Shiloh Lodge #327October 1998 Trestleboard
Shiloh Lodge #327
October 1998 Trestleboard
From the East
First, please come out to the Grand Master’s Breakfast on Oct. 23rd. Let us know right away if you can attend, we need to get them a final count by the 21st.
Beginning with the November 1998 business meeting, we are starting a Masonic Education Program. This program will be a 30 minute session just prior to the start of the meeting. Our intention is to have a program every month.
This first month will feature Charlie Amidon, who will speak on Masonry in Nebraska.
However, if we want to make this a success, we need your support. Certainly we would like you to come out and enjoy the programs, but also we need your input. We want to put on programs that are on subjects you are interested in! So please bring some ideas to the next business meeting, or call myself or Charlie.
Also, we need some additional help in putting on programs. You don’t need to be a history whiz or great speaker to put on one of these programs. There are many video tapes and "short talk" printed programs available that we can obtain that you could then facilitate. Let us know if you would be willing to help!
Other business coming up is the proving up of the Lodge this next month, please give us a hand if we call you for help.
There was some discussion at this last business meeting in regard to changing the bylaws. Grand Lodge has requested us to update our bylaws to reflect that we are dark in the summer. This led to some discussion about making the business meetings start earlier in the evening. Both these issues will be discussed further at the next meeting, so if you have any opinion on either matter, you might want to be present to express it.
Finally, next month we will be electing officers for next year, so there is one more reason to attend and make your vote count. See you then!
Fraternally Yours,
Paul D. Rutherford
Worshipful Master-1998
THE SQUARE
The square as an emblem is geometrical and not mechanical in its origin according to authorities, who trace it back to the ancient Egyptians, who in solemn processions carried the cubit of justice, by which perpendiculars, right angles and squares might be laid our, its form being that of one arm of a square, with the inner end cut to an angle of 45 degrees.
"The close analogy between justice and that which is perfectly upright is so obvious as to have become universal. The terms 'an upright man' and a 'just man' are in nearly all languages synonymous, hence the scriptural phrases: 'The way of the just is uprightness; thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just;' 'He that walketh uprightly' and the admonition 'to walk uprightly before God and man.' Besides this, the square was used in Egypt to redetermine the boundaries of each man's possessions when, as frequently happened, the landmarks were swept away by the inundation of the Nile, thus recovering to every man his just rights. The Egyptian land-measure itself was an aroura or a square, containing one hundred cubits.
"The square representing the fourth part of a circle, has a direct allusion to division of the ecliptic and celestial equator into four equal parts, indicative of the solstitial and equinoctial points, and the division of the year into four seasons. By it we are also enabled to divide the circle of the horizon into quadrants, and by the aid of the sun in the south to correctly mark out the four cardinal points of the compass. In not only geometry, but astronomy also, the use of the right angle is indispensable.
First in a Series!
Masonic Education Program
This first session featuring MW\ Charles Amidon, PGM
Wednesday, October 7th at 7:00 p.m.
Just prior to Business Meeting
Come out a little early this next business meeting
night for a session on Masonry in Nebraska.
We plan to make this a regular event before each business meeting,
but will need your ideas & suggestions of what you would like to
see in the way of program subjects.
Please come this next business meeting with your ideas so we can
begin formulating future programs.
If you would be interested in presenting a program on any particular
subject, please let us know
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2nd Annual
Grand Master’s Breakfast MW\ Don E. Rasmussen, Grand Master, along with several other Grand Lodge Officers, will be on hand to update us on happenings in the Grand Lodge and Masonry in Nebraska. Cost is $9.00 per person (or $80 for a group of ten) Please call Paul Rutherford (hm:596-9774, wk:397-1178) or Scott Oglesby (hm:895-4802, wk:390-9300) for reservation or tickets. Please call by Wednesday, Oct. 21st!
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Did You Know that ...
The Masters & Wardens Club is considering to allow any Past Master to be a member and represent their lodge? This possible bylaw change will be discussed at a future meeting. Have an opinion? Call Paul Rutherford and let him know.