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Article EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A FREEMASON. ← Page 2 of 9 →
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Episodes In The Life Of A Freemason.
memory will ever survive to gladden the recollection of years long passed away . It Avas early in the summer of 18 —• that W left the University of for the long vacation . He was about a year junior to myself , and xvas intending to present himself as a candidate for the honours of "Great-go" in the ensuing term .
We had long been friends , and our admission into the Masonic Order on the same clay served to cement , still more strongly , our mutual sentiments of regard . I hacl already arrived at the
dignity of B . A ., and Avas about to enter on my professional studies at the Temple . W —•¦— too , had intended to become an aspirant for the wool-sack in course of time , though his own personal predilections xvere never very strongly enlisted in favour of Avhat he considered so " slow" a course of existence . And here it may be observed , that from the time of W 's
first admission into Masonry , he xvas remarkable for the zeal and assiduity which he displayed in his Lodge ; and his rapid advancement in the knoxA'ledge of his various duties soon pointed him out as a proper recipient for a high official position , to which he would have been appointed the year after his initiation , had he not brought his university career to so abrupt and sudden a termination .
The long vacation of the year 18— at length came to an end , and the bustle and animation of the commencement of a nexv term once more enlivened the streets and colleges of the university of . Frequent groups of undergraduates might be seen discussing the " sayings and doings" of the vacation ; various xvere the stories of the different reading parties xvhich had been
dispersed throughout the country ; numerous the speculations that A . was probably engaged to Miss B ., and that Smith's attentions to Miss Brown were so very unequix'ocal as to provoke an impertinent inquiry from that highly respectable young lady ' s brother , as to xvhat might be his ultimate intentions .
Then came a rigid scrutiny of the " Freshmen , " and sundry prophecies were hazarded as to the style and character , into AA'hich each would become gradually developed ; some Avere put doAvn as irretrievably " SIOAV , " ancl fit for nothing but the reading set , while others were booked to become noted in some of the " faster" and more dashing accomplishments of
undergraduate life . But amidst all this interchange of academic chit-chat , there was an universal inquiry as to xvhat hacl become of W ——; he had not appeared in his usual place in chapel , his seat in hall xvas vacant , and nobody appeared able to explain his absence . VOL . i . K
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Episodes In The Life Of A Freemason.
memory will ever survive to gladden the recollection of years long passed away . It Avas early in the summer of 18 —• that W left the University of for the long vacation . He was about a year junior to myself , and xvas intending to present himself as a candidate for the honours of "Great-go" in the ensuing term .
We had long been friends , and our admission into the Masonic Order on the same clay served to cement , still more strongly , our mutual sentiments of regard . I hacl already arrived at the
dignity of B . A ., and Avas about to enter on my professional studies at the Temple . W —•¦— too , had intended to become an aspirant for the wool-sack in course of time , though his own personal predilections xvere never very strongly enlisted in favour of Avhat he considered so " slow" a course of existence . And here it may be observed , that from the time of W 's
first admission into Masonry , he xvas remarkable for the zeal and assiduity which he displayed in his Lodge ; and his rapid advancement in the knoxA'ledge of his various duties soon pointed him out as a proper recipient for a high official position , to which he would have been appointed the year after his initiation , had he not brought his university career to so abrupt and sudden a termination .
The long vacation of the year 18— at length came to an end , and the bustle and animation of the commencement of a nexv term once more enlivened the streets and colleges of the university of . Frequent groups of undergraduates might be seen discussing the " sayings and doings" of the vacation ; various xvere the stories of the different reading parties xvhich had been
dispersed throughout the country ; numerous the speculations that A . was probably engaged to Miss B ., and that Smith's attentions to Miss Brown were so very unequix'ocal as to provoke an impertinent inquiry from that highly respectable young lady ' s brother , as to xvhat might be his ultimate intentions .
Then came a rigid scrutiny of the " Freshmen , " and sundry prophecies were hazarded as to the style and character , into AA'hich each would become gradually developed ; some Avere put doAvn as irretrievably " SIOAV , " ancl fit for nothing but the reading set , while others were booked to become noted in some of the " faster" and more dashing accomplishments of
undergraduate life . But amidst all this interchange of academic chit-chat , there was an universal inquiry as to xvhat hacl become of W ——; he had not appeared in his usual place in chapel , his seat in hall xvas vacant , and nobody appeared able to explain his absence . VOL . i . K