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MEDFORT) MATT' TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON". RATTTRDAY, "APRIL 27, 'l 929 I PAG 15 TWO 8 : 0.L0AVI TELLS ORIGIN OF SCOHISH RITE '''" Br I). '"I Davidson, 38 ' ' Venerable Master . Almost without exception, tho origin and early history of any order, and more particularly the 'history of any secret organization, -'-becomes sltrouded in the mints of uncertainty as time progresses. The founders drop from the ranks, facts become contaminated by fic tion, and fiction in turn Is elabo-: rated into myth, so that though the original truth enntaincdj! therein are hardly discernible thosi ' history of the Ancient' and Ac-jl oeptea weoiusii xtuo 01 n-eiMnw-' sonry Is no exception. - ' Tho most "authentic research Into Its beginnings, indicato that It originated In France, by, the 'followers of Charles the' First, of : -'"Hngland, shortly after tho. bohoad- -' iiuf .of 'that Ill-fated monarch. At 5 any. rate; wo do know that it orlg- ?; Inatcd In one tot the Latin coun- ; - -tries of Europe, and as it extended .beyond Franco Into other countries peopled by tho Latin race, Spain, ' Portugal and Italy, the order of y- tho" Bcottlsh Freo Masonry became -an association for the principles of ' , '.liberty, . equality and fraternity, t) , ,ond the ostabllBhment of froo gov. f i-i ornmcnts and of tho rights of con- J ;; science. ' j-'" There is evidence In the degrees ; t-ri at -'the Ancient and Accepted , . Scottish -Kite, -that: the Knights Templar who survived tho drHtruc r tlofl of lhoir- order, 'In the mar iptrydoiii of Jacques DcMolal by S Philip of Franco and Popo Clem g eht V, maintained their organiza Jb lion under tho guise of some of -the degrees that are now a part of i ts the degrees of tho rilo. , H has often been asked why i this .rlto bi called vscotllsh." it , ("- ought to bo enough to Huy that the rite Is, In tho Latin constitution of '" 1716, styled "Rltus Ccotlcus An. tlqli' us Aecoptus"; nnd that even' ;; the" ono supreme 'council, which Y- recognizes as olone' authentic the I Informal French constitution, does :; not obtain frotu, them tho titlo of 'the ; rite, for, thero Is' no moullon ;- inado- of any rite In -these: and ;.; i1' III namo is found only In tho r: Latin constitutions. But li moro: ' sufficient answer Is that the Ma . . sonry of lira nito of Perfection, '.. ,-; older than the coustllutloti of l?xti, . "s constitution huvlug been udopl- '. ed In 1702, had in It degrees that '"- were originally called Scottish. i ' - Htep by stop men must advanco ;: ' towards .perfection, and each of I' the Scottish Rlto degrocs Is meant ' to bo one of these stops. 12ach Is I ,' ;n" 'development of a particular (j duty. Tho Scottish Rlto degrocs ti r' ft-1 Intended to toach more than i j :morals. Tho symbols and core-- 1 ''monies of Masonry have more ;' '' than ono moaning. They conceal rather than disclose tho truth, i' Truth Is not only symbolized by- , light, but as tho ray of light is . ' ecparablo into rays of different - rotors, so is truth scparablo Into 2 kinds. It Is tho'provlnco of Mit I ' ionry to ' teach all truth not moral truth alone, but political S ;' nd .philosophical and oven ro- IlkloUs truth, so far as concern !ho Brent and esscntlul principles of teach. The Sphinx was a syin- bo!. To whom has It disclosed Its J inmost meaning? Tho .Pyramids always grand, still propound to tho i " nation tholr enigma, whoso solu- tlon Is lost. j ' Hoottlsh Rite bodies have over i, been In the forefront of nltrulstlp '1 :' chastity. Yours boforo tho Hhrln-, I ors "Temples of Sunshluo" wore I instituted Scottish ltlto organlza I ' tlona were maintaining hospitals t for the crlpplod children in their I ' Jurisdictions. The rlto established i tho first co-ordinated fraternal j 1 employment bureaus, from which: j lias developed In many largo cities nil organized and oo-ordlnatcd Ma li HOtllo relief to the poor ami needy, : j without rcgurd to tiny frntornal j i aftlliatloiiH. . .j ' " Scottish Masonry bus always ,j :&ecn among tho foreniosl in behalf j;. , of tlio cause of education and the il V proper maintenance and luitter- ' ment of the public school Hysteni. '! Just recently tho supremo council ' of the (Jiirty-I hii-,1 degrca for tho ') Houthern Jurisdiction lu-cMcniod i! O e o r g o Washington university ji with an endowment of tl.uiio.OUo i dedicated to tho cause of enllKht- i enment und tho dissemination of j! truth In Its warfaro against Ignor- j; ilneo and credulity and mls- ; teacjilng. MiERICA LEADS IN MEDY-ADOPTION OF LATEST STYLES NUW YORK. (P; A. ifi-uwhiK Item In Amerk-a'a "cxiiort" trade in pei'Bonal advlco on cnlnocrlng prujects and efficiency .counsel lor foreign InduHtiiett. barge construction conipanlcH which speciallzo In forelsn acllvl tleH aro recelvlnK regucBta for ns Alstance from governmentB and private industrlea In all parU of tho world. . Mohcow'b new housing proRrnm, Involving tho cxpenditur of $100) 000,000 yearly, Ih expected to Ive employment to a considerable staff or Amrican tecnnicai aivi Shriners to See Rogue Elk Resort on Scenic Trip L OF N. WOULD USE rr r I inn FSi1 i TO THWART WARS . , By Joseph K. Slwrkcy (AwHoflated Press Correspondent) GEXKVA. (JP) In Ha innermost heart the. League of Nations has hopes that the United States might be persuaded to collaborate In a biff movement to stranKle war by glvlnp money help to the vic tim' of an aRreKsor nation.- The project, like many another league scheme, is still In the aca,demic stage. : ? ,. . A draft treaty for' such iflnari' cial asaisuuic&was .recommended to the March meeting sf the coun- oH of the lengiK nnd is to bc-dls- cusHcd at the general assembly In i Soptombcr. It stitnils. therefore, only as a sueceetlvn by the finan cial committee of the league. which thinks it a sound schemo in case the league decides il desires I to put such' a plan into operation. ' Tho council voted to send the draft to nil nations. It would like tho United Slates particularly to thin it over as a helpful guarantee of peace. Home members of tho council link the plan with the Kellogg Briand pact for reuunclation of war. They believe ' that money talks In strife as well as in peace, and that a practical way. of hitting a country which wantonly v iolates the Kellogg pact is to get at the aggressor through financial meas ures. r ' Advices have reached Geneva that Home American; public men (lof'not like ,th edraft treaty be cause, they argiie, . It attempts lo define 'the aggressor nation. The Geneva -.pence protocol tried to do this by dubbing as the aggressor In a dispute the government whicn refused arbitration. But league officials maintain that tho finan cial draft treaty avoids Wilts pit fall. ' Article one' provides that finan cial assistance- shall .he . given In case of war or a threat of war if the league couctl so decides. -Article 26 states that this decision must be made by unanimous vote of all members at the .council aside from representatives yf tho nations Involved in the quarrel. Proponents of the scheme -nay it would be impossible to get this unanimity if there wasany douht as to the identity of the aggres sor nation. The treaty contemplates that a loan should be obtained In the money market by the victim of ag gression under International guar antees. Guaranteeing states would be liable In proportion, to; their dules to the league, If member., and outside 'nations In an ' amount to be fixed in each cast,. by ,jie.go tiations. ' ' .' Astoria. A. PuustI & Co. hard ware store will move to remodeled huitflfng. BGQMt I rSSK'. 1 WV! I I I A I :.;...i,..., . ,rn. IT'7ll.- S-QSL . ' i ; X I I I 1 I wreggn is jusuyunuw a, vava- . rat m rresldlo. Texas, tho "slcopliiK toWn of tho Itlu Clrando," hones for an airukonliiK with rosioctlve railroad develmiments. The popu lation of this town, which has been Under six flaws In its time, bus dropped ffint :inou to 7nu. HELLO NOBLES! 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