MEDFORT) MATT' TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON". RATTTRDAY, "APRIL 27, 'l 929
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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
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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. ' ' .'
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huitflfng.
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railroad develmiments. The popu
lation of this town, which has been
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dropped ffint :inou to 7nu.
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