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extracted text: L ORGAN GRAND LODGE PHILIPPINES ■. VOL. II (New Series) No. 2 October 1959 Suboolpilon Bale MACARIO M. OFILADA Editor-In-Chief LUTHER D. DEWEEY, JUAN S. ALANO. WILLIAM QUASHA HOWARD R. mCK, ESTEDAN MUNARRIZ, SIDNEY M. AUSTIN EMILIO M. ASISTORES. EDWARD F. STEWART, MACARIO C. NAVIA JOSE DOMINGO FLORENCIO A. R. YLAGAN Circulation Manuw ELECTED GRAND LODGE OFFICERS Macario M. Ofilada (12) Most Wor. Grand Mnsler Luther D. Bewley (3) ... Deputy Grand Master William H. Qttasba (90) . . Junior Grand Warden Esteban Munarriz (14) .......... Grand Secretary In this issue. . APPOINTED GRAND LODGE OFFICERS Pedro M. Gimenez (31) ........... . Grand Orator Edward A. Dellie (1) ............. Grund Mundinl Ricardo Rubin (04) . . . . Grand Standard Urarer Conditio Perez (30) ............ Grund Sword Dearer Teoljlo Gifiidiz (50) ........... Grand bible bearer Antonio M. Don ado (2) . . Junior Grand Lecturer Manuel M. Crudo (4) .... Senior Grand Deacon Perry C. Curtis (3) ......... Junior Grund Deacon Ramon J. N. Larhlca (11) . Junior Grand Steward Joso Ma. Cajucom. Sr^(95) . . Grand Pui'Hiilvant Mar'iiiiano Escrucrra (21) ..... Grand OririinJst “Renunciar es Poseer” . . p. 41 By MWB Macario M. Ofilada The Transcendence of the Inner Life.................... By WB Jose T. Enriquez Grand Lodges in Mexico p. 48 By MWB Lloyd Wilson p. 46 The Thirteen Martyrs of Aklan ............................ DISTRICT DEPUTY* GRAND MASTERS ....... Ilt-puly Grand Muster . Guillermo Donirolan (144) ......... Ruperto It. Viaaya (4) Marcelino T. Viduya (70) ... Dorotno M. Joaon (."»> .... Donald O. Thurnau (9) Marciano C. Bvanffclista (35) . . Clrllo D. ConaianDno (25) . .. Dalmaccno J. A20 (Gt) .. Pantalcon A. Pelayo (50) . . Anlcelo DelUarlo (130) ......... Roman O. Traoro (50) ............... Bob Murphy (123) p. 5! With Past Grand Masters p. 53 Grand Master’s Trip Overseas ...................... p. 54 By Rev. Bro. Macario C. Navia More on Youth Organiza tions .............................. District No District No District Na District No District No District No District No District No District No District No District No How Find You the Can didate .......................... By Bro. Leo A. Hatten p. 60 p. 63 Masonry and the Taverns By MWB Sidney M. Austin p. 63 A Masonic Travelogue .. By Bro. Eugene Straneky The Knights of Rizal . . p. 69 p. 73 p. 74 By Bro. Bart L. Stafford, III p. 75 _____ Happy to be a Mason . . Official Section Qrand .Master’$ “RENDNCIAR ES POSEER” This heading sounds like a paradox, and it is. To give is to have. From the pragmatic angle, one would well wonder: how can you give and still have? Covetousness is one of the driving forces of human nature. This is innate. It is in the child, manifested in his ever-grasping of things. Psychologists recognize this as the instinct of hoarding in the adult. But man is not man for nothing. Man is greater than the greatest star, than any galaxy, than even the universe itself—in that man is a rational being and quickened by a spark from the Divine. So imbued, man is rational, can recognize his origin, and can determine his destiny. Therefore, man can overcome his avarice, his covetousness, his greed, to the extent of even giving life itself that others may live. So men, from the dawn of history, banded together to promote this humanita rian phase of their nature, and formed Masonry. Thus charity is one of the pillars on which Masonry is built. In this jurisdiction, those immortal passages in our Brother Jose Rizal’s poem “My Last Thoughts,” express the sentiment so beautifully when he wrote on the eve of his immolation these immortal verse: O/i.' tjite cs hermoso caer por darle vuelo, “Morir por durte vidu, morir bajo tit cielo. . . "J Mu’ loovely if is io fall and to lift thee higher; “To die mid io give thee my life, hereunder ihe sJ<r spiie... “ This great mason, suiting action to the words even as the lyrics are written to music, did give his life that others may live. And fifty years later another mason did the same thing when the Most Worshipful Brother Jose Abad Santos chose to give his life that his country-men may live in freedom and in honor and in justice. “Give that you may have.” That then is my message, for it is in giving that you may have. It may be sooner, it may be later. But whatever we give, we are bound to have with interest. 41 On this precept our hospital for crippled children is founded. On the same tenet stand other similar Masonic institutions throughout the world, based on the same fountainhead from which Masonic Charity derives its impetus. It may be that the Mason, before knocking at the door of a lodge, brings in his part of this virtue of charity and so complements the tenets of his Brotherhood. Or it may be that, once within the Fraternity, he builds within himself by precepts or by example from his brethren this virtue of giving. Whatever it is the one or the other, or both, is beside the point. The important thing is that the Mason ought to be, and is, in giving, begets love; and in spreading love, he promotes that eternal goal of the Mason and that is, criterion of their personal lives. I exhort every Mason to keep these truths burning by making them the Brotherhood of all men under the Fatherhood of God. Grand Master Officers and Brethren of Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction are hereby in formed of forthcoming District Grand Lodge Conventions to be held on the dates, places, and by districts indicated. The Grand Master, accompanied by Grand Lodge officers, will be present at these conventions and will be pleased to meet the brethren. Mav it please the brethren, as time and circumstances allow, to be present thereat. A number of other District Grand Lodge Conventions and Visitations are being arranged at the moment and when the definite dates are set, the same will be communicated to the Lodges in the vicinities. ir.s:. No. Place Date 12 Tavabas, Quezon Nov. 14, 1959 13 Legaspi, Albav Nov. 21, 1959 5 Baguio City Nov. 28, 1959 10 Cavite City Nov. 30, 1959 11 San Pablo City Dec. 5, 1959 9 San Juan, Rizal Dec. 30, 1959 ESTEBAN MUNARRIZ, PGM Grand Secretary 42 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 Editorial Comments GET OUT AND VOTE Masonry is not interested in partisan politics. But as Masons we should be interested in political science or the science of government to the end that our government, whether on the local or national level, is conducted with efficiency, honestv and a high degree of civic-mindedncss. Little do we care whether a candidate of the majority or minority partv is elected. We would, however, that the best, the honest, the most public-spirited men arc elected to office. Let us, as voters, be not carried □way by appeals to sentiment, religious or fraternal, io vote for this or that candidate. Let the mind and con science work belter than the heart in selecting the officers to bear the burden of government. The best men should be elected for by them and through them, the democratic wav of life will he enhanced. As we all know, Masonry thrives best in a democracy, but seldom if ever in a dictatorship. As vou will sec on the back cover of this issue. "Bad Officials are elected by Good Citizens who do not vote." it is proper that every Brother should November 10, 1959. JOIN IF YOU CAN Somewhere in this issue, there >s a brief report on the Knights of Rizal. This non-pattisan fraternal organiza tion can use more members for its noble cause and since there is no in compatibility between Freemasonry and the nights of Rizal, as in fact they run along the same groove, it would redound to the good of both groups if more Masons joined it. In this decision, let the Freemason be a It is to the credit of our beloved Fraternity that many of our brethren in Freemasonry arc Knights of Rizal, many of them organizers, leaders, and faithful members. From our exper ience, the most active in the blue lodges arc also the most active in that oilier fraternity. DOING, DOING, DOING... The highest contributions to life are those obscurely given by people with out benefit of honorific rewards, news paper space or monetary considerations. So many people trudge the lowly paths of service the better to render little things that mean a lot to the poor, the distressed, the oppressed. So mote it be always to a Mason. We cannot all be in the forefront, but we can all help in doing things that will cause progress in anv given endea vor. If we arc selected to lead, well and good. But the really important thing is helping to make progress possi ble and and this is done by the people who do the little things. So, whether our stations be exalted and our responsibilities heavy; or, whether our stations be humble and our responsibilities light, let us be up and doing. If everybody did his little part, the big things arc achieved with ease. 43 IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE Time was when many high positions in the government were occupied by Masons. This was especially so before Independence when we were a terri tory of the United States and later a Commonwealth. Many American func tionaries were Masons and many Fili pinos who had joined Masonry before and during the Philippine Revolution had been asked to help in the govern ment when peace was restored. Still others in the government service, then as now, joined Freemasonry and the high quality of service they rendered to the government was the natural result of the high moral precepts inculcated in Masonrv. Time was in the recent past when Masons in high positions were removed from office by ecclesiastical interven tion. Even those on the way to the top positions were prevented from rising and many out of the government serv ice who could do good when brought in were prevented from coming in. It seemed that the Mason’s moral fiber and love for freedom were threats to religious domination, graft and corrupApparcntly there is a change in pol icy and now again Masons are given high positions. No one seems able to keep good men down. We congratu late those Masons recently elevated, those on the way up, and those plan ning to get it in by invitation, applica tion or draft. Whatever the positions, their being Masons is an honor and a rcspunsibilitv in their communitv. IN THEIR COMMUNITY WB Roman B. Ramos, Bro. Manuel Magboo, Bro. Fernando M. Mangubat arc only three members of the TagaNayon Association of Bauan, Batangas. It is an association of professionals born and raised in Bauan who have since found living in other towns and cities more profitable for the exercise of their various professions. But they still love the old home town and therefore keep seeking its improvement. They make it a point to return almost every week end to Bauan to see how things are going and make more plans for the improvement of the town and its resid ents. They dig into their pockets and roll up their sleeves to clean and im prove their parks and public buildings. More recently, the group looked into the public schools of their town; they tested the pupils in the subject matter being taught them. The test was pro mulgated bv the educators among the members and given to the pupils by other members of the club. When the scores were tabulated, they found the pupils wanting in some subject matter but superior in others. They com municated the results to the teachers who made plans to improve the content and method of their teaching. A A A A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich ivill not go unpunished. The Bible. 44 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 It is your duty and privilege AS A MASON under the jurisdiction of the Philippines to help the MASONIC HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN carry on its humani tarian work of rehabilitating physically handicapped children. Remember, this Hospital is the visible and tangible mani festation of the Mason’s love for his fellow man. ACT NOW and offer yourself for membership in the MASONIC HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN Regular membership: Entrance Fee ................................... P 5.00 Annual dues ....................................... 2.00 Life Membership ............................... 500.00 Sustaining membership (a year) ......................................... 100.00 Upon completion of the payment of P500 the sustaining mem ber becomes automa tically a life member. Send a donation in any amount you may prefer. But DO NOT FAIL to help. Clip the coupon below and send it with the corresponding remittance to the care of the Secretary, Masonic Hospital for Crippled Children, Plaridel Ma sonic Temple, 1440 San Marcelino, Manila Please find, enclosed the amount of P------------------ for my regular sustaining life membership in, or donation to, the Masonic Hospital for Crippled Children. (Print name) Member,------------------------------------- Lodge No.----------(Address) 45 The Transcendence of the Inner Life BY WB JOSE T. ENRIQUEZ, PM Baguntbayan Lodge 4* 4 I should like to begin with the story told bv a writer—R.G.H. Siu—of a Budhist Master who was to lecture to his monks. Just before he was to speak, a bird started singing on a bough outside the monastery walls. The Master kept quiet and everyone listened to the song in attentive silence. As soon as the bird finished, the Master announced that the sermon was completed, and departed. My brethren and friends, after hear ing the vigorous and illuminating open ing remarks of our Worshipful Master and again after listening to the ex quisite piece—‘Meditation”—as inter preted bv our violinist and his charming accompanist, I am not so sure that I should not follow the example of the Budhist Master and announce forth with and promptly that my speech is ended. And why not? After all, Ma sonry is not glib talk but earnest thought; it is not mere elocution but deep meditation. And I say it is meditation of the tvpe that seeks to give an aura of charm to our concept of conscience and a wealth of meaning to the ideal of the equality and dignity of man. Indeed, by teaching us to eschew high preten sions, fierce passions, and the debili tating corruptions of the day, Masonry presents us with a picture of goodness and excellence and virtue such as prob ably we have not seen or had before. .And bv instilling in us the truth that we arc all creatures of one Supreme Ineffable Being, recipients all of the bounties encompassed in the spiritual heritage of mankind, it invites us to walk on exalted heights, as it were, with heads unbowed and hearts un daunted, free to look anv man straight in the eye, supremely proud of our finite being. Thus we arc the sooner able to sec through the superfluities and hypocrisies, tnc prejudices and bigotries, the unkindncsscs and cruel lies that so often foul the atmosphere we breathe. And what is more, we be come the better prepared to grapple with them, if not actually to control and tame them to our governance. I do not mean to give mv prose anv poetic quality. And I do not intend to be profound cither. But this is precise ly how I feel about Masonry—and I suppose it is also how many others among my brethren feel—and I may as well give utterance to it, especially on this significant occasion of our 45th an niversary that has been graced with the presence of our families and friends. It is, let me restate, in its ability to arouse our generous impulses, in its power to awaken us to a vibrant inner life, that the creed of Masonry finds its greatest influence and utility. For bv outward tokens, I must admit, we of the Fraternity are not mighty. We are not, for instance, a raging current in the channels of trade. And, for that matter, we are not a compelling force in the affairs of state. But we do have Faith, and I lope, and Charitv —these in themselves arc at once yard sticks and means for us. By them we try to measure our daily acts, and with them, pursuing the quiet even tenor of our ways, we endeavor to lead our families and fellows to a better tomor row. I can only hope that the kind friends gathered with US tonight ap46 predate this fact. As Masons we may err now and then, vcs. Who is the individual that doesn’t? But always we have a set of values—the values that our membership in this universal society has instilled in us to fall back upon. We may even commit a grievous offense, yes. Would that be strange, limited in nature but endless in desires that we arc—as the french poet and jxditician Lamartine would put it? But always again, we come soon enough by the realization that, although by body man is of kin to the beasts, bv spirit he is of kin to God. And with that realization we forthrightly essay to rise to the degree and dimensions of our avowed or professed character. It was the great German philosopher Goethe who said that one cannot always be a hero, but that one can always be a man. And he can be a man according as he has developed an inner life which, more than anything else, can give sub stance, and strength, and integrity to his outward existence. Remarkable and many arc the ideals of our Fraternity, far-reaching and numerous are its teach ings, but I believe that in the ultimate analysis they all resolve to the need for such inner life as I have described, the pursuit or acquirement of which is in itself an enriching, an ennobling, an achieving experience. With such inner life, I repeat, we can rise above many an adverse circumstance in our midst and thereby, perhaps, prove our selves bigger than our environmental context. Of a greater benefit that could come to us than this. I frankly cannot Mv brethren and friends, I still wish I had followed the example of the Budhist Master and ended mv speech before I had started it. But if I have not done so, I feel that I have at least helped bring you into some sort of similar communion with nature—this time with the nature of our inner selves, of our intrinsic beings, to which we shall look for the spirit to sustain us when everything of wordlv value to ourselves has been lost and aught else has been forgotten. Io pass on this thought that, I submit, should animate all of us, has been my purpose all alone, and in the consciousness—nay, in the pride—that I have somehow put you in a frame of mind for a deeper appreciation of it, and in the hope that 1 can round up such theme, so to speak, 1 shall now proceed to close with a paraphrase of my own of Carlyle, the brilliant British essayist and historian: We arc of the earth, but our thoughts are with the stars, mean and pretty our wants and desires; yet they serve a soul exalted with grand, glorious aims, —w i t h immortal longings,—w i t h thoughts which sweep the heavens, and wander through eternity. Pigmies standing on the outward crest of this small plant, our far-reaching spirit stretches outward to the infinite, and there alone finds reason and harmony and perfection. Gordon Gray, the Assistant Sec retary of Defense for Internation al Security Affairs, U.S., posted this slogan on the wall of his Pen tagon office: “If you could kick the persons responsible for most of your troubles, you wouldn’t be able to sit down for six months.” THE TRANSCENDENCE OF THE INNER LIFE 47 i«. TKexica By MWB LLOYD WILSON, PGM Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of California This account by MWB Lloyd Wil son, PGM and now Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of California, was sent to us by MWB William H. Taylor, Grand Master in 1916 & 1917 of the Grand Lodge of the Phil ippines, who now resides in Califor nia. MWB Taylor is of the opinion that a similar situation as now exists in Mexico would be in the Philippines today were it not for the efforts of MWB Manuel L. Quezon, Grand Master in 1918, who effected the union of the two existing Grand Lodges in the country at the time, into what is now the Grand Lodge of the Philippines. We might add that MWB Taylor, a great friend of MWB Quezon, had himself a great part in the unification and their personal friendship and combined efforts at unity inspired the members of the Grand Lodge to effect the tradition of alternation in the Grand East be tween Filipino and American, a tra dition now in its 33rd. year. There is no point in going back, into the real early formation of lodges in Mexico, but it is worth noting that lodges were chartered there in the mid dle of the 19th century by the Grand Lodges of New York and Pennsylvania notably, and by some other Grand Lodges with less success. The real modern history in Mexico begins with the 20th century, and it is the events in the early 1900’s which led to the present situation, and which created, to put in mildly, some difficulties. A surprising number of informed people (and a greater number of the less informed) express surprise when ihcv learn that there is more than one Grand Lodge in Mexico Citv. This js easily clarified when one recalls that in the United States of America there are forty-eight Grand Lodges—one in each state, and in addition one in the District of Columbia. The Republic of Mexico has twenty-eight states and the Federal District, and there are eighteen State Grand Lodges and one in the Federal District. In addition to this, there is the York Grand Lodge of Mexico (almost exclusively English speaking). All of these Grand Lodges are not recognized by all of the regular Grand Lodges and recognitions arc be ing granted from time to time as cir cumstances warrant. A schism which occurred in the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico in 1910 led to the present Masonic distur bance within Mexico, and it is wor thy of some review if one is to under stand the present difficulties between the York Grand Lodge Valle de Me xico and the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico. The ‘Gran Dicta’, organized in 1890 and composed of seventeen Grand Lod ges with 320 constituent lodges, was dis solved in 1901 and formed one Grand Lodge, the Valle de Mexico’. Although the members of native Mexican origin were by nature influenced bv the Scot tish Rite, the English and the Ca nadian practices, all remained quiet and peaceful until 1910. Then rule by majority vote was generally accepted un til the election of 1910. Brother Jose T. Rcvnoso was elected Senior Grand Warden in 1908, De puty Grand Master in 1909, and be 48 came Acting Grand Master on the death of Grand Master Moorehead. (For much of this information and his tory of the period of 1910, and the years immediately following, I am in debted to P.G.M. Adams). At the election which followed, the representatives of twenty five chartered lodges cast 81 votes, of which 52 were for Brother Reynoso for Grand Master. The Mexican members disregarded the rule of the majority, and the represen tatives of five chartered lodges and two lodges under dispensation walked out — leaving twenty chartered lodges which continued in the Communica tion under the title 'Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico’. "On June 23, 1910, the seceding lodges, plus Benito Juarez Lodge No. 24 of the Orient of Guadalajara, form ed their own Grand Lodge and an nounced to the Masonic world that they were the only real and true ‘Grand Wille de Mexico’. The remaining lodges, of which six teen were largely English speaking, continued as a Grand Lodge but in 1911 changed its name to ‘York Grand Lodge of Mexico'. These two Grand Lodges then remained side by side in relative peace and harmony until 1919 when division of opinions and practices led toward a genuine separation and disagreement which has unfortu nately continued. In the latter part ol 1920 and the early part of 1921, the Grand Master of Texas proposed that a commission (made up of the Cirand Master and three Past Grand Masters of Texas and two additional members, together with the Grand M isters of z\rizona, Califor nia, Louisiana and New Mexico) be lormed go to Mexico — making an in vestigation of Masonic conditions in that country and presenting such find ings to other Grand Lodges as might at the time appear proper. The Grand Lodges of Arizona and New Mexico did not join the commission, and Grand Master Rodden of California, finding himself unable to go to Mexico City, appointed P.G.M. Charles Al bert Adams his official and personal representative. In this capacity P.G.M. Adams accompanied the commission to Mexico City, gave individual attention to the problems at hand, and on his return prepared and presented to the Grand Master of California a carefully analyzed and complete report — as might be expected from one who was, and is, as careful of detail as is Broth er Adams. That the commission did not accom plish the unification of the two Grand Lodges in no wav detracts from its importance, and the clear understanding of the situation in Mexico which was arrived at by the commission has been invaluable to all Grand Lodges seeking to understand the situation Masonically in Mexico. The history of the relationship bet ween the two Grand Lodges concerned has been a free one — even to the point of inter-visitation of members of the lodges without official recognition which was instituted largely under the Grand Mastership of Archie Seabrook of the York Grand Lodge. This free inter-visitation continued until abou 1953 when without consultation or con ference or prior explanation, the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico broke rip the agreement. Since that time the gap between the two Grand Lodge has widened until there is no inter visitation and verv little fraternal in GRAND LODGE IN MEXICO 49 tercourse between the organizations and individuals. There is no point (and this is not the place) to discuss what one may personally think of the motivations which give rise to the present unhap py situation, but one must be realistic and recognize that the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico will not be completely happy until the York Grand Lodge of Mexico is completely dissolved and out of Masonic activity. This does not mean to sav that the leaders on both sides do not confer and will not meet together on special oc casions as was evidenced by the fact that they did so meet socially when the Grand Secretary’ of California vis ited them in February. There has been in the past room for both Grand Lodges and areas in which both may most effectively serve. There is no good reason Masonicallv why that situation should not con tinue. The present York Grand Lodge is, in my opinion, the rightful and law ful successor to the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico from which the present Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico seceded in 1910, and the very fact that it is the Cirand Lodge customarily recogniz ed bv the regular Grand Lodges of the world attests to its regularity’. For the American Mason expecting to visit in Mexico, the safest procedure is to secure from the Grand Lodge office the title of the Grand Lodge (or Grand Lodges) recognized in Mexico, and the names and addresses of the Grand Master or Grand Secretary, or both.” ROYAL ARCH MASONRY Most Excellent Companion J. L. Jordan, General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, a confederation of over 50 Grand Chapters scattered all over the world, reporting at the Grand Chapter Communication of Texas, gave high praise for Royal Arch Masonry in the Philippines when he stated that “the most aggressive and most alert Grand Chapter on the face of the globe today i$ the Grand Chapter of the Philippines.” Particularly proud is Bro. Jordan to know that the Grand Orator of the Grand Chapter of the Philippines is WB Emilio Aguinaldo, the General who is now ninety years old and who has been a Mason for over sixty-three years. Bro. Jordan was pleasantly sur prised to know that WB Aguinaldo, whose name he had known wav back as a kid in grammar school, is a broth er in the Philippines, “the one that led the Insurrection in throwing off the yoke of Spain and the yoke of the Ro man Catholic Church in the Philip pines.” MEC and WB Lloyd O. Haig. Im mediate Past Grand High Priest of the Order in the Philippines, which in cludes Okinawa and Guam, in report ing on his term of office for 1958-59 states that the membership has increased in the past year and that financially they are sound. There is a marked im provement in the ritualistic work. He ex pressed the hope that with the establish ment of the Grand Lodge of Japan, there will be a corresponding desire on the part of Royal Arch Masons there to establish a sovereign Grand Chapter. There are now' over a million Royal Arch Masons all over the world and their project in the Philippines is to en courage all Master Masons to become Royal Arch Masons also. 50 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 The Thirteen Martyrs of Aklan More widely known in the country are the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite. /Xccounts of their revolutionary activi ties and eventual liquidation by the Spaniards have been written in history books, newspapers and magazines. Ex cept in Aklan province, little is known about the Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan, although thev lormed a part of the to lal movement against Spanish tvrannv which gripped the country and explod ed in the famous Cry of Balintawak on August 29, 1896 as sparked bv Bro. Andres Bonifacio at Caloocan, Rizal. MWB Teodoro M. Kalaw, in his history of Freemasonry in the Phili|> pines, mentions Bros. Francisco Castillo and Candido Iban, two seafaring men who won a fortune in Australia through a lottery, and who came home to the Philippines and donated most of that prize money for the cause of free dom. Thev bought a printing press which was used in propaganda work l:v the revolutionaries. It was the same press which was confiscated bv the Spanish authorities when a woman, through the confessional of the Tondo Cathedral, revealed its location and use bv the Katipuneros. More recent researches bear out ilic further knowledge that Bros. Fran cisco Castillo, Candido lban and Al bino Rabaria, members of a lodge in Manila, went to their home province of Aklan in January 189“ shortly after Bro. Rizal was executed on Bagumbayan, there to organize chapters of the Kalipunan on commission from Bro. Bonifacio. The three brethren bought a sailboat and named it Santa Trinidad, 1 Inly 1 rinitv) probably because it was owned by three brothers in the Craft, and more probably as a memen to of “Liberty, Equality & Fraternity’’, the inspiration of the Philippine Re volution. The Santa Trinidad, they used in sailing up and down the coast and riv ers of Aklan to propagate the teach ings of the Katipunan and work up the enthusiasm of the members for the armed revolt which was spreading all over the country. Immediate success attended their efforts and in a short lime they had gathered converts to the cause in Lezo, Balan, Malinao, Balete, Jiineno (Altavas), Kalibo, Lagatik (New Washington), Banga, Numancia, Sapian and Makato. Kalibo, be ing centrally located, was the general headquarters. However, care was taken not to hold meetings in the town pro per but in the outlying barrios of Mabilo and Nalo-ok to avoid apprehension bv the Spanish authorities. The Spanish authorities, however, had become suspicious of the activities ol the Katipuneros and on .March 16, 1897, Bro. Francisco Castillo, who had been appointed General of the Revo lutionary Army iii .Aklan, was inform ed that davs be!orc, a Spanish boat had seized the empty Santa Trinidad in Batan bay and lowed it to Kalibo ob viously to cripple the activities of the revolutionaries. Gen. Castillo was al that time in Banga and, on receiving word of the seizure of the boat, acted immediately. lie gathered his leaders and subalterns and thev deckled to sack the town of Kalibo purportedly to take its government awav from the hands of the Spanish militia stationed in the town. The Spanish authorities and the guardias citiles got wind of the move 51 and they holed up in the house of Don Juan Azarraga, a Spanish mestizo of consequence in the town. The house was of stone situated east of the public plaza. As planned, the Katipuneros sur rounded the town before sun-up on March 17t 1897. Gen. Castillo and his trusted men moved into town south and west of the plaza, where he took stock of the situation and then, lead ing his men, west moving east, stopped a few yards from the house of Don Juan Azarraga when he shouted to the Spaniards to yield. At first, there was deathly silence and then a hail cf bullets answered his demand. In a matter of minutes, Gen. Cas tillo fell from his horse a dead man. His mn had sought cover and, seeing the situation unfavorable for them that day, reformed outside the town and decided to make further plans for fu ture onslaughts on the seat of the Span ish government in Aklan. Meanwhile, the body of Gen. Cas tillo was taken on a Spanish gunboat to Capiz, now Roxas City. On March 19, two days after the ill-fated battle, Col. Ricardo Monet, commander of the Spanish forces in the Visayas, landed in Dumaguit on the tip of Lagatik penninsula and with his Spanish cazadores marched to Kalibo to take charge of the operations against the revolutiona ries of Aklan. After the death of Gen. Castillo, Gen. and WB. Aguinaldo dispatched Gen. Ananias Diokno from Manila to lead the rebels in Aklan. Thus, again, the leadership of the revolution in AkJan was in the hands of another MaCol. Monet of the Spanish forces, after his arrival in Kalibo, pursued a policy of attraction to keep peace in the region and announced that any re volutionary who gave up arms against Spain would be pardoned. The pro clamation of amnesty was announced in the churches during masses. It was stipulated, however, that the re volutionaries were given until March 22, 1897 after which any Katipunero apprehended would be put to death. Contrary to his promise Col. Monet, on March 22, 1897, arrested twenty leaders of the Katipunan in Aklan and incarcerrated them. One of the lead ers, Nicanor Gonzales, was freed that evening on the plea of his wife, a Spanish mestizo. The nineteen others refused to support the Spanish author ities and before sun-down on March 22, 1897, were summarily executed by musketry' on the plaza of Kalibo. The nineteen martyrs were: Roman Aguirre, Tomas Briones, Domingo de la Cruz, Claro Delgado, Angelo Fer nandez, Simon Inocencio, Catalino Mangat, Lamberto Mangat, Valeriano Masinda, Simplicio Reyes, (from K«iiibo); Valeriano Dalida, Isidoro Jime nez, Maximo Mationg, Canuto Sego via, Gabino Sucgang, Francisco Villorente, (from Lagatik); Benito Iban, and Gabino Yonsal, (from Malinao). The sacrifice, bravery, and fidelity of these nineteen men became a shin ing example to the people of Aklan. Inspite of the cruelty and torture suf fered bv others after that execution, they that were left to carry on did not waver in their loyalty to the cause of freedom. Thev kept on with the task under the leadership of Gen. Diokno and for three more vears until 1900 rhe revolution in Aklan was kept un. It was only on the occupation of Aklan by the American forces that the revo lutionaries decided to cooperate with the new conquerors, seeing that they meant well. Gen. Diokno and his men, who had previously' driven the Span iards from Aklan, gave up arms to the 52 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 Americans in 1900 and signed a Treaty years before rhe Spaniards had impriof Peace with them in the same house soned the Nineteen martyrs. — NBM of Don Juan Azarraga where three A A A WITH PAST GRAND MASTERS MWB Francisco A. Delgado, Chief Delegate and Permanent Representa tive of the Philippines to the United Nations, ably represented the Grand lodge of the Philippines at the An nual Grand Masters’ Conference held in Washington, D.C., in February 1959 on request of MWB Howard Hick, the then Grand Master. Shortly after die conference, MWB Delgado report ed on his attendance at the conference, which generally draws big representa tions Iront all the Grand Lodges in the United States and foreign countries, stating that he was most impressed bv the conference and the ideas threshed out thereat. MWB Delgado was one of the speakers at the conference and told the assemblage that Masonry in the Phil ippines is ever on the march despite great odds brought about by enemy opposition if not suspicion. He was much cheered bv his hearers who evinced great concern about Freema(Please turn to page 68) WITH PAST GRAND MASTERS 53 Grand Master’s Trip Overseas By REV. BRO. MACARIO N. NAVIA, Grand Chaplain It would be easy to publish the itinerary of the Grand Master’s partv which recently visited our Lodges in Okinawa and Japan bv way of report ing on the trip. But it will not do justice to the im]xjrtancc of the event nor to the brethren aboard who went far out of their way to make the visit ation a most pleasant undertaking for us. I fence this rather lengthy account which we trust mav be of interest to Travel papers are not easv to secure these davs, and as the date of our departure approached there was much uncertainty if the entire party couid go. Bv August 20, at 9: a.m., the fol lowing brethren boarded a Northwest airliner for Okinawa: M.W. Bro. Macario M. Ofilada, Grand Master Rt. W. Bro. William H. Quasha, Junior Grand Warden M. W. Bro. Esteban Munarriz. Grand Secretary Vcrv Rev. Macario C. Navia, Grand Chaplain Very W. Bro. I Iermogenes P. Oli veros, Senior Grand Lecturer Vcrv W. Bro. Amado D. Ylagan, D.D.G.M. for District No. 9 Bro. Ramon Tan Palanca, S.W.. Nilad Lodge No. 12. Landing at Naha, Okinawa, at 12:30 after three and a half hours of un eventful but pleasant flight (height 17,000 ft., speed 330 m.p.h.), the party was met at the airport bv a number of brethren from Okinawa Lodge No. 118 and Coral Lodge No. 142, headed by the District Deputy Grand Master Elmer D. Rastorfer. At the terminal, assignments of quarters were made and the members of the party were conduct ed to their respective hosts. In the evening the Grand Master and his partv were honored with a din ner at the Castle Terrace by officers and members of the two Lodges on the island. It was attended by no less than 300 persons and was highlighted bv the amazing marksmanship of Sun set Kit Carson with his shotgun which has made him a popular movie and TV star. Vcrv Wor. Bro. Rastorfer was Master of Ceremonies and he presented the Grand Master who, in well chosen phrases, acknowledged with gratitude lor himself and members of his party the honor accorded them. The morning of Friday August 21, was left for members of the party to go on individual tours of the island which Uncle Sam has built into a formidable base for the defense of the entire Far Ear-i. At 7:00 o’clock that evening, the Grand Master made an official visit ation of Okinawa Lodge No. 118 and Coral Lodge No. 142 in a joint meet ing held for the purpose. Grand Master Ofilada introduced the mem bers of his party and delivered the first of his series of speeches abroad which were very well received. There was not much for the Senior Grand Lecturer to correct in the manner the Lodge was opened and closed, but so eager were the brethren to perfect their work that they kept pumping him with 54 questions after the meeting, It was a pleasure to note the seriousness and enthusiasm of our Brother Masons in Okinawa for their Masonic work, and it is no wonder that in a comparatively short time they were able to construct a wonderful new temple. To this we shall refer later. Saturday, August 22, was scheduled for the dedication of the new temple. This building occupies a commanding position on a slope beside a busy high way. The austere dignity of its arch itecture (sec cover) in brick and cream colors is a beauty to behold. Equally beautiful is the story behind the acquis ition of the site as related by Bro. Rastorfer. It seems that when the breth ren encountered difficulties in acqui ring a suitable lot. the widow of the late Past Master Ross, an Okinawan ladv of means and influence, left no stone unturned to secure the lot in or der that her late busband's brother Ma sons mav realize their cherished desire to see their temple erected in a place to which thev can point with pride. The stately edifice could not have been better located. With a large Masonic emblem prominently identifying it on the outside, the building is a landmark in Okinawa. It is a tribute to the bre thren of this island that even mem bers of their families take active interest in afairs of the Craft. At 2 o’clock every available seat :n the spacious Lodge room was taken. Weather outside was warm, but the room was delightfully air-conditioned, the lights well modulated, and all around was quiet dignity befitting the solemn ceremonies that were about to take place. T he dedication was made a public function to give the general public an opportunitv to witness one of the rarest and most impressive observan ces of the order. The officers who part icipated in the dedication rendered it in a flawless manner. Grand Master Ofilada was assisted in the ceremonies by the following brethren in the res pective position indicated: Ven’ Wor. Bro. Elmer D. Rastorfer, Deputy Grand Master Rt. Wor. Bro. William II. Quasha, Senior Grand Warden Very Wor. Bro. Amando Ylagan, Junior Grand Warden Bro. Ramon Tan Palanca, Grand Treasurer M. W. Bro. Esteban Munarriz, Grand Secretary Very Rev. Bro. Macario C. Navia, Grand Chaplain Very Wor. Bro. I Iermogenes P. Oli veros, Grand Marshal Wor. Bro. Herbert Adamson, Senior Grand Deacon Bro. Andrew II. Bulklcv, Junior Grand Deacon Wor. Bro. William Christiansen, Senior Grand Steward Wor. Bro. John A. Cox, Master of the Lodge Special mention should be made of the organ music furnished bv a ladv whose name I failed to obtain. It cer tainly heightened the solemnity of the ceremonies. Rt. Wor. Bro. William Quasha de livered the oration after having intro duccd bv the Grand Master. One distinguishing feature of the oc casion was the attendance of General Ondrick, Commanding Officer and American High Commissioner for the Ryukyus. Ilis remarks on Masonry and what it can do particularly in the Rvukvus were most friendly and in spiring. Sunday, /Xugust 23—The party left for Tokyo at 1:40 p.m. bv NWA. Jt was joined bv Rt. Wor. Bro. Juan S. z\lano. Senior Grand Warden; Wor. Bro. Fortunato Ejercito and Wor. Bro. GRAND MASTER’S TRIP OVERSEAS 55 Ceferino Picache who arrived in th? plane that was to take the group to Tokvo. At 5:20 p.m. the party landed at Haneda airfield. Delegates from the Four Lodges under the Grand Lodge of the Philippines and several brethren from Lodges under the Grand Lodge of Japan led by its Grand Master, Most Wor. Bro. Horiuchi, were on hand to greet us. The long drive to the City of Tokyo proper gave the "first timers" their first whiff of Japan air as they rode through seemingly endless rows of stores. Their destination was the Imperial Hotel from where, after registering and unpacking, they were taken to Suehiro Restaurant for their supper. It was past 11 o’clock when thev retired to their respective hotel rooms. Monday, August 24,—we had the morning to oursalves for sightseeing and at 4 p.m. the group entrained for Yokosuka to visit the Lodge in th it U. S. naval reservation. Jt was a full two hours ride with stops in the coun tryside, passing through some nine or ten tunnels in the mountainous ter rain of Yokosuka. The Lodge is situated on a hill and the steps to it are reminiscent of the ascent to the Lourdes shrine in Baguio. The build ing which is said to be a former resid ence of a high Japanese military of ficial. was appropriately remodelled into a Lodoe where members of the Masonic and related Orders regularly hold their stated meetings. There are evidences that the Eastern Star and the York Rit? are vcrv active bodies in Yokosuka. During the official visitation, Yoko suka Lodge No. 120 demonstrated to the visitors how the brethren raise their candidates. The performance of all participants left practically nothing tn be desired, evoking from the Grand Master and the Grand Lecturer lavish praises. Yokosuka Lodge No. 120 certainly ranks high in standard of proficiency in ritualistic work among Lodges in this jurisdiction. Rt. Wor. Bro. Juan S. Alano was called upon to speak and toward the close of the meeting the Grand Master delivered extemporaneously an impassioned plea lor greater understanding among Ma sons in Japan regardless of jurisdiction al affiliations. The speech inspired a rejoinder from the Worshipful Master. Wor. Bro. Norman W. Karschner, who affirmed the strong affinity existing among brethren of the two Grand Lodges in Japan. The return trip to Tokyo was made late in the night with Bros. Karschner and Jackson driving us in their cars. Their sacrificial spirit certainly is deep ly appreciated. Tuesday, August 25—Grand Master Ofilada set this day especially to pav tribute to the memory of the late Prime Minister of Japan, Bro. Hatoyama, an eminent Mason in life. We found the resting place of his earthly remains in a tomb not much different from those of the humble peasants aound it. What a lesson in humility for us who are used to pomp and inordinate displav of rank and wealth even in the grave! After a silent praver, the Grand Mas ter reverently laid a wreath on Bro. Hatoyama’s tomb. The widely read Japan times displayed in its columns an account and picture of the event the next dav. (It had previously pub lished a picture of the party on its arrival.) The afternoon of the same day was no less memorable. Grand Master Horiuchi of the Grand Lodge of Japan, a former member of the Diet, arranged for the party to enjoy the sights of Tokvo and vicinity from the citv's famed Tokyo Tower. The structural 56 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 wonder rises to a height oF 333 meters, higher than the EiFtci Tower in Karis. Under it is a 5-storev concrete building which houses a science museum. Heic some of the wonders of modern elec tronics both mystify and delight the visitors. Sightseers are admitted only to the first observation platform high above the building, but by special ar rangements made bv Chand Master Ho riuchi, we were allowed to ascend bv elevator to the second platform which is 255 meters from the ground. From this dizzy' height the entire city of Tokvo with its wide thoroughfares, gar dens and buildings, including the Im perial grounds, could be seen. It was an cxjKricnce that will long remain in our memory. As guests of the Grand Lodge of Japan, we were tendered a sumptuous dinner at the Sun Ya Restaurant where dignitaries of the local Grand Lodge were in attendance to let us feel the cordialilv of their welcome and warmth of their friendship. In addition io Cirand Master Horiuchi, Wor. Bro. Eichorn spoke for the hosts, and, of course. Grand Master Ofilada, after toasting our hosts and receiving res ponses to the health ol Filipino Masons in general, delivered an eloquent ad dress. It was a specially prepared speech, for the Grand Lodge of Japan has a special niche in the heart of Grand Master Ofilada. Wednesday, August 26—Kamo Lodge No. 143 was the second to be visited officially' bv the Grand Master. Here a Lodge of Instruction was ojxned for (he four Lodges under District No.22. Brethren from Aomori Lodge No. 139. however were unable to attend due to military' maneuvers yvhich yvere being held in the place at the time. In cidentally, this was also the reason whv visitation plans to that Lodge yvere can celled by the Grand Master, although it was even suggested at First that he also dedicate the new temple there. It would have been a 14 hour train ride to the place. Speakers of the evening were the M. W. Chand Master, Rt Wor. Bro. Quasha and Vcrv Wor. Bro. Oliveros. The meeting yvas enlivened by thought-provoking questions on Masonic history- and practices propounded by some brethren in attendance. It yvas no doubt a profitable evening for all those yvho came. Thursday, z\ugust 27—The third Lodge in Japan under Philippine jurisdiction to be y-isited yvas Rising Sun No. 151 in Camp Zama in the outskirts ol Yokohama. The long drive to the camp yvas an eve-opener to “first timers" in Japan whose mcn’al picture of the country yvas that of a land croyvded yvith teeming population. On the road to Camp Zama, hoyvever, were yvide open spaces not unlike those of Central Luzon. The camp itself is a secluded region yvith a tvpical Ame rican community in its lap. After a hearty dinner in the Officer's Club, we repaired to the Lodge for the lalxirs that awaited us. The Lodge is on the edge of a yvooded hill where crickets kept serenading us yvith their nocturnal music. The place must be yvonderful on moonlit nights. Here yve were privileged to see the Lodge at yvork •n passing a candidate to the Fellotvc-raft degree. The Grand Lecturer, ever alert lor any miscue in ritualistic yvork, found little to improve. Grand Master Ofilada, in his mes sage to the Lodge, took the opportun ity to announce his appointment of Wor. Bro. Hannon R. Jackson as DisGRAND MASTER’S TRIP OVERSEAS 57 irict Deputy Grand Master for Masonic District No. 22. Investiture was made then and there bv the Grand Master with MWB Munarriz assisting. Friday, August 28—This was anoth er “Free” day for the Grand Master and his party who spent it seeing more of Tokyo. Visits to the department stores proved costly as they led to inevitable purchases which, however light, made heavy dents upon our finances because of the extremely small dollar allocations given by the Central Bank back home. At 7:30 p.m., under the guidance of American and Japanese brethren, our party drove to the home of Wor. Bro. Katsuo Yamaki of Kanto Lodge No. 143 where Mrs. Yamaki prepared a Japanese dinner to the delight of the guests. That evening certainly was on^ of the highlights of the party’s visit to Japan for it afforded the members an opportunity to visit a Japanese home and participate in a genuinely Japanese dinner with Japanese “saki” for chaser. Saturday, August 29—Our official mission to Japan having been complet ed, there was time for recreation. Ac cordingly, the Grand Master accepted an invitation of Yokosuka Lodge mem bers to a picnic at Nagai Beach op posite Yokosuka. This swimming re sort is a favorite of the American military personnel in Japan. Its broad sandy beach starts from the edge of the woods on a slope of the nearby hill. It was cool in the glade where the pic nickers spread their mats and ate their sandwiches and juicy steaks which the brethren and their wives supplied in abundance. In the evening the four Lodges tendered for us a buffet dinner in Gajoen Kanko Hotel, a U. S. Army special sendee hotel. It is one of the swankiest in Tokyo where elevator doors are lacquered, the walls tastefully decorated and the floors richly carpeted in red. A very entertaining program of song and dances, feats of dexterity and music followed the dinner. Sunday, August 30—Everybody was thinking of home sweet home and what to bring for the waiting families in Manila. Fortunately, department stores were open for there is no Blue Sunday Law in Tokyo. Carefully husbanding our dwindling dollars, wc had to em ploy higher mathematics before attempt ing further purchases lest nothing be left to pay M. W. Bro. Munarriz who, as business manager of the group, was advancing payments for our hotel and laundry bills. In the end every one was able to pack something for the good wife and children back home. Monday, August 31—The morning was occupied by preparations for the flight homeward. At last it was "Savonara.." At 10:00 a.m. the parly headed for the airport whence a North west plane took it first to Okinawa for a brief stop-over, and thence to Manila, landing a few minutes before 8:00 o’clock in the evening. Wc give up attempts to express fully our gratitude to all lhe brethren in Okinawa and Japan who made the visit such a pleasant experience for us. It is beyond words. On the way to lhe airport we were ruminating on the results of the trip. One insistent thought—and wc say it here now for the records—was the real ization that Masonry has gained a Firm foothold in Okinawa and Japan. Outward manifestation bear this out. But more important is the influence of Masonry upon our brethren there. In Okinawa, for instance, so fine is the 58 THE CABLE TOW October, 1930 fellowship a mono them that they can hardly separate after each meeting in the Lodge—which, by the way, is held weekly—that they invariably repair to a social hall to be together until the wee hours of the morning. Jocularly they call it the Fourth Degree. It is true that by far the greater bulk of members both in Okinawa and Japan are American servicemen who leave the country after a time; but the imprint of the Craft upon their lives is doubt less carried wherever thev go and in evitably influence others. And so Okinawa and Japan arc the Alma Mater as it were of men who help spread abroad Masonry's leachings of broth erhood, love and charity and thcrebv bring closer, albeit in measures not spectacular, the millcnium of goodwill and peace for which mankind yearns so much. And what of our Japanese brothers? Today they are few. Should in the future American forces be withdrawn from their country, will Masonry die In Japan? Wc do not think so. "Men may come and men may go, but the river goes on forever”. The spring re mains with our brothers in Japan, and by their examples it will draw from their own people men thirsting for the benign teachings of the Order. Cities are known to have grown around health-giving springs. So will it be Icr Masonry in Japan. Men will come to it to drink from the "fountain of living waters” and leave no more. GRAND MASTER’S TRIP OVERSEAS 59 More on Youth Organizations We have, in previous issues of "The Cable Tow”, written about youth or ganizations affiliated to Masonry: Or der of Rainbow for Curls, October, 1958 pp. 60 & 61; Order of DeMolay, January 1959, pp. 105 & 106- Order of Job's Daughters, April 1959', pp. 125 & 126. We are, one might say, an unrecon structed believer in youth and their value to the community and the na tion. And we arc not sentimental about our interest in them; it is our vocation and avocation. By now our readers know that in vouth organizations affiliated to Ma sonry their members are taught loyalty patriotism, sendee, charity, freedom, love of God, and those other character traits that stand to make them good men and women, distinct and valuable assets to their parents, their friends, their communities, and their countries; and best of all, practising believers in the Supreme Being. This early, they are taught that charity is in the heart and that anyone who does not have charity has the worst kind of heart trouble. Wc parents, often quoting Bro. Ri zal, when things go wrong with the south in our communities, desperate!}’ ask: “Where are youth who will con secrate their golden hours...?’ when we should soberly ask ourselves: “Where are the parents of these youths and what have they done or not that our youths are like this?” When we feel like criticizing our young people shall we not criticize ourselves first? It is to our credit as Masons that many of us are interested in the vouth of the land. We and our womenfolk have taken interest in the YMCA, WCA, Boy and Girl Scouts, etc. It is well. But in addition, we should pre ferentially be interested in the youth organizations affiliated to Masonry be cause these bear direct relationship to us. Their members draw their quali fications for membership from our sta tus as Masons; otherwise, except in some instances, thev cannot be mem bers of the youth organizations like De Molay, Rainbow or Job’s Daughters. We have learned that the majority of DeMolav boys, on reaching the ageof majority, seek membership in Ma sonry; in like spirit, girls of the Rain bow and Job’s Daughters seek mem bership in the Eastern Star when they come of proper age. The young people are not only probable and possible re placements; thev arc, better vet, add itions to the growing memberships in Masonry and the Eastern Star. It is a pleasant experience to hear brothers talk with pride of their Maso nic families; where the wife is also an Eastern Star, the young sons DeMalays, and the daughters, Rainbows and/or Job’s Daughters. On feels the warmth and glow of the brother’s joy in so hav ing such a family. Almost always, such a family is not only happy and content ed; but when the stress and storms of life come, its strongly-knit relationship will weather anv storm and come out stronger, united, and impregnable. For now, it is meet that we Masons cultivate our interest in youth organi zations affiliated to Masonry. The Grand Lodge has a Committee on Youth which can supply the informa tion and assistance where there are are Lodges and Chapters interested in or ganizing units or chapters of these youth organizations. Information about 60 the different Orders can be had by writing direct to the following: RW8 M. Crude, 265 Joffre, San Juan, Rizal, Supreme Deputy for lhe Order of De Molay in the Philippines; WB Walter JI. Schoening. 632 Pinaglabanan, San Juan, Rizal, Supreme Deputy for the Order of Rainbow lor Chris in lhe Phil ippines; Mrs. Dorothv L. Ommundsen, Box 34, U.S. Navy' 3002, Olongapo, Zambalcs. and Mrs. Iilipina F. San tiago, 33 Elicano, Olongapo, Zambalcs. /Vssisting Deputies in the Philippines, Order ol Job’s Danglers. Consequent to the foregoing para graphs, let us, at the moment, pres ume that there arc some individuals, Lodges, Bodies, and Chapters interest ed in organizing youth groups in their communities. Foremost among the problems connected with organizing is the small matter of money. It is pos sible that one Lodge or Scottish Rite bode or Royal Arch chapter or Eastern Star chapter can bear the organiza tional expenses alone. I he Jose Abad Santos chapter ol l^eMolay was organ ized and is subsidized bv the Philip pine Bodies. Loyally Chapter of DeMo lav by Luzon Bodies. Perla Assembly of Rainbow, by Lodge Perla del Oriente, £1034, S.C.: Clark Field Assembly of Rainbow, bv Mt. Arayat Chapter £11, OES; Clark Field Chapter of De Molay, bv Leonard Wood Lodge No. 105. ' It is likewise possible that some in dividual Mason or Eastern Star may want to underwrite the organization of a chapter of DeMolav, an assembly of Rainbow, or a bethel of Jobs Daught ers. This individual benevolence would be most welcome for there can be no lx’ttcr investment than an investment in vouth. Besides, this is an invest ment that is tax-free, deductible from income tax returns. Someday some such individual will be found or will present himself or herself voluntarily. In the more recent years however, the support of our youth organizations have been the joint ventures of lodges, chapters, and bodies of the communi ties. For instance, the T.R. Yangco Chapter of the Order of DeMolav and Bethel No. 1 of the Order of Job’s Daughters, both in Olongapo, are the cooperative endeavor of Lincoln Lodge No. 34, Western Luzon Bodies, AASR, Rebecca Parrish Chapter No. 5, OES, the Square & Coinpasses Club, the Shrincrs, and the Royal Arch Masons of the community. This year Bethel £2, of the International Order of Job’s Daughters was organized in Manila with the help of eight Lodges, three Eastern Star chapters in Manila, Quezon City, San Juan, Rizal, and two individual Masons. Even West ern Luzon Bodies and Rebecca Par rish Chapter No. 5, OES, and some individual Masons and Eastern Stars of Olongapo pitched in with donations. A community of interest is a good ba sis for a community of support, moral and financial. The really big problem with vouth organizations is keeping the interest and lovaltv of the members after the organizations arc started. I: is a mat ter of no small concern that our Ma sonic vouth organizations should rise above other vouth organizations which are merely for social purposes and where the enthusiasm of the members dies down after the inaugural dance and the first installation of officers. Our youth organizations affiliated to Masonrv are expected to go on for gene rations and even if their members are automatically retired after thev get to a certain age, the younger ones who should be trained in their early mem bership. step in and carry on with lhe leadership. Linder the foregoing expectation, the adults who are asked or volunteer to help in the foundation, should be en MORE ON YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS 61 dowed with a full measure of patience, fidelity, and resourcefulness in order that thev mav guide these young people through any difficulties that mav be encountered. It requires part of our precious twenty-four hours of the ciav wherebv we take a portion of that part reserved for the good of cur fcllowmcn. It is in fact, an investment of life in life. This kind of leadership takes lhe spirit of self-less service for out of it, one gets no material benefits, onlv jov and satisfaction in helping to shape young minds and hearts for that which are honest, true and of good re port in life, so that thev can reach up ward for that something higher and better than anything they have ever known. The fees arc not too high; neverthe less. thev amount to something. While many of our voung people can easily afford it from their allowances, some of them need help to go in. There have been cases where brethren have given the initiation fees as gifts to their children or those of their brethren. In some cases, Lodges and chapters have given such gifts from their funds for benevolences. Wc have thus far discussed the fi nancial problems concomittant to the organization of vouth groups with Ma sonic affiliation. The problems, we will recall, arc present at the outset: fees, equipment, paraphernalia, initia tory dues, etc. as well as the matter of developing the loyalty and maintaining the interest of the members in the or ders which they may join. We arc stronglv of the opinion that the matter of encouraging the members to have activities — social, in tellectual, and civic, that would con duce to the development of their char acter and personality becomes an easy matter once the young people are im bued with the ideals and objectives of the different Orders. Basically, young people arc not lacking in drive and energy. They will do things, the nat ure of which will depend a good deal on the guidance provided by their adult advisers. Such activities will be for good or ill, and so much and so far as the guidance encourages or disuades. Like all good and sensible adults, young people are embarrassed by being made the personal objects of charity. They would rather give than be given. .And they can raise their own money for their needs as a chapter or unit without necessarily burdening their parents. In their chapter, assembly, or bethel, they learn to be independent within their capabilities. Sometimes they can help each other as the need arises. And when they learn to see the needs of each other, thev expand their sympathies to the needy though they be not of their number. At this time we will conclude with the suggestion that our Grand Lodge set up a Youth Fund to be built up with an initial budgetary appropriation, and increased by donations and gifts from time to time. Such a fund should be used to help Lodges interstcd in organizing youth chapters, as semblies or bethels in localities or com munities where there arc felt needs. The details for the distribution of the fund can be entrusted to the Youth Committee of the Grand Lodge. Wc will go even further. Let each Lodge start a Youth Fund that should be augmented from year to year. When it has a sufficient amount in the fund, it can organize a vouth organization without any help from the outside. & 62 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 J4ow 9ind ^ou the Candidate BY BRO. LEO A. HATTEN Okinawa Lodge ,Vo. 118 z\ review of proficiencies rendered during the past few months has ra dicated that the system proposed in Okinawa Lodge No. 118, F & AM in 1957, of issuing Coaching Licenses to instructors after the instructors had been examined and passed by a committee of Masters Masons, should not have been allowed to drop. In fact we re commend it to other Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction. Such a system would be inconvenient at the start, but it would improve the proficiencies to the extent that it would be worth the necessary effort required to implement The Deputy Inspector from the Grand Lodge was prompted to say re cently, after witnessing some profi ciencies rendered, that if the present emasculation were followed unhinder ed, the Ritual would not be recognizable in 50 years. The Worshipful Brother may have exaggerated somewhat in or der to emphasize a point, but it does point to an area that needs attention. Some of the reasons that would prompt a remark of this nature arc attributable to the coach who does not know his work very well, and some to the satisfaction of the individual candidate with other than perfect work that if he has the idea, he does not have to be perfect to pass the examination. Some may lay the blame to the language barrier, saying that there are nationalities in the lodge who have trouble with English. This need not necessarily be the case. Recently, one ol the best proficiencies returned in a lodge of renown was by an Oriental who has some difficulty with his English, but he took the trouble to learn his work explicitly. The officers of the lodge should in sist on nothing but perfection in pro ficiencies. Some time ago a candidate got up and gave a performance that was a harrowing experience. He stumbled on practically every line, and sometimes could not even continue after being coached with hints, key words, and even phrases to aid him. It would have’seemed more logical had the man tactfully been told to prepare nimself further, instead of being passed after he had promised to studv and learn the work better before he at tempted to progress. The proficiency examination is to determine whether the candidate is proficient here and now! Docs he know the work? It is not to exact from him a promise that he will studv before next month. Proficiencies are sometimes ruined because the candidate refuses to speak up so that all mav hear; rather, he acts like he is afraid someone is going to hear him. This is many times the fault of the examiner who gets up. buries his chin in bis chest and mumb les out the questions. Of course, the candidate parrots him by burying his chin in his chest and mumbling out the answers. There have been times when an entire examination was con ducted in the East and not a brother in the lodge save possibly the Worship ful Master, Senior Deacon, and Treasurer, who happened to be close by, heard a word that was uttered. Examinations arc rightly conducted in 63 open lodge For all to hear, and any thing other than that courtesy is con demnable. What is the answer' It might hurt a few Feelings tcm|M>rarily, but all would be more proud in the future (and Masonry would he better off), if some of the sub-standard proficiencies should be refused and sent back to the coach. This would create more of an incentive on the part of the coach and student. There arc many Masonic writers who decree that Ritual isn't the whole of Masonry, that a lodge and its officers should not become obsessed with exactness and miss all of the hidden symbolism with the fine meanings in culcated in the ritual. However, neither do these writers infer that the Ritual and its method of delivery should be allowed to deteriorate too far below acceptable standards. The time to studv the words and get them right is at the time the candidate is learning. After he has mastered hs words and their presentation, then lie can consider branching out into mean ings and symbolism. OUR CONGRATULATIONS! High in the list of government of ficials in both the judiciary' and the executive department are brethren who, by dint of industry, honesty, efficiency and meritorious services, have been recently elevated in their respective departments. Leading this recent group is WB Jose Gutierrez David, formerly presiding justice of the Court of Ap peals, who was named r\ssociate Justice of the Supreme Court. WB David is Past Master of Pampanga Lodge No. 48 and a dual member of T. M. Kalaw Lodge No. 136. The following others have been named to the second leads in theii res pective bureaus: WB Nicanor Penamora, PM, Mt. Huraw No. 98, as Assistant Director, Bureau of Agricul tural Extension; WB Rufino Tolentino, PM, Pintong Bato No. 51, Assistant Director, Bureau of Telccomunicatons: WB Tiburcio Serevo, PM, High Twelve No. 88, Assistant Director, Bu reau of Forestry; WB Pablo C, Maria no. PM, Kasilawan No. 77, Deputy Collector of Customs; and Bro. Misael P. Vera, member of Labong No. 59, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living. You can make your life what yoii want it to be through belief in God and in yourself. Frank Lloyd Wright, the famous architect, who has been called one of the most creative genuises of all time said, "The thing always happens that you really believe in. And the belief in a thing makes it happen. And I think nothing will happen until you thorough ly and deeply believe in it." From STAY ALIVE ALL YOUR LIFE by Norman Vincent Peale. 64 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 Masonry and the Taverns MWB SIDNEY M. AUSTIN, PGM At first thought it might appear that our Fraternity could have nothing in common with taverns, however, the re cords of the early days, when the Craft was in the early stage of the process of being converted from a wholly Ope rative state to Speculative Masonry, the lodges used to meet in taverns or inns but wc should be careful not to deve lop the idea that those taverns or inns had anv similarity with the saloons, bars and general hotels of the present In those times the taverns were gen erally the most imposing buildings ;n town and were so designed that there was always, at least, one large room that was suitable for Edge meetings or anv other similar gathering, in fact a very important feature of tavern life was the various meetings and gather ings that it used to cater for. A writer of the period we arc in terested in, wrote, and I quote: — “The leading men of the nation used to meet in taverns to discuss problems of science, religion, government, phil osophy and so on as part of their daily lives." That prolific writer and historian, Lord Macaulay, wrote: — “By way of interest I might mention that the Rainbow was the tavern where Lodge No. 75 used to meet in the year 1731 and of which, llenrv Price. “Father of Freemasonry in America” was a member." For some years prior to the formation of the Mother Grand Lodge in London, lodges met in taverns and they were known by the name of the tavern where in they held their meetings. For instance, the four old original lodges that grouped together to bring the Mother Grand Lodge into existence were known as follows: — No. 1 — Goose and Gridiron Ale house, St. Paul’s Lane No. 2 — Crown Ale house. Parkers Lane near Drury Lane No. 3 - Apple Tree Tavern, Charles Street. No. 4 — Rummer & Grapes Tavern, Channel Row. When Masonry was taken over to America, the same practice was follow ed; the brethren used to hold their lodge meetings in taverns and inns for a very long period, in fact it was many years before the first Masonic I emple was built. As a matter of fact, the first meeting of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire was held in the Earl of Halifax” Ta vern at Portsmouth. During the year 1738 a lodge held it’s meetings at the "Harp and Crown" in Charleston, South C arolina. An advertisement appeared in the "New York Gazette” during the year 1/39 which informed all interested part ies that a meeting of a lodge would be held at the “Montgomery Arms Tavern”. Lodge No. 18, Dover, Delaware, es tablished its meeting place at the “Sign of General Washington.” The first lodge of which we have any real record in New Jersey was the St. Johns’ in Newark which held its meetings in the "Sign of the Rising Sun" tavern in 1761. The (hand Lodge of Massachusetts 65 held many meetings at the “Bunch of Grapes” and also at the “Royal Ex change” taverns. However, the best known tavern in the whole America Masonic history is the "Green Dragon Tavern” in Boston. This tavern was erected about the end of the seventeenth or at the beginning of the eighteenth century and it is a great misfortune that no picture of it has been handed down to posterity. A picture of it was painted from contemporary descriptions with correct ions made by old residents who had seen the tavern and were, or claimed to be. well-acquainted with the general outline of its design. This painting was done sometime af ter the tavern had been demolished and, if we can judge from the picture, it must have been a most imposing structure consisting of two stories and with a mansard roof, thus giving it a smallish third story with dormer win dows. From the description given, the build ing must have been at least 50 or 60 feet in front with a depth of fully 45 to 50 feet. Apparentlv. there was the usual long room, the usual great chimney and fire place at each end, this long room soon became well known in Masonic circles and it must have extended the full length of the house. In this room were held the meetings of St. Andrews Lodge as well as numerous other societies, associations, etc., at the back of the building was a garden and a pond where, in good weather, the brethren used to congregate for refreshment a‘nd meals after thev had been called from labour. This tavern is frequently referred to as the "cradle of the revolution” be cause manv of the persons who took leading parts therein used to gather at the tavern and the famous “Boston I ea Party” was, without doubt, planned therein. During the period from 1775 until 1792, the “Green Dragon” tavern was the center of most of the Masonic ac tivities in Massachusettts, the brethren of St. Andrews Lodge playing the lead ing part in this undertaking. As far as can be ascertained, St. An drews Lodge was formed during the vear 1752 but this surmise is based upon circumstantial evidence. However, we do have evidence to the effect that during 1756, the lodge was re-organized under a charter from the Grand Lodge of Scotland. St. Andrews Lodge met at the "Green Dragon”tavern until the year 1813. However, at this date it was no longer the "Green Dragon” as the name had been changed to “Freemasons Hall”. .After 1818, St. Andrew met at the "Exchange Coffee House”. In the “Green Dragon" tavern, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was formed on St. Johns Dav in Winter in 1769 with the great patriot, Joseph Warren, who lost his life at Bunker Hill, as the firr-t Grand Master and the Grand Lodge used this tavern as their meeting place until it merged with the St. Johns Grand Lodge in 1792. The "Green Dragon” was purchased by the St. Andrews Lodge in 1764 and a vcrv distinctive Square and Com passes was promincntlv displayed on the front of the building, this was the caur-e for the change of name from “Green Dragon” to "Freemasons Hall”. However, when St. Andrews moved to the “Exchange Coffee House”, the ta vern resumed its old name of "Green Dragon”. In am afraid that, as a body, we do not pav as much attention to the feasts of the St. John as our old brethren used to do as evidenced by the follow ing note from the Grand Master will 66 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 lend to '■•how,: — This note is dated the 3rd December 1773 and reads: “This feast, as well as most of the others was held in the Long Room and. according to report, it was well attended and all had a good time.” It would not be proper on this oc casion, to recount the early Colonial illfeeling against Great Britain that led up to the revolution except to mention, in passing, that it culminated in the "Boston Massacre" on March 5, 1770 and which resulted in Great Britain withdrawing the troops and removing most of the objectionable taxes. How ever, the tax on tea remained in force and this caused such a strong resent ment that it led up to the famous “Tea Party”. Of course, wc cannot prove that the “lea Party" affair was the idea of the brethren of St. Andrews or that its members were participants therein but it ap|H.ars to be certain that the whole affair was engineered and planned and rehearsed in the Long Room of the “Green Dragon" tavern. Bro. John Barry told the story in the "Builder" in 1916 and 1 quote a part thcreol lor vour information: — “I lowcvcr, the evidence strongly seems »o indicate that Bros. Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, Joseph Webb, 1 homas Melville, Adam Collson, 1 Icnry Purket and Samuel Peck were active members ol the gang and. be it noted .were members of St. Andrew’s” Ol course, we cannot suggest that the "Boston Tea Party" caused the re volution. There would have been a revolution without that inducement but we can claim that it was of considerable help. It did accomplish something that rang down through the ages as an expression of the determination of the Colonial /Americans to resist the unjust threatment and threats to which they were being subjected, therefore, all Masons can recall with pride the activities that were planned in the “Long Room” of the "Green Dragon Tavern” and to icflect that Freemasons were in the front and leading the flight for the freedoms that we now enjoy and ac cept as a natural part of our inheritance. A A A ATIENZA IN HEALTH WORK WB Romeo Y. Atienza Past Master of Cosmos Lodge No. 8 recently return ed from Montreal, Canada where he at tended the convention of the Council of World Medical Associations as a delagate of the Philippine Medical Asso ciation of which he is the immediate past President. A signal honor was ac corded him and his home Medical As sociation when he was elected a mem ber of the eleven-man Executive Com mittee for a term of three years. WB Atienza is the first Oriental to be so honored. In the Philippines, WB Atienza was recently appointed bv President Garcia as the Chairman of the Council of Health Agencies, a bod)’ composed of the presidents of the major national organizations engaged in the promot ion of health work. WB Atienza .is active in his blue lodge as well as in the Luzon Bodies of the Scottish Rite to which he belongs, l ie and his wife, Maria Fe, a doctor of philosophy in nutrition from the Uni versity of Illinois, arc members of Sampaguita Chapter No. 3, OES. MASONRY AND TIIE TAVERNS 67 WITH PAST GRAND... sonry in the Philippines. A little disconcerting perhaps, hut now a thing of the past, was the fact of MWB Delgado’s illness after the .najor operation in the earlv part of conference. He had to undergo .1 June. He pulled through successfully and according to those who saw him after the operation, he has fully re covered and in much better health than at anvtime before his bout with illness. Writing to his Sisters and Brothers of Sampaguita Chapter #3, OES, he stated that God spared him for greater endeavor for Masonry, the Eastern Star, 3nd the Philippines. It is seldom nowadays that we hear about MWB and Minister Mauro Baradi, Philippine Representative to the United Nations, whose duties as member of the Advisory Council for Italian Somaliland take him to Ethio pia for most of each year; but when wc do, we are perked up to know Lhat his work and influence is lelt wherever he goes. During his annual reportage to the Headquarters in New York, most of MWB Baradi’s spare time was used :n filling speaking engagements in Masonic lodges and civic organiza tions. One of those was a trip to Bristol Lodge No. 25 in Leavittown, Pennsylvania, on June 20, 1959 where he was the guest speaker at the lodge meeting and at the informal luncheon that followed. Among other things, MWB Baradi charged his audience of some two hundred broth er Masons “to look upon the United Nations with great seriousness and with great hope" because as he obKABAYAO, VIOLINIST... Very little is known in the Philip pines of what transpired at the famous violin concource held in Vienna last May. Citizens of free countries who were present at the contest gave the □pinion that it war. all rigged up for the contestants of Russia and satellite countries who won all the major prizes. The Philippines sent two contest ants, Carmencita Lozada and Gilopez Kabavao and while they did not win any prizes, attracted the attention of the audience. Of Gilopez Kabayao, □ critic present at the contest wrote: “A small tiny Oriental with a smile. A brittle man, glossy hair atop his yellow skin, but a high class violinist. His sentimental tone is unbelievably pure. He handles the bow with mas(?ry and with Bach, we begin to sense a matured musical personality." Bro. Gilopez is the son of Bro. Dr. Doroteo Kabayao of Kanloan Lodge No, 64 and is himself a member of his father’s lodge. Bro. Gilopez, along with his three other sisters, Punay, Nita and Marcelita, is a member of Sampa guita Chapter No. 3, OES. served, "many Americans take the United Nations too much for granted." Consequently the editorial writer o! The Leavittown Times, agreed with MWB Baradi’s statement and urged his readers "to develop and maintain awareness of what is happening all around us...in Lower Bucks country, tn Pennsylvania, in America, in the whole world, wc mean." 68 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 A Masonic Travelogue By Bro. EUGENE STRANSKY, M.D. Member, Rafael Palma Lodge No. 147 It was a rare opportunity for me to have been invited to attend and give address principally at the Internation al Congress of Pediatrics in Montreal, Canada, July 19-25, and at the Inter national Conference on the Mentally Retarded in Portland, Maine, July 2731, that took me around the world in eighty days, taking most of my July, August and September, 1959. On this trip I made it a jxiint to visit Lodges, Grand Lodges and temples and learn things Masonic in addition to scienti fic conferences. My first stop from Manila was San Francisco, California where I visited the new temple (it is reallv a cathedral) and had a pleasant time going through the magnificent building. It is built on Nob Hill, an aristocratic suburb of the city. When I was in San Francis co in 1956, thev had just laid the cor nerstone and construction was quite •well on the wav. This time, the fin ished temple is a thing of beauty and a joy forever, as the poet would sav. The walls and columns arc of precious Italian marble; prominently displayed on the walls are artistic Masonic paint ings; offices and lodge halls are airconditioned; its basement is a parking lot for several hundred cars; has a huge assembly’ hall tastefully decorated □ nd primarily used for large meetings, but rented out for concerts and operas, the income from which is used for cha rity. Beside the building and yet form ing a part of it on the ground level is □ deluxe restaurant. It being summer recess, 1 was not able to sec any lodge at work in San Francisco. Due to a heavy schedule of scientific lectures and conferences, I could not visit lodge halls in Montreal, Canada or in Portland, Maine. The only even ing 1 had for myself in Montreal I used in visiting one of the lodge halls. I was impressed that a city of 180,000 population can have such a beautiful lodge hall, occupying a. prominent landmark in the city; its ground floor rented by business establishments and the second floor used as business and professional offices. After the conference in Portland, Maine, I made a lecture trip to St. Louis, Missouri and took off from New York for Paris after a pleasant month on the American continent. In France, I had planned to gather historical da ta and documents on our Bro. Jose Ri zal. LInfortunately, the lodges there were also in summer recess and I could not accomplish much. The Masonic situation in France is a bit interesting in that for eighty years •now thev have two Grand Lodges: the Grand Orient of France with 16,000 members and the National Grand Lodge of France with 11,000 members. The Grand Orient has eliminated the Bible from its altars and therefor en joys recognition from only a few Grand Lodges in the world. The Grand Lodge of the Philippines recognizes the National Grand Lodge, whose tem ple is a former Jesuit convent. While the present government allows Frce69 masonry in the country, it is hostile to the Craft and more often than not, Brethren have to be secretive about their Masonic affiliation. 1 was re ceived by the Grand Secretary General of the Supreme Council and the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, both of whom promised to research among the salvaged records and documents and send me whatever thev can find of va lue about Bro. Rizal. Let it be remem bered that during Hitler’s occupation of France, Masonry was banned and its lodges, temples and libraries were ransacked and looted. In Basle, Switzerland where I made a short stop, I tried to contact a lodge secretarv, bt* was unsuccessful. 1 was more lucky in Vienna, Austria. MWB Cour Canciller Schcichclbauer, the Grand Master of Austria, kindly re ceived me and gave me useful informa tion about Masonry in his country. Al though Masonrv was introduced there in 1740, it could not have a steady growth as it was banned at various times. The longest period was in the late 1800's an dearly 1900’s. It was again allowed to function after 1918, but in 1938, it was banned by Hitler. Mans’ of the brethren were jailed, con fined in concentration camps, or shot to death. The eminent physician, Dr. Deppler, who was the Grand Master at the time, was one of those killed. In 1945, however, the Craft was revived and now there are 13 lodges compris ing the Grand Lodge of Austria. They have a Supreme Council of the Scot tish Rite and its Sovereign Grand Commander is the present Grand Master. I was scheduled to deliver two lec tures in Ankara, Turkey in the new Children’s Hospital which is under the Department of Pediatrics of the Col lege of Medicine. 1 met Bro. E. .N. Egeran, the Grand Secretarv of the Grand Lodge of Turkey who informed me that although Masonrv was intro duced in Turkey in 1782 by Europe ans, the Turkish nationals did not have their own lodges until 1909. In 1935, Kemal Ataturk banned Freemasonry and it was not until 1949 when the blue lodges were allowed to function again. Strangely enough, while blue lodges were banned, the Scottish Rite was allowed to function and they had to have a symbolic lodge to maintain their status. From 1949 to 1956, 20 k-dges were revived or organized and these formed the Grand Lodge of Tur key. Today, the Grand Lodge is com posed of 32 blue lodges with some 2,000 members. The Grand Lodge is located in Ankara while the Supreme Council is in Istanbul Their ritual is either English or French. From Istanbul, I went to Jerusalem to fill several lecture engagements. 1 was able to contact Bro. Askenazv who gave me lhe address of the Grand Lodge in Tel Aviv. There I con tacted Bro. Dubinsky, the Grand Sec retary of the Grand Lodge of Israel which was established in 1953. It is a Grand jurisdiction of 43 blue lodges of some 2,000 members working in He brew’, German, English, Arabic, French and Rumanian. It is a pride to say that inspire of the tense political situa tion there, brethren in the Craft—Jews Moslems and Christians work in har mony and amiability. The first lodge was established there in 1891. India was mv last stop before re turning to the Philippines. There I gave lectures in Bombay and Calcut ta. In New Delhi, the capital of 370,000,000 people. I was privileged to be a guest at the lodge meeting and the dinner that followed. It was the 70 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 stated meeting of Lodge Rasa Jubilee No. 1511 (SC). Their ritual is com pletely different from any lodge I have been in, different even from the ritual in Lodge Perla del Oricntc No. 1034 in Manila which works in the Scottish Constitution. In India as in Israel, they have no Scottish Rite Bodies. 1 was impressed, however, by the fact that in their meetings, they have Maso nic topics for discussion in which many brethren take part. I cannot close this travelogue Avithout mentioning my visit to the House of the Temple of the Southern Juris diction in Washington, D.C. It was a pleasure and honor to have been re ceived bv Most Illustrious Brother Luther A. Smith, the Sovereign Grand Commander, a Manila visitor in Feb ruary this year, who conducted me around the building. I realized how nice it is to be important, but how important it is to be nice, as is Bro. Smith. In retrospect, I believe that brethren, when they travel abroad, should make it a point to visit lodges and Masonic offices for in them they are made to feel at home and treated as a brother irrespective of race, nationality and religious affiliation. TO THE WOMEN... Let us be reasonable and open our eyes, especiallv you, women, who are the first to influence the conscience of men. Bear in mind that a good mother docs not resemble the mother that the Friar has evolved. She must bring up her child as the image ol the true God; not an extorting and avaricious god, but of God the Father of all, who is just, doh does not suck the lifeblood of the poor like a vampire, nor scoff at the agony of the afflicted, nor bend the path of justice. Awaken and prepare the will of youc children to a just and proper appre ciation of honor, of sincere and firm purpose, clear judgment, clean behavior, honest acts, love of fellowmcn and respect for God — this is what vou must teach your children. And, since life is beset with sorrows and sufferings, vou must fortilv their minds against cverv stroke of misforune and insure their hearts to danger. People can neither expect honor nor prosperity so long as thev will not educate the children in a manlv wav and as long as the woman who guides the child in its tender vears is slavish and ignorant. One cannot chink clear water from a turbid, bitter spring- no savorv fruit can come from acrid seeds. 117; Rizal, "To the Women of Malolos.'" A MASONIC TRAVELOGUE 71 MANILA BETHEL IS CHARTERED The Manila bethel of the Interna tional Order of Job’s Daughters, since Feb. 15, 1959, under dispensation from the Supreme Council in Berwyn, Illi nois, was, on August 23, 1959 perma nently chartered and is now known as ‘Bethel No. 2, Manila’’ upon recom mendation of Mrs. Dorothy L. Ommundsen, Assisting Deputy of the Or der in the Philippines. Mrs. Ommundsen, seeing the good work of the girls in initiating seven of their petitioners that day, was impressed and forthwith recommended thoir charter. It is recalled that the Manila Bethel was organized with the assistance and generosity of Masonic lodges, Eastern chapters, a Scottish Rite body and some individuals, among them: T. M. Kalaw Chapter No. 9, Rosario Villaruel Chap ter No. 2, Sampaguita Chapter No. 3, Rebecca M. Parrish Chapter No. 5 of the Order of Eastern Star; Zapote Lodge No. 29, R. Palma Lodge No. 147, Taga-Ilog Lodge No. 79, Bethel No. 1, Western Luzon Bodies, MWB Howard R. Hick, MWB Michael Gold enberg, Mr. & Mrs. O. Ommundsen, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bowlin and others. Members of the Guardian Council of the Manila Bethel are Sister & MWB Antonio Gonzalez, MWB. Sidney Aus tin, WBros. Roman Ramos, Primo Guzman, RWB Hermogenes Oliveros, Sister & WB Nestorio Melocoton, Sis ters Eva D. Ventura, Rosario Villa nueva, Virginia Domingo, Andrea Val lejo, Mary C. Spulcr, and Miss Ca mellia Posoncuv. Word was recently received from the Scholarship Committee of the Supreme Council that Emelie Sison, a member of the Manila Bethel, was awarded a scholarship by the Committee consist ing of tuition and books for the school year 1959-60. Emelie Sison is in the first year of the College of Dentistry, U. E. The scholarship is renewable every year until she finishes the course. Bases for the scholarship pre high grades, worthy membership in the Or der, and promise of the course taken as beneficial to the community in which the student resided and will re turn to help the people. AAA ORDER OF RAINBOW Perla Assembly No. 1 of the Order of Rainbow for Girls held their twenty fifth installation of officers on Sept ember 27, 1959 at the Blue Hall of Scottish Rite Temple in Manila in the presence of a large assembly of members, friends, parents and Master Masons. Those installed are: Worthy Advisor, Advisor, Susana Mimay; Charity, MeJacqueline Araneta; Worthy Associate linda Tria; Hope, Delia Navia; Faith, Eunice Gamiao; Chaplain, Dalisay Capucion; Drill Leader, Carolyn Gardner; Love, Gloria Rosete; Religion, Sylvia Venturanza; Nature, Thelma Magno; Immortality, Katherine Araneta; Fideli ty, Morna Salcedo; Patriotism, Elizabeth Crudo; Sen ice, Alice Nibut; Confident ial Observer, Leddy Villalon; Outer Observer, Marlen£ Oliver; Musician, Marietta Picache; Choir Director, Paulina Vicente. Musical numbers were given by the DeMolav Quartet of the Jose Abad Santos Chapter No. 1, Order of De Molay. 72 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 The year 1959 saw the rejuvenation and expansion of the Order of the Knights of Rizal which was founded ?n 1909 by a handful of friends and loyal adherents of Rizal. Up to last vear, the Manila Chapter and a few others organized in the last several years had a membership of 197 with only 50 or so of them active in the Order. Under the leadership of Dr. Santiago F. de la Cruz, the Supreme Commander and MWB Michael Goldenberg, his Deputy Supreme Commander, the Order has grown to twelve chapters and doubled the membership reported last year. According to the report of Dr. de la Cruz, seven new chapters were organ ized in June, July and August of this year. There is at present tangible progress in the intensification and expansion of the rder. Up to this writing, chap ters arc found in Aparri, Cagayan, Calamba, Laguna; Hagan, Tumauini and Cauavan in Isabela; Laoag, Ilocos Nor te; Pasig, Rizal; and in the cities of Ma nila, Quezon, Lipa, Dagupan and Ba guio. The Order is a fraternal organization of men who love Rizal, strive to exemplify his ideals in their lives and study his life and teachings. Accord ing to its constitution, it has three degrees: Knight of Rizal, Knight Com mander of Rizal, and Knight Grand Cross of Rizal—the last being honorific and awarded only to any Knight Com mander of Rizal who has achieved pree minence in the Order. The latest Knight Commander of Rizal to be honored with the Grand Cross is Senat or Claro M. Recto. Thus far, onlv nine others have been so honored: Carlos P. Garcia, Alfredo de Leon, Manuel Lim, Juan Nakpil, Herminie Velarde, Teodoro Evangelista, Hermenigildo B. Reyes, Francisco Zamora and Gabriel Daza. The Order has a Women's Division called the Kababaihang Rizalista pre sently under the leadership of Dr. En carnacion Alzona, the national president. It also has a youth division called the Squires of Rizal. The Order, the onlv fraternal organization recognized and created by legislative enactment, hopes to have chapters in every province and foreign country where Filipinos reside within the near future to enable the Order to take a more prominent part in the centennial celebration of Rizal’s birth on June 19, 1961. Membership in the Order is not limited to Filipinos. A A a. The Boss still has an Oriental struggle with the English lan guage. Recently, welcoming a new employee into his section, he said warmly, “We are happy to have you with us. As you know, w,> are a little underhanded around here.” Surely, God does not tcish that he who has less brains should think like the one who has more, and vice-versa. No one should digest with the stomach of another even if that were possible. Rizal to Fr. Pastells. 73 Happy to be a Mason By BRO. BART LANIER STAFFORD. Ill 9011 185th St., Hollis 23, New York I am happy to be a Mason. I’m proud and thankful too, that I have been permitted to enjoy the companion ship of so many of those men in mv community who, as members of the Scottish Rite, have added so much to my store of knowledge regarding Frcemasonrv. Mv Lodge is to me a second home, a homc-away-from home. I wear my Masonic emblem on the lapel of mv coat with a feeling of pride that is beyond any other symbol that I could possibly place there. Five vears ago this Mav I became a Mason, a brother to every other Mason in the world. Now it is as though there was never a time when I was not participating in the work of Masonry, delighting in its fellowship, coaching new candidates in the ritual, and feeling the spirit of brotherhood grow within me. Frccmasonrv has given me bountiful gifts. The fraternity has given me strength and courage and hope. It has built up mv morale and has increased my selfconfidence. It has helped me to feel that I am a man among men, happy in that knowledge, yet humble in the realization of the many responsibilities that membership in the Craft natural ly imposes upon its serious devotees. In the fiercely competitive world of today, people generally take little time to be neighborly. They are too hurried and too hanied; they are too anxietyridden to be able to care much about what happens to those outside their immediate circle of friends. The cease less quest for the dollar seems to fill far too many lives. Even the most well-intentioned of men can fall as prey to the common callousness. It is for this reason that Freemason ry, with its teaching of love and broth erhood, is so important to those of its members who arc capable of adequate ly absorbing the lessons that arc hidden in its symbolism. Such men pull up with a start; their hel|>fulness, this genuine concern for the other fellow is something warm and human and wonderful in the life of the Mason. This is a side of life that may be the clearest glimpse of God that many are privileged to see. To men who first view their Freemasontv in this light, Masonic teaching comes as a revelation of truth, and thev are caught and held bv the velvet chains of Jove that can make life suddenly miraculously worthwhile and meaning ful. I am happv to be a Mason and a brother to all other Masons through out the free world. Mv membership in the Fraternity is a priceless gift, my most cherished possession and most prized accomplishments. Is it any wonder, then, that it gives me the greatest pleasure to spread the good news of Masonry to all the men with whom I come in contact? —Reprinted from the NEW AGE, June 1959, pp. 385 - 386. Used by Permission. 74 Official Section CIRCULAR No. 1 TO ALL MASTERS WARDENS AND BRETHREN OF THE LODGES OF THIS JURISDICTION. Re: Annual Dues Greetings: We are not happy whenever a brother is suspended, and what’s more, it’s a great pity if it were for noil-payment of dues. Yet it docs happen only too often. We shall prevent this by removing its causes. What are those causes? They arc the neglect or oversight of the brother to pav; neglect or over sight of the Lodge to collect; and the psycho-natural if not financial difficulty of paying a snowballed sum of accumulated arrears in dues. How shall wc remove these causes? Each brother shall spontaneously pay his duties in advance cither entirely or quarterly. If he does not, his Lodge shall compel him to do so. If this fails, he shall neither be permitted to vote nor be eligible to any office. The Tvlcr shall exclude from the Lodge any visitor without evidence of good stand ing in his own Lodge in accordance with the Regulations of the Grand Lodge. In order that we may have nothing but vigorous Lodges and happy Masons in this Cirand Jurisdiction, 1 am asking each Master to have this circular read on three consecutive stated meetings of his Lodge after its receipt and to enforce the same strictly. Manila. Philippines, May 15th. 1959 'a a a EDICT NO. 43 Whereas, the 1 lolv Bible, in the opening and closing of the Lodge, is often handled rather roughly, opened and closed abruptly, and otherwise manipulated in a manner incongruous to the circumstances of object place and purpose; Whereas, in some Lodges, Prayer is conducted in a hasty and garbled fashion without due formality and devotion; Whereas, such improper manner in the performance of those rituals which rank among the most beautiful and solemn in Masonic character and symbolism, bespeaks lack of even rudimcntal understanding of the nature of our ?\ncicnt Craft: Whereas, Pravcr should be performed with earnestness, Tcspcct and sincerity, and in a dignified manner expressive of the truly religious character and sentiments of the Members of our Craft; and, Whereas, to give Pravcr in our Lodges the dignity, impressiveness and solemnwhich the brethren may be guided during the Prayer; Now, therefore, 1. Macario M. Ofilada, Grand Master of Masons of the M. W. Grand Lodge of the Philippines, bv virtue of the power and auth75 ority vested in me by our Constitution, do hereby DECREE 1. That every Prayer, when performed Lv the Chaplain, shall be said at the Altar, the Chaplain kneeling at its West side, facing East, except in the second section of the Third Degree, when the Chaplain shall kneel at the East side, facing West; 2. That during Prayer all shall stand at attention, bow their heads, and be at the sign of Fidelity—right hand placed over the heart.; 3. That every prayer shall be read or recited by either the Master or Chaplain, except that in the First Degree the Senior Deacon may recite the Prayer as the candidate kneels at the center of the Lodge; 4. That in the absence of the Chaplain, the Master shall appoint a chaplain pro tempore who shall act as such until the closing of the Lodge; 5. That during the reading or recital of those portions of the Scriptures alloted to the Perambulation in each of the three degrees, when performed bv the Chaplain, he shall stand at the West side of the Altar, facing East; and 6. That the Holy Bible shall be handled and closed slowly and tenderly, with all present observing complete hush and utmost reverence. Given under mv hand and the seal of the Grand Lodge, in the Citv of Manila, Republic of the Philippines, this 11th dav of June, 1959. A A DUTIES, POWERS AND PREROGATIVES OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 1. To visit each Lodge in his District whenever requested by any Lodge, or whenever he deems it necessary for the faithful performance of his duties. Then he shall: a. Examine the books of accounts of the treasurer. b. Examine the books of accounts, receipts, records and minutes of the Secretary and, if necessary, effect corrections or give suggestions to the end that the fiscal afairs of the Lodge mav be kept on a business-like basis; 2. To require every Lodge, soon after the installation of its officers, to prepare and approve a budget; 3. To require the Master of the Lodge, if necessary to convene his Lodge for inspection, and report to the Grand Master if the Master fails to do so; 4. To see that every Lodge make its returns and pay its Grand Lodge dues on or before January 15th of each year, and report thereon to the Grand Master any Lodge failing to do so; 5. To see that every Lodge remit to lhe Grand Lodge the Home, School and Dormitory Fee of Fifteen (P15.00) Pesos immediately after a brother is raised to Master Mason--this to avoid the possibility of the amount being used bv the Lodge for other purposes, and report thereon to the 76 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 grand Master any Lodge that fails to do so; 6. To make such suggestions and recommendations to the officers of the Lodge as he may deem necessary to insure full and prompt compliance with the laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge and the By-Laws of the Lodge; 7. To promote—in consultation with the Master and members of every Lodge —the holding of public functions to which the families and friends of our Brother Masons may be invited, such as on Rizal’s Birthday, Masonic Heroes’ Day, etc.; 8. To suggest to the Lodge to conduct a “Lodge of Sorrow” in memory of the deceased brother, if one died during the year, to which the immediate members of the family and friends of the deceased brother may be invited, such services to be held at or about the end of October; 9. To endeavor, if he should find in his District any Masonic error or any un-Masonic conduct, to correct it by Masonic means and, if necessary, to report the same to the Grand Master for action; 10. To make decisions involving routine matters, but in every case he must make sure that the provisions of the Constitution are not violated; 11. To preside over the convention of Lodges in his District; 12. To recommend to the Grand Master through the Grand Lecturer for appointment one Inspector for each Lodge to aid and assist him in the performance of his duty as District Deputy Grand Master; 13. To report to the Grand Master any Master-elect or Warden-elect who refuses or neglects to acquire proficiency within the proper time; 14. To perform such other acts as will promote the welfare of the Lodges in his District and to discharge such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Grand Master; 15. To render a report of all the transactions and other doings of his District to the Most Worshipful Grand Master sixty (60) days before the date of the Communication of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines; 16. To supervise and coordinate the work of the Inspectors and, if necessary, hold a quarterly convention of Inspectors, in the District to which the Grand Lecturer or any Grand Lodge Officers may be invited to help them in the performance of their difficult duties. 17. On official visitation to the Lodges in his District, he shall be received with Grand Honors and, for that purpose, he mav wear a hat. A A DUTIES OF LODGE INSPECTORS The Inspector of a Lodge is an assistant to the District Deputy Cirand Master and, as such, shall aid and assist the latter in the performance of the following duties: 1. Visit the Lodge to which he is ap;x>intcd Ins|>eclor whenever requested by said Lodge, or by the District Deputy Grand Master, or whenever he deems if necessary. Then he shall: OFFICIAL SECTION 77 a. Examine the books of accounts of the Treasurer, b. Examine the books of accounts, receipts, records and minutes of the Secretary and, if necessary, effect corrections or give suggestions to the end that the fiscal affairs of the Lodge may be kept on a business-like basis, and forthwith report thereon to the District Deputy Grand Master. 2. Conduct Schools of Instruction as often as necessary for the benefit o! the officers and members of the Lodge; 3. Supervise the ritualistic work of the Lodge and sec that it is in strict conformity with the work as adopted bv the Grand Lodge. Impressive ness and solemnity in all work should be emphasized to the Lodge, especially during the second section of the Third Degree. In this phase of Third Degree work, the Lodge Inspector shall see to the faithful implementation of the policy of the Grand Lodge of eliminating all roughness, and make all understand that any roughness, as such is a distinct disservice to other brothers to the Lodge, and to the Fraternity. 4. See that proper decorum is strictly observed in the Lodge at all times; 5. Sec that the Ritual is not opened at any time during Lodge work, except when reading those printed portions (Prayer, Charge, Perambulation, Aprons and Working Tools) of the Monitor by an authorized brother; 6. Report to the District Deputy Grand Master the working condition of the Lodge; 7. Sec that the Lodge prepare and approve a budget soon alter the installation of its officers; 8. See that the Lodge make its returns and pay its Grand Lodge dues on or before January 15th, and report thereon to the District Deputy Grand Master if the Lodge fails to do so; 9. See that the Lodge remit to the Grand Lodge the Home, School and Dormitory Fee of fifteen (Pl5.00) pesos immediately after a brother is raised a Master Mason—this to avoid the possibility of the amount bein® used bv the Lodge for other purposes, and report thereon to the Deputy Grand Master if the Lodge fails to do so; 10. Examine the Master-elect, before he is installed, on his knowledge cf the Constitution, Laws, Edicts and Regulations of the Grand Lodge appertaining to lhe government of Lodges. Sec that he gets a copy ol the “Questionaire" after his election and, if necessary, help him in answering the questions; 11. Examine and instruct the Master-elect and Wardcns-elect personally, before being installed, on the following work; a. Conferring of degrees and lectures— 1) Master-30 2) Senior Warden—2° 3) Junior Warden—1° b. Opening and closing of the three lodges c. Reception of the Grand Master or District Deputy Grand Master d. Reception and Retirement of the Flag c. Transaction of business and balloting; 78 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 12. Issue Certificates of Proficiency to the Master-elect and Wardcns-elect if they are found to be proficient on the above-mentioned work; 13. Withhold issuance of Certificates of Proficiency to the Master-elect or Wardcns-elect who refuse or neglect to acquire proficiency; 14. Report to the District Deputy Grand Master any Master-elect who fails to, qualify within the proper time; 15. Perform such other duties as mav from time to time be assigned to him by the District Deputy Grand Master: 16. Attend the Lodge of Instruction to he given by the Grand Lecturer im mediately before, during, or Following, each Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge oi anv time the Grand Lecturer mav deem proper; 17. The Inspector shall neither visit the Lodge officially nor represent the Most Worshipful Grand Master unless properly deputized by the latter in writing. (Sgd.) MACARIO M. OFILADA Grand Master ATTEST: Sgd.) ESTEBAN MUNARRIZ, PGM Grand Secretary A A /\ TENTH BOY SCOUT WORLD JAMBOREE More than twelve thousand Boy Scouts from all over the Philippines and more than thirty foreign countries held camp on the slopes of Mt. Makilin^, Laguna for their world jamboree from Julv 1 to 27, 1959. Over two thousand of the scouts came from for eign countries. The press and those able to be pre sent at the jamboree held the opinion that it was a successful project inspite of the rainy season at the time. They explained that the world jamboree, wherever it was held, was rained in anvwav and the Philippines was no cx-eption. It is gratifying to note that many Masons helped with the preparation of delegations in local, provincial and na tional councils to enable the country to send more than ten thousand boys to the jamboree. Some lodges gave finan cial assistance to deserving lx>v scouts to enable them to join the jamboree. OFFICIAL SECTION 79 In the August 1916 of "The Build er”, a Masonic magazine, the following item is found: “An Epistle of 1873 attributed Ma sonry to Satan, and declared the Evil One founded it and continued its de velopment. “The fierce denunciations of Pius IX are of peculiar interest to Masons, because the records of the Italian Grand Lodge show His Infallible Ho liness to have been expelled from the fraternity after his election as Pope. Victor Fmmanuel having been aided by Garibaldi, a 33rd degree Mason, in overthrowing the tem|X)ral power of the Papacy and in establishing religious and constitutional liberty in Italy, was in formed that the Po]K, when a young rnan, had been Initiated, Passed and Raised in a Masonic Lodge. He there fore caused him to be tried for repeated violations of his obligations to the Ma sonic Brethren. Pius IX was found guiltv, expelled, and the proclamation of his expulsion, signed bv Victor Emmanuel, then King of Italy and Grand Master of Masons in that count ry, was sent all over the Masonic world.” 80 THE CABLE TOW October, 1959 GRAND LODGE COMMITTEES FOR 1959-60 COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE MWB Antonio Gonzalez . . Sidney M. WB Tcolilo Abejo (95> MembC’* C0.5LM1TTE1J ON FINANCE Francisco Santiago (4) Leandro F. Cruz . (1G) Member COMMITTEE ON ACCOUUNTS WB Gregorio A. Vicente (]2) Chairman COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES Cenon S. Cervantee......... (50 Member COMMITTEE ON' CORRESPONDENCE Joao T. Komatoy . (12» Chairman (4) Member COMMITTEE ON Alberto Donor ... . RETURN'S COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY (12) Chairman Gregorio A. Vicente COMMITTEE ON CUSTODIAN MWD Sidney M. Austin . COMMITTEE ON ACACL1 ISLAND Tcolilo GuaxTiz . Evuristo S. Quila Ramon Labo (30 Member COMMITTEE ON PVBLIO FUNCTIONS COMMITTEE ON CEMETERY WB Primo I. Guzman Manuel T. Par. COMMITTEE ON MASONIC TEMPLE COMMITTEE ON CABLE TOW MWB Howard R. Hick RWB William (SO) Member Edward F. Stewart Member SERVICE COMMITTEE ON CHARITY MWB Michael Goldenberg COMMITTEE ON I Marcelino P. Dyaajigeo • RECEPTION COMMITTEE MB Jose Ma. Cajucom. Sr. (05 COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION OF LODGES Member MWB Werner P. ScbelellT WD Herinogciicd P. Oliveros COMMITTEE ON MUSIC PROGRAM LITERARY COMMITTEE ON YOUTU WD Manuel M. Gnido Tcolilo A. Abejo (122) Manber COMMITTEE ON ATHLETICS ........ I BAD OFFICIALS ARE ELECTED BY GOOD CITIZENS WHO DO NOT VOTE