A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=30564 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: March 6 1915 Article Description: Initiations Page 14 Article Text: Washington Post March 6, 1915 Initiations Page 14 TAKE 117 INTO ARCANUM Ten Councils Hold Joint Initiation at Old Masonic Temple. After Ceremonial Members Sing Choruses and Officers and Degree Team Are Entertained at Dinner. The rolls of ten councils of the Royal Arcanum were increased by 117 last night, when that number of neophytes, after protracted adventures with the time-honored goat, and other agents destined to impress them with the gravity of the occasion, were administered the oath of fealty at the old Masonic Temple. Thirty-nine potential members failed to appear, from various causes, and will be initiated at a later date. While an increase of 117 is not a record breaker for the Arcanum, it is higher than any of the last few years. The only council failing to send up any candidates was the Francis Scott Key. The numbers supplied by the other nine were as follows: District, 89; National, 16; Oriental, 15; Capitol, 14; Kismet, 10; Ouray, 7; Municipal, 6; Analostan, 6; and Farragut, 5. Officers are highly pleased with the showing. Following the celebration of the star-chamber rites, several choruses were sung by the assembled company, which then dispersed. M. D. MERCER, grand regent, presided over the meeting and initiation. An informal dinner in his honor and that of Frank B. WICKERSHAM, supreme regent, was given at the Ebbitt later in the evening, tendered by the committee in change, consisting of Claude A. ZAPPONE, District Council; S. I. BESSELIEVRE, Capitol Council; E. P. GOODWIN, Analostan Council; Benjamin WHITE, Farragut Council; James H. RUTH, Francis Scott Key Council; G. D. SULLIVAN, Kismit Council; J. E. THOMAS, Municipal Council; F. W. WHITE, National Council; E. A. NEISS, Oriental Council, and H. G. LENZ, Ouray Council. For April 5 is announced the annual meeting of the grand council and chair officers of the subordinate councils at the Ebbitt. Officers will be elected, and installed the following day by Deputy Supreme Regent L. R. GEISENBERGER, of Lancaster, Pa. A banquet will wind up the celebrations. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com