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Vol. XV Manila, P. l. July, 1937;
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THEGRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
No. 2
PUBLISflED TOR AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LODGES OF TEUI JI'BISDICTION
A MASON TO THE CORE
ffisr. Wro. -lJrrxe
@- @entror.n, m.S.r,olto, as a jurist, legislntor, antl Masotu
is seruing ltis aountry usi,th ltonor and,
d;istinctian
(An imterui,ew frti.th him appears ,in the Sp,wntsh Secti,on of thi,s r,ssue)
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THE GITAND LODGE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSThe Grarid Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons lf the Philippine fslands, founded in 1912, has 104 Lotlges (28 in the City
of Manila), with approximately 5,200 Master Masons, It is the only sovereign Grand Lodge in Asia that is universallyrecognized. Its territory, the Phlippine Archipelago, has a land area o{ 1l4,4OO .square miles and a population of thirteenmillions. The present elective Grand Officers are: Grand Master, Joseph lI. Alley; Deputy Grand Master, Jose Abad Santos;Senior Grand Warden, Jarnes Clark; Junior Grand'Warden, Jose de Ios Reyeg; Grand Treasurer, Vicente Carmona, p.G.M.;Grand Seeretary, Teodoro M. Kalaw, P.G.M. Grand Lodge meets on the fourth Tuesday of January each ye61.
Vol. XV Manila, P. I., July, 1937 No. 2
A Satisfied People - Democr&cy's ileed
DDRESSING himself to the people ofthe Philippines at the last celebration ofthe Glorious lrourth, High CommissionerPaui V. McNum spoke of America'sIeadership in "the establishrnent andmaintenance of a tru,e democracv in the
Far East..." This same America, he pointed out, isgiving freely to the people of the Philippines, "in re-cognition of their capacity for self-government andtheir pledge of adherence to democratic and consti-tutional principles," the same independence won byher only by force of arms.
The problem, however, of Democracy has be-conne in these times of stress mainly one of econo-mics and rightly Bro. McNut't said, thart "The strug-glc to secure economic equilibrium is as grim and as
rreal as arry wat." Norv, this equilibrium is not possi-
ble when the masses are hungry,. As Bro. McNurr putit graphically, "A hungry mdn.. is never rational inhis attitude toward the life of. the community ortoward his own life."
f,ittte doubt remains that in the Philippines thepeople govern-that is to say, the vobing people. Insubstance, thqt- is Dernocracy. It is' up to us now to,guard against the abuses of this system. Our duty,ir;. otLer words, is to prevent 'that Democracy chouldbe eonverted into an implaeable machine, as has hap-
pened in Soviet Russia, for the benefit of an oligar-chy claiming to govern for the people.
We in the Philippines have been trained underAmerican auspices long enough to realize the limita-tions of even that great boon of Democracy known as
Goaarrunent of tlze People. Politically, we have maturedenough to understand that as a nation striving for aperrnanent place in the sun our concern is as muchwhether the People govern the People, as whetherthe resulUant government does not interfere tco muchwith our pursuit of happiness and the privacy of ourlives. l1
It is our firm belief that we have a Constitutionthat guarantees our rights and liberties :against dic-tatbrial tendencies, but it all depend"s upon the people
whether that Constitution is to remain unviolable ornot. What we me,an is that the people themselvesmay distort it or, because of their indifference, allowit' to be distorted; or they may, when their temper istugiy, themselves destroy it.
Nothing, in the last analysis, can keep our gov-
ernment on an even keel as a 'satisfied people, andLrere is where the economic problem of Democracyreally comes in. We must girre more attenUion to thisproblem, if our masses are not to go hungry, if theyare Uo keep and use their reason at all ';imes, if theyare to face their destiny with courage and confidence.
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ITAWIT IYIONUnIENT DEDICATEI)SIfE OF FIRST LODGE IN ISLANDS IS CONSECRATED
Beautiful Statue of Greatestat Memorable
After the invocation by the VeryRev. Filomeno Galang, Grand Chap-lain, Wor. Bro. Victo.riano Yamzon,in behalf of the Committee on Com-memorative Monuments, made the pre-sentation to the Grand Lodge of thesltnbolic structure designed by the emi-nent Filipino sculptor, Guillermo Tolen-tino. Speaking .of tthe monument,Wor, Bro. Yamzon said that the ideasout of which the Filipino, master fash-ioned the work in cement and clay areenduring and immortal. Even geniusitself cannot strive to heights of gloryunless the sublime, the true, and thebeautiful be the guiding starlight ofhis creation. It is the universality ofMasonry, the greatness of it-" doctrines,and the strength of its principles whichmust have moved and guided the skill-ful hands of the sculptor when he pro-duced that statue of Brother Jose Rizaland gave it that serens poise of faithin his people yearning for light andtruth said Bro,. Yamzon. He further as-serted tltrat every'detail of its executionis in accordance with the spirit of theCraft. The significance of the syrnbolsare known ,to everv. true Mason. Theyare testimonials of our faith in a LivingGod-a Supreme Being who guides thedestinies of all men and nations.
In p.resenting the bronzs plaque withthe' following text:
In Commemoratit:,n of,,LAGIA PRIMERA LUZ FILIPINA''The First M(Bonic Lodge Establ,islted
in the PhiliTtpincs in 1856Thi,s Monument W:ts Erecterl, by th,eM. W. Grand Lodge o.f Free and Ac.cepted, Masons of the Philippine Isl,ctnds
Cornerstone Laid Februa.ry Zg, lgTrUnae,iled June 79, 7957
The Site Was Donated byMESDAMES NARCISA
andHILARIA J. JORGE
Through the Good. Of fi"ces of lLttrraLodge No. 51, F. & A. M.
The Wrought lron Inclosure WasPrveentod, bU Moni.l,a Lod,ge No. 1
F.&A.M,
II-FIE monument commemorating the founding of Logia PrimeralI Luz Filipina, the first Masonic Lodge constituted in the Phil-
ippines, was unveiled with fitting ceremonies at Kawit, Cl,avlL'e, June19, 1937, by the M. W. Grand Lodge. In the absence of MW JosephH. Alley, who mas unavoidably taken ill, Rt. Wor. Jose Abad San-tos, Deputy Grand Master, opened the Grand Lodge in ample format the.hall of Ibarra Lodge promptly af 3:00 P. M. From the hallmore than one hundred brethren marched in solernn procession
to the place where the monument stands.
Filipino MasonOccasion
Unveiled
The Fi,rst Ameriiun Lodge Charte,red inthe Phikppi:tt"es
Thi,s Pl,oque Was Presented by theBrethren of the Chirw Masoni.c Districtwhich the brethren of the five consli-tuent Lodges in the China MasonicDistrict gave, Wor. Bro. Yamzon readthe following messag:e specially writtenfor this occasion, by Rt. Wor. Hua CfruenMei, Distriet Grand Master for China:
"The Masons of the PhilippineConstitution in China greet you welland fraternally as you gatdrer to-dayin Kawit to assist in the dedicationof a monument to commemorate theestablishment of the first MasonicLodge on the soil of the PhilippineCommonwealth. Freemasonry in thePhilippines has had such a solidlyachieving record of heroic patriotism,of widely diversified en,deavor, and ofdemonstrating the uiiversality of thebrotherhood of man,-a record ofwhich any nation might well be proudand justly proud.
"We in China rejoice with you in' marking t&ris event, especially as itjoins with the dedication o'f the monu-ment to D,r.. Jose Rizal who, in life asilt death, provgd himself the sagaciousleader and staunch Mason that hewas. Our salute to his memorv is aproper, fitting and fraternai gesture,for in almosi contemporaneous timesand under somewhat similar politicaladverse conditions, many of our ownrevolutionary martyrs had, like him,offered their lives on the altar offreedom,-a mart5rrdorn that is at oncesublime; and challenging to us of thisgeneration, as to generations to come.Nevertheless, we trust that the Phil-ippine people, under the biessing andwith the protection of the Great Ar-chitect of the Universe, may neverhave occasion again to suffer the sup-reme sacrifice of its high spirited sons,and that they, remembering theirsplendid heritage of liberty whichtheir heroi.c dead'havc bequeathed,may always be moved by their exam-ple in the civie struggles of ttrreir coun-
try for the preservation of the richgaing ef the past and the assuranceof prosperity for the future.
"The erection of the District GrandLodge for China is yet another linkthat binds you brethren to us, and' testifies to the affection and high re-
. gard whic[r you, in common with us,hold for the Most Worshipful GrandLodge of the Philippines, and for bothwe are truly grateful. The Masonicidealism, the spirit of a'dvbnture, andp:ractical statemanship for the Craftwhi.ch the Grand Lodge has shown, arethe fcundations on rmhich the eternalpeace and mutual respect between theChinese and Philippine peoples arewell and truly laid. And to knowthat our ancient Fraternity was an ins-trument in attaining this noble end isan enduring satisfaction, as it surelyis a perpetual honor worthy of thegreat traditions of the Craft.
"Thus, may this mo,dest bronzeplaclue, slight contribution of usChina Masons, stand as mute testi-mony of the immense value theyplace upon the life of ttrre Philippinenational hero, sanctified like thelegendary Hiram, by unassailable in-tegrity, and upon those venturesomespirits of Logia Primera Luz, whodespite peril to life and libcrty da^redto establish the first Philippine Ma-sonic Lodge in the Philippines.
"Once more, we salute with you,and join you in tribute to Rizal thePairiot and Mason!"In the name of the Grand Master, Rt.
Deputy Jose Abad Santos read the fol-lowing acceptance speech:
"On behalf of t*re Most WorshipfulGrand Lodge o,f Free and AccoptedMasons of the Philippine.Islands; I ammosf pleased to accept thiq beautifulmonument. The Grand Lodge thanksmost sincerely the severai entities whohave worked so faithfully and un-tiringly for its construction. Ourthanks are especially due to the Ar-chitect and Builder, Guillermo Tqlen-tino, who designed and brought forththis beautiful piece of arc&ritecture;to the Committee of CommemorativeMonuments for their labors; to theOfficers and Brethren of IbarraLodge No. 31 for their assistance dur-ing the truilding and in,tho ceremoniesof unveiling and dedicatio'n; to the Of-ficials of the Municipality of Kawitwho have assisted us in gyery waypossible; and particularly to mesdamesJorge who so graciously donated-th'e 'land on which this :nonument stands.We also t[rank thd Officers and Bre-thren of Manila Lodge No. 1 and ourBrethren in China who have" assistedin the construction of the monument.
{I now appoint ttre WorshiPful
:fuly,t tdir
Master, Officers and Brethren ofIbarra Lodge No. 31 as the officialcustodians of this monument. Wetrust that you wiII keep it always inperfect repair and wiII give timely ad-vice to the Grand Lodge of any im-provements or betterments w-hich youconsider advisable.
''This monument is certainly one ofthe most beautiful which has everbeen erected in the Phiiippines. TheGrand Lodge, and in fact aII Masonryin the ,Philippine Islands, is proud ofthis expression of our gratitu'de andregard for those noble breihren wholabored many years ago in the spread-ing of Masonic light in the darknessof ignorance and superstition r,vJren
every meeting of Masons was a mortaldanger and even being a Mason wassufficient to cause their death.
"But this beautiful monument willhave failed if it is only a remem-brance of tXrose valiant souls who havepassed on. It should be to us and tothose Masons who foilow after aconstant reminder of the ideals andaspirations of our noble institutionAs long as this foundation endurds,may it symbolizg the steadfast deter-minatio,n of all Masons in these Islandsto cairy on the labor of enlighten-ment. May the upreaching marblepoint them to the Author of all goodand al.l knowledge, and may the figureof the martyred Jose Rizal be ever tothem an i4spiration to follow ttrris teach-ings 'in whatever path of life theymay be situated as a just and uprightMason."The Grand Tyler, Wor. Bro. Alb^rt
i, Brazee, Jr., then escorted Mrs. AJley,distinguished wife of the Grand Master,to the monument, which she unveiled,Iaying a floral wreath, besides, at thefoot of the statue. The Fhiiippine andAmerican national anthems were thenplayed by the Kawit municipal band.
\\1or. Bro. Bert H. Silen, Master ofManila Lodge No. 1, then addressed theaudience. He said:
"This is, indeed, an auspicious oc-casion. One which marks one of themost importan'. milestones of Masonichistory in the Philippine jurisdiction.There stanCs before us a monumenterected to the everlasting principles ofour }lraternity. Manila Lodge No. 1
has been privlleged to subscribe to thepiacing of the enclosure around thisbeautiful edifice. Manila Lodge No.1, however, is not concerned with thematerials of which this edifice is com-posed, Lrut rather from tf,re standpoint:hat it has been privileged to demons-tratb in a physical manner the princi-ples involved in its erection. Thosesublime principles are manifested to alarger degree here today than it hasbeen my privilege so far to witness inin the Pthilippines. It bespeaks a feel-ing of good fellowship amo,ngst al1 bro-thers of the Fraternity. It brings usall to that level of understandingwhich results in the strength and har-mony which prevail amongst Masoneverywhere. It supplies the cemeritwhich unites us into one sacred bandof friends^and brothers, It brings tome, personally, the feeling that onlythrough the precepts and principles ofour ancient institution can true bro-
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therly iove be realized. And it iswith a firm conviction trhat with thegood fellowship, the patience and thecharity that are the sublime princi-ples of our institution, Masons of thePhilippines of every race and creed,will, as the years roll on, become morerlosely united and Iive and work witha greater understanding and respectfcr each other. It is with pride thatas Master of Manila Lodge Np.1, it is mv privilege to present to theMost Worsrhipful Grand Lodge of thePhilippine Islands, to the people ofKawit and to those true and worthybrethren whose unselfish efforts haveconsecrate,d this ground, the enclosureof this beautiful monument erected totheir memory."The Master of Ibarra Lodge No. 31,
Wor:. Bro, Andres Polintan, then brieflyspoke accepting the designation of theGrand Master given Ibarra Lodge, itsofficers and members, as official cus-todians of 'the
monument.Very Wor. Bro. Emilio P. Vir4ta,
Past Grand Lecturer, followed with thereading of the address of the GrandOrator, Wor. Bro. A. S. Arguelles, whohad to leave earlier during the ceremo-nies owing to an unavoidable engage-ment to be commencement speaker at theManila College of Pharmacy and Den-tistry. The address is pub,lished else-lvhere in this issue.
After conveying the regrets of theGrand Master for being deprived of thepleasure of witnessing the'unveiling cf&te monument, the foundatior, of whichhe lai,d February 22, t937, Rt. Deputy
(Qontbruail, on Po,ga 256')
At Rawi't CaUite, June 79, 1937 when the morntm,ent commemorati,ngj the first Masonic Lod,ge was unoeiled. Topleft, Rt. l4or, Jose A,!1! s1,,,!o: reucLmy ttle claulcatlon speectu oy the M. W. Grand, lvlastet.. Contet., pt.omfurcnl
'!1!::::-:y!9^^t!:^*^,!u.*,re sLtntos, v_iri"ct.,.Hosti;t'tts, Huseristoci. Ri.ght, Bert Srtin ii-uoerxns a, speech. Belou, Lett,VlcLsyr*'tlt Yamzon chairman ol-the Gro,nd, f .odge Committee on Commerioratiu.e motruments, riading a fraterruul'greet,ing f19m members in Chi,na. Center, a lu[L aieu.t of ttr,e ioioii"t mad,e by Gutllermo Tilentrno." Aigit, Ujii. eu"aunaei,ling the monument.
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Bagumbayan No. 4Honors Jose Rizal
Bagumbayan Lodge No. 4 held a spec-
ial program in commemoration of the
?6th anniversary of the birth of Jose
Rizal, at Plaridel Temple on June 19,
7937, at 8:00 P.M, In sPite of theinclement weather. the hall was filledby interested visitors and brethren' Itis customary for ,Bagumbayan Lodgeto celebrate the birthday of the greatFilip,ino Mason, and other Lodges maywell follow the example set. The prin-cipal speech of the evening, which wepublish in full in this issue, was deli-vered by Senator Camilo Osias, formerPhilippine Resident Comm'issioner tothe United States. Before resuminghis seat, Bro. Osias presented the Lodgewith a gavel, which he described as fol-lows:
"It is a gavol which was presented tome by the Alexandr,ia Lodge when Iwas Resldent Commissioner to the Unit-ed States fighting for Philippiire inde-pendence. Alexandria Lodge, as youknow, was the lodge to which the greatArnerican liberator, George W:ashington,belonged.
"It was at the second time that I vrashonored as a guest speaker that thisgavel was presented with solema andappropriate ceremonies. I had the ho-nor to sit on the very chair occupiedby'Washington, as Master of the Lodge,on t&at memorable occasion. The his-toric chair, now growfr ancient andmemorable, is inclosed in glass and veryrarely uncovered and used.
"The historian of Alexandria Lodgein making the presentatron stated thatthe gavel is made up of two pieces ofwood-cherry and walnut. One is rnadefrom a tree planted by W,ashington inhis estate and the other is made froma tree planted b,y Lord Hallifax.
"I present it now to BagumbayanLodge No. 4, beeause it is much tooprecious for me personally to possess
and it is more proper that this Lodgeshould have it. f present it also be-cause it is more in keeping with thesentiments of the brethren of Alexan-dria Lodge. May it also serve as arerninder to Philippine Masons thattJreir Brother Masons in the UnitedStates are with them in their love ofand fight for freedom.
'(Please accept this gavel from ourbrethren of the Alexandria Lodge tokeep and cherish and in the spirit inwhich they gave it and I give it.,,
Members of the Faculty and studentsof ihe Manila Conservatory of Musicrendered musical numbers which werewarml.y ajplauded by the audience.Those who took part in the programwere Miss Evelina Kalaw, daughter of
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Grand Master VisitsPearl River Lodge
Pearl River Lodge No. 109 at itsstated meeting June 8, 1937, welcomedthe M. W. Grand Master Joseph H. Al1eyon his official visitation, accompanied by'W"AI. Bro. V:ctoriano Yamzon. Bro.Yamzon made a special trip to Cantonfor this occas.ion. The Grand Masterwas accolded the grand honors and es-
corted to the East, whence he addressedthe Lodge after having been welcomedby Wor. Bro. T. Kai Liang, Master ofPearl River No. 109. lThe Lodge wascalled to refreshment when the M.W'. Grand Master insta]led 'Wor. Bro.David Wai-Kwok Au, Deputy DistrictGrand Master; 'Wor. B.ro. FrederickCharles Mow Fung, District Grand Bible Bearer, and Wor. Bro. Ting KaiLiang, D,'strict Grand Pursuivantl andcalled back to labor after their installa-tion. The diplomas of honorary mem-bership to Pearl River Lodge for Wor.Bros. Victoriano Yamzon and Leo Fis-cher were then handed to 'Wor. Bro.Yamzon, who spoke briefly thankingthe Lodge for the honor conferred.Among the visitors were Bro. Wythe ofBalaklava Lodge, Victoria; Bro. Doustof Lodge of Peace, New South Wales;Bro. Blain, of South Perth Lodge, \Mest-ern Australia; and Prof Kuk of Cler-mont Lodge, California; who were fel-low passengers of Wor, Bro. Yamzon onboard the S. S, Changte.
The Salvation ArmyAnswering a sociai and econornic need,
The Salvation Army has arrived in thePhilippines. Jew and Gentile, Catho-Iic and Protestant, rich and poor alikefavor the Salvation Army whose un-obtrusive motto is "Others". It worksfor the common good irrespective ofcreed or caste. Its excellent balancesheet system testifies to its economicalmethods. Even its high workers re.ceive only small competences; it is thegood they do that counts with them.
A primary appeal *ras been sent tofriends for F3,000.00 with the requestthat contributions be made payable toThe Salvation Army. Through t^hephilantrophy of Mr. Teodoiro R. Yang-co, the Army is already operating inSan Nicolas, where they will strive toIead people up to the highest grade ofcitizenship.
The Salvation Army will do -generalrelief work for tlhe "down iid out,"operate maternity homes for unmaried.mothers, aid unbefriended children, andbefriend girls from fl.e Provinces tokeep them fro,m the unwholesome clutchesof white slavery. In short tlley willbe'the friend of the forgotten man, andstand. ready to answer the call.of wery
distress signal.
July, 1937
fI'ISTORY records numerous instan-E ,tur,".s in which members of theCraft have taken a leading role in thesocial and political upheavais of nationsr.vhich are now in the vanguard of pro-gress. An oritstanding example is theAmerican revolution of 1776, wh.ch wasfought not only for politicdl liberty butfor freedom of thought and creed andthe inherent rights of men, The (,Bos-
toa lTlea Party" recorded in history wasa national outburst of a patriotic in-dignation aga'nst fore,ign tyranny andthis was largely led by the members ofthe Craft. George W'ashington, who ledh's people through the most trying yearsin the annals of America, was an out-standing member of the Craft and eon-sidered "first in war, first in peace,and first in the hearts of his country-mer." His name and achievementshave gone down in history with everincreasing giory, History repeated it-self in the P1ri1lrr'res where our na-tionai hero, Dr. Jos6 Rizal, a memberof the Craft, aroused our people fromlethargy, sacrificed all, and fought tillthe end that his countrymen may enjoyfreedom, and enlightenment. The ros-ters of those brave sons of 1872 and1896 include many members of theCraft. These events cleary demon-strate that Masonry can only thrive inan atmosphere of tolerance, freedom,and progress.
With the pol,it'ca1 and sPiritualprogress of the nation there must also
come the physical and material phases.
The Craft rnust strive and our commu-nity and oul people as a whole mustassimilate the spirit of industry, andutilize our resources in order that ourm.asses may enjoy a degree of prospe-
rity commensurate with the education,comfort and conveniences of a progres-sive cornmunity,
Although our country is endowed with
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a great wealth of natural resources, ourpeople will not be able to take full ad-vantage of those resources unless ourrank and file are trained in t&re Maso-nic gospel of industry. Our people musthave adequate participation in thewealthof our country, and this meansa proper combination of hard work,business acumen, and thrift. The Com-monwealth Government, preparatory tothe formation of a republic, expects ofevery citizen to do his utmost in theeconom'c upbuilding of the eountry, andthe greatest factor that can build upour industries and our commerce, andcreate wealth for the nation, is tliegospel of industry in our daily life.
Since the implantation of the Amer-ican r6gime, freedom of speech, reli-gious tolerance, and the ab,solute sepa-raton of church and state have beenpreached and thoroughly put into prac-tice, so much so that these doctrineshave become part and parcel of ournational life. These are some of thefundamental tenets for which Masonrystands.
For purposes of clarification and inview of certain mental reservations to-ward Masonry from several quarters, itmight not be amiss to enumerate someprinciples which are advocated by Ma-sonry. Above all Masonry standsfor the brotherhood of men. Togain entry into the Craft one
must be honest and a man of Princip1es, courageous in the flght for liber-ty and religious freedom, an ardent ad-
vocate of enlightenment for the mas-ses. The membership of the Craft isdrawn from all natiorialities and aIlreligious creeds, the only requirementbeing that one must believe in one God'
Therefore, Catholic, Protestants, Mo-hammedans, and followers of other re-ligious sects may, under Masonic auspi-ces, be found fraternally bound toge'therfor the good of humanity in general andthe welfare of 4 nation or a communityin particular. The impression in certainquarters that Masons are anti-Catholicis, of course unfounded, for MasonrYstands for rel'gious tolerance, and under
'' it u **, may retain his religious belief,whether that be Catholicism, Protes-tantism, or arly other religion in good
standing, Masonry has endeavored tobe on friendly terms r,vith all religioussects in the beief that religion, in what-ever form, is essential to an individual,to a communiLv, or to a nation.
, In our present eya of demoeracy, r*tigiofe treedom, onlightenment, *tt* ttd
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cial justice, Masonry desires to be
friendly and helpfui in every way. Ot.r
the other hand, if it should come to passthat tyranny, fanaticism, or leligiouspersecution rvill block the progress ofour people and darken our fa:r land,Masonry shall rise and fiCht for the fun-damental rights of men, as it has donein the different epochs of history inmany 1ands. In these days of our natio-nal construction Masonry desires torvork hand in hLnd with all religiousbodies for the welfare and stab'lity ofthis Commonweaith.
It was in 1856, as far. as can be ac-curately determined, that Masonry tvasfirst introduced in the Isiands that en-lightenment, Iiberty, and fraternity maygradually r'ule the land. This is theor"iginai spot on which the first seat ofMasonry $'as planted under most ad-verse conditions. Tradition states thaton this shore of the hero'c Province ofCavlte, members of the Crafi used toget together late at night and performpart of our ceremonies. Ho'wever, withthe coming of the benevolent regime ofAmerica, Masonry sprang up in everycornei: of the Islands to help in the spi-ritual, cultural, and material progressof our people.
A heavy responsibility rests on theshoulders of our Craft, namely, theresponsibiJity to see that the fundamen-tai principles for r'vhich our brethrenhave rvorked and sacrificed are woverrinto the r.ery fabric of our national lifefor the sake of greater and nobler Phil-ippines. In the course of time, let it besaid that our brethren rvho have falienin the night did not perish in vain. Itis weil that this hallowed ground, fromwhich sprang the first light of Masonry,is being consecrated for posterity onthis, the 76th birthday of our greatestMa,son, Jos6 Rizal.
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A Father and Son's Night was heldby Mount Lebanon Lodge No. 80 on
June 3, 1937, when the Third Degreeo,f Masonry was confered by the Masterof the Lodge, Wor. Bro. Michael Goi-denberg ,upon his o\r7n son, Bro. LeonGol,denberg. W Bro. Goldenberg was as-sisted by the present Masters of Lodgesin Manila and vicinity. Right Wor-shipful Jose Abad Santos, DePutYGrand Master, accompanied by the Of-ficers and'Members o,f tfne Grancl Lodge,made his official visitation as AciingGrand Master. More than 200 brethrenfiIled the big hail of the Temple on theEscolta, Manila,
The ,degree was conferred in an ex-ceilent manner. The Masonic Quartet,composed of Bros. N. R. Baugh, JackBrookman, Gordon W. EI1s, and Geor-ge A. Mayhew, rendered suilable se-
lections during the ceremonies ,and madethe occasion more impressive.
The dramatic part of the eveningcame when, after delivering the Moni-torial Congratulations, the Master ad-dressed his son and revealed to himthat since his admission to the Craft23 years aryo, he had patiently andeonstantly nurtured and educated himalong the patterns of Masonry; that itwas his fond hope for years to be ableto raise his so'n a Master Mason. Thatevening therefore, he considered himselft*re happiest father rvith one of hisfondest dreams realized. He remindedhis son that Masonry is a tradition inthe family: his grandfather, as well ashis uncie, were enthusiastic Masons. Hethen told him that, if in the future Godshould bless him with a worthy son, heshould emuiate his (W. Bro. Goldenberg)example, by educating and preparinghim for admission into the Fraternityof Free and AccepteC Masons, and tomake the name Goidenberg closely as-sociated with this world-wide Fraterni-ty. The father was visibly moved. Heuttered a few more u,ords, but couldno,t continue; emotion overcame him,tears o,f joy rolied down his cheeks.The climax came when father and sonembrace,d and kissed each other...
On account of the limited fund avail-able for scholarship this year, theGranri Lodge Committee on Scholarshipconsidered only three out of 10 applica-tions trhat were submitted to it.
The follot'ing with excellent scholasticr'ecords u'ere selected
Miss Carmen de LeoIt, daughter ofWor. Bro. Vicente de Leon (56), r.vho
has 11 children. Miss de Leon is a
third year student at the Co,llege ofEducation, University of the Phiiippines.
Miss Helen Pada, daughtel of Blo.Graciano Pada (63), who is the fatherof 14 children. Miss Pada is 16 yearsold and graduated valedictor:ian fromthe Ilocos Sur High School. She en-rolled in the College of Education U. P.
Mr, Amado T. David, one of the seven
children of Wo,r. B,'o. Toribio David(104), is a senior student at the Phil-ippine Law School.
The first Grand Lodge scholar: is MissEnya Go,nzales who is at present inNew York. One of the musical directolsof the N. B. C,, Mr:. Carlo Edrvards fol15 years of the Metropolitan Opera, is
coaching her.
gress of our nation along liberal lines,notrviihstanding the fact that there areother institutions and movements rnhicthhave played a part in bringing togetherthe dispersed elements of cur nationalIife. "But," he pointed out, "we cansustain the verdict giving Freemasonrya distinct and honorable place in thegalaxy of institutions that have broughtabout the unprecedented progress of thePhi,lippines." He said that the veryatmosp*iere of the moment was madepossible by the efforts of our eariy bro-thers. In the past, free assembly wasinconceivabie, but rve have now a cons-titution that embodies the principles o,ffreedom,--freedom of speech, of reli-gion, and of the pless.
Rt. Deputy Grand Master Santos saiclthat it was a happy idea to have heldthe ceremonies an,d dedicated the monu-ment on Rizal's birthday, for Rizal's lifeis a sublime example of what sterlingcharacter, high idealism, and earnestnessof purpose can do in the career of aman. He paid tribute to, the AmericanBrethren who have a,dvanced the causcof Freemasonrv in the Philippines.In conclusion, the Deputy Gland Mastersaid that the monument rvill serve nonoble purpose unless we lea,lize thesignificance of the spilit for which itstands, and that spirit inustriinl ex-pression not only in our rhearts arrdminds but in our very souls-the spiritof liberty, equaliiy, 3,r,d fraternity.
Aftel the benediction by the YeryR'ev. Grand Chaplain, the brethren le-pdired to the Hall of Tbayra todge toclose ttre Grand Lodge in ample form.,
floor to address his Lodge as the
"Youngest Master Mason," he statedthat his admiration for Masonry startedin his eariy youth. He recalled that he
rvas s'.ii1 a little boy, when his motherused to te1l him of her high regard forthis Institutionl and of how his grand-father was an enthusiastic Mason inspite of the persecution of the thenSpanish government in the Philippines.As he grerv older, he found tlrat hismother was giving every encouragementto his father in his Masonic work, so
he decided that he, too, should followthe foo,tsteps of his father in Masonry.
Addresses were delivered bY Wor.Bros. Manuel X. Burgos, Jr., (23), Vic-toriano Yamzon (27) and the ActingGrand Master. Wor: Bro. Burgos men-tioned in his address that there are'ttrree errents in a man's life when he
does not know what is going on: whenhe gets married, rvhen hq receives thedegree of Master Mason, aird when he
dies. Wor. Bro. Yamzon spoke aboutthe actual condition of Masonry in Chi-na. Right lVorshipful Brother Jose
Abad Santos, in his usual eloquence,deplored trhat while mankind is makingtremendous progress in conquering dis-tance and space, and in exploring thedepths of the ocean and the bov'els of theearth, little attention is being given tohuman understanding which js the basisof man's happiness.
The team was composed of the follorv--ing Masters of Lodges:
Michael Goldenberg (80); BertrandHerbert Silen (1); Antonio Ramos(12); Prisco N. Evangelis'a (82); Wal-ter I-. rSchoening (94); James DouglasTayson (3) ) ; Albert l. Brazee, Jr. (8) ;
Isaias Garcia (89) ; AnCres Polintair(31) ; Constancio San Jose (16); Remi-gio del Rosario (?); Leoncio Tangulan(13) ; Engracio L. Valmonte (72) ; An-tonio G. Perez (57) ; Ignacio Tores(23) ; Andres Fiioteo (85) ; Cirilo Lim(27); Say Koc Chuan (93); Guy Ran-dolph Strickland (95); Francisco Boni-facio (29); Albert E. Tatto,n (41).
Aftet' the Lodge was closed, r'efresh-ments were served in the lobby of theTemple.
Grarrtl Master Santos stated, thatFreemasonry has changed the course ofour count.ry's history in a manner whichno liberty loving people carn fail to ac-claim. It can be asserted, he said, thatFreemasonry is responsible fpr the pro-
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lQEZ,AtLoS tttpoN wLtlil-By CAMILO OSIAS
(Spee-ch ctelutet'ecl at the Special Program hatd, by the officers ancl ntan+bers ol BagumbayanLoctse No' t*' in hon'or ri,,#"trolf'ft|#;fftl&.,ffi,^;;#"rni!,o%tbirth of lose Rizal'
1'T is a joy and a responsibility to ber the speiker. at this special programheld by a sooiety of men who love libertyto commemorate the seventy-slxth anni-versary of the birth of a great man whoenslaved himself to the cause of liberty.
You who are here gathered are loversand admirers of Rizal, So am I butI have not always been so, In fact Istalted to read about him and hiswritings as a skeptic. I gathered dataon the hypothesis that Rizal could nothave been great, executed as he was atso relatively early an age. That vraswhen I was a young college student inthe United States and felt I knew everso much-far more than I felt I knewsince. It was not long before I becamea thoroughgoing convert. lThe facts andthe evidence were so overwhelming.
Jose Rizal inherited admirable traitsand qualities from loving, industrious,and God-fearing parents, In infancyand youth he had the companonship ofhelpful brothers, sisters, and playmates,A lover of the great out doors and ofliving things, he developed physicallythrough long h'kes in the fields. Natu-rally bright, he very early iearned hisletters at home and his three R's froma private tutor in his town. Sent toManila, he worked hard and studieddiligently and his rating in every sub-ject was sobresallente (excellent.) Whenhe received his degree of bach;illet, enartes (8.A,), at the age of sixteen hepractically monopolized the prizesawanded by Ateneo for excelience inthe different subject of study, in con-duct, an in industry. He then transfer-red to the University of Santo Tomaswhere he continued his enviable recordin different courses-phiiosophy andletters, science, and medlcine. Rizal isan exceilent model for the youth. Hisbirthday corning at the opening of theschool year should be observed by theschools and un.versities.' The occa"glon.is a most appropriate one for the teach-ing of those desirable qualities of citi-('zenshin
- industry, loyalty, thrift, pa-
triotis;i,, etc.-which Rizal exempl,ified.
Not content with the instruction ob-tainable in his country, he went to
^ Europe for fu-tlcr education, He madewise use of his keen powers of observa-tion ir that long trip making copiousnotes of what he saw, heard, and ex-perienced. In his advanced studies in- the OId Wbrld he was particularly lond
of the arts and the sciences and lan-guages. He studied Latin, Greek, Ara-bic, and Hebrew. He learned Italianand Eng1ish. He was good in Germanand French. He later studied Chineseand Japanese. He was a master of hisown Philippine language and Spanish.Rizal is Phiiippines' Exhibrit A amongthe world's polyglots.
Rizal was wonderfully versatile. Heundertook various activities and left hismark in ail of them. On thip point letme present the testimony of an Ameri-can writer:
"With the rnost astonishing faciii-ty he devoted himself to eallings notonly diverse but in the world,s usageincompatible. He was, for instance,one of the greatest oculists of hisday, so great that the scientists oftrlurope held him in honor and follow-ed with attention his discoveries andwork; so famous that patients camefrom far-distant countries to betreated by him, and when he wasexiled still followed him into thewilderness. He was a sculptor ofsuch ppwer and skill that his worksoften fasqinated the beholder withtheir almost mysterious suggestionsof life and significa.nce. He was anethnologist whose invaluable collec-tions are still preserved in the greatmuseum of Dresden. He was a zoo_Iogist that discovered, classified andrecorded new specimens of animall'fe in remote regions. He was an ac_complish linguist, the fluent andeasy master of native dialects, ofLatin, Spanish, Frencih, Italian, Ger_man, English and even Japaneseable to compose in these with facilJand idiomatic power; beginning aletter in German, continuing it inFrench and ending it in Englishwithout a flaw in the expression; or_namenting his books with sentimentsin Japanese or Hebrew as the fancyseized him. He was an artist inportraiture and caricature with hispencil and on canvas; drawings andother works to which he contributedhis skill are to be seen now in chur_ches in the Philippines and in Sara_gosa, Spain; so that, if he had caredto pursue this branch of art, he mighthave livaled Luna, his great country_man and friend. He was a novelistwhose pictures of life, manners andcharacter were etched in acid and so
vividly that they startled EuroPe,stung his own people to revolt andnerved his enemies to destroY him.He was a poet that in his nat'ivetongue sang with pathos and charm.He was an educator and an able
civil engineer; when he was banished,his flrst work :n the uncouth countrYto which he was sent was to estab-lish a school on exactly those linesthat have siirce been followed in re-making the educational system of thePhilippines, and h:s second to pro-vide the little town with water-works, still in use. He was a publi-cist and reformer that knew well theevils that afflicted his country, knewtheir source, knew their cure, andstroye conscientiously for the Com-mon Good. For he was a philosophi-cal democrat with faith founded uponreasoning, upon knowledge of his-tory and upon deliberte conviction."(Russell, T'he Outlook for the Philip-p'ines, pp. 109-110, quoted in Osias,Ri,zal $rld Regairuing Ow Eden Lost,pp.2445).
O'ne can not but admire such a ver-satile character-artist and sciend-ist,
Iinguist and historian, essayist and poet,
novelist and philosopher, patr'ot and in-ternationblist. Rizal was a citizen of theworld and, like all truly great, is pro-gressively contemporaneous with theages,
(Of the many admirable qualities ofthe great Filipino hero and martyr, Iparticularly admire his sacrificial pa-triotism and his iron will.
In a modest volume entitled Rizal and,
Regaining Otn Eden Lost I attempted tomake a brief analysis of his passionatelove of country and the part whichpatriotism played so prominently in his -pilgrimage from the cradle to the grave.Rizal's patriotism was not of the bel-l:cose type based upon hate. It was ofthe constructive type based upon lbve,It was not the effervescent kind engen-dered by war but the enduring kindfounded upon peace. His patriotism wasnot narrow or selfish. It was sane,broad, tolerant, humanized. I shall notextend myself further on this verYtempting theme. I shall simply say thatRizal's patribtism comb,ined the idgalis-tic and the practical and that the vo-cabulary of patriotism iras been enri-ched by his iiJe and writings.
Rizal is inspirational and inspiriting.(Continued, on ne*t pagel
Page 258
He was €ourageous without being osten-
tatious, He was a man of convictionand his conviction was reached throughcareful study and logical reflection. Helived a consistent life. What he did wasnot dictated by whim; it was in accord
with a matured p1an. This is why Ri-zal had an iron wi1l.
I raight illustrate Rizal's consistencyby his devotion to educat:,on as a means
of social redemption, As a young stu-dent he penned poems showing his faithin education. The title of a prize poem
*re wlote as a college student was "Ala Juventud Filipina." , Its theme wasgrowth. He paid tribute to studiousyouth referring to them as the splendidhope of the fatherland (belIa esperanza
de la patria). In a speech in EuroPehe called the Filipino youth the sacred
hope of the fatherland. Anothet poem
he wrote as a young man was entitledt'Por la Educacion Recibe Lustre ia Pa-tria" (Thru Education a CountrY Re-ceives Light). As a sculptol he producedworks exalting science and wisdom overlife and death. When he prepared theconstitution of the "Liga Fili.pina" heemphasized "the development of educa-tion" and "the study and appiication ofreforms" in defining the objects of theorganization. His letters and his novelsabolind with ideas expresslve of his con-viction that education is an efficaciousagency in our liberation. In NoLi MeTangere we find this profession of be-Iief: "A school is being founded, andthe school is the basis of soc'ety, theschool is the book in which is writtenthe future of the nations, Show us theschools of a people and we will showyou wlrat that people is." In El Fili-busterismo he advocated enlighteningfalmers and laborers and "giv.ng themat least an education that will aid themin perfecting themseives and in perfect-ing theil work, in placing them in a con-dition to understand many things ofwhich they are at present ignorant."When he was an exile at Dapitan heorganized a school and not only taughthis pupils the ordinary subjects but em-phasized vocationai activities and phy-sical developrnent. Above all Rizal as ateacher taught pup:ls "to behave likemen," To his dying day he stressed"instruction and industry" in order thatour countly may have an individuality
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of its own and make itself worthY ofits liberties.
On the things whrch he deemed funda-rnental, on matters to which he attachedimportance, on questions in which he
had convictions, Rizal was unbending
and uncompromising. Not caprice butsystem $/as his guide' Ifis will was
strengthened not weakened by hostilityand opposition.
Rizal is a sane and safe leader tofollow because his career shows that he
was endowed with a clear vision and hislife was piloted by an organized philoso-phic system. He believed in the liberty ofhis people, He envisaged the Phil^ppinesthat is to be. He was a ProPhet. Helgrote a book called The Phili.ppines a
Qentury Hence. For the attainment ofthe goal he set for his country he was
w,illing to sacrifice everything. And he
did sacrifice everything. He thoughtand wlote. He was undaunted and un-fraid. He wolked as a crusader. Hebelieved in a great cause. Fol thatcause he lived and served. He sufferedand died.
For his convictions, enemies withoutnumber made Rizal suffer hell on earth.He was persecuted. He was impriso'ned.He rvas tortured. But he had a disci-plined mind and a resolute rvill. Hewas asked to recant. But a tra;nedrvill does not yield for personal advan-tage.
Yet there axe some who claim thatRizal in priSon did recant, Some haveinsiste,d and even adduced so-called
"proofs" that he retracted, abjured be-
fore death.Eithel Rizal did or d'd not recant.The fou14sn of proof is upon those
u,ho insist that he did. And they mustcome foru'ard t.,th a documentary orother evidence that is irrefutable andconvincing. Until that evidence incontro-vertible and overwhelming is produced,free men and thinking men can not ac-
cept R,izal's retraction as a fact. Wou1dnot the enemies of Rizal in life havegloated over his retraction? Would theynot have gloried in producing the evi-dence that he did recant immediatelyafter the act? Would they not havenragnifi.ed their power and influenceand triun.rph by pubi-cizing the eventsoon after it took place? That they havenot done so has weakened their claimand destroyed their allegation.
On the other hand, Rizal could havesaved himself ignominy, humiliation,persecution, prosecution, and execut'onif he had acceded to imperious demandsfor retraction. Now, if he .retracted andyet was executed on that fatal December
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30th, the crime of his murderer:s be-
comes doubly heinous.This mooted question must be calmly
analyzed and r.r,eighed in the light ofthe character of Rizal. I have soughtto study every available publ'cation ordocument having anything to do withRizal. I have done it for years. I haveeven rnrlitten on Rizal and his achieve-ments. I have reflected on his charac-ter. {The more I study and reflect tl'remore profoundly I am con-riced of thcbeauty of Rizal's supreme sacrifice forcause for: principle for conviction. I ad-mire him and you admire him pre-cisely because he haC the co,urage of hisconvietions.
Rizal u,as of heroic mold. He had a
resistant physique. He had a keen andpowerful intellect. He had a strong andunconquerable spirit. He had a resolutewill, an iron tilI. Such is my pictureof our hero. Such is my conception ofhis character.
At this juncture I rvish to refer toGaiileo. You knorn, he had the helesy ofdemonstrating u,hat Copernicus pro-pounded that the earth moves alound thesun, It r,vas deemed heretic by piousbigots of the time for anyone to ,dare
believe that the earth does move. Gali-leo was imprisoned, Subjected to iu-quisitorial treatment Galileo was askedto retract. It is said that he lesistediong, But he rvas tortured a.nd pesteredand according to the story he finaIlysci'ibbled his name oir a sheet of palierthrust to him rvhelein he rvas supposedto have recanted. But after signing Ga-lileo is said to have shouted, "Rut theearth does move just the saile." Andfor this Edward Everett paid this tri-bute:
"Yes, noble Gal:leo, th6u a1f right,:t does move, Bigots may make theerecant it but it moves, nevertheless.Yes the earth moves, and the planetsmove, and the mighty watels move,and the great sr,eeplng tides of sirmove, and tl-re empires of rnen move,and the rvor'ld of thought moves,ever onr.ald and upwald, to higherfacts and boider theories. The In-quisition ma; seal thy 1ips, but theycan no more stop the pr.ogress of thegreat truth propounded by Coperni-cus and demonstrated b), thee, thanthey can stop the revolving carth."
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Blo. David S. Santos (72) pased awayat Marikina, Rizai, on April 9, 1937. Heleaves a widow and five children. Fu-neral services were held on Apr-l 11,1,987, at Marikir.ra. The last solemnduties wele performed by the Officersand Members of Silaflganan Lodge No.19 witir Wor. Bro. Eenito Pa,frgilinan,Inspector (19) acting as Master. Manybrethren attended tile ceremony, parti-cularly brethr:en from Muog Lodge 89.
Bro. Jose Paguio of Keystone LodgeNo. 100 is mourning the death of hisfather rvhie}r occurred on May 2, 1,937.Interrment took place in Cabcaben, Ba-taan.
Bro. Vicente Magtira is also mourningthe death of his father which occurredon May 25, 1937. Internment was heldin Maniia.
On May 8, 1937, an aunt of Bro. M.T. del Rosario, of I\fuog Lodge No. 89,died at her residence in Pasay, Rizal.His mother Lodge extends to Bro. delRosario its most profoulnd symphath\rfor this irreparable loss.
Rizal's Iron Will(Continuerl from I'a11e 258)
Weak characters yield and they recedewith age. Great chalacter resists; theyare resolved, determined. Characterspo,ssessed of iron will grow with the ad-vancing years. Rizal is such an one.They dishonor who claim directly or byimplication that he was possessed of nocourage to sustain his convictions. Ri-za1 lived the positive l-fe, He was un-afraid to be a helet'c in the defense oftruth. He x'as uncompromising lvithwrong, he rn'as unyielding when right.Unorthodox in many things, defyingconventions, unconcerned s,ith the rvrathard thc thleats of his cnernies, he l,veddoing good and sowing seeds of good-ness. Neither hostil'ty nor pra:se couldswerve him from his chosen path. IIel.rad the will to dare and do,
Rizal is one of those rare characterswho "sanctify tl.re r.ration to u,hich thevbelong and exalt not only the r contem-polaries, }:ut those who come afterthem," He is the Philippines' contriLru-,,tion to ihe noble company of theu,-orld'si3reat endowed r'vith pers stence,determination, iron wi1l, to the selectgrorip of ir-nmortals who rvere not bolnto die for "to Ciq
Is to begin to live. It is to endAn old, siale, weai'y work, and to
commenceA nev,er and a better. 'Tis to leaveDeceitful knaves for the societyOf gods and goodness."
The tFraternal Dead
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Dearu Conyado Renitez, tnamber of tlt,e intet.departarnentcl missio",tand past Grand Master of Masons in the I'ltilippines, erchanginrl"good neighbot;' greetings witlt, Ju4ge Joseph Frombet.g, W, M, ofBenjamw, Fratzklirz Lodge, Wash,ington, D, C.
Benitez Conveys Local
Washington, D. C. (By Air-Mail)-Greetings from Philippine Free Mason-ry were extended to Amer'cari Mascusby Dean Conrado Benitez as sornc of150 of them gathered at a banquet atthe Mayflowel Hotel hei:e, given recert-ly by the Benjam.n Franklin Lodge No.50, F. A. A. M. for its charte:: mem-bers. Dea,n Benitez wl:o is a Past GrandMaster of Masons in the Philippir:esand membel of the Joint TerlitorialCominissior.r on Phillppine Affails, waspresent at the funct'on togethel withhis niece. Miss En},1 Gonzales who sangtwo solos wh ch r.vere warmly encoi:ed.
The message voiced by the Dean car-ried the friendly wishes of PhilippineMasons for thdir fellou, membe::s andassurances ^ of the cordial cooperativespirit of thrs organization in the Islandsfor sim'iar bodies in Amelica.
Thc banquet, which was followed by
Dlasons' Greetings To If. S.By JOSE A. LANSANG
of th,e DtuIHLI Staf I
dancing, rvas attended by high officialsof Iilasouic and af{iliated order:s in theDistricl as guests of honor.
Judge Josepir Fromb.elg, special as-sistarlt to the Attorney Genelal presidedcver the progl'am as Master of Benja-min Franklin Lodge and introduced theothei: rnain speakers, Drstrict Glandlllastel Paul B. Cromelin and Distr'ctJutriol Gland Warden Needsam 0. Tur-nage.
In the opening address Judge From-belg, u,-ho with Dr. A. Harry Ostlow,v.as the moving spir'-1 in ihe new lodge,declaled "there ale sinister influencesthat seek to bring here from Europethe hydra-headed forces of hatred."
"FreemasonLy," he asserted, "l.v-i11
take its place with other; and say thathatred rvill not come within our bor-ders. Masonly will preserve Amerrcain its original institutions."
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Ilollo Lodge No. L1(Iloilo, Panay)
The Sublime Degree of Master Ma-son was conferred upon Bro. Cua EngChong, Assistant Manager of Dy Bun-cio & Co., Inc., on May 22,7937. TheLodge was opened at 5:30 by the Mas-ter, Wor. Bro'. Fortuiato R. Ybiernas,who conferred the First Section of thisdegree, assisted by the Senior Warden,Bro. Jose Fullon, in the West, and theJunior Warden, Bro. Eduar'do Hibiona-da, in the South. The Second Sectionwas confetred by Wor. Bro, Felipe Car-bonilla, P. M.,'as King Soloinon, assistedby Bro. Jose Fullon as Hiram of TYre,and Bro. Jovito Estandarie as SeniorDeacon. The Lecture rvas delivered byWor. Bro. Felipe Carbonilla; the Chargeby Wor, Bro. Fernando Ramirez, P. M.and Secretary of Acacia Lodge No. 78.
Woy. Blo. Fortunato R. Ybiernas con-gratulated the newly raised 'brotther.There was a good number of brethrenpresent, among the sojourners beingWor. Bro. Roman Tuazon, P. M, of Da-guJroy Lodge No. 84.
The ,Lodge was closed at 8:30 P. M.and the brethren were entertained at theChinese Chamber of Co,mmerce Hail bythe candidate who offered refreshmentsserved by Bro. Wong Top of the "Kee
Soo Restaurant." * *
Pllar Lodge No. 15(Imus, Caoita)
lWor, Bro. Hipolito Garma, assistantcommanding ofrcer of the McKinley
cadre, will henceforth hold the rank ofLieutenant-Colonel. He has had a longand dist'nguished record of service inthe Philippine Constabuiary where heheaded the Quartermaster Corps. He.s Master of Pilar Lodge No. 15,
**+Mount Mainam Lodge i\o. 49
(Naic, Caaite)Letter has been recerved from Bro.
Guillermo Manalo of the U. S :5. BarkerAsiatic Statron tlow tn Untna waters,sending his greet-ngs to the brethren'Bro, IVlanalo sa^d rn his Ietcer tlrat he,
together with Sros, Leshe LeBoy 'r'om-
l-nson and Gregorio Layba, v s,tedAmity Lodge No. 106 and had occasionto witness the conferring of the 2nd and3rd degrees, He mentroned also thatthey represen.ted this Lodge in the cere-mony of the Installatron of Very Wor,Bro. IIua Chuen Mei as R, gnt Wor. Drs-trict Grand Master for China and alsoof the inaugurat-on of the Distirict GrandLodge for Ch,na by Grand MasterJoseph H. Alle;,. Heartfelt thanks toBros. Manalo, 'l'homlrnson and Laybafor so representing th-s lodge at so im-porant an occas,ion.
**Nanklng.Lodge No. 108
(Nunking, China\
Wor Bro. James K, Shen, Master ofNanking Lodge No. 108, arrived on theGneisenau on his way to Europe, June 1,
1937. Wor. Bro. Shen is a General in
'ONA
When, the M. W. Grand Master aisite,cl Pearl Rher Lod,ge No. 70g at Cail,-ton, Clvina, June 8, 1937, and, installed, Wor, Bro, Daaid Wui Kwok Au. as De-puty Di,strict Grccnd Master for China.
The Cab!.e,tou
the Chinese Army and assigned to theCentral Hospital in Nanking as Superin-tendent and Director. He was enter-tained by Wor. Bro. Victoriano Yamzonand feliow Rotarians during his stopover in the City.
. Makiling Lodge No. Z2(Calamha, Laguna)
Mrs. Adela del Pino Ce Chioco ofCanlubang, Laguna, died on May 11,last, after a lingering illness. She issulived by her husband, Wo::. Juan O,Chioco, of Makiling Lodge No. 72, andtwo daughters, Funeral services weretheld in Sto. D,omingo, Nueva Ecija, May13, attended by many brethren fromMakiling Lodge No. 72, headed by theprincipal officers of the Lodge who withtheir families and friends, made theroundtrip covering a ,distance of over400 kilometers.
One more entered apprentice was ad-ded to the 166*"'. membership whenMr. J. Pedro Trinidad was regularlyinitiated on Saturday, June 5, by aspecial teanr composed mostly of en-thusiastic Past Masters of High lTiwelveNo. 82. Wor. Bro. Gregorio Cariagapresided in the East during the entireceremony.
During the later part of May andearly in June, -Wor. Bro. Engracio L,Valmonte, Master of the Lodge, madeseveral fraternal vis.its to the lorx"tof his brethren.
Bagumbayan Lodge No. 4(Manila\
jWor. Bro. Floro A. Santos left on the"Pres-dent Grant" on May 22, 1,937, forChina and Japan on s forty-day vaca-t-on. Wor. Bro. Santos has not been inthe best of health and this much neededvacation will set him up right. Thenwe can see him at the Lodge often again,
Bro. Jose P, Buensuceso who had beenassignefl to the Hongkong offices of L.R. Nielson & Co. is back in the Cityagain.
Bro. Luis Duka is expected in Man:laduring the first week of June to ar-range for the accommodation of hisdaughter Rosemary, a student of thePhilippine Normal School.
TllE PIOI{EER SI|OE STIOP
56-A Sesslon Road, Baguio. P. I.Direct Impcrtlrs of
American-Made Boots
J. A. NILLP. O. Box 132 Prop. Phone 223
July, 1937
Manila Lodge No. !.
(frl an.ila, Phili7t2turc s)B,rother Otis Leonard Vanderford,
rvho rvas laised January 23r'd, 1907, andhas since maintalned his membershipin good stinding for 30 consecutiveyear:s, was voted the honorary LifeMembership, and presented w'tl-r hisfirst Life meir-rbelship card, for 193?.Brother Vandelford retired sometimeago flom his pos:tion as Chief of theManila Fire Department. He has le-tulned to the United States, rvhere heexpects to rema'n abcut a year, when,his health perl]litting', he may leturn tothe Philipp'nes.
On April 20, 1937, Messrs. James Sel-don Bakel and Robert Edgal Cec'l rveremade Entered Apprentices.
The same deglee I'as also confeuedon Mr'. Michael Roh2f i.15, as courtesl- for'Hugh L. Bates Lodge No. 686, F. & A.M., Hamilton, Ohio.
+4:+Servlce Lodge No. 95
(Manila, Philippines)On May 14Lh, 1937, Serv-ce Lodge
confelred the Entered Apprent-ce De-g1'ee upon tr,,.o candidates. The fir.st,I{alold Robert Miller', a candidate ofService Lodge, anC the second, I{. 1,.
Baker', a cand date of Tupas Lodge No.62, Cebu.
On May 28th, 1937. Bros. Clair Ni-c[rolas Burke and Haro]d Robert Mil1er\\:ere passed to tire De3r.ee of Fellorv-crafb lrlason by Service Lodge.
Blo. Albelt J. Eastrnan has been i11
but is lecoveling at his home in Ca-vite.
St. John's No, 9( M cr,n ila, P h ilipltin e s)
The 234th Special Meeting of St.John's Lodge No. 9, was convened at theLodge HaIl at 8:00 P. M. on Monday,April 26, 1937, for the purpose of con-ferling the First Degree of Masonry onMr. Francis Edwai'd Blanc, who had, atour Stated Dleeting for the month ofApril, beeu eiected to receive the dc-grees of Dlasonly in St. John's. '
The Lodge rvas opened in the FirgtDegree and proceeded to confer theEnter:-d Appleirt:ce Degree upon Mr.f-:lanc by x leam composed as follows:
rWorsh'pful Ma,ster, EarI J. Green;Senior Warden Frank C. Miles P. M.;Junior W-arden, Frank S. O'Brien; Se-nior Deacon, Allen L. Dwyre; JuniorDeaco,r, Frederick S. Scheben; SeniorStervard, Joseph F. Boomer, P. M,; Ju-
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| \\-c ltu t'c receirpd many pietrrrrs I
I of ltr,'or,ic affttit's from Lortgcs t,lI II trcr lhs lsl.,lyclt intenderl for pub- i
) l;,'ntion, ItltI u,)t' rogret tltat tlto i
1 Dicttrrcs connol be rt 'inted in ''The I
I Crfitefou," for llck o1 appropria- |
I lion for lhe purpose. We suggesf ]
1 thilt un amount ol Ps.00 be in- i1, elrrdtcl u'lten forworrlittg tltesc pic- ]
' 7,,,'c* to cuuer cost ol the ctrts. j
n:ol Steward, Charles S. Saiinon, p. M.;Marshal, Nlark Nestle, P. M.; Fepam-bulation, Jean A. Har.r.is; Workingl'ocls, David Innls, P. M.; Apr.on pre-sentation, Seldon W. O'Brien, p. G. M.;Chalge, Joseph F, Boomer, p, M.; Lec-tule, Frank S, O'Brien.
Aftel the work had been completedthe llaster took opportunity of thank-ing all the Brethren present for theirattendance and particularly those tvhohad so rvillingly and Ioyally lespondedto the call for help in conferling theDegree. Although the team had hadoniy a few hours to pt.eparp themselves,the v.'ork was completed in an exempia-ry manner. The Lodge has much to beproud of in the splendid spirit and quali_ty of work Brother Dwyre oul i.ecent-ly laised Brethren, displayed. BrotherS. O'Brien, deiivering the difficult lec-ture of the Entered Apprentice Degreefor the first time, received the specialcornmendation of the Master', as did Bro_ther Earl J. Green, '*-ho conferled theobligation.
The abiiity of the Lodge to organizea fuil Degree tearn on but a few hoursnotice and to secure such an excellentturn-out in membership duling the hotseason in Manila demorlstrates more elo_quently than mere .lvords the fine fra_telnal fellowship existing in the Loclgeand the interest and coopcration of itsmer-nbels. St. John,s will stiil take se-cond place in these respects to few, ifany, Lodges in the philippincs.
W'or'. Brother C. S. Salmon entertain_ed the tean-r at i-ris hon-re r.,,ith a rvater_mellon feast'
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Isaganl Lodge No. 96(Tarkt.e., Ta,rloc).
The Lodge was compelied to holdmeetings every Satulday during themcnths of Aprii ancl May, conferingI)egrees on several candidates.
On April 24, 1937, the Third Degreeof Maso,nry was confered upon Bros.
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Lorenzo Samonte, Albert M. Lang, andJuan S. Matias. The work \,vas donein the presence of W. Bro. Jose C.Velo, Grand Lecturer of the M. W.Grand Lo<ige, r,vho mads a surprise visitto the Lodge on the occasion, accom-panied by three o,ther brethren fromManila Lodges who had kindly consentedto help in the work.
Aeacla Lodge No. 78(Iloilo, Panay)
On the evening of May 19, 19137, theSubiime Degree of Masonry was con-ferred upon Bro. Romuio Y. Mendozaof Pampanga Lodge No. 48. The bre-thlen composing the team wel'e asfollows:
First Section:-Bro. Leodegario Celisas Worshipftrl Master; Bro. Jose Fullon,Senior \\rarden of Iloilo Lodge No. 11,as Senior Warden; !Yor. Bro. I'elipeCarbonilla, P. M. of lio,ilo Lodge No. 11,as iunior Warden; and Wor. Bro. Olim-pio Magat, P. M., as Senior Deacon.
Second Sectic,n:-Wor. Bro. FernandoRamirez, P. M., as King Solomon; Bro.Lecdegario Ce1is, as Hiram of Tyre; an,d
\\:or'. Bro. Feiipe Carbonilla, as SeniotDeacon, assisted by Wor. Bro. OlimpioMagat and Bro. Vicente Gustiio, as No.1 and No. 2 Fellow-Crafts, respectively.
The Lecture rvas delivered by theSenior Warden of the Lodge, Bro. Leo-degario Celis; the Charge by Wor, Bro.Manuel Blanco, P. M. of lloilo LodgeNo. 11; and the Congratulation by Wor'.Bi'o. F. ltazon, P. M. of D'agohoy LodgeNo. 84.
The LoCge u-as c,losed at 8:35 P. M.,the bi'ethren enjoying the fratdrnal sup-per offered by the candidate, the Prin-cipal of the Iloilo Trade School.
Keystone Lodge No. 100(Ccriegidot', Crt,uite, P. 1.1
On iune 5, 1937, the Third Degree ofMasonry \\'as conferled upon Rro. Atila-no Estorga by the regular officers of-the Lodge.
Bro. Liberato J. Gon-rez repolts an in-clease in his family in the form of ababy girl born May 1,5, 19,37, in Cala-ca. Ratangas.
Rro. Luis A. Sevilla is sick at thePost Hospital.
Ailr0ilto G0ilz[rEzAITORNEY
4 Lack & Davis Building, Mant'a.Tel.2.11.5't
Pase 262
Dapltan Lodge No. 21(Munila, P. I.)
Letters have been received from thefollorving brethern:
Brother J. E. McCu.lloch reports thathe has just. returned from Fort Een-ning, Georgia, where ttre took an exami-nation for promotion; he sends his bestregar,ds to the brethren.
Brother Pleliton E. Samson is nowstationed at Rio Guinobatan, Masbate.He works as all a.ccountant rn'ith a min-ing firm there.
Wor, Bro. Macario V. Linsao is atprese,nt stationed at Legaspi, Albay.IIe is in charge of the P. C. C. Automo-tive Department in the Bicol region.
Wor'. Bro. Temistocles Elviffa has justreturned froin a business trip to Iloito.He says he can be located now at hisstore "La Nueva Ecijana" aL RtzalAvenue.
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Commonwealth Lodge No. 6?(Manila, P. I.)
At the Special Meeting of Common-wealt[r Lodge No. 57, Bro. Nicolas B.Adonis, lvas raised to the sublime tlegrteof Master Mason. Before his raising adelicio,us dinner was served to the visit-ing brethren and members of the Lodgeat the corridor of the spacious SocialHall of the Temple. The v-ork lvas per-formed by the special teams of Bagum-bayan Lodge No. 4, headed by Wor. Bro.Jose V. Velo, Senior Gi and Lecturer,in a very digirified manner.
Bataan Lodge No. 104(Bolanga, Bcttaan)
On April 18, 1937, an invitation foran Inter-Lodge get-together \\,as receivedfrom Pampanga Lodge No. 48. Consider-ing the good purpose _of the invitation,we agreed to accepf it and forthwithsent a delegation to attend the gat[ier-ing. On the morning of May 23, atabout 8:30 o'cIock, seven members ofour Lodge left Balanga on the regularbus, arriving at San Femando at about10:50. Upon arrival, we proceeded im-mediately to the Rizai Memorial buiid-ing localed at the Pro',-inciai gar.den,where rve u,ere cordially met by thc hostbrethren and a surnpttr-ous dinler. selr.ecius'
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High Twelve No. 82(Manila, Phil'ppines)
(Bro.) Dr. and Mrs. Mauro Baradiale the happy parents of a ?-poundbaby girl bo,r'n at St. Luke's Hospital,May 31, 1937, at 3:35 P. M. Rothmother and baby are doing well. Dra,Adela da de los Angeles was the at-tending phys-cian.
Wor. Bro. Dominador B. Ambrosioand Brother Domingo Q, Baseara metwith a"r occident on theirvray lo Ma.
Maglndanaw Lodge No. 40(C0,9 a!/ an, Or. Mi.samis)
On Monday, June 7, at 7:30 p. m., abanquet in honor of Bro. Dionisio, N. Es-cobar, Asdistant Engineer of Orr. Misa-mis, who has been transferred to Luce-na, Tayabas, was held at t'he Cagayande Oro hotel and grill with the followingpresent,
Abeiianosa, R. U., Caburian, F., Cha-Yes, C., Erfe, D. Q., Escobar, D. N.,Go Ana, Hipona, V, C., Pabayo, A. A.,Suniel, M. Y., Velez, N. M., Alcid, B.F., Ablaza, M,, Avancefia, P., Caleso, J,,Bautista, F., Fernandez, E., Ganoy, S.
L., Bunuan, A. E., Shapit, A. P,, andAtLy. Galareta, D.
Among those who spoke at the occasionrYere: Bro. A1cid, Bro. Cafleso, Bro.AbTaza, Bro. Bunuan, Bro. Avancefia,Atty. Galareta and W. Bro. Hipona. W..
Bro. Shapit acted as toastmaster.The fo'llowing day, Tuesday, Bro. Es-
cobar left on the S. S. Luzon for his newstation'
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Mount Huraw Lodge No. 98
(Catbalogan, Samar)
The Lodge gave a despedida parrty onApril 1-0, 1ast, for Bro. and Mrs. Joa-quin L. Panis who left for Albay on thefollorving day. Bro. Panis (40) hasbeen given a new assigriment as districtengineer for Albay province.
T*re Lc,Cge is now functioning withoutthe other two Lights. Bro. InocenaioTansima, S. \Y., is spending an extensivevacation in China with his family.Bro. Dr'. Francisco Tan, J. W,, is inManila- taking a post graduate course inthe Schoo1 of Public Health and Hygieneof the College of Medicine, U. P.
Bro. Lieut. Jesus F. Pastrana isspending a well-earned vacation forthree mo,:rths in Calbayog with hisbette,'-half. Bro. Pasirana has beenin the &readquartels of the PhilippineAlniy in illanila.
?he follorving brethlen had gone toManila during this summer: \Yor. Bro.Lao Hoo for business and official dutiesas district Consul for China in Samar;\Vor. Bro. Gonzalo \rillarin and Bro.Manuel I. Japzon to conduct their chil-dren to school in the city; and Wor. Bro.\ricente R. Orgiles to get his daughterPaquita, rvho graduated from the SanJuan de Dios Hospital as a nurse.
Mrs. Juana Cervero, wife of \Vo,r.Bro. Luis Cervero, has been conductingclasses in Catbalogan for teachers whoale preparing to take t{re civil serviceexaminations.
nila from Manaoag on May 25 near Ma-rilao, They were c6nfined to the lVIa-nila Sanatorium Hobpltal flir severafidays ri'here they were tr6ated;
The Cablctou
Tamaraw Lodge No. 65(Calapan, Mi,ndoro)
Immediately after the close of theschool year 1936-37, Wor, Brrother EIa-dio G, Castro, present active Master,together with Bro. Alejandro G. Cala-yan, both of San Teodoro District,Supervisor and Principal respectively,l6'ft for Manila to attend summer classes.They. were to have taken tlhe TeacherExamination in the City on May 15.
The new appointed Inspecto,r for Ta-ma.raw Lodge this Masonic year is Wor.Bvo. Mar,ciano Evangelista of BatangasLodge No. 35. Bro. Evangelista's fa-miliarity and personal contact with thebrethren of Tamaraw Lodge beford hisappointment highly qualifies him for hisnew 'duties.
Brother Mariano Ramirez, principalof San Jose, Mindoro, is a recent visitorto Calapan. He speaks well of hisplace, and desires to return to San Jose
to finish his projects thereWor. Brother Sisenando Bugarin, who
has been ill for sometime, is still sick.His lingering iJlness is worrying hisfamily. Our prayers for his quick re-covery.
The following brethren have been veryactive this year, never having missed
any stated meeting despite the fact thatthey reside 78 kilometers away fromthe capital urirere the Lodge Hall islocated: Bros. Manuel Cudiamat, Gor-gonio Jacob, Daniel Llave, all of Pina-malayan, Mindoro. Let there be moretimber of this kind among the Craft.
Brother Potenciano Antonio, Princi-pal Teacher of Pinamalayan, Mindoro,is now va,cationing in Manila' He istaking summer course in the NationalUniversity. Bro. Antonio will soon
finish his B. S. E. course.
Brother Pedro Rabulan with his fa-mily has arrived for a short visit lastApril, He personally came to visit his"Mother Lodge" and have a c&rat withthe brethren about his long absence inIloilo as Supervisor of Hygiene and
Sanitatio,n. Brother Rabulan willestablish his home in Calapan when he
leaves the Govevnment service which he
thinks wi,ll not be very long. He reportsthat rhis mother has lost her sight due
to o1d age.
Brother Doroteo Jacob, the Secretary,has sent circulars to all brothers regard-ing the operation and management ofthe Dormitory for Sons of Masons. Ta-maraw Lodge congratulates the Com-mittee for this accomplishment in behalfof sons of Masons.
Brother Chua Chin has re;entlyarrived from China where he 1layedseveral monlths with his aged parents.He is actually residing at, 434 Jabone-ros, as assistant manag:i,of a Chinesefirm. He reports that he received theletters sent him by the SecretarYalthough he was in C, llrlina, He is gladto be back aga'in,
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Seccion Castellana
Ithr f OAlBlLlElt(DWNOTAS EDTTOPIALES
L4 ilr ilaliuUENTAN que el poeta,r,amartine dirigi6ndose aun Supreme Consejo de laMasoneria dijo estas pa-labras: "Estoy co,nvencidode que es del fondo devuestras Logias que han
emanado, en la sombra, al principio,despu6s en plena luz, Ios sentimientosque han acabado por hacer la sublimeexplosi6n de qus hemos sido testigos en1789."
La Revoluci6n Erancesa que abarc6el periodo de 1789 al L79B surgi6 porquelas dinastias mo,narquicas estaban car_comidas y los regimenes estaban soste_nidos por una aristo,cracia servil y ge-nerales iteptos. La labor de los enci-clopedistas se intensificaba en la con-ciencia de las muchedumb;res y las pr6-dicas de la masoneria se infiltraban enla conciencia de los pueblos.
El estallido que derrumb6 La Basti-lla el 14 de julio es todo un simbolo.Inici6 la protesta de un pueblo que sesabia soberano y que, sin embargo, seahogaba entre las garras de una aris-tocracia podrida. Los ideales mas6ni-cos, que se forjaban en los talleres, sepropagaban, y aunque la masoneria nomovi6 ei braz6 que hundi6 el pufial susideales influyeron para que la ciudada-nia se aprestara para terminar con cier-tos y descarados privilegios y proclamarla soberania del puebJo corno de derechonatural.
Pero estos principios ya entonces esta-ban consagrados en otro documento devalor transcendental para la humanidad:en eI de la proclamaci6n de independen-
S,CRIBIA un autor, rillipor el siglo pasador,,,que la paternidad espiri-tual educativa ejerce so-bre nuestra vida un im-perio absolute,
- "[114-z6,ndola toda, decia, su
educaci6n moral es el capitulo rnas im-portante para nuestra existencia de lacual dipenden nuestra felicidad 3 ,,o".-tra desgracia perdurable."
No exageramos cuando decimos gue
cia de los Estados Unidos de Am6rica.El 4 de julio de 1776, o sea, aflos antesde la Revoluci6n Francesa, el pueblonorte-american6 proclamaba al mundodesde un rinc6n de Filadelfia que todoslos hombres han sido creados iguales,que el Creador los ha dotado de ciertosderechos que no puede:r ser enajenados,que entre esos ,derechos se hallan eqpe-cialmente el de la vida, el de la libertady el de adoptar Ios medios que juzguem,as oportuno's para e1 logro de su ma-yor felicidad, que para asegurarse e1goce de esos derechos los ftrombres hanestablecido para si mismos gobiernoscuya justa autoridad emana del consen-timiento de los gobernados.
En un tranquete celebrado en Wash-ington D. C. el 22 do febreto de 1899el gran estadista americano William J.Bryan, adentr6ndose en el espiritu deeste documento, en un discurso en quehabl6 sobre Ia Misi6n de Am6rica, dijolo siguie,nte entre oiras cosas: "El prin-cipal objeto de 1os fundadores de nues-tro goil:ierno fue el de asegurar paraellos y su posteridad las bendiciones dela iibertad, y eso se ha seguido fiel-mente hasta estos dias. Nuestros esta.distas se habr6n atacado mutuamentesobre cuestiones eeon6micas, pero siem-pre han convenido en defender el go-bierno propio como la idea capital de lanaci6n. Se habr6n atacado mutuamentesobre cuestiones .de tarifas o de finan-zas, pero siempre han estado uhidos ensu oposici6n a mantener alianzas concualquier poder europeo. Bajo estapolitica, nueslra naci6n ha crecido ennfmero y en fuerza. Bajo esta politi-
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el ministerio espirtitual educatlvo de lospadres sobre los hijos empieza a ejey-cer su efectiva y natural influeneia des-de que el niflo se desprende de1 claus-tro materno y b,usca, entre sus, llori-queos y sonrisas, la protecci6n fisica ymoral de sus padres. Y lo trrigico en lavida es que los padres no se den cuentadesde entonces que la Providencia Iesinviste con ^esta nueva responsabilidadcomo nuevos iniciados en este sacerdociode amor y educaci6n filiales, Desde
ca, su influencia ben6fica ha circundadoel._globo. Bajo esta politica, los con_tribuyentes se han jibrado de la cargay de ia amenaza de una .c.asta militar yse ha educado a los j6venes inas bien eirlas artes de la paz que en la ciencia dela guerra, para celebrar eI 4 de julionuestrs pueblo siempre se ha reunidorecordando la Deciaraci6n de la Inde-pendencia; renuevan en sus corazonesel voto, de defender 1as libres instilucio_n9s del pais, v elevan sus voces paraa.labar la s.abiduria, coraje y patriotismode sus ancestros. Hasta irace un aflo,este sentimiento era universal. A estesentimiento han apelado los insurgentesde Cuba; esie sentimiento frre
-el quu
determin6 a nuestro pueblo a entrar eng'uerra .contra Espafla, lHabtr6 nues_tro pueblo cambiado en tan poco,s mesesque ahora est6 dispuesto a hacer unaapologia por la guerra de Ia Revoluci6ny forzar a los filipinos el mismo siste_ma de gobierno contra el cual los colonis_los protestaron con fuego y con la es-pada ',
Esta no fue mas que una voz dealarma de un gran estadista americanolpero el curso de los acontecimientos ennuestro pais ys, demostrando que el ge_nio de la iastituciones americanas quetom6 carne de ,realidad el 4 de julio de1776 en el documento glorioso de la De_clarac-i6n de Indepen<iencia es eil quepreside hasta ahora las relacione.
"rir"los puebios de Am6rica y de Filipinas.Celebremos, pues, estas fecthas como
:;t1,,*. reafirmaci6n de ideaies mas6ni-
entonces comienza el ministerio espiri_tual educativo de los padres sobre sushijos, y que debe luego continuar cons-tantemente en el hogar, en Ia farnilia,que es Ia m6dula de la naci6n.
Asi-decia un suf,sr'-(14 escuela maselemental, la escuela mas intima, Ia demas eflcac'a p.ara f,6des los seres de-am_bos sexos, es el hogar dom6stico, Iomismo par4 Ios seres mas humildes conel sublime silencio de las cotidiana: fae-
tro mas sentido p6same aI HermanoDionisio F. Alejanlro y familia por lamuerte de su idolatrada hija Candela-ria ocurrida el 11 del pasado mes de
Mayo.*i<*
Notas de h aRIENTALMASONIC CLUB:-
Esta asociaei6n compuesta de eleinen-tos valiosos de la fraternidad celebr6 elmes pr6x mo pasado su elecci6n anuaide directores habiendo sido, elegidos lossiguientes Hermanos:
,Presidente, Eduardo del Rosario TanKiang; Vice-Presidente, Yu Kiatmin;Vice-Presidente, Cirilo Lim; Tesorero,Kong Chio Tao; Secretar o, Jos6 S.
Yok Peng, y m,iembros C. B.Ong Chun,Ong Yee Tong, L rn Sioirg Tiu, Ang
lT'ian Su, Mar:iano Sia, Co Ban Kiat yYu A-k.
A todos van nuestras congratulacio-nes.
+**De rtuestl'o Hon, Comis'ionad,o. elM. I. Her'mano Quintin Pared,es:-
Hemos recibido una atenta y cordialcomunicaci6n de nuestro M. I. Hermano
Quintin Paredes, Comisionado Filipinoen Washington, en la que nos dice queel M. L Hermano Conrado Benitez Ie hapuesto aI corriente de los asuntos de
nuestra fraternidad por la que siemprese ha interesado, y en la que 4os pideenviemos sus saludos y recuerdos a to-dos los Hermanos de quienes siemprese acuerda.
Cumpl mos aqui su fraternal encar-go y por nuestra parte le decimos ques empre le tenemos presente en todasnuestras actividades y reuniones,
***Notas de la Logia Pampanga No. 48.
La Logia Pampanga No. 48 acaba de
_contraer una deuda de gratitud paracon la Logia ACACIA No. ?8, de M. L.& A. de los Va,lles de Iloilo, a la quedesea expresar reciprocidad, por los tra-bajos por 6l1a realizados, en deferenciaa nuestra fraternal retici6n, en la ini-ciacion, pase y exaitac:6n del Her. R.6-mulo Y. Mendoza, miembro de esta Lo-gia, actual Maestro Principal de la I1o-ilo Trade Sehool.
La Logia Pampanga No. 48 por me-dio de la presente extiende a todos y acada uno de los miembros de la LogiaACACIA No. 78, el sincero agradeci-miento por Ia fraternal ayuda y desin-teresa:la cooperaci6n al responder ge-nerosamente a.nuestra solicltud.,,
NOTAS Y NOTICIASAGAPE FRATERNAL
El dia 23 de Mayo de 1937, a invita-ci6n de 1a l,ogia Pampanga No. 48, es-tuvieron .reunidos en eI RIZAL MEMO-RiAL HALL, desde cerca de las diez dela maflana, once miembros de ia LogiaIsagani No. 96 el Ven. Her. Julian Es-teban, Venerable Pasado: Ven. Her.Clemente Terso,P. M.; Ven. Her. SixtoGuiang, Tesorero; Her. Francisco, C. Do-mingo, Segundo Vigilante; Her. AlbertM. Lang; Her, Juan S. Matias; Ven.Hcr. Arcadro Evangelista, P. M.; Her.Lino Ignacio,; Her. Jesus V. Evangelis-ta, Primer Vigilante; Her. C. M. San-diego; y Her. Fabi6n Domingo, y con
Del Ferrocarril el Sultdnos Nad,urata Canuto,trntes, no hag coche en TutubdnqLLe no se nxueoo aI m,i.nutoen cuanto letsanta el..-. "p,ltlgor".
6llos el Ven. Her. M. M. Ilano, Inspec-tor de la Logia fsagani No. 96; y tam_bien el Her. Liberato E. Littawan, dela Logia Bud Daho No. 102. Estu-vieron tambi6n un grupo de seis miem_bros de la Logia Bataan No. 104, com-puesto de su Venerable Maestro, Her.Amado Banzon, Laureano Escalada, Ex-Venerabie Maestro; Aniceto Reyes, pri-ber Di6cono: Her. Norberto Gallardo,Secretario, Her. Adriano Sioson, Segun-do Di6cono: y Fabian Santiago, primerExperto, aaompafiados por el Ven. Her.Buenaventura F. Alcid de la Logia An-galo No. 63, Inspector de la Logia.Estuvo representada la Logia Leonard
Ver. Her. CANUTO NADURATA
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Wood No. 105 por el Her. Basilio S. Ca-laguas, Tesorero de la Lo,gia. El Ven.Iier. Gervasio Ramirez, de Ia Logia Ma-
*kawiwili No. 55, ex-Inspector de nues-tra. Logia, estuvo igualmente presente enia"'ieuni6n, como no po,dia menos por elinter6s que siempre ha demostrado nosolamente para el bien de la Logia sinotambi6n para el bien gener:l de Ia Ins-tituci6n.
Veinte dos miembros de la Logia Pam-panga esluvieron presentes; si todcs nopudieron asistir ello es porque est6n es-parcidos en varias partes del Archipi6-lago y en el extranjero, Dichos miem-bros son: Tirso Manabat, P. D. Nava-rro, Venerable Maestro, Nicanor D.Bondoc, Sergio Soiiman, Lamberto Song-co, Apo inario S. 'de Leon Ex-VenerableMaestro,, Damaso Guevara, Juan Suflga,Antonio M. Quito, Juan G. del Fin, Ig-nacio C. Baluyut, Ciriaco Sarmiento,Justo M. Gomez, Ven. Her. Bbsilio Cas-tro, Ex-Venerable Maestro, Albino'C.Zabala, Isaac Santos, Jose L. Guinto,Ex-Ven. Maestro, Santiago Raz6n, Qui-rino Abad Santos, Ex-Venerable; FelixB. Bautista, Ex-Venerable, Her. JuanP. Santo,s, y el Secretario.
Antes de la hora del agape fraternalse tomaron vatrias fotografias de todosIos hermanos invitados y miembros de
la Logia Pampanga al pie del Monumen-to al Gral. Maximino Hizon situado en
medio del Jardin Provincial, para con-
memorar 1a ocasi6n.Terminado el agape, a Ia hora de los
brindis, fueron sucesivamente por el
Ven.. Her. Pelagio D. Navarro, Venera-ble Maestro de la Logia, presentadoslos siguientes:
Primqro, el Ven. Her. Gervasio Rami-rezl le sigui6 el Ven. Her. Apo inario S.
de Leon, quien hab16 en 6no en6rgico,ademSs del motivo de la reunion, sobre1a necesidad de propagar la luz paracontrarrestar las malignas insinuacio-nes eue se propalan en contra de lamasonerial de inculcar por todos los
medios las doctrinas que informan a lainstituci6n; de abrir los ojos de ,la masa,del pueblo, para desterrar el fanatismo,encareciendo a todos que se tomasen eltrabajo de cumplir con el sagrado apos-to,lado de descubrir Ia verdad al lado de
doctrinas que embrutecen y embotan elsentimiento y \a raz6n. Fu6 presen-tado el Ven. Her. Amando Banzon, Ve-nerable Maestro de la Logia BataanNo,. 104, quien en un mag:istral ,discur-
so que ley6 ante el auditorio, {ecnostr6una vez m6s su conocimiento sobrematerias mas6nicas. Le sigui6 en el'uso de Ia palabra e,l Ven. Her. 'M. M.Ilano, Inspector de Ia rogia Isagani No.96, quien entre otras cosas relat6 lasperipecias porque atravez6 Ia Logia Isa-gani que estuvo a punto de abatir co-
lumnas, y s61o se s6lvo por el tes6n y(Qontinuo en la P6,9, 266)
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regi5n de Mindanao, y de 1o cumplid.oresque son de los principios de la. institu-ci6n los masones de aquella apartadaporci6n del Archipi6lago Filipino.
-;Y qu6 nos dice usted de los miem-bros ,de la logia Sarangani?
-Me informa:ron que lo,s miembros ae-tivos de la logia SARANGANI ascien-den a unos cuarenta, y que, no obstante,residir algunos en sitios alejados, comode unos cincuenta o sesenta kil6metrosde la ciudad, con dificultad de comuni.caciones, la puntualidad en la asistenciaen las tenidas de la logia era la notacaracteristica.
-Les dije a los Hermanos de a116 queme admiraba la envidiable ot:ganizaci6ncon que funciona )a logia SARANGANIy la fuerte vitalidad del espiritu maso.nico que sus actos demostraban, debien-,do ser ello motivo, no precisamente deorgullo puesto que el mas6n no debe sero,rgulloso, pero si de satisfacci6n, por-que arin en provincias muy importantes,y arin en Manila, existen logias con ape-nas doce o quince miembros, que cele-bran sus tenidas con escasamente siete,o sea, el nfmero reglamentariamente ne-cesario para llevar a cabo una reuni6nmas6nica.
-Conoci a un Hermano que, habien-do ltregado a Davao hace aflos como unsimple obrero en obras priblicas, por susprropios esfuerzos y su personal dinamis-mo, ahora es uno de lbs propietarios enDavao 'y el duefro del mas grande ser.-vicio de .transportaci6n ,de trucks en Iaprovincia.
-Conoci tambi6n a otros Hermanosque, mediante sus propios m6ritos, sonahora profesionales y de vida acomoda-da en la misma provincia.
-Estando en Davao, tuve necesidadde ir a Cotabato, por tierra, en cumpli-miento de deberes oficiales. Fue parami una agradable sorpresa, despu6s dehacer una recorrida de mas de doscien-tos kil6metros en autom6vil, en carrete- -
ras de tercera clase en su mayoria, serrecibido a treinta y dos kil6metros de lapoblaci6n de Cotabato, por un comit6 demiembrcs Ce la logia KIITANG-BATO,que hakrian ido a saludarnos en nombrede su logia y con empeflo ofrecernos alo-jamiento en la casa del Venerable Maes-tro.
-Y c6mo se habian enterado de su ida
a Cotabato?
-Sin que supi6ramos eI Hermano Ci-
priano y yo, algunos miembros de I-a 1o-
Sia SARANGANI telegrafiaron a IIer-manos en Cotabato partiCipando nuestraIlegada.
(Continua en la Pd,g. 266)
l"ln 1937
Hace de esf6 muchisimos aflos, muchi-simo mas de veinte aflos. Veniamospor la carretera del Norte hacia Manila.Dos ruedas de nuestro coche se desin-flan, y no hay con qu6 substituirlas.
I L{rprevisi6n del chauffeur. Habla queemplear horas para arreglarlas, y se ha-
- cia precisq venir enseguida a Mani a,Era bastante entrada Ia noche, y el tiem-po se. ponia malo. D,e pronto apateci6en la lejania la luz intensa de un coche.A juzgar por la velocida,d con que venia,
.pa,recia que sus ocupairtes tenian tam-bi6n nuestra misma precisi6n por Jlegar' a Manila. Sin embargo, al pasar porduestro lado, la voz pastbsa de un hom-bre llega a nuestro oidos, y pronto nosdimo's cuenta de que se habia ordenadoal conductor a que pa?ase eI coche, Lamisma voz pastosa, pero esta vez inquisi-
. dora, se. dirige a nosotros ofreci6ndonosgraciosamente, gtalantemente, eI uso de
, su piopio coche. Acogimos la oferta. eomo eosa providencial, y desde entonces
tuvimos un nuevo amigo, e,l Hon. Jos6''Generoso.
Et fue el seflor de la voz pastosa queno Ie importaba la incomodidad de pararel coche en plena carretera para ayudar
.aJ neeesitado; 6l fue quien sin conocer-nos nos ofreci6 el uso de su propio co-ehe; y por 6I fue que llegamos a Manila
I sin otros inconvenientes.En el decurso de los aflos le admira-
mos de nuevo como seryidor priblico. Enla judicatura, en la cdmara de represen-tantes, en el senado, su actuaci6n se hadistinguido siempre por esa nola en 61
caracteristic:., de servir sinceramente, ex-pontaneamente, al necesitado, 116mese
Oste 'pgeblo' o llSmese 6ste 'individuo'.Por seroi,t' se ha hecho mas6n y por
serui,r'conlirlia siendo mas6n. Es de loscmtl,s)gones dentro, de Ja jnstituci6n ysiempre ha sido el mismo en sus idealesmas6nicos, sin que Ie cambiara un 6picelos renuilgos de ,la fortuna.
Hacia tiempo que dese6bamos teneruna entrevista con 6l para las p6ginasde esta publicaci6n; pero era dificil en-contrar un rato que nos fuera propicio.Son tantas sus ocupaciones en Malaca-flan como t6cnico que temiamos fuera unsacrilegio el distraerle.
Pero con 61 trabaja como "law clerk"el Ven. Hermano Cipriano Mateo \,,,consu ayuda conseguimos un rato de <ihar-la como fuera nuestro deseo. (r
-Los ideales mas6nicos est6n encar-nados-en ,los de PATRIA-nos dice eIVen. Her. Generoso-y los ma.sones fili-pinos debemos buscar mas fra-rc-rnidad,mas unidad de acci6n y mejor desarro-llo de actividades mas6nicas.
Parece que usted no da muchaimporiancia a los trabajos ritualisticos?
-No deben quedar limitados a los tra-bajos ritualisticoc los actos de la Ma- ,l
.a
soneiria. Tengo para mi que si dedic6-ramos mas tiempo los masones a propa-gar entre profanos nuestros principios y7a gt:andeza de nuestra Hermandad, noestariamos ocupando en Filipinas unaposici6n que hasta ahora no puede co,n-siderarse importatrte,
-Tengo entendido que usted viene dehacer un viaje poi lVlindanao
-Exactamente.. . . .
-lQuiere Vd. decirnos algo sobre 1amasoneria y los masones ,cie por all6?
-Si, y muy a satisfacci6n mia, porqueconsidero esta una buena oportunidadpara hacer saber s, los masicnes que leenel "Cabletow" las impresiones que he re-cogido en Davao y en Cotabato.
-Fui a Davao, como usted sabe, pordeberes relacionados con el puesto queocupo actualmente, e iba conmigo el Ven.Hermano Mateo Cipriano, de l? logiaDALISAY No. L4, quien como ,.lawclerk" en Ia oficina del Presidente deFilipinas, trabaja conmigo. No creique tendria oportunidad de verme conmasones de aquella regi6n, porque parael.mucho trabajo que tenia que realizar,la estancia de diea dias en Davao absor-beria mi tiempo.
-6Pero se encontr6 usted gon ,r.a-tros Hermanos de Davao?
-Fue para mi una agradable sorpre-
sa el ser visitado al dia siguiente de mi.llegada a Davao por masones de Ia Io-calidad. Supieron que yo habia llega-do, y con ese espiritu de buena voluntadtan saliente y apreciado en la institu-ci6n mas6nica, aquellos hermanos se pu-sieron a disposici6n mia y del Her. Ci-priano, dici6ndonos que era para ellos undeber y una satisfa'cci6n sernos ritiles.
-Nos invitaron a varios agasajos, pe-ro la falta de tiempo solo nos permiti6asistir a dos, efectuados por la noc*te:una cena en la que fuimos hu6spedes unex-venerable maestro de una logia deNegros Oriental, que estaba de paso co-mo turista en Davao, el Her. Cipriano yyo y otra cena de despedida a un miem-bro de la logia SARANGANI, de Davao,con motivo de su traslado a Cebri comoingeniero auxiliar.
-En estas dos reuniones solamentetomaron parie masones, y fue alentadorver reunidos en aquellos actos a utrostreinta masones de la .localidad, entreetrlos uno o dos americanos y tres o cua-tro chinos.
-Los discursos que se pronunciaron,Ia chavla e-ntre los concurrentes y lasatenciones ^ de que fuimo,s objeto loshu6spedes, fueron una espl6ndida mani-festaci6n de Ia vitalidad mas6nica en la
DE CflARLA CON NUESTROS flOIWBRES"Los ideales masonicos estan encarnados en los de PATRIA., nos dice el
Ven. Hermano JOSE GENEROSO
Pase 266 The Cabletou
PL- AIYCHAS EDE CLTBIC!.II'CION
lDlE lQ IEIDH O lpd\ lp llAd\t lE N ltA lQ ll tD /s\t ASO N lI OO(Continuaci6n)
38. Las enmiendas propuestas o re-comendadas por eI Comit6 informantetienen preferencia sobre las propuestaspor un hermano cullquiera y deber6nser discutidas y votadas con anteriori-dad.
39. LLENAR ESPACIOS EN BLANCO._Esta es una forma de enmienda muYespecial. Hay mociones o resolucionesque, en vez de consignar una cantidad,o un ntimero o un plazo, determinados,los dejan en blanco, para que cualquiermiembro de la reuni6n pueda proponerel nfmero, la cantidad, o eI dia o lafecha, segirn sea eI caso. Por ejemplo:
-Se resueltte que se nombre un com'itd
especio,l de..... miembros, etc.
-El nirmero de miembros est6 en blancopara que cualquiera pueda .presentaruna proposici6n.
La especialidad de esta enmienda estSen que, en si misma, no debe conside-rarse como enmienda, sino como unaproposici6n independiente sujeta a re-
glas propias. Asi, pueden presentarsecuantas proposiciones se quieran parallenar eI espacio en blanco sin necesidadde estar cada una secundada. Y talesproposiciones- no importa su nfmero
-se someterdn a \a Asamblea en estaforma:-Si se trata de nfmeros, se
someterd primero eI nirmero o la cifram5s baja y si se trata de Plazos, so
someter6 primero el plazo n6s largo, yasi sucesivamente, hasta llegar aI nir-mero o cifra m6s alta y al plazo m6scorto.
40, PoSPoNER TNDEFTNTDAMENTE. -La moci6n de posposici6n indefinida lapresentan los enemigos de la moc!6n
princ'pal para matar esta riltima o aban-donarla. Su objeto es suprimir o quitarel asunto de la consideraci6n de la Asam-
blea. Esta moci6n es inenmendable, pero
es debatible, y el debate girarS, sobre elfondo mismo de la cuesti6n planteada.
Algunas autoridades mas6nicas cre-
on, con raz6n, que esta moc'6n no debe
presen.tarse en una Logia mas6niba, aligual que la moci6n de levantamientode sesi6n o Ia cuesti6n pre.'ia. f,a mo-ci6n de levantar la sesi6n ed contrariaa la prerrogativa del Maestro de levan-tar o suspender los trabajos a su dis-creci6n. La cuesti6n previa que cortaun debate por 1o sano es antimas6nica.por lo mismo que supone una descortesiapara los hermanos que todavia quiererihablar. Por la misma raz6n, \a moci6nde posposici6n indefinida que propone lamuerte del asunto, debe eonsiderarsecomo contraria aI espiritu de la Institu-ci6n. Lo mejor es--dicen-11egar a lavotaci6n directa; proponer la desapro-baci6n seria antifraternal'
El Maestro de una Logia decidir6,segtn su mejor discreci6n, si una mo-ci6n de proposici6n indefinida debe de-
clararse fuera de orden o no, en eadacaso.
(Se contirtuard,)
Del Ministerio Edu...(Conti.nuaci6n de la P(r'g. 263)
De Charla con...(Continuaci6tr. de la Pdg. 263\
nas de los braceros, que para los Po-derosos con el aparato y bullicio del
lujo; si esta escue'la elemental de nues-tros sentidos y de nuestros afectos que
es a nuestra edircaci6n moral 1o que elejercicio y pr6ctica de cualqu er arteviene a ser al genio de1 art'sta la re-velaci6n externa de sus facultades parala inmortalidad de sus obras, sl en estaintima escuela no nos preparan y alec-
cionan los padres y parientes para rea-llzar el verdadero sentido de nuestravida y misi6n, es punto menos que im-pos ble puedan hacello las escuelas pri-
blicas, en cuyo frio ambiente no pal-pita como en el hogar dom6st'co el ver-bo de la vida y fuerza, que, como afini-dad, atlae las mol6culas, como atrac-ci6n, sostiene los mundos, como fterzaproductiva, renueva toda la nattt:aleza,como movimiento, anima y embellece el
Cosmos, como ca16rico, es la vida 'de laHumanidad, como afecto, es eI germen
de todo lo grande y be11o entre los se-
res racionales, como sentimiento, es lainspiraci6n en raudales de poesia y de
belleza de todos los gen'-os !
Afortunadarnente para nosotros este
es el ambiente en que se mueve la fa-milia fil'pina. Este es el espiritu que
-iY cu5les fueron sus impresionesde -Cotabato?
-En esta localidad encontr6 el mismoacendrado espiritu de hermandad y lamisma espl6ndida manifestaci6n de vita-lidad mas5nica que ha1]6 en Davao.
-Espero que estas ligeras informa-
ciones sean de inter6s para los Herma-nos que leen ei "Cabletow" y que arinno han estado en Davao y Cotabato, o
que no han tenido una oportunidad desaber c6mo est6. la masoneria en aque-llas localldades. Pueden estar segurosde que all6 cuentan con Hermanos cu-yos corazones, al unisono con los suyos,laten a impulsos de los principios mas6-nicos, que tahtos hombres iriiles flra pro-por:cionado y proporciona a la humani-dad.
Notas y Noticias(Continuaci6n d.e la Pd;g. 264)
esfuerzo aunados de los pocos que que-daban para sostenerl4 a toda costa,hasta que se la traslad6 a la cabecerade TSrlac, que hoy es el asiento de laLogia, Hay, segrin el orador, la con-fiada esperanza de que la Logia servirasus fines para la difusi6n de Ia luz enaquellos Valles,
Tan simpatica reuni6n tenia por obje-to cimentar los lazos de fraternidad yverdadero espiritu de camaraderia que,debe reinar mtre todos los hermanosde la Instituci6n, especialmente los quese hallan en los valles cireunvecinos.
La reuni6n termin6 ya cevca de las
tres de la tarde despu6s de que todos ycada uno de los miembros de las Logias
respectivas se hicieran conveer levan-
tandose uno a uno.
pres,ide su organizaci6n, y, allreue pu:diera suceder que los cahezas en algu-nos hogares filip'nos no tuvieran la pre-paraci6n suficiente para promover y de-
sarrollar una educaci6n moral propia en
Ios hijos, s:empre existe en ellos eI sen-
timiento filial enraizado en sus en-traflas y que les acondiciona para este
sublime min sterio.Es tan s61o saber apercibirlos de su
alta misi6n espiritual, y la masoneria,como ciencia moral pot antonomasia, no
ha de de rcgatear sus enirgias para que
los padles ejerzan propia y sab'amentesobre sus hijos su ministerio es'piritualeducativo.
July. 1937
25. LUNESSi11as en el Salon dei
88 17
Prado . 50Apenas si me he diverdi-
do en el Salon viendo pasar1as mascaras. Habia a nrilado, una joven her,mosa,ojos azu.les, una sonrisaagradable.
(13) He ido 5 visitar aIa familia dre Doiningo.
26, MAR'TDSAnoche estuvi,eron en una
casa de su confi'anza losdos Esquiveles, 'Lete, y otromes, Uno de ellos se p,er-miti6 burlarse de variospaysanos... y los demdstodos oontento's. Todos eranamigos.
Br.ami ar rebasdi perevuemfi quvasem hetbernada enorledar.
(Nota:-No estuvo m6sque Pepe Esquive ; su [r,er-mano, n6. .Aguirre y Soro,qu'e es canario. Si algui'ense per,rniti6 Ia burla queaqui nranif,estas (aunquees verdad) no qu:ere de-cir que por ello estuYieronlos dem6s..,, conientos.lProtesto! Tu amabiiidaddisculparS mi indiscr.ec.6rr.
28. JUEVES(1) Bugias( 1 ) SellosH<rly han estado en casa
Gra.ciano y Figueroa.-Lete me di6 una notieia queme agrad6 lastante si esverdadera, pero que no mesatisfizo. En fin 'lo quc enun lado se pierd,e se gana
