodending at the Annual Convocationin 1935, at which time the nextAnnual Election is in order of the “RepresentativeCouncil” (SeeSection4~Constitutionof High Council).

On January26, 1934, the SupremeMagus elevatedFratersHubertM. PoteatandFrank C. Abernethyto the VIII Grade.

TheCharterof Virginia College is datedApril 20, 1934, and is madeout in thenameof Di. William N4oseleyBrown (Grand Masterof Masonsof Virginia) who was appointed Chief Adept, IX”, by the SupremeMagus.

On May 7, 1934, the SupremeMagusauthorizedRt. Worthy FratersTatsch, Voorhis and Shute to conduct the consecration of VirginiaCollege with Dr. William Moseley Brown as Chief Adept. This authori-zation was carried out on June23, 1934, in the JohnMarshall Hotel atRichmond,Virginia, after the conferringof the Eighth Gradeon WilliamMoseley Brown, C. Vernon Eddy and E. Fenno Heath and the NinthGrade on FraterWilliam Moseley Brown. The election of officers andother businessmatters were carried out and the newly made ChiefAdept, RI. Worthy Frater Brown delivered an eloquent addressonRosirzruiZianism.Dinnerwas servedat thehotel.

Illinois College was chartered on December 11, 1934; ColoradoCollege and Long Island College on December27, 1935. On the latterdate the charter of TexasCollegewas revoked.Nova Scotia College waschartered on July 13, 1936 and Ontario College on May IS, 1937.Pennsylvaniaarid Delaware Colleges were chartered on December 12,1955. Nova ScotiaCollege hadits charterrevokedon November21, 1951.IndianaCollege was charteredon December9, 1957. Statisticsof theseCollegesfollow:CollegeIllinoisColoradoLong IslandNova ScotiaOntarioPennsylvaniaDelawareIndiana

ChiefAdeptNormanB. HickoxHenryF. EvansGeorge0. LinkletterReginaldV. HarrisWilliam C. WhiteWilliam F. YeagerJ. WallaceWoodfordCarl A. Ploch

ConsecratedbyHaroldV.B. VoorhisWilliam MoselcyBrownHarold V.B. VoorhisHarold V.B. VoorhisFrederickW. HamiltonHarold V.B. VoorhisHarold V.B. VoorhisHarold V.B. Voorhis

The Secretary-General,R.W. Frater JosephW. Work, IX”, diedon August II, 1935, forty yearsand two hundredandseventy-ninedays amemberof our Society. 1-le wasTreasurer-Generalfrom 1908 to 1932 andSecretary-General1932 to his passing.R.W. FraterFrank B. Lawler, IX”,waselectedSecretary-Generalto succeedhim in 1935.

The rituals of the Society for the first sevengradeswere issued in1938 andthe Eighth Gradein 1939.

On May 28, 1940, M. W. FrederickW. Hamilton passedaway. Thenext meeting of the High Council was held on December9, 1940, whenofficers wereelected,the first five being:SupremeMagus Arthur D. Prince, IX” (Mass.)SeniorSub.~tituteMagus William M. Brown, IX” (Va.)JuniorSubstituteMagus Harold V.B. Voorliis, IX” (N.J,)Freasurei-General Harry C. Pollard, lX” (Mass.)Secretary-Geneiat Frank B. Lawler, IX” (Mass.)

The Dispensationof United ForcesCollege was withdrawn at thismeeting.

Changesin the five first officers down to 1950were:

Harold D. MacDonald,IX” (Mass.) Treasurer-Geneial,1946Harold V.B. Voorhis, IX” (N.J.) SeniorSubstituteMagus, 1948ClaudeL. Allen, IX” (Mass.) Junior SubstituteMagus, 1948

Most Worthy Arthur D. Price, SupremeAlagus, passedaway onOctober 13, 1950. On December II, 1950, at a meeting of the HighCouncil, the following officers, amongothers,wereelected:Harold V.B. Voorhis, IX” (N.J.) SupremeMagusClaude L. Allen, IX” (Mass.) SeniorSubstituteMagusGeorge0. Linkletter, IX” (L.l.) Junior SubstituteMagusHaiold D MacDonald,IX” (Mass.) Treasurer-GeneralFrankB. Lawlem, IX” (Mass.) Secretary-General

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1950S.M. — Voorhis (N.J.)S.S.M. — Allen (Mass.)J.S.M.— Linkletter (L.I.)T.-G. — MacDonald(Mass.)5.-C. — Lawler (Mass.)

1953SM. — Voorhis (N.J.)S S.M. — Allen (Mass.)J.S.M. — St. Clair (L.I.)T.-G. — MacDonald(Mass.)S-C. — Lawler (Mass.)

1961S.M. — Vooihis (N.J.S.S.M.— St. Clair (L.I.)J.S.M.— Smith (Mass.)T.-C. — Sprague(Mass.)S.-C. — Clark (Mass

1967S.M. — Voorhis (N.J.)S SM. — Yeager(Pa.)J.S.M.— Keith (Mass.)T.-C. — Sprague(Mass.)S-C. — Pike(Mass.)

1968S.M. — Voorhis (N.J.)S.S.M.— Yeager(Pa.)J.S.M.— Eaton(Mass.)T.-G. — Sprague(Mass.)S-C — Pike (Mass)

HIGH COUNCIL OFFICERS1972SM. — Voorhis (N 1.)S.S.M.— Yeager(Pa.)J.S.M. — Eaton(Mass)T.-G — Sprague(Mass.)S.-G. — Maxwell (Mass.)

1974SM. — Voorhis (N.J.)S.S.M.— Eaton(Mass)J.S.M.— Emniersoii(N J.)T.-G. — Sprague(Mass.)S.-G.— Maxwell (Mass.)

1976S.M — Voorhis (N 1)S.S.M.— Eaton(Mass.)J.S.M.— Emmerson(N.JT.-G. — Jaynes(Mass.)S.-C. — Berquist(Mass.)

1979S.M. — Eaton(Mass)S.S.M. — Eminerson(N.J)J.SM. — Peacher(N.Y.)T..C. — Jaynes(Mass.)S.-G — Berquist(Mass

1983S.M. — Eminerson(N 1.)S.SM. — Peacher(N.Y.)J.S.M. — Berquist(Mass.)T.G. — Jaynes(MassS.C. — Patey(Mass.)

CHIEF ADEPIS OFOUR COLLEGES

I —Pennsylvania2—NewYork3—Massachusetts

CharlesE. MeyerAlbert C. GoodallAlfred F. ChapmanJohnHaighEugeneA. HoltonArthur D. PrinceAlbert A. SchaeferRutherfordF. SmithNormaii K. WigginLaurenceF. EatonStanleyF. Maxwell

18801880188018911909192819471947196719701979

4—Marylaiid

5—Vermont6—Minnesota7—Texas8—Louisiana9—NewJersey

10—North Carolina

11—UnitedForces12—Virginia

13—Illinois14—Colorado

15—Long Island

16—NovaScotia17—Ontario

18—Pennsylvania

19—Delaware

20—Indiana

2 I—New York

ThomasI ShryockCharlesC. HomerGeorge0. TylerTrevanion W. HugoSaniuelP. CochraiiAbrahamL. MetzHarold V.B. VooihisRaymondB. HoltzGordonJ. BrennemI. RaymondShute,Jr.I. I3dwamd AllenHubert M. PoteatWallace ~. CaIdwellCharlesH. PughEmery B. DennyCharlesA. 1-larrisEddie P. StilesJ. 1-lugo TatschWiIlian~ MoseleyBiownCarl F. WoodArchet B. CayAugustT. BoleyErnestM. Moore, Jr.Noiman B. HickoxHeiiry F. EvansGeorgeB. ClarkHarry W. BundyFrederick 1. BurkleCarl I. BaeseinaniiGeorge0. LinkletterWard K. St. ClairCeoigeA. LambertWendellK. WalkerReginaldV. HarrisWilliam C. WhiteI. Austin EvansJamesCampbell, Jr.William F. YeagemJohnB. Cotirell, JrWalterB. WilsoiiJ. WallaceWoodfordGeorgeF. VandergriftCharlesE. GreenJamesH HutchinsCarl A. PlocliWilliam R. DexheiinerKennethF. YatesAlexanderM. ClarkWilliam L. CummingsWilliarri C PeaclierJohnH. Stelter

1880191818801912191819191932195319721 9J219371948195319611967197319801933193419601966197319751934193519461948196719801935195219661971193619361949196719551973197719551957196819801957196119631967196119661978

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Mervin B. HoganGeorgeN. MarshallAlvin L. CrurnpJosephS. LewisJamesD. Penley,Jr.CharlesR. ClassmireGeorgeL. Marshall, Jr.David S. BouscherS. Flory DiehlJamesR. CaseJamesNI. Wrllson, Jr.

19671971197419771978197919791980198119811982

This is a total of seventy-threeChief Adepts in thirty-oneColleges,coveringa periodof one-hundred-twoyears.

Our High Council minutebooks, startingwith 1908, recordmeetingson the following dates (in Boston, Massachusettsunless otherwiseindicated):

1—October7, 19082—June14, 19123—September30, 19124—October26, 19165—September17, 19186—September20, 19217—May 10, 1932 (Washington,D.C.)8—September13, 19329—November10, 1932—Triennial

10—July 17, 193311—December27,193312—December11, 193413—June11, 193514—December27, 1935—Triennial15—December28, 193616—May 15, 193717—December27, 193718—December27, 1938—Triennial19—December9, 194020—October17, 194621—November14, 1946 (New York, N.Y.)22—December12, 194923—December11, 1950—Tiieniiial24—December20, 1950 (New York, N.Y.)25—December10, 195126—December8, 195227—December7, 1953—Triennial28—December6 195429—December12, 195530—FebruarY19, 1956 (Washington,D.C.)31—December10, 1956—Triennial32—December9, 195733—December8, 195834—November13, 1959—Triennial

owa Masonic Lii.. ~-~u’y35—December12, 1960 coda Rapid~a, lo.~t~36—December11,196137—February17, 1962—Triennial(Washington,D.C.)38—Febiuary23, 1963 (Washington,D.C.)39—February29, 1964 (Washington,D.C.)40—February20, 1965—Triennial(Washington,D.C.)41—February19, 1966 (Washington,D.C.)42—February18, 1967 (Washington,D C.)43—February17, 1968—Triennial(Washington,D.C.)44—February15, 1969 (Washington,D.C.)45—February21, 1970 (Washington,D.C.)46—February20, 1971—Triennial(Washington,D.C.)47—February19, 1972 (Washington,D.C.)48—February17, 1973 (Washington,D.C.)49—February16, 1974—Triennial(Washington,D.C.)50—February15, 1975 (Washington,D.C.)51—February21, 1976 (Washington,D.C.)52—February19, 1977—Triennial(Washington,D.C.)53—February18, 1978 (Washington,D.C.)54—February24, 1979 (Washington,D.C.)55—February16, 1980—Triennial(Washington,D.C)56—February21, 1981 (Washington,D.C.)57—February20, 1982 (Washington,D.C58—February12, 1983—Triennial (Washington,D.C.) Adjournedto April 8,1983

(Boston)SupremeMagi

1880—19081908—191819 18—19271927—19401940—19501950—19791979—19831983—

CharlesE. Meyer (Pa.)ThomasJ.Shryock(Md.)EugeneA. Holton (Mass.)FrederickW. Hamilton (Mass.)Arthur D. Prince(Mass.)Harold V. B. Voorhis (N.J.)LaurenceF. Eaton(Mass.)HenryEmmerson(N.J.)

SeniorSubstituteMagi

1880—18871887—19081908— 19181918—19211921—19321932— 19401940—19481948—19501950—19611961—19661966—19741974—19791979—19831983—

Albert C. Goodall (N.J.)ChaulesRoome(N.Y.)EugeneA. Holuoii (Mass.)TrevanronW. Hugo (Minn.)Frederick W Hamilton (Mass.)Arthur D. Prince(Mass.)William MoseleyBrown (Va.)Harold V. B. Voorhis (N.J.)ClaudeL. Allen (Mass.)Ward K. St. Clair (L.I.)William E. Yeager(Pa.)LaurenceE. Eaton(Mass.)HenryEmmerson,Jr. (N.J.)William C. Peacher(N.Y.)

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22—Arizona

23—Illinois24—Oklahoma25—SoulhCarolina26—Maine27—Alabama28—North Star (Minn.)29—Maryland30—Connecticut31—Texas

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Junior SubstituteMagi

1880—19081908— 19181918—19321932—19401940—19481948—19521952—19611961—19671967—19681968—19741974—19791979—19831983—

Alfred E. Chapman(Mass.)Albert L. Richardson(Mass.)1. Albert Blake(Mass.)I. HugoTatsch(N.J.)Harold V.B. Voorhis (N.J.)George0. Linkletter (L.1.)Ward K. St.Clair (L.I.)RutherfordE. Smith (Mass.)RogerKeith (Mass.)Laurence13. Eaton(Mass.)HenryEmmerson,(N.J.)William C. Peacher(N YJ. Philip Berquist(Mass.)

Secretary-Generals

1880—19081908—19271927—19321932—19151935—19571957—19651965—19711971—19761976—19831983—

CharlesT. MeClenachan(N.Y.)BenjaminW. Rowell (Mass.)JosephW. Work (Mass.)actingJosephW. Work (Mass.)FrankB. Lawler (Mass.)William F. Clark (Mass.)FredericL. Pike(Mass.)StanleyF. Maxwell (Mass)J. Philip Berquist(Mass.)RobertC. Patey(Mass)

Treasurer-Generals

1880—19081908—19321932—19461946—19571957—19761976—

ThomasJ.Shryock(Md.)JosephW. Work (Mass.)Harry C. Pollard(Mass.)Harold D. MacDonald(Mass.)HaroldW. Sprague(Mass.)HerbertH. Jaynes(Mass.)

NINTH GRADE FRATRESDate1X0 andDeathDate

1. CharlesEugeneMeyer(Pa.)—Apr.21, 1880(D) Jan.15, 1908

2. Albert GallalinCoodalt (N.Y.)—APr. 21, 1880(D) Feb.19, 1887

3. Alfred FrederickChapman(Mass.)—APr.21, 1880(D) Mar. 20, 1891

4. ThomasJacobShryock(Md.)—Apr. 21, 1880(D) Feb.3, 1918

5. CharlesThompsonMcClenachan(N.Y.)—Apr. 21, 1880(D) Dec 10, 1896

6. GeorgeOtisTyler (Vt.)—Sept.22, 1880(D) Oct. 11, 1911

7. BenjaminWinslow Rowell (Mass.)—Apr. 4, 1892(D) Aug. 22, 1927

8. CharlesRoome(N.Y.)—Sept.16, 1885(D) June28, 1890

9. JohnNaigh (Mass.)—Apr.20, 1880(D) Aug. 20, 1896

10. Albert Calvin Smith (Mass.)—JuIy11, 1891(D) Aug. 24, 1921

11. CalebSaunders(Mass.)—July11, 1891(D) Dec 19, 1917

12. William Tlieophilus RogersMarvin (Mass.)—July11, 1891(D) Feb.24, 1913

13. SeranusBowen (Mass.)—JuIy11, 1891(D) Apr. 7, 1899

14. EugeneAlexanderHolton (Mass.)—Oct.7, 1908(D) Mar. 21, 1927

15 Albert Lewis Richardson(Mass.)—Oci.7, 1908(D) Mar. 17, 1914

16. JosephWilliam Work (!vtass.)—Oct.7, 1908(D)Aug. 11, 1935

17. TrevanionWilliam Hugo (Msnn.)—June14, 1912(D) Feb.27, 1923

18. CharlesChristopherHomer, Jr (Md.)—Sept.17, 1918(D) Mar. 9, 1923

19. SamuelPoyntzCochran(Tex)—Sept.17, 1918(D)Feb. II, 1936

20. AbrahamLouis Mets (La.)—Oct. 17, 1919(D) Feb.10, 1939

21. FrederickWilliam Hamilton (Mass.)—Sept.20, 1921(D) May 22, 1940

22. JohnAlbert Blake (Mass.)—Sept.20, 1921(D) Nov. 27, 1926

23 Arrhur Dow Prince(Mass.)—Apr.20, 1928(D) Oct. 13, 1950

24. Robert Lngham Clegg(N J.)—Oct.29, 1931(D) Dcc. 3,1931

25. Harold Van BurenVoorhis (N.J.)—Feb.3, 1932(D) May 23, 1983

26. JacobHugo Tatsch(N.J.)—May 10, 1932(D) July 17, 1939

27. Harry CilmorePollard(Mass.)—May30, 1932(D) June29, 1968

28. JohnRaymondShute11 (N.C.)—Sept.13, 1932

29. William MoseleyBrown (Va.)—June23, 1934(D) Jan.8,1966

30. NormanBroadwellHickox (ltl.)—Dec. II, 1934(D)Apr. 15, 1942

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31. Henry Falls Evans(N.J.)—Dec.27, 1935(D) Sept. 10, 1948

32. CeoigeOnderdonkLinkletter (L.I.)—Feb. 3,1936(D) Nov. 21, 1975

33. ReginaldVanderbiltHarris (N.C.)—July 13, 1936(D) Aug. 2,1968

34. William CharlesWhite (Ont)—Dec.28, 1936(D) Jan.24, 1960

35. JohnEdwardAllen (N.C.)—Mar. 22, 1937(D) Jan. 9, 1978

36. Melvin Mayiiard Johnson (Mass )—Dec. 27, 1938(D)Dec. 18, 1957

37. FrankBaguleyLawler (Mass.)—Jufle11, 1940(D) May 24, 1957

38. CeoigeByers Clark (Ill.)—Feb. 4, 1946(D) Mar. 2, 1978

39. Albert Adam Schaefer(Mass.)—MaY29, 1946(D) Oct. 23, 1947

40. Harold DobsonMacDonald (Ma~s.)—Oct.17, 1946(D) Dec. 21, 1973

41. RutherfordEndicOttSmith (Mass.)—NOv.12, 1947(D) July 17, 1969

42. Harry WebbBundy (Col.)—Api. 20, 1948(D) July 5, 1967

43. HubertMcNeil] Poteat(N.C.)—Nov. 3, 1948(D) Jan 29, 1953

44. Joseph AustinEvans(Ont.)—Mar. 3, 1949(1)) Mar. 13, 1971

45. ClaudeLeroy Allen (Mass.)—Dec.12, 1949(D) Mar. 21, 1961

46. Ward Kent St. Clair (L l.)—June28, 1952(D) Sept. 12, 1966

47. Raymond Borbridge Holtz (N.J.)— June 27, 1953(D) March 13, 1976

48. WallaceEverettCaIdwell(N.C.)—Dec 7,1953(D) Oct. 6, 1961

49 William Ellsworth Yeager(Pa.)—Dec.12, 1953(D) Apr. 8, 1974

50. JohnWallaceWoodford(DeI.)—Dec 12, 1955(D) Aug. 4, 1957

51. William FosterClark (Mass.)—June1, 1957(b) Jan.24, 1972

52. Carl Albert Ploch (Ind.)—June6, 1957(D) June 2, 1961

53. George Edmunds Vandegrift (Del )—Sept. 6,1937(D) July 4, 1968

54. Harold WentworthSprague(Mass.)—Dec.9, 1957(D) Nov. 9, 1980

55. Carl Frank Wood (Va.) —Sept.21, 1960(D) Mar. 29, 1966

56. William RobertDexheimer(Ind.)—June2,1961(D) Sept.7, 1963

57. William LeonCummings(N.Y.)—Aug. 1, 1961(D) July 22, 1966

58 CharlesHarrisonPugh(N C.)—Nov. 4, 1961(D) Dec. 28, 1967

59. KennethErnestYales (tnd.)—Nov. 16, 1963(D) Oct. 19, 1973

60 FredericLeroy Pike (Mass)—Dec. 6, 1965(D) Dec. 23, 1974

61. Arthur Bayley Cay(Va.)—~May 21, 1966(D) Sept. 19, 1973

62. William GeorgePeacher(N.Y.)—July 25, 1966

63 GeorgeAnios Lambert (L.1.)—Oct. 16, 1966(D) Dec. 28, 1972

64. Noririan KableyWiggin (Mass.)—Feb 1, 1967(I)) Sept.3, 1975

65 Rogem Keith (Mass)—Feb 18, 1967(D) May 2, 1968

66. Mervin Boorli Hogan(Ammz.)—Feb. 20, 1967

67 JamesCanipbell,Jr (Ont.)—Apr 4, 1967

68 FredeiickJulius Burkle (Col.)—Sept.8,1967

69. AlexanderMum ray Clark (lnd.)—Scpt.30, 1967

70. EmeryByrd Denny (N.C.)—Dec. 30, 1967(1)) Apr. 24, 1973

71. LaurenceEmersonEaton(Mass.)—June12, 1968

72. CharlesEarl Green(Del.)—July 16, 1968

73. GeorgeNewton Marshall(Ariz.)—Oct 25, 1971

74 WendellKirshnmanWalker(L.I.)—Oct. 25, 1971

75. StanleyFielding Maxwell (Mass.)—Dec.24, 1971

76. NormanDale Peterson(N.W.)—Feb. 19, 1972

77 Cordon JudsonBrenner(N .J.)—Dec.12, 1972

78 CharlesAnderson1-larris(N C.)—Apr. 28, 1973(D) Nov. 27, 1980

79 AugustTtionias Boley (Va.)—Oct.5,1973(D) July 21, 1975

80 John Beddlmngton Cottiell, Jr. (Pa.)—Oct. 23, 1973(D) Nov. 30, 1977

81 Henry Emmerson(N J.)—Feb. 16, 1974

82 Alvin Louis Crump(11I.)—Sept.26, 1974

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83. ErnestMaynardMoore, Jr. (Va.)—Aug. 21, 1975

84. HerbertHaroldJaynes(Mass.)—Dec.8,1975

85. JohnPhilip Berquist (Mass.)—Feb.21, 1976

86. JosephSydneyLewis (Okla.)—Feb.19, 1977

87. WaIlerBruce Wilson (Pa.)—Dec.4, 1977

88. JamesDeweyPenley(S.C.)—Dec.17, 1977

89. CharlesRobertGlassmire(Me.)—May 31, 1978

90. JohnHenry Stelter (N.Y.)—July 1,1978

91. GeorgeLeonMarshall, Jr. (Ala.)—Aug. 17, 1978

92. DavidSinclair Bouscher(Mmnn.)—Feb.16, 1980

93. Saylor Flory Diehl (Md.)—Mar. 21, 1980

94. EddiePhillips Stiles (N.C.)—May 20, 1980

95. JamesHarris Hutchins(Del )—June19, 1980

96. CharlesWallaceJackson(N.C.)—June21, 1980

97. JamesRoyal Case(Conn.)—Sept.2,1980

98. Carl John Baesemann(Col )—Oct. 10, 1980

99. JamesMcCrory Willson (Tex.)—Feb. 20, 1982

100. RobertCollier Patey(Mass.)—Mar.7, 1983HIGH COUNCIL HONORARY MEMBERS

SEPTEMBER21, 188090 William RobertWoodman,S.M.—S.R.1.A.90 The Earl of Kintoie, S.M.—S R.I.S.90 Col. William J. B MacLeod Moome, S.M.—S R.I.C90 Pi ince DemetriusRhodocanakis,S .M.—S.R.l.G.

80 William JamesHughan,S.S.M.—S.R.1A.OCTOBER 1, 188790 *Wmlliam RobertWoodinan,S.M.—S R.1.A.90 William Wynn Westcott,S-C—S.R.IA.90 JamesLewisThomas,J.S.M.—S.R.I.A.

80 RobertRoy, M. of T.—S.R.1.A.SEPTEMBER20, 192190 *William Wynn Westcott,S.M.—S.R.I.A.

80 SamuelW. Rogers,S-C—S.R.I.A.*SecondTinie

8090

90

8090

90

90

90

80

80

8090

HenryF. Evans—S.R.I.CF.Dec27, 1933J. MasonAllan, S.M.5.R.J.S......Dec11, 1950H. C BruceWilson, VIII—S.R.I.A..Dec 11, 1950RossHepburn,VIII—N.Z., S.R.I.A.—Dec.II, 19501-JiramnE. Deats,VIII.-..S.R.1.C.F.June25, 1956William R. Semken,S.M.—S.R.1.A.Dec 10, 1956Earl C. Palmer,VIII—S.R.I.C.F....May 1, 1959JohnF. Birrell, S.M.—S.R.1.SDec11, 1961GeorgeS. Draffen, VIII~-S.R.1.S...Dec 11, 1961GeorgeA. Newbury,At-Smghm—S.R1.C.F.—Feb.18, 1967Manly P. Hall, At-Smglit—S.R1CF~~~21, 1970JamesD. Carter,Ar-Sigiit~S.R.1CF~~~ 30, 1970Henry Emmerson,Jr. VI115.R.1.CF..Oct29,1970

EIGHTH GRADE FRATRES

1.2.3.4.S6.7.89

10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.

SamuelJones(N.Y.)—Sept.21, 1880GeorgeH. Fish(N.Y.)—Sept. 21, 1880JamesF. Collins (N.Y.)—Oct. 27, 1880ChailesH Heyzer(N.Y.)—Sept30, 1882William S. Patterson(N.Y.)—Sept. 30, 1882SheldonB. Shaw(N.Y.)—Sept. 30, 1882SylvesterC Could (Mass.)—Sept.16, 1885GeorgeF. Moore(N.Y.)—BeforeDec. 1885JohnSartarn(Pa.)—Before1887DanielSutter(Pa.)—Before1887CharlesW. Packer(Pa.)—Before1887JohnL. Youmig (Pa.)—Before1888EverettC. Benton (Mass.)—Sept.30, 1912Henry N. Fisher(Mass.)—Sept30, 1912R. Perry Bush (Mass.)—Sept.18, 1918JamesS. Blake (Mass.)—Sept.18, 1918Arthur C. Pollard(Mass.)—Sept.18, 1918William A McConagle(Minn.)—Sept. 18, 1918JehielW. Chamberlin(Minn.)—Sept.18, 1918GeorgeW. Buck (Minn.)—Sept. 18, 1918JohnFishel (Mmnn.)—Sept.18, 1918SamuelA. Vanner(Mass.)—Sept.13, 1932John L. Stevens(Tex )—Sept. 13, 1932Hiram E. Deats(N.J.)90—Sept.13, 1932FrederickJ. Hurley(N.J.)—Sept.13, 1932KennonW. Parliam(N.C.)—Sept.13, 1932HenryR. Evans(N.J.) 80—Dec.27, 1933EdgarW. Timberlake,Jr. (N.C )—Dec.27, 1933HerbertW. Dean(Mass.)—Dec.27, 1933Ray V. Denslow(N.J.)—Dec.27, 1933Curtis Chipman(Mass.)—Dcc.27, 1933D. RufusCheney(N.J.)—Dec 27, 1933Frank C. Abernetlmy (N.C.)—Jan 26, 1934Donald J.Sargent(N.J.)—May 14, 1934C. VernonEddy (Va.)—June23, 1934

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E. FennoHeath(Va.)—June23, 1934

L. HubbardShattuck(111)—Apr. 19, 1935GeorgeA.. Greenlee(111)—Apr. 19, 1935FrankD. Burns(Col.)—Dec. 27, 1935ClarenceJ. West(Va.)—Dec.27, 1935F. Howard Covey ~ 3, 1936

TTV......FebWilliam C. Cenner(L.1.)—Feb. 3, 1936CodfreyPittis (N.J.)—APr.25, 1936FrancisB. Reilly (N.S.)—Oct.21, 1936SamuelH Middleton (N.S.)—Oct.21, 1936HenryEmmerson(N.J.)—Aug. 12, 1937William J. Dunlop (Ont.)—Dec.27, 1937 ¶

Carroll M. l3urck(N.J.)—June10, 1939William M. Richards(L.I )—Mar. 5,1940Earl C. Palmer(N.J.) 90—June29, 1940Michel Sahba(N.C.)—Jan.7, 1941EdwardH. Cann (Va.)—SePt.9, 1942 4

Harry AmesPutiiam(N.J.)—Sept.9, 1942William R. Arthur (CoI.)—OCt. 27, 1943PercyP. Barbour(Col.)—Feb.4,1946JamesW. Wood (N.J.)—June11, 1946CharlesN. Wysong(L.I.)—July 16, 1946CharlesE. Cooke (Mass.)—Oct.14, 1946EdwardDana(Mass.)—OCt.14, 1946CardneiR. P. Barker (Mass.)—Oct.15, 1946Roland M. Fennimore(N.J )—June23, 1948ThomasW. Hoopei (Va.)—NOV. 3, 1948CharlesF. Brooks(Ont.)—Mar. 31,1949Cohn C. Rous(Ont.)—Mar 31,1949HarrisonE. Deyo (L.l.)—Dec. 2t~, 1950M. Elting Core (N.J.)—Dec.20, 1950JesseSchaem(N.J.)—Dec.20, 1950Albin C. Anderson(L.1.)—June28, 1952Luther VanBuskirk (Col.)—June27, 1953ErnestA Gallagher(L.I.)—May 5, 1954Walter E. Price(L.l.)—Apr. 12, 1955Willis Woolley (N.J.)—June25, 1955VincentS. Martyn (Pa.)—Dec.12, 1955RichardA. Kern(Pa.)—Dec.12, 1955GerardBrett (Ont.)—Mar.30, 1956H. Victor F. C. Roe(N.J.)—June6,1957FrederickA. Morgerirotli (L.1.)—May 21, 1958JamesR. Case(Va.)—NOv 5, 1958CharlesC. Reigner(Va.)—NOv. 5, 1958Leo K. McKee(N.J.)—May 8, 1959JackArnold (N.J.)—Nov. 13, 1959Hatold L. Johnson(Col.)—Nov. 13, 1959William H. Cantwell (Del )—Jan. 15, 1960FrankE. Sherman(L I )—May 12, 1960Willis R Michael(Pa.)—June25, 19601-lairy R. Pine(N.J )—May 31, 1961

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87. William B. Montgomery(Pa)—July 28, 196188. CharlesA. Harris (N C.)—Nov 4, 196189. ClarenceB. Shulenberger(N C.)—Nov. 4,196190. B. Franklin Slye(N.Y.)—Dec. 10, 196291. Neil C. King (Ind.)—Dec. 10, 196292. C. Winfield Hunt (lnd.)—Dec. 10, 196293. Edwin E. Cruener(Pa.)—-Feb.23, 196394. RobertH. Noyes(N.J )—June8, 196395. F. Irving Crow (Del.)—Jiine 25, 196396. JamesCarswell (Del.)—June25, 196397. Marshall D. Abrams(Jnd.)—Nov. 16, 196398. Herman1-1. Hanson(Del.)—Jan.9,196499 Harry Klein (L.1.)—May5, 1965

100. John A. Alnsstedt(N.J.)—May5, 196510! PaulB. Martin (N.J )—May 5, 1965102 AugustT. Boley (Va.)—May 21, 1966103 De Witt D Sager(N.J.)—Oct. 10, 1966104. William W. Hanold (L.1.)—Oct. 10, 1966105. J. HarrisonWilson (Ont.)—May 3, 1967106. Archibald R. MeNeill (N J.)—May9, 1967107. Louis A. Myers(Ariz.)—May 17, 1967108. GeorgeM. Reese(Ariz.)—May 17, 1967109. Gerald 1. Craig (Arrz.)—May 17, 1967110. Wendell K. Walker(Ll.)—June 17, 1967Ill. Ralph B. Eckert (L.I.)—June 17, 1967112. Henry L Bridges (N.C.)—June19, 1967113. William J. Bundy (N.C.)—July8, 1967114. Carl J. Baesemaiin(Col.)—Sept.8, 1967115. FrederickV. Kelly (md )—Sept. 8, 1967116. Llywellan E. F. Minnich (Pa.)—Oct.23, 1967117 William E. lliiirier (N.C.)—Dec. 30, 1967118. Goidon J. Brenner(N J.)—Apr. 24, 1968119. JamesR Orris (Col.)—Apr. 24, 1968120. Ralph W. Copeland(Mass.)—June12, 1968121 Andrew C. Jenkins(Mass.)—June12, 1968122. James1-1 Hutchins(Del )—JuIy 16, 1968123. J.C. Fred Hiss (N.Y.)—July22, 1968124. John H Stelter(N.Y.)—July 22, 1968125. StanleyW. Wakefield (N.J )—May 5, 1969126. Birley D. Schoen(Pa.)—June21, 1969127. drvi~ A Dellinger (Ind.)—Nov. 8, 1969128. Lyall D. Squair(N.Y.)—Nov. 8, 1969129. Marion W. Woodruff (N.J )—June20, 1970130. Robert L. Pugh (N C.)—June30, 1970131. Donald W. Vose (Mass)—Nov. 13, 1970132. J. HenryMcDonnell (DeI.)—Dec. 10, 1971133. ThomasHerlihy (Del.)—Dec. 10, 1971134. W. Dale DeTour(N.W.)—Jan.28, 1972135. RonaldF Moss (N.W.)—Jan.28, 1972136 ThomasA. Booth (Mass.)—Feb.2, 1972137. NormanM. Cay (Mass.)—Feb.2,1972

36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.SI.52.53.5455.56.57.58.59.60.61.62.6364.65.66.67.68.69.70.71.72.73.74.75.76.77.78.79.80.81.82.83.84.85.86.

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CharlesP. Ehdriclge(N C.)—Feb. 14, 1972C. WallaceJackson(N.C.)—Feb. 14, 1972CharlesJ. Safarik(L.I.)—Dec. 12, 1972DouglasH. Woodworth(N.J.)—Dec. 12, 1972William M. Wyman(N.J.)—Dec. 12, 1972JohnA. Stead (N.J.)—Dec. 12, 1972RobertF. Dudley (N.C.)—Apr. 28, 1973CharlesA. Harris (N.C.)—Apr. 28, 1973WalterM. McCracken(Va.)—Oct.5, 1973EdwardC. Gray (L.1.)—Nov. 19, 1973C. Kyle Hughes(Ind.)—Nov. 24, 1973RobertE. Stone(IncI.)—Jan.31, 1974Alvin L. Crump(lll.)—Sept. 26, 1974Paul C. Rodenhauser(I1l.)—Sepr.26, 1974C. Wilbur Bell (Ih1.)—Sept.26, 1974W. Henry Roberts(Ind.)—Nov. 27, 1974ForrestA. Wakeman(lnd.)—Nov. 27, 1974HowardE. Long (Col.)—May 21, 1975AugustC. UlIrich (N.J.)—May21, 1975ClarenceT. Rayer(lnd.)—July4, 1975RobertA. Grant(Ind.)—July4,1975StanleyP. Matthews(N.J.)—July4, 1975William E. Copenhaver(Va.)—Aug. 20, 1975Williani A. Caipenter(Pa.)—Sept.29, 1975MaartenA. vanWamelen(Ont.)—May 22, 1976Eric C. Harwood(Ont.)—May 22, 1976FrederickC. Speidel(N.C )—May 24, 1976CharlesE. Jolinsoit(LA )—.Iune 25, 1976JosephS. Lewis (OkIa.)—Feb.19, 1977ErnestL. Rowan(OkIa.)—Feb.19, 1977C. W. Reese(OkIa.)—Feb.19, 1977JamesR. Philippe (Ind.)—Sept.22, 2977JohnA. Dixon (S.C.)—Dec. 17, 1977E. Dwight McAhister (S.C.)—Dec. 17, 1977JamesD. Penley,Jr. (S.C.)—Dec.17, 1977EddieP. Stiles(N.C.)—Feb.28, 1978Otis V Jones,Jr. (N.C.)—Feb.28, 1978CharlesR. Classmire(Me.)—May 31, 1978Donald S. Smith (Me.)—May 31, 1978PeterC. Schmidt(Me.)—May 31, 1978KennethL. Marsden(L.I.)—June10, 1978Wiltord W. Minton (N.J )—June10, 1978JamesM. Sellers(Ariz.)—JunehO, 1978E. PlaItSoper(N.Y.)—July 1, 1978RichardH. Dye(lnd.)—July 12, 1978JohnLombard(tnd,)—July12, 1978Ted J. Jena(Ind.)—July 12, 1978CharlesE. Daniels(Del.)—Aug. 2,1978GeorgeL. Marshall, Jr. (Aha.)—Aug.17, 1978PaulF. Drinnon (Ala.)—Aug 17, 1978RobertL. Kay (Ala.)—Aug. 17, 1978

189190.191.192.193.194.

4 195.196197.198.199.200.201.202.203.204.205.206.207

4 208.209.210.211.212.213.214.215.216.217.218.219.220.221.222.223224.225.226.227.

Milton R. Wheatley(Maryland)(N.J.)—JuIy14, 1979William H. Thornley, Jr. (Colo.)—Sept.4, 1979CordonR. Merrick (Colo.)—Sepr 4, 1979HowardW. Montague(Colo.)—Sept.4,1979David S. Bouschor(North Star)—Feb.4, 1980DuaneE. Anderson(NorthStar)—Feb.4,1980Donald 1). Thomas(Del )—July 12, 1980PaulEthridge,Jr. (N.C.)—Aug. 15, 1980William F. Saars(Conn.)—Sept.2,1980EdwardR. Saundei~s,Jr. (Va.)—Jan 7, 1981J. 13. McCuirt (S.C.)—May22, 1981WallaceJ. Knopf (S.C.)—May 22, 1981Philip JamesJones(Conn.)—May22, 1981Neil C. King (Ind.)—May22, 1981ThurmanC. Pace(N.J.)—July 21, 1981RussellB Tandy(N.J.)—Aug. 3, 1981ErnestC. Kegley (N.J.)—Aug. 3,1981JamesC. Barnes(Okla.)—Sept.9, 1981JohnH. Jones(Noith Star)—Nov.5,1981Harold Elliot, 2iid (N.J.)—Nov. 10, 1981ElmerA. Cunrer(AIa.)—Nov 10,198!JamesM. Wihlson, Jr. (Texas)(Okla.)—Feb.20, 1982ReeseL. Harrison, Jr. (Texas)(OkIa.)—Feb.20, 1982Orval R. Rose(Texas)(Okha.)—Feb.20, 1982ClaudeD. Robertson(S.C.)—Feb.20, 1952RussellD. Ramette(Conii.)—April 19, 1982Arthur J. MeKinney(Conn.)—April 19, 1982John E. Kelly (Texas)—April 19, 1982Robert C. Patey(Mass.)—May21, 1982FrederickL. Artwood (L.1.)—Aug. 9, 1982HerbertA. Fisher(Va )—Sept. 8, 1982DallasHoloman,Jr. (N.C.)—Nov. 20, 1982MauriceF. Walsh(N.C )—Nov. 10, 1982H. Lloyd Wilkerson (N C.)—Nov, 10, 1982VernonThomasPiiiner, Jr. (S.C.)—Dec.16, 1982DavidWainwrigbr (Conn )—Mar. 29, 1983W. RalphHoward (Okla.)—Apr. 6, 1983JohnMarkle, 11 (Penn.)—Apr.6, 1983Roy D. Snyder(Pa.)—Apr.6, 1983

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SEVENTH GRADE FRATRES MADE AT SIGHT

I. CeorgeFleming Mooreof Alabama—Sept.16, 1885By ChailesT. MeClenachan,1X0, Sec.—Gen.

2. William Ellsworrh Yeager—Sept.29, 1954By Harold V. B. Voorhis, 1x0—S.M.For thepurposeof formingPennsylvaniaCollege.

3. JackArnold—New Jersey—Dec6, 1954By Harold V. B. Voorhis, 1x0—S.M.Following error of submittingnamein N.J. CollegepreviousJuiie.

4. Roberl Archer Woods—Indiaiia—Juiie6, 1955By HaroldV.B. Voorhis, Ix~—S.M.

5. EarlEliot Duseiiberry—Iowa—Mar.1, 1963By Harold V.B. Voorhis, 1X0—S.M.At celebrationof 50th WeddingAnniveisary

MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS

S. R. I. C. F.

MEMBERSHIP — STARTING IN 1933-83

1951 —2241952 — ~2321953 — 2481954 — 2651955 —2711956 — 2931957 — 3251958 — 3271959 — 3391960 — 3461961 —3511962 — 3651963 — 3691964 — 3851965 — 3961966 — 4061967 — 438

1968—4531969 — 4551970 — 4691971 — 4861972 — 5221973—5311974 — 5141975 — 5611976 — 5701977 —6191978 — 6941979— 7121980— 7781981 — 8301982— 880Colleges—1935—(5)Colleges—1982—(21)

BIilLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED ITEMS BY COLLEGES

North Carolina CollegeLUXVol. 1—1933—108pagesVol. 11—1934—128pagesVol 111—1935—100pagesVol. 1V—1936—l00pagesVol. V—Part 1—1958—43pagesVol. V—Part 11—1958—47pagesVol. VI—Part1—1959—44pages

NewJersey CollegeTHE ROSEPETAL--No. 1 to 24 (1939to 1950) 106 pages.No 1—HistoricalDigest—Mar.31, 1932—4pagesNo 2—CondetisedSynopsis—Nov.15, 1933—4 pagesNo. 3—List of FratersandMottoes—Nov.20, 1933—2 pagesNo. 4—JewelRegulations—Nov21, 1934—2 pagesNo. 5—Marlpitt Hall andThePhalanx—Nov.1, 1941—4pages

Illinois CollegeLeaflet without title—synopsis

Ontario CollegeTransactionsNo. 1—1937—Il pagesNo 2—1937— 7 pagesOrdinances1937—8pages

From January 1951 an official publication of S.R.I.C.F., called THEROSICRUCIAN FAMA hasbeenissuedby the SupremeMagus.Thirty-eight haveappeared—696pages.

1934— 1151935 — 1451936—1711937 — 2051938 — 1981939 — 2051940 — 1741941 — 1721942 — 1771943 —1711944 — 1681945 — 1721946 — 1621947 — 1691948 — 1781949 — 1921950 — 196

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COLLEGES

CharterDatesandChief Adepts

Massachusetts Sept.21, 1880New Jersey May 10, 1932North Carolina Sept. 9, 1932Virginia April 20, 1934Colorado Dec. 27, 1935Long Island Dec. 27, 1935Ontario May 13, 1937Pennsylvania Dec. 12, 1955Delaware Dec. 12, 1955Indiana Dec. 9, 1957New York Dec. 11, 1961Arizona Feb.20, 1967Illinois Sept.26, 1974Oklahoma Feb. 19, 1977SouthCarolina Feb. 18, 1978Maine May 31, 1978Alabania Aug. 17, 1978North Star,Minn Feb. 16, 1980Maryland Feb. 21, 1981Connecticut Feb. 21, 1981Texas Feb.20, 1982

Stanley Fielding MaxwellGordonJudsonBrenner

Eddie Phillips StilesErnestMaynard Moore, Jr.

Frederick Julius BurkleWendellKirschmanWalker

JamesCampbellWalter Bruce Wilson

CharlesEarl GreenAlexanderMurray Clark

JohnHenry StelterGeorgeNewtonMarshall

Alvin LouisCrumpJosephSydneyLewis

JamesDeweyPenley,Jr.CharlesRobert Glassmire

GeorgeLeon Marshall, Jr.David S. Bouscher

S. Flory DiehlJamesR. Case

JamesM. Willson, Jr.

OFFICERS OF HIGH COUNCIL

HENRY EMMERSON - SupremeMagus148 Elm Street,Cresskill, N.J.07626

WILLIAM G. PEACHER - SeniorSubstituteMagus6152 HawardenDrive, Riverside,CA 92506

J. PHILIP BERQUIST, Junior SubstituteMagus21 Studio Road,Auburndale,Mass.02166

HERBERT 1-1. JAYNES, Treasurer~General186TremontStreet, Boston,Mass.02111

ROBERTC. PATEY - Secietary-Genera~393 Lee Street,Brookline, Mass.02146

LAWRENCE E. EATON, SupremeMagiis Emeritus15 TamarackLane,Needham,Mass.02197

DORMANTCOLLEGES

Illinois - May 1878 (neveractive) - ScotlandPennsylvania- Dec. 27, 1879 - Scotland9-21-1880New York - Apr. 18, 1880 - Scotland9-21-1880Maryland - May 10, 1880 - Scotland9-21-1880Vermont - Sept.22, 1880 - (NeverActive)Minnesota- June 14, 1912 asNorthwesternCollegeTexas- Apr 4,1918- RecessedDec. 27, 1930Louisiana- Oct. 7, 1919 - (NeverActive)United Forces,U.D. - July 17, 1933 - RevokedDec. 9, 1940Illinois - Dec. 11, 1934- RevokedDec. 9, 1940Nova Scotia- July 13, 1936 - RevokedOct. 21, 1951PacificNorthwest- Feb.19, 1972 - RevokedMay 15, 1974

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