Volume 34, Issue 4 (1959) - Grand Lodge of the Philippines

VOL. I(New Series)

No. 4

April, 1959

Publi6bed itr Jmuey, ADril. July ud October ol €mh yeu by the eraDd Lodgo ol the Phil'lDDins. Im. at 1440 Se lr{rcelino. Mmila Ro-entered as Smnd Cle Uail Matter at the ManrlaPoBt offi* ou Julv :9' l9SS

subscriprion B,ate - p1.oo a year

IIOI{ARD B. EICKDdltor-in-Chlot

B@rd of Edltorr:MACARIO M. OFILADA. LUTHEB, B. BEWIJY, JUAN 8. ALANO,MICHAEL GOLDENBERO. ESTEBAN MUNARR,IZ. MATEO D. CIPBIANO,

IS.{IAS GARCIA. YIRGTL MURRAY, MACAnIO C. NAVIA

!{. B. MELOCOTONIlBtroslng Editor

JOSE DOMINGOBulnEs MuEr

GREOOBIO R. CARIAOAClroulrtlon UuuE

IEI,ECTDI) GBAND I.ODGE OFTICERS

Hot'ord Ii. Ilick . ..Mecu'io trI. OliladaLuthe-r'8. Ilewley

OMd MutlrDcputy Grud MutetE@lor Gratrd Wuden

Jusn 3. Aluro .. . ilunior Grand \ilsrdenMichael Cloldenbers. P.G.M. Grsnd TraaucrEaieb&n Munarriz, P.G.M. ..... Grand 8ftrets,

Al'l'OIN'I'Dl) GLAlin LODGE OFFICERS

Mil'ciatro C. Evangelista ....... Crud ChaolalnSinforoso O. Psdilla .... ... ... Cratlal OmterThonraa B. LoIt . ... GrBud ltlsrrh&lPedro I\I. Ginrorcz ..... Grsnd Etendsd 86ruRotrert A. l\{c-Laushlin ... Grutd Swmd Rser,lnloolo Il. Iiors Grand Dlble RwctIlorlrogerros I'. OlireroF Eonlor Oand Ifttrrret

Junlor Granil f4cturdSonlor (lrand Dmon,runlor Grond Dem

$onlo oranil gtowarditrunlor oraDd Et6vard

. Gra0d Purrrrlvsnt. (lranil Orcaollt.. . Grnnd Tyler

DIff'I]RIC'I' I)EI'ITTI OBAND ITASTIIIiS

Mariauo c. Alrreda ,, North f,aat@r LuroD(DiBtrict No. 1)

Mlrc.elilo '1'. Vlduyr .. North lv6tdrr f,uzqr(DiBl,rict No. 2)

['urisiulo Haoro! .. . lYet€m Cmtral I{r(}n(Districl, No.3)

/trrtonio l[. Dor)srlo .. South ll'6torn Lrrzon( Diltrict No. {)

Cirilo D. Coustantino . .. EouthEn Luzan(Dirtrict No.6)

Albs'to C. Douot ...Adst J. I'lanllr ....li,onr6o Y. l\tieDza ...Zo6iruo I|ernan(loz ...Greforio IJ. I)0fao . . .

Pablo C. NarianoTeofilo A. AbeioXenandro Vld?r

Nieanor E.3a0tos.

,om L Aran€ta

ORAND IIASTDR'S

ElDrer D. Rastorler ..

wtllis,n P. Schwaaof

\,lnyu(District No. 8)

. Mlnatuao(District No- 7)

llrctrrio M. Olilada .. Ilizrl, quoron Clty, Mullr(Diltrict No. 8 )

REPIiESENTATrlIEtl

Oklncwc(Disirict Ir{o- 9)

. Gum(District Itto. lO)

In rhis issue....

The Filipino Strugglefor IntellectualFreedom ..... p. 115

By Prof. Leopoldo 1'abes

History of Maguin-danaw Lodge No. {0,F&AM p. 121

Ba IVor. Bro. A. T. Cositt

The International Orderof Job's Daughters . . p. 125

Oul Grand JuniorWarden p. 127

Honor is Iluty . . p. 128By Wor. Bro. g. M. Picttche

Philippine-AmericanRelations ..... p. 137

A "Who is thisBrother?" featu'e

Masonic Hospital forCrippled Children ... p. 140

Bg Wor. Bro. M. D. Qipriano

Announcements p. 143

Worshipful MastersSpeaking ..... p. 146

Qoorl Jltlost.u' o a'l/l.ooor1,

The Annual Grand lodge communication is fast approachingand soon I shall be called upon to render an account of

-my official

a.cts. ln April 1958, lassured you that with your help rwould de-dicate myself to the cause of Philippine Masoniy. I presented to youa program with many obieciives and like most goals or horizons, Ifeel that not all of my obleCives have been attained.

I think I can say with sincerity that we have made progress andthaf the pasf has been a successfut one. But because i h"re fallenshort of somc goals, I intend to remain equalty active and dedicatedand offer my services to lhe incoming officers, as well as all the bre-lhren of our Grand Jurisdiciion.

_ The past year has been one of the happiest years of my life. My

work as Grand Master has been a source of inspiration and ioy aiwell as an opporlunity to serve my brethren. tt has given me-theopportunity to learn, as well as serve and in this respect I feel thaiI cannol drop my interesf in Philippine Freemasonry, because r amabout lo become a Past Grand Master.

This then is my farewell message for the Cable Tow. To my suc-cessor, I wish every ioy and happiness as well as the fine support andcooperation I have received this past year. And as I return to theranks with a spirit of appreciation and gratitude for the honors andioy it has been my good fortune to receive, it will be my desire in theyears to come lo continue to show my appreciation by continuedservice to our fralernity and particularly io our Grand Lodge.

God Bless you all!

Frafernally,

W(_H*AGrand Master

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EDITORIALSTRANGE

"Who is the man rvho will pickup a stone and hit his own headwith it?" This classic saying ofFilipinos has passecl into a pro-verb.

Surprisingly, many of our broth-er Masons do exactly that.

We have in mind an incident re-lated by a ranking Brother thathappened during one of his visitsto the south. He was house guestof a Worshipful Master. As heand the family snt clorvn to supper,the father noted the absence ofhis eldest daughter. Upon beingsent for, the .eirl came out of herroom to announce firmly that she'r'r'ould not sit :rt table t'ith n[a-sons.

We can understand the parents'chagrin, but lve are rvondering hov,the father felt to discover that hispresence in his olvn house had be-come an imposition on his daught-el'.

Like all doting fathers, the W.M. no doubt wanted class and dis-tinction for his daughter. He senther to an expensive school rvitlrthat in vie'w. Of course, he musthave known also that the school

COMMEAITwas run by a religious sect whichhas elected itself to be an implac-able enemy of Masonry. And asexpected, the school fed his daught-er's mind rn'ith ideas about Masonsand the Craft so monstrous thatthe young one piously believed nobreach of clecorum rvas bad enoughirr dealing u,ith Masons howeverembarrassing and humiliating itmay be to her parents.

It is sad to note that in manycases it is only vanity - the desireto be different or to shorv afflu-cnce, real or assumed, that makesparents send their children toexpensive sectarian institutionsrvhen there are public schoolsrvhich give as good if not betterinstruction. The unhappy lV. M.has many counterparts among hisBrother Masons. They make greatsacrifices to keep their children inthese sectarian schools where thevkno*' for a certainty that theiichildren will be taught to abhorthe Masonic Fraternity. In otherrvords, these Brethren deliberatelypick the heaviest stone they canfind, and u,ith it bash their ownheads.

MCN

NOTICE OF ANNAAL MEETING OF THE MOST WORSHIP-FUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE A^TD ACCEPTEDMASONS OF THE PHILIPPINES

. No!i99 is hereby giaen that the Annual lVleeting of the ,rnern_bers of tlte Grand, !9dg, of F & AM of the philippines, a cor_poration, uill be held at the Plaridel Masonic TemTtle, 1ll0 SanMarcelino, _I|[anila, on Tuesday, A\trit gg, 1g|g, ai l':OO' o,clocltP.M. for the election of D_irectors for the ensuittg year and, forthe transaction of sttclr other busittcss o.s lna?J Ttripdrty come'be-fore said mecting.

ESTEBAN MUNARRIZGrand

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The Filipino Struggle ForIntellectual Freedom

9y Leopoldo jabes

This article ba Prof. LeopoldoIabes, Asst. Head, EngLish Dept.,L'.P., is presended usith pricle.Thotryh not a Bt'other, Prof. Ya-bes is deeplg intet'ested in the pt'e-serttatiott of freeilom for all, thesalne interest that 1ce Masottshaue.

The Filipino struggle for freedom ol]the intellect has been long and arduous.It has been attended rvith setbacks anclCclcats and rr ith some periodic succcsses..\r ,,f todar the struggle (intels a criti-..rl stage arrd thc fight ahead irpi)carsto be more arduous than clcr becauscrrf the cunning and insiduousness oft5e enemies of freedom. If the strug-qle is not waged with the dedicatioirand u,isdom that it needs, we mav vctI,se again, mavbe for a Iong pcriod'oftime, our freedom to think and act for,,ur own seltes.

As this piece is intended for peoplcirclequatelv informed on their orn,n his-tor\,, it should not be necessarv to g(,back to the distant past except to statcthat the N{uslirn and Nledieval Chlis-tian religious svstems, which have rulcctlarge portions of the countr\r for abouthalf a millennium, \4rere not noted foranr' libertarian tradition or intentions.So' it rvas necessarv for those rn,ho bc-Iieved in freedom nf th. mind to r,r,orklor that freedom under conditions ofindifference and even hostilitt,. Duringthc Spanish occupation, ecclesiastical oi.rnilitan. censorship lvas ever on thc alertto clamp doq'n on thinking believed tobe sulcrsive of the regir4e.

Interestir-rglv cnough, arnong the frrstt(, pl'otest agirinst thc enslar.cmcnt oltlrc irrtt'llcct itcrc s,,mc rncurbcrs of tlrcclergr,, r.rotablv PecL'o Pclacz and JoscBurgos. Of coursc these rncn foughtlirr cmancil'ration of the mind not asclcrgr,men but as Filipinos. k lvas aslnuch for this freeclom of the intellecras for tl.rc asscrtion o[ Filipino nation-rrlitv that Gregorio .\glipav and Isabekrcle los Reves foundcd the Philippine In-ciependent churcl-r at thc tuli'r' ol thecentur\f .

Foremost among the Filipir-ros l,holed the intellectual fight against en-slavement of thc mind dur-ing thc prc-rcvolutionarv pc.riod vverc Jose Rizal,i\'1. H. del Pilar, and Craciano Lopez-

Jaena. It is interesting to note thatthese were all N4asons. Nlasonn, thcn,it mav bc said, led in thc fight it,r thecmancipation of the Filipino mind dur-ir:g the closing decades of the nine-teer-rth ccntur\,. After these rnen died,outstanding intelectuals like Apolinario\Iabini,,T. H. Pardo de Tavera, Anro-nio Luna, Cecilio Apostol, Felnando(luerrero, Tomas G. clel Rosario, andFelipe Calderon took ovcr and led thefight. Of course, this fight u,ould norhavc met much success if the Revolu-tion led bv Andres Bonifacio and Emi-lio Aguinaldo-more men of action thanof the intellect-had not come andmade the atmosphere more conducir,cto free and independcnt thinking.

The provision in the Malolos Cor-rsti-tution which makes Church and Stateseparate and u,hich recognizes the frec-

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dom and equality of relieious worship--basic tenets in the American con-cept o[ democracr,-lvas verv significantbccause it was adopted bv a Congressrvhose membership rvas composed .al-

most completely of Catholics. Althoughthe apploval was onlv bv a majoritv ofone vote, it was a bold neq' step, a com-plete turning back against tradition.The Philippine Bill of 1902, the JonesLau' of 1916, the Hare-Hawes-CuttinsAct o[ 1933, the Tl,dings-NlcDuffee Actof 1934, and the Constitution of 1935onlv affirmed what had been decidedin il{alolos in 1899.

The principle of separation ofChu,-ch and State is fundamental tofreedom of the mind. The intellectuaihistories of states rvith official religionsrevcal tl-rat r,vhatcvcr great thinkerssuch states mav have produccd, wercmade possible' becotrs"' thev foughtaeair.rst the crippling influence of thechurcl.r. Throughout the Spanish re-gime here thc Philippincs \\'as not ableto producc any great thinker lvith the

1;ossiblc cxception of Riza], u,ho rvas .'r

['Iason. The case of T. H. Pardo cle

Tavcra mav also be cited, but this manI.,.:qa,.r producing his courageolls articlescnlv after Spanish rule had beentlrrou,n out. Other thinkers like Ra-fael Palma and Epifanio de los Santos.both born in the 1870's, began to ma-ture onlv after the opening of the pre-s€nt centurv. And of course such menas Teodoro M. Kalaw, Vicente Sotto,Fcrnando Nlaramag, Ignacio \lanlapaz,cnd Claro I,l. Recto cotrld not havethrived except under a regime whereChurch and State are separate anctr,r,here freedom of religious u,orship isrecognized.

An enumeration of civi] rights, firstintroduced in thc Biacnabato-and Ma-lolos Constitutions, u,as expanded into

a Bill of Rights in the Autonomv Actcf 1901 and in the Jones Larv of'1916,was reiterateil in the IndependenccBills of 1933 and 1934, and was con-secratcd in the Philippinc Constitution.Even thc Constitution of the Japanesc-s.i:onsored Republic, promulgated un-der a totalitarian regime, recognizedccrtain freedoms of th-e individuai.

These civil liberties guaranteed to thcindividual citizen by "the

Constiturionand larvs o[ the land make possible thcrlcvelopment of an atmosphere vvherctl-rc individual can cultivale his facul-ties to the utmost. They provide thcopportunity for the frrll flowering ofthe human spirit. ft is onlv in an at-mosphere where the fundamental civilliberties are recognized and protectcrlthat one mav find the fullest opporru-nity for self'-development.

O.t coursc it is to be expectecl tl-ratccltrrin persons and institutions u.hichlravc never believed in freedom will al-uavs tl'\' to render innocuous or sul)-l)ress aitogether such civil libertie's.fhev usc a varietl' of devices, stratc-qcmi. and tactics tJ achieve their aims.Whcn, thev find the going rough, thc.vmav abandon their project temporarilvto resume it again when the times arcmore auspicious. That's what thev ac-tuallv did during the Americar, ."gi-".i\o matter how much thev disliked thcAmerican concept of civil iiberties, thcvfrmnd it futile to fight that conceprfrontallv. Besides, thii concept seemi,lto be acceptable to the peopli, as thevobserved it in actual piaciice. \,\ziththe exception of the a6uses the Amer-ican militarv perpetrated on portions ofthe civilian population during the Fili-pino-American war at the turn of thecenturv and on the dissidents duringthe earlv vears of the America., citiirulc, it ia" be said that on the rvholc

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the American rule respected and uro-tected the civil rights^ of the p"olt".Even the Republican Party, whi-h wasopposed to Philippine independence aran early date, could not publicly denvto the Filipinos the very'freedoms thl.\mericans were enjoying. In fact itshould be stated that while thev doubt-ed our capacitv for political indepen-dence, they affirmed'our right to'thecivil liberties. It should be said thcre-fore that were it not for the Americanlule, our struggle for the preservationof our civil liberties could have beenlost earlier. As it was, the enemies ofthese freedoms, realizing the futility ofanv frontal attack on these freedomsthen, chose to lie Iow to wait for somemore oPPortune time.

The time came during the Constitu-,tional Convention and after the estab-lishment of the Commonwealth. Thelast overt attempt to nullifv the prin-ciple of separation of Church and State<rccurred with the presentation, by a

prominent member of the Convention,of a proposal to the Chairman of theCommittee on Bill of Rights, to the ef-fect "that in all public schools thereshall be prescribed a course in moralcthics or the religion of the parents ofthe school children, at the option of theparents," for inclusion in the Bill ofRights. The Committee, however, didnot include this in its draft on the Bi]lof Rights. Not to be daunted, the ene-mies of the separation of Church andState, when the draft of the Constitu-tion was presented for discussion on thefloor of the Convention containing thepresent clause on religious instruCtion,presented an amendment, as follows:"En todos las clases publicas se inclui-ra entre las asignaturas la moral o ins-tnrccion religiosa a opcion de los pa-dres o encargados de los discipulos."

When reminded by other delegates tharthere was already'a law perm"itting re-ligious instr_uction in public schools un-cler certain conditions, the delegate whopresented the amendment saia, "Thatis precisely what I am opposing, thepresent provisions of the law."t Theamendment failed of passage.

But this defeat did not dishearten theolponents of freedom of thoughr. \,Viththe supthe support of the ecclesiastical autho-rities of the majority sect, a bill wasriues of rne malorrty sect, a Dlll wag

1'rassed by the First National Assemblvin 1938, "to carry out more effectivelythe provisions contained in Section 928of Act numbered 271I, known as theAdministrative Code, and in Section 5,Article XIII, of the Constirution, re-garding optional religious insrrucrion."When President Quezon vetoed the billas unconstitutional and contrarv to theprinciple of separation of Chu'rch andState, the authorities of the ecclesiasti-cal province of Cebu issued a pastoralIctter urging the reenactment of the ve-toed bill. This enraged Quezon, whoissued a statemenr in which he said inpart: 2

I am amazed at the boldness o[the metropolitan archbishop and suf-fragan bishops of the ecclesiasticalprovince of Cebu in taking up at anepiscopal conference a matter con-cerning the constitutional duties anclprerogati\res of the officials andbranches of the Government of theCommonwealth.

I had so far ignored charges madeto the effect that the hierarchv of theCatholic Church in the Phiiippineshad instigated and was behind themorevement for the enactment ofthe bill regarding religious instrue-

I *"*** of the Prffiialelt. Vol. IV, part I(Manila, Bru'eau oI Printins, 1930), Dp. 66:)-66G.

2 lbirl.

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tion in the Philippines. But the pas-toral letter signed by the metropoli-tan archbishop and suffragan bi-shops o! that ecclesiastical provinccis an incontrovertible evidence thatwe did face at the last session of thcAssemb]r', and u,e do face nss,, oD€

of the most mcnacing evils that canct,nfront the government and peopleof the Philippines, namely, the in-terfcrencc of the church in the af-fairs of thc state. It seems that thcarchbishop ,rnd thc bish,,ps whtl havcrvritten this pasroral lctter irre blinclto the lessons of histon', includirrg()ul o\{n c}uring thc Spanish regimc.Being a Catholic mvself, I am less

interested in preservinc thc indc-pendence of the church from thcitatc than I am in prescrving the in-deper-rdencc of the, govelnment fromthe church.

It shoulcl not be necesstrrv to rc-mind the ccclesiastical auth<irities inthe Philippines that the separationof the church and state in this colrn-trr: is a realitv and not a mere theolr',and that cs lar: as our pcople ar" c,,i-,-

cerned, it is forever settled that thisseuaration shall be maintained as

n.r'",rf thc cardinal tenets o[ ottr'

C}rvcrnment. The ecciesiastical au-thorities should realize, therefore,that anv attempt on their part to in-terfcre u'ith matters that are rvithinthe province of the Coverr-rment lvillnot be tolerated."

Quezon challengecl the opponents o[scparation of Chtrrch and State to bringthc tltrestion to thc people as an elec-

tirrn issue, but thev did not accept thechallenge. Thev remained silent, bid-inq their time.

Then the war and enemv occupationcilmc. Still thev remained silent. Itscems thev were covved b), n ,tronq"a

cvil l'orcc. When the cnemr. regime de-creed thc liberalization of divorce, novocal oppositiort came from their dilec-tion. But, strangel), enough, r,vhen thewar encled and the regime of frcedornrvas restored once more, these peoplcu/ere again busv sabotaging the vervfrecdoms for which ne had fought thc\r/ar'. The old demand for a more ef-l:cctivc implementation of the Consti-tutional provision regarding optional re-ligious instruction in the public schoolsu,as again revived. Quezon, their p<r

werful cneln\r, was dead. The use ofIioman Ozaeta's English translation ofPalma's biographv of Rizal in the pub-lic schools was violently oppsed andsome education officials were accuseclas NIasons. The publication, bv the na-tional government, of T. A. Agoncillo'sllewlt of the Masses, prize-winning cn-trrr in c Republic-sponsored contest onti-re lifc of Andres Bonifacio, was de-Iavcd manv times and finallv given upbccause of protests from ceita'in secti-lian agencies.

Ar-rr;ther fight between the liberaland the reactionary forces r,r,as o\/er theRizal bill. The authors of the billn,anted to imbue our people, especialh'r)ur 1,sq1[, with our Iibertarian tradi-tinn, of which Rizal was one of thcfcremost exponents. The enemies ofthat tradition fought the bill rvith alltheir resources. Happilv the Filipinopeople knelv who their real enemv was,and the bill lvas enacted into lar.r,.

In the Universitv of the Philippinesa sectarian agencv proposed the estab-lishment of a department of religion.and the president of the Universitr',taking the cue, formalized the proposalin a spcech on n,hat he called his phi-losophv o[ education, made in Decem-ber 195ri in connection, paradoxicalh'cnough, r,vith the bicentennial celebra-

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tion o[ Columbia University the themeoi which was, "Man's right to know-ledge and the free use thereof."3 Inthat speech and in some other speechesaad messages, instead of coming out in<iefense of academic freedom, he triedto discredit it. When the Dean of theCollege of Liberal Arts decided to pub-l.sh Agoncillo's Revolt of the Masscsatter the failure of the national govern-nrent to publish it, sectarian oppositionu'as again voiced over the radio and inthe press. Complaints were made rriththe President of the Universitv andrvith the President of the Republic.Happily so far the complaints have notbeen entertained. For if outside agen-cies can succeed in interfering with theacademic Hom of the University,then the University is completelv lost as

a center of learning and becomes a rnerepi'opaganda agency for certain vestedi-rterests.

At regards the Rizal bill, the Univer-sity community seems to have been a

" iittl" more -enlightened

than othercommunities. The opposition here wasnot as strong as it was elsewhere andit was rnore circumspect. Even some

of those who were expected to opPosc

it violendy, remained out\,vardlv non-committal.a Those who opposed thebill, curiously enough, made use of therlght of freedom of conscience as theirrnain argument against the bill, a right,bv the way, which they don't believcin.

The attack on intellectual freedomis not always direct. Sometimes it as-

sumes subtle and therefore more insi-dious forms. Sometimes an influential

man with ]iberal ideas but not well cir-cumstanced financially, is brought outby the offer of a lucrative job. r\{avbcwithout knowing it, he soon finds itharder and harder to be assertive on thcvery freedoms that are the basis o[ a

democratic societ/, and in the end hewill not find it hard to walk the pathmarked out for him bv his benefactor.So one more indepenient mind is si-lenced. Sometimes the attack is madcas an offer of preferences or arrange-nrents advantageous. sociallv, political-11,, or economicallr,. The unwary arequite likely to fall for such attrac-tive arrangements. As a matter of facta considerable number of such peoplehave flourished under such arrange-ments, but have ceased being respectedfor their courageous and independentthinking. Some are now with the nou-vcanx riches, some are on the highercchelons of government, some are inindusrrial and business management,and some are in the highlv profitablebusiness called the higher learning. Insuch fields it is more safe and advan-tageous to hold no views or . hold onlyviews that are harmless. Such peopletherefore consfitute so manv more sou]slost to the cause of intellectual freedom.

As vve said in the beginning, ourstruggle for intellectual frecdom, des-

1-rite some successes in the past, has notbeen won. As it is now, it is still antrphill fieht. The por.r,er and endur-ance of the enemies of freedom, on theri,eht as well as on the left, are not tobe underestimated. Those on the rightare perhaps as dangerous as those onthc left, if not more so, because thevard more socially and intellectuallv in-fluential and so can be more cunningand insidious. So we should guardagainst both.

This is no time to despair, though,

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,l lte fmlty of the Collese of Libera.l Arts.in I meting held before tha passage bv theCongreas of the Rizal biU, Dassed a resolutionerrdoBing tbe bill. Orrly a feu' oppoBed the reeo-lutioD.

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in spite of the not verv bright outlook.We can depend on the innate intelli-gence and sound judgment of the Fili-pino people. Some of them may nowand then be deceived by people who<ion't believe in freedom. But in duetime they will join with the libertariantladition of intellecual leaders like Ri-zal, del Pilar, Lopez-Jaena, Mabini, Par-do de Tavera, Palma, Jose Abad San-tr-rs, 'I. M. Kalaw, and Recto; of reli-gious leaders like Burgos, Aglipay, andde los Reyes; of statesmen like Quezon,Osmeira, and Juan Sumulong; of poli-tico-military leaders like Bonitacio,Itguinaldo, Luna, Alejandrino, andVinzons; and of educationists like Fran-cisco Benitez, B. M. Gonzalez, CamiloOsias, Vicente G. Sinco, Esteban Aba-da, and Florentino Cayco. That tradi-tion is bound to prevail over the nihi-Iist and obscurantist traditions. But weshould do our utmost to make it prevailsoon. That is our sacred duty to our-selves, to our posteritv, to our country,and to the cause of democracy.

AAADISTRICT GRANDLODCE CONVENTIONS

The officers and brethren of the ninelt,dges composing the First MasonicDistrict under the leadership of Verv!Vor. Bro. Mariano G. Almeda met inconvention on Feb. 21, 1959 at San-

liago, Islbela with Cagavan ValleyLodge No. 133 of that town as hosrI-odge. A lumber or Grand Lodge of-ficers led by the Grand Mastei mo-tored to Santiago to be present at theconvention and to give the main ad-(tress.

A n'eek after, the Grand Lodge of-ficers flern, to the south in Cafavan<le Oro City to attend the conveniion,'i the Seventh Masonic District un-cler Ven' Wor. Bro. |ose L. Araneta,r.n Februarv 27 & 28: 1959.

MEDINA IS COMMISSIONERAND TECHNOLOGIST FOR PAEC

Wor. Bro.'Florencio Medina, PM,Quezon Citv Lodge No. 122 and afull colonel in the Armed Forces ofthe Philippines, has been appointed anember and technologist of the Phil-ippine Atomic Energy Commission(PAEC). Shortly after he took his oathof office, Wor. Bro. Medina made ahurried trip to Washington on orderso[ President Garcia to confer withWashington officials re final arrange-rnents for the immediate conshuctionof an atomic reactor plant in Diliman,Quezon City on the edge of the University of the Philippines campus.

While in Washington, Bro. Medinav.,orked hard and far into the night withlVashinston authorities of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on plans forthe olant. It will be recalled that for.o*"ii*" there was doubt as to theconstruction of the plant in the Philip-pines, it having beeh tentatively decid-id to be built in some other countrvin Asia.

It is now definitely known that theconstruction of the plant in QuezonCitv rvill commence earlv in June thisy" r. Machineries for

-the plant are

expected to arrive shortlv.

Before his appointment to the PAEC,Bro. Medina was chief of the ResearchDivision of the Armed Forces and part-time professor in the University of thePhilippines and other universities inManila. He is an honor graduate inChemical Engineering of the State Uni-vcrsitv and has travelled extensively inEu.ope and the United States for con-ferences, studv and observation on ato-mic reactor plants and the productionof atomic energy for peaceful uses.


History of

Maguindanaw Lodge No. 40, F. A. lUl.

8y ldor. 9ro. u*ntonio G. Qosin, ?. Ort.

The rnan who had the initiative andchief responsibility for the foundingof X'Iaguindanaw Lodge No. 40 wasFulgencio F. Pangan, then a memberc[ Nilad Lodge No. I44.

He was employed with the U.S.Ceodetic Survey in Manila with a sa-

larv of F200.00 a month. Llnforrunate-Iv,'he was deqperately addicted to gam-bling which was rampant there. Withthe hope that he might rid himself ofthe evil, he sought transfer to Cagayanas clerk of the court of first instance;knorving beforehand that the salary at-trched to this office was onlv F150.00.Flovyever, this self-imposed rdduction ofPi0.00 in salary was a sacrifice he wasvrilling and glid to make. if only toartain-his desire for a change of atmos-

phere.

On his first trip to Cagayan in De-cember 1910, we were fellow Passen-gers on the "S.S. Robert Poizat" andwe happened to occupy the samecabin. This was how he came to ex'plain to me his predicament and, also,

iris pl"t to fou'.rd a masonic lodgehere.

Soon after his arrival, he discor.eled that the,re were three mastermasons residing in Cagavan; namelv,Nicolas Capistrano, Isidro Vamenta,and Emilio Pineda, all of Nilad Lodge.Armed rvith the necessarv authority,he organized a socalled "Triangulo"and started initiating, passing and rais-ing applicants. By Julv 14, l9ll, in-cidentally a date coinciding with thcfall of the Basti]le, an e1'ent so mo-

mentous in the cause of liberty, alodge under dispensation held its first[ormal meeting. Present were: F.F.Pangan, Emilio Pineda, Isidro Vamen-ta, and Nicolas Capistrano, rnastermasons; Apolinar Velez, UldaricoAkut and J. Roa Valdeconcha, fellow-crafts; Ricardo Reyes and CeledonioAbellanosa, apprentices. A third apprentice, Nemesio Chavez failed to ar-tend due to illness.

The need to establish a masonicIodge in Cagayan was discussed arthis meeting. Let us listen to BrotherIsidro Vamenta speak on the propo"sition in his florid Spanish: "Yo creoque hasta es inutil q,Lte se preguntctodada a los queridoi hermaios- aqu.i.presentes, ?orque su?o?tgo que todosestan lntly dispuestos a lleyar al ter-reno de la realidad tan hermosa idea;I believe that it is even unnecessarvto ask yet the beloved brethren herlpresent, for I presume that all are de-termined that such a brilliant idea bebrought into concrete foim." Theproposal was approved.

The name of the proposed lodgewas taken up next. Pineda proposed"Nicuban" the name of a native non-conformist of Butuan; Vamenta pro'posed "Minda", seconded by Apdi-nar Velez; Roa Valdeconcha suggestedthat instead of Minda it be Minda-nao; and Capistrano proposed "Bitoon".Except for one, all voted that thename be "Maguindanao". (Note: Ata'meetinq held on August 17, it wasdecided that the name be written as"N4aquindanaw").

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At the meeting of July 16, the fol-lowing were elected as the first of-ficers of the lodge under dispensa-tion: Fulgencio F. Pangan, Master;Isidro Vamenta, Senior Warden; Emi-lio Pineda, Junior Warden; NicolasCapistrano, Orator; J. Roa Valdecon-cha, Secretary; Nemesio Chavez, Trea-surer; Uldarico Akut, "Expert", Ricar.do Reyes, Almoner; Apolinar Velez,Master of Ceremonies, and CeledonioAbellanosa, Tyler. They were in-stalled on the following day.

Fulgencio Pangan was a perfectndeman and a thorough mason whogendeman and a thorough mason '

believed and practiced the princiSelieved and practiced the principlesof masonry, whom it was a privilegeto know.

- Because of his kindly, am-

iable disposition, he was made to or-der for the task he had set his heartto accomplish. It is thus patheticin the extreme to note in this trun-cated narrative that he did not live tosee the lodge which he had so fondlyand zealously striven to found char-tered. He would indeed be a vervhappy man had he lived to know thatthe Iodge of his creation branched outfrom Cagayan to Lanao and thence toMisamis Occidental, and that the in-stitu.tion so dear to his heart has takenroot firmly throughout Nlindanao,down to Basilan and Sulu. He pre-sitied for the last time at the lodge meet-ing held on March 26, 7912, and af-ter that Apolinar Velez took over llsacting master. But fully one year hadelapsed before another meeting washeld on March 26, 1913.

At this meeting, three importautsteps towards the constitution of thelodge were definitely taken. Agree-ably to instructions from the RegionalGrand Lodge, l) Brothers NemesioChavez and Mariano Velez were raisedto the degree of master mason; 2)Brother Apolinar Velez was electeil

Worshipful N{aster; and the newll'raised brothers, Nemesio Chavez andMariano A. VElez, Senior and JuniorWardens; and 3) the lodge was law-fully installed by Ramon Vanta, Ma-n.rel Villavicen6io and Simon Ar-lante, all of Sinukuan Lodge No. 272,who had been dulv commissioned forthe purpose, and'was subsequentlygranted a charter as "MaguindanawLodge No. 334". After the GrandLodge of the Philippines was con-stituted, following the fusion of thePhilippine Lodges under the GrandOrient of Spain and the AmericanLodges here under the Grand Lodge ofCalilornia, it was granted a new char-ter on February 13, 1917, to be knownas Maguindanaw Lodge No. 40. Itcontintied to work in the ritual of theScottish Rite used by the Gran Orientof Spain until 1922 when the GrandLodqe sent Brother Francisco GumilaCarag, Grand Lodge Instructor, to in-struct us in the York Rite, ("Cal")which it had previously adopted foruse by the subordinate lodges.

From the time F. F. Pangan and the"Triangulo" started initiating, passingand raising affiliates in 19ll to theinstitution of the lodge on March 26,1913, its membership was composedof the following; F. F. Pangan- whopresided at every meeting and wasworshipful master of the lodge underdispensation, former emplovee of the U.S. Geodetic Survey and then clerk ofthe court of First Instance; Nicolas Ca-pistrano, lawyer, founder and professorof the short-lived Colegio Cagayano,military governor and general of thertvolution, assemblyman, senator,judge of first instance and land owner;Isidro Vamenta, lawyer, assistant fiscalprovince of Cebu, assemblyman, andsecretary of the defunct Departrnentof Mindanao and Sulu; Emilio Pineda,


lan'r'er, gol'ernor of the Province <-rf

.\gusan, and Iand owner; ApolinarVelez, major in the Revolution, pro-vincial secretary, twice provincial gov-ernor, and clerk of the court of firstinstance; Ricardo Reyes, provincialgovernor and land owner; UldaricoAlut, notary public, presidente municipal of Cagayan; C. T. Abellanosa,deputy, Office of the Provincial Trea-surer, deputy governor, and farmer;Juan Roa Valdeconcha, lieutenant inthe revolution, justice of the peace,member of the provincial board andprovincial governor; Nemesio Chavez,prominent businessman and land own-er; Nlanuel A. Roa, first and onlvpensonado from Misamis to the U. S:,supen'ising teacher and acclaimed pro-fessor of mathematics in the Colleqco[ -{griculture, U.P.; Cayetano Paci-Dd, capitan municipal of Cagayan,major in the revolution, prominentbusinessman and Iand owner; TirsoNeri, biggest merchant in Cagayan,municipal president and liberal sup-porter of the revolution; Eutiguio Da-omilas, notary public and member o[the provincial board; Victorino Chavez,businessman and land owner; Neme-sio Yamomo, municipal treasurer, Ca-gayan, and Isabelo de Silva, provincieltreasurer of Misamis and Pampangaprovinces.

AAAWe are grateful to Wor. Bro.

Edu.ardo L. Claudio for furnishing1tlte materinls for "fuIasons in theConstitutional Conuention", Jan-uary 1959, pp. 90 & 91. Wor.Bro. Claudi,o was Worsh.ipful lllas-ter of Batangas Lodge No. 35uhen the Constitutional Conaen-tian met. Through hi,s ini,tiatiae,tlte brethren i.n tlte Conaentionsathered for a fraternat !#1?fl;

WORTH KNOWINC

In President Eisenhower's Cabinetare five Masonic brothers: Charles E.Vy'ilson, Secretary o[ Defense; WilburBrucker, Secretary of the Army; ArthurSummerfield, Postmaster General; FredWheaton, Secretary of the Interior; anclSinclair Weeks, Secretary of Com-merce. In the Supreme Court are EarlWarren, PGM; Chief Justice TomClark; and Harold Burton. In Con-gress, there are 96 senators, 54 of whomare Nllasons. In the House of Repres-cntatives are 212 Masons compared to223 who are not. In the various States,33, of the 50 governors are Masons. InI-iouse of Representatives o[ the Statec,f Connecticut, Mrs. Ruth A. Jones isa Past Most Worthy Grand Matron ofthe General Grand Chapter of the Or-cier of Eastern Star.

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The year is 7717... the MotherGrand Lodge was formed in E.g-Iand. . . Anderson's Constitutions-firstil4asonic Book-was published six yearslater. . . Henrv Price received authoritvz:s Provincial GN{ of Massachusetts in1733. .. Catholic objections to ourFr:aternirv began with a Papal Bull in1;-lB. . . Germany had its first Grand[.o,Jge in 1741.'.. Washington tookJris first degree in 7752. . . an IrishGrand Lodge certificate first used the'"r,ords "Sublime Degree of Master Ma-son" ir1 1754... Mozart, who becameMason, composer of the Masonic Ope-r-a "The Magic Fluie" r,vas born in1756... up in the highlands of Scot-land, Robert Burns, a Mason, the poetwho immortalized "The Mvstic Tie"rvas born in 1759.. . Bostori brethrenrecessed from lodge and put on the. fa-nrous "Tea Parry" in 1772... Paul Re-vere rode in 1775. . .. America gor herindependence on July 4,1776.

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OfncerB of I'L\TONG ITATO I,DGE No. 5l tr'& AII of Rmoor, Cevite for the ]'6r le5o.trront row L-R, lV. B. Gresorio Semoy (PlI)

- CuEtodian of work, Javino BaJet, Blble lluer,lV. B. Lucio Idolfonso (PM)

- Auditor, Smond row f,B Cherl6 C, Oa,ks-Jr, StcNaral, LuisBanto8-Chaptsin, Arturo FeliDFstandard Beurq, lv. B. Idelfonso I'Eam& (PM)

- T!16, Donald

L. Iluffmu-Marshal, Brisido SrinoAlmoner, iluan Bautiata-Organist, urd Geo. Theo. Sluder-Sr. Stow&r(I. Third rorv L-R llvaritsto del lltrndo-Sr. I)errcon, Hicsrdo lnocentea-Sr. Wordon,lV. B. Apolonlo BancesatrIaster, lllelecio Aleianilro-Jr. \vorden, ly. B. trIarlo C. Balmacqls(PM)-Se,, and Fortunat(, trl&gat-Jr. Deacon.

OFT'ICDIIS O}' I!ALI.\T,\IT'TK LODGE NO. 28, F & Ar}I, GU}I.{CA, QUI]ZO\Th€y tro: (LTOIl.) Diouisio llarriou, J,S.; lYor. llro. lluEt&cio I. \'illafuertc, Treh.; ll'or.Bro. Vicento Tan, Dluter ; Wor. Bro. Gregorio Defm, Junior Gr&nd Steryord; Bro. \'ictor llen-doza, J.lV.; lvor. Rro. \-ictoriano Tenafrmca, Sre.; ll'or. Rro. I,qlro Luna. Orator; Bro. Sne-rino Pulca, S.S. S@ond row, a&rne orilori Bro. Rr8tltuto Tatrada; ll'or. tlro. Grtrorio lt&lm-eelna, Almoneri Wor. Bro. Pio Sartln, Marrheli Wor. Bro. Tcofilo Ollvera, Chaplain; Bro.Co Eins Hon, Aualitori Bro, Serarrio Danilos, S.D.; Bro. Melltm Tauad!, Tyler.lvc. Bro, Lauro Dizotr installed the Offlcerr of Ralintorrak Lodcs \o.',aE rvhile wor. Bro.GreSorio Defeo dull'procloimed thern on J&nu&ry 10,19n9,

\24 THE CABLE TOW April, 1959'

The lnternational

Order of Job's DaughtersFor teen-age girls between twelve

and twenry years, the International Or-der ,of Job's Daughters gives variedopportunities in character-buildingthrough its cooperative activities, itiritualistic work and ]ectures. Thegreater portion of its ritualistic work isI.ased on the book of ]ob in the Bible,indicating that througir Iife from earlychildhood to old age, people encountertrials and tribulations which must bemet and overcome.

The purpose of the Order is to bandtogether girls of 1\,lasonic relationshipfor moral and spiritual development b.,teaching them greater reverence forGod and the Holy Book, love of coun-try, and deeper respect for parents andelders. They gain training in rvork-ing together through their meetings iuthe bethel, in work prolects, in chc;itywork, and in fund-raising for sucircharity work. They also gain experiencein soiial contacts through their enter-tainments w-Jrich are in keeping withthe high idiak of the Order.^ Ali theiractivities are supervised bv adult mem-bers who compose the Bethel Guar-ciian Council.

The Order was founded bv !lts.Ethel T. Wead Mick in Omahc Neb-raska on October 20, 7920 by authorityof Mrs. Anna J. Davis, Grand N{atron,and Mr. J. E. Bednar, Grand Patron,cf the Order of the Eastern Star in theState of Nebraska. M.. J. B. Fraden-burg, Grand Master of Masons of Neb-raska, also authorized the organizationof the Order. Mr. T. L. Coombs andMr. B. F. Thomas, both 33o Mascns ofthe Ancient and Accepted ScnttishRite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdic-

tion, U.S.A., helped greatly in thc.founding of the Order.

The basic organizational unit o{ thcOrder is the Bethel, which at pre\cnras in Biblical times means "holy pll:ce".A bethel is composed of daughiei-mcrn-bers and adults rvhich bel&rg rrr ihcguardian council. N{embershil. jn abethel is limited to sirls with Nlasonicrelationships: sisters, daughters, srand-daughters,' great-granddaiehteis," nle-ces, and grand-nieces, of N{astcl Nla-sons. At the time a girl applies formembership in the order, the NlasterMason on whom the relationship isbased must be in good standing; or, ifgone to his reward, must have Lreen ingood standing when he rvent aheact.

There are other higher or bigger or-ganizational units of the Order. f'heGrand Bethel which roughly corres-ponds to a Grand Lodge, is comncsedof ten or more bethels which decidc toorganize a grand bethel in a state, ter-ritory or country. The highest Loriv oithe Order is the Supreme Guai:dianCouncil which is composed of qnirclbethels and bethels not vet undcrgrand bethel jurisdiction. Ai this writ-ing, Supreme Guardian o[ the Orderis Mrs. Sylvia K. Benedict. PHQ, andthe Supreme Secretarv is NIrs. SharlotAvery Swem, PHQ, PSG. Headquar-ters of the Order is in Berwyn, Illi-nois.

Possibly the voungest bethel of theOrder is Bethel U. D., Manila, whichwas instituted at Plaridel Temple onFebruary 15, 1959 with Mrs. Benedict,Supreme Guardian, as the institutingand installing officer. The youngestgrand bethel is the one in Australia

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Mrs. Syloia K. Benedict

rrhich rvas instituted in Brisbane in,\{arch 1959, also rvith Mrs. Benedictas instituting and installing officer.

Since the Orderr,vas founded sometl-rirtr-nine \/ears ago, thousands uponthousands of rvomen have been in itsrolls and presently thev hold positionsof importance in their communities orcollntrv, to sa'rr nothing of the lvonder-ful u'ork of the Order among its pres-cnt members. There are no\,v twent\Lsix grand bethels in the United States,three in Canada, and one in Australia.In addition, there are bethels undersupremc bethel jurisdiction. There ar.efourteen in the United States, ten inCanada, tu,o in Har.vaii, and trvo inthe Philippines.

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]\4ASONIC TEMPLES; CORNER-S'IONES LAID, DEDICATED

The Grand'Lodge Year, l95B-'59,saw the Grand Master pleased with thebuilding program he prescribed whenire was installed in April 1958. TwoI-odge temples were dedicated; BaguioLodge No. 67 in Baguio Citv in Sep-tember 1958 and N{ayon Lodge No. 6lin Legaspi, Albay on January 30, 1959.lrrspite of pressing business in theGrand Lodge, the Grand Master tooktime to go to these places to help inthe dedications.

Two lodges in Okinawa, No. ll8and Coral No. 142, decided to buildan appropriate lodge hall for the twoiodges and the Grand Master flew totire island to lay the cornerstone or asbe put it, "to slip the cornerstone in abuilding that is half-finished" on Jan-uarv 10, 1959, and in a few weeks itri'ill be ready for dedication at leasrLcforc the Annual Grand Lodse com-nrunication this month. Grarrd'Mast.,Hick also flew to Nasa Ciw to ]avtl,e cornerstone of the" Iodge' hall ofX{ount Isarog Lodge No. 33 on Jan-uaw 22,1959.

AABIRTHDAY FOR TWO

, It happens o,ce in a grear big whire. The birthday of the Grand N{asterand, the ,Depurv Grand Masrer, iin inches shorter bui ten y.".r old"., ir.,celebrated on illarch B, 1959, in the Jose Abad Santos Hall of'plaridel Temolen'ith a ]iterarr.musical program. A bje crowd of Masons and theii f;"riil;;-tended the afiair and rep'Esenta,tives # blrl lodq.s

-""J_."t","a"M"r;;l; -&;izations F,p'e ereerings to Most wor. Bro. Howard R. Hick and Rt. wo.. B.o.N{acario Ofilada,'rvl.ro shared the honors and thanked the greeters a"d parti.iparrisin the program.

^ _ 4.*o"g thosc rvho_participated ar-e: the welfareville All-Girl Sring Band,DeN{obv Qua'tet, the N'lasonic Ql99 clu}, wor. Bro. Demetrio e"i"t#", Mi.LucP Pine_*, Bro..Jose Luis Archilla (chino Santos) rna hi, g;d, Mrss'Sor",-va ortiz, N{-rs. celerina Cavabvab, N{r. Nrlario Cabieza, N{rs. Andrea ofiiaclaVeneracion, wor. Bro. Alvaro N{artinez, wor. Bro. pedro Franciico, sister Fila.R. Gonzalez, wor. B'o. Thomas l-oft, the euintana Sisters, Mosi wor. Bro-Antonio Gonzalez, N{iss Dolores A. Laconico, II and others.


Our Grand Junior WardenRt. Wor. Bro. Juan S. Alano, our

Crand Junior Warden, is a man andIlason of many accomplishments, theattainment of #hich is iscribed to dili-gent and painstaking work. He is afarmer, businessman, Iawyer, and states-nran. But best of all, he'is a philantro-phist.

Rt. Wor. Bro. Jttan S. Alano

Rt. Wor. Bro. Alano was born onFebruary 8, l89l in Malolos, Bulacan,but counts himself a Basileiio or Zam-boangueiio, for it is there rvhere heset up his family, his extensive farms,and varied businesses since 1914.

He is the holder of a commerce deg-ree from Ateneo de l\Ianila, an A. B.degree from the University of SantoTomas, and is a member of the Phil-ippine Bar without having to earn alaw degree. Hc passed thc Bar Exam-inations in 1914 after a fer.v 1,9215 .gclerkship in a government offic-e ltherc

Inowledge of thc larv was required:hence a law degree was not required ofhim to take the examinations.

After admission to the Bar, he wasappointed assistant attorney in the De-partment of Mindanao and Sulu. In'l916, he resigne4 his government posi-uon and engaged in private practice un-til 1935 when he entered politics. Hevuas a member of Congress from 1935to 1949 when he left it for good toclevote his entire time to his farms and]rusiness enterprises. He heads the JuanS. Alano, Inc. which has interests inshipping, copra, electric and ice serv-ices, rubber, and timber. One enter-prise which gives him the most enjov-ment is his Basilan Cencral Hospitalwhich losses money but saves livesand gives health to the people of theisland city of Basilan. In addition, heis a trustee of Brent Hospital in Zam-boanga Citv. He holds a citationfrom the Red Cross and Rotarv clubfor outsanding services in communitvn ork.

Bro. Alano was made a Mason inMount Apo Lodge No. 45, F & A Min 1919 and served his lodge as Wor-shipful Master in 1924 and again in1934. In 1953 he organized Basilanl,odge No. 137 in Basilan City andscrved as its first lVorshipful Master.

As a Scottish Rite Mason, he is a

member of Philippine Bodies, attainingthe 32o in 1948.

- In 1954 he receivedthe rank and decoration of KnightCommander of the Court of Honor;one year later he was coroneted 33o,Inspector General Honorary, and in1956 was crowned Sovereign GrandInspector General.

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Wonor is Duty8y

'k)or.8ro. e. Ort.?icache, OV(aster of Nilad Lodee {o. rz, cJ (j yAA{C

My message tonight is addressed bothto my brethren and to our friends now:rssembled in this Lodge Hall.

To my brethren: I am very muchoverwhe[med by high honor which 1,ouhave just conferred upon me. lthas summoned mv sentiment of grati-tude, and stimulated my sense of hum-ility. For the East of the Lodge, as wcall know, is the place of Light-Lightas contradistinguished from Darkness,God-and none but he who appreciatesthe fact that the realization of one'signorance is the first step to one's wis-dom may fittingly and properly seek it.Conscious of my limitations, but con-frdent of your support and assistance,I shall make such searching for Lightmy continual aim and obsession.

Yes, my brethren, I propose to dojust this-not solely thut i ..ray becomea better Mason and a better man, butthat, through such self-development andself-discipline, I may help others toachieve the same end. Of course, Iknow that, by our human differences orintrinsic natures, we each have ourconception of Light. What in it mayattract one, may not attract the others;what may draw ohers to it may notdraw us.'

But certainly there are certain facetsn it in which there is, or there shouldbe, unanimity of view or agreement ofI,elief-such as, for instance, the truththat only as we dedicate ourselves tothe taski at hand can we accomplishgrander thinqs in the days to come.

Indeed, all too often we look afar foropportunities for actirrity and achieve-ment when rgiht in our'midst are tasks

that demand our earnest attention. Of-tcn at so much expense of time wcdraflt long-range plans when the imme-diate projects that we have started arestill halfrvay, i[ not a lons ivav, to real-ization. Frequentlv *" d'itp.rr. our e[-torts, as it were, across so many domains, over so many directions, andIluster only the minimum of our ta-lents.

Of _ course, there is nothing wrong

with hitching our wasons to t-he stari.Especially du"ring thesE davs of ffemen-clous progress inicience and technology,in business and industry, in labor andmailagement, man finds himself usheredinto the age of automation and it willrrot bre to his credit to fail to aim highand shape up his dreams to the eternalu,onders. But man must be sure thathe has the time, the talent and thetraining, the desire, the disposition andthe determination, for such an act.

A few words to our friends."Freemasonry builds irs temple in the

Ircarts of men and among nations." Itsbeliefs, its teachingr

"rid philosophy,were sources of inspiration even to theframers of constitufions of the civilizednations of the world, so that not infre-quently we find incorporated in them:(l) the belief in a

-Supreme Beins,

t'2) the freedom of thought and conlscien-ce, (3) the freedom of religion andworship, (4) freedom of th'e Dress(i) of democracy and equality 'and(.6) of the universal brotherhood of-KL

,"rro., can become a member o[this venerable and ancient Fraternitvc,f Free and Accepted N{asons unlesi


first and foremost, he believes in God.As Freemasons we seek Divine guidanceand assistance when opening-a lodgeand invoke the blessings of- God o.,closing. But -Masonry ii not a religioncontrary to what many people think. Irepeat:

- Masonry is iot a'r"ligior,. Itis a religious fraternity. Foi "everycandidate who knocks at the outer doormust profess a belief in God. At thethreshold of the lodge he musr kneelto that God. He is-charged never tospeak His holy name except with thatreverence due from the creature tohis Creator. No Masonic assemblv isei'er ope-n-ed or closed without p."y"..A.topen Bible is alwavs upon its-aliar. Itdraws inspiration from ir. '-fhe can-didate says his obligation bv and overit. - Passages from -the sciipture areeither read or sung durins the confer-rals. The rvhole fraternitv is predicatedupon the fatherhood of God and thebrotherhood of man, and its commandis to love the Lord with all our heartsand our neighbors as ourselves.

No reasonable person who under-stands the Masonic fraternitv will be-]ieve for one moment that ii has evertried to supplant the church. But thisgreatest human brotherhood the worldhas ever known, has gone ahead mind-ing its orvn business and accomplishingits mission.

Again and again we sav that Free-masonry is a religious societv. It isnot a religion. But if a great many peo-ple think it is, Iet us in the fraternitvrejoice that thev find in Freemasonrva religion that ihey might never findin a church.

The members of this Fraternity be-Iieve in, and practice democracv in allits aspects, and "Masonrv has broughtabout equality for all men, of all creedsand of all colors.

Our fraternitv reveres our flag and

the country for which it stands. Youmust have'witnessed the flag ceremonvar the public opening of ihis Lodge.I'ou will see it again at closing whenthe flag o[ our c"ountry is resiored toits original place in the hall. We be-heve in that great Filipino patriot, Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime Paralytic,r,r,hen he apdy said:

"Love thy country next to thv God,and thy honor more than thyself, for itis the only paradise that God hath giv-en thee in this life, the onlv patrimonvof thy race, the only inheritance fromthy ancestors, and the only legacy forthy descendants; because of it thou hasIife, love, interest, happiness, honor, andGod."

"The real Freemason is distinguishedfrom the rest of mankind by the uni-frrrm unrestrained rectitude of his con-duct. Other men are honest in thcfear of punishment which the larvmav inflict; they are reliqious in ex-

l,eciation of being rewarded, or in dreadof the devil in the next world. A Free-mason would be good and just if therewere no laws, human or divine, exceptr.rhich are written in his heart b,v thcfinger of his Creator. In every climate,*.,d..

"u..y svstem of religion, he is

the same. He kneels before the uni-versal throne of God in gratitude forthe blessings he has received, and inhumble solicitation for his protection.I-le venerates the good men o[ any andall kinds of religion, he disturbs notthe religion o[ others. He restrains hisoassions. because thev can not be in-llrrtg"d in without injurine his neigh-bor-or himself. He gives no offense,hecause he does not choose to be o[-fended. He contracts no debts whichLe is not certain to discharge, because.he is honest upon principle." He be-lieves in charitv. By the tenets of Free-r,lasonrv, he seeks relief, not onl,v to

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the - family of a distressed worthybrother, but to every man, vvoman andchild.

My brethren and friends, if I havesaid all this, it is not to take unto my-self the role of a preacher, nor of thitof a reformer, hut simply to indicate thcprobable position of ihe possible Light-or at leasr, a ray of it-that the Eistof the Lodge can provide everv singlcone of us. We have ioined Nlasonrvthat we mav become better men, andwe can become better men onh, aswe recognize the truth that, whethlr inaffairs of our personal business or inthe business of our fraternal lodge,there occurs to us, at one time or anoih-er, "the opportunitv to effect a greatgood," and it r.r'ill be r,r,orse than

.follv

to let that opportunity pass br,.

And now brethren, in the next twelvemonths, there will come to Nilad Lodge\o. 12, Free and Accepted Masons ofthe Philippines, manv iuch an oppor-tunitrr, and I shall fail in mv positionas )rour Worshipful Nllaster-nar,, I shall

reiss the confidence and trust that youhave so generously reposed in me-if Ido not call attention to all those oppor-tunities-vvhether big ol small, rvhethercreative or prosaic, whether far-reachingor immediate-and accordinglv plead{or your cooperation.

And I know that, u'hen the hour orclccasion comes, you u'ill extend thatcooperation. You will do so becauseas Nlasons you know as much as I dothat worthwhile results are most ordina-rily produced by an aggregate of manycontributions and manv exertions. Intrue brotherhood, the#fore, lve shallplan together and work together, weshall draw upon our collective resourcesfor the inspiration and energy to per-form the tasks at hand for the creditof our Lodge and the glory of our Frat-crnity, and to the extent of our meansand capacitr', do even more and this is,b), continuance, by persistence, by a

steadv and uniform habit of rvork, en-cleavor to advance the enlightenmentand r,r,elfare of our countrv and of thervorld r.,r'e live in.

AAO BROTHER MAN, FOLD TO THY HEART TIIY BROTHER

O brotket ntan, fold to thy heart thy brotl,ter;\Mhere pity dweils, the peace of Goh is thet_e;To uorshiy rightly is to lote each other,Each. smile a hymn, eack kindly deed a ,lrra)ter.

For he whonz. Jesus loued has truly spoken:The ldier woiship which He fuigi to blessRestores the lost, and binds the spirit broken,And feeds the widows and the fatherless.

Follow 'utith reuerent steps the great exautyleOf Hinc whose holy utork was dofug good;So skall the wide earth seenr our Fitlter's tentple,Each loring life a psalm of gratiwde.

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-John Greenleaf ll/hittier


WITH GRAND TODGE OFFICERS

fu usual the month of Tanuarv hasbeen a most busy month for the GrandMaster, Deputy-Grand Master, GrandSecretary, and some of our Past GrandMasters. There lvere installations to at-tend, visitations to make, and laying ofcornerstones and dedication of templesto be present at.

Alone or in company with the GrandSecretary, Grand Master Hick waspresent at the installation of Pinagsa-Litan Lodge No. 26 in Santa Ciuz,Laguna on January 3, 1959; visited Sa-rangani Lodge No. 50 and Davao LodgeNo. 149 in Davao Ciry, on Tanuarv 6;T. M. Kalarv Lodge No. tEe in SanJuan, Rizal on January 13; CamarinesNorte Lodge No. 107 in Daet, Cam.Norte on Januarv 14; and in companvwith Nlost Wor.'Bro. Sidney M. hui-tin, PGM, visited and installed the of-ficers of Baguio Lodge No. 67 in Ba-guio Ciry on January 16 and BontocLodge No. I40 in Bontoc on January17; then Mt. Kaladias Lodge No. 9lin Dumaguete City on January 19;Dagohoy Lodge No. 84 in Tagbilaran,Bohol on January 20; a joint visitationin Cebu Citl to lVlactan Lodge No.30 and Cebu Lodge No. I28 on Jan-ury 21.

Rt. Wor. Bro. Macario M. Ofilada,Deputy Grand Master, journeyed toPintong Bato Lodge No. 5l in Bacoor,Cavite on ]anuarv 3; Biak Na BatoLodge No.

- 7 in 'Plaridel Temple on

January 8: Quezon City Lodge No.122 in Quezon City on January 9;Union Lodge No. 70 in San Fernando,La Union on January l0; MarikinaLodge No. ll9 in Marikina, Rizal on

]anuarv 16; Tamaraw Lodge No. 65rn Calapan, \Iindoro on Januarv 17;Dapitan Lodge No. 21 in I\{anila on

fanuaw 19; Iloilo Acacia Lodee No.

OLDEST MASON IN.IHE PHILIPPINES

Prideful is the Grand Lodge of thePhilippines that in Bro. James JardineWilson, it has one of the oldest Masonsin the Orient. Ninety-two year-old"JJ",

". his intimates call him, has been

sixty-nine years a Mason, paying duesinspite of the honor of a Life-Member-ship awarded to him by his Lodge, Mt.r\po No. 45, some two years ago.

Bro. Wilson rvas raised to the sub-Iime degree on January 27, 1890 at St.

John Lodge No. 16 in his native Fal-kirk, Scotland. Years later, when -heeioigrated to the United States, hejoined Pentalpha Lodge No. 316 inLos Angeles, California. At the turnof the century, Bro. Wilson joined the.Army of the United States and wassent to the Philippines. In Zamboangar,vhere he was stationed for sometime,he joined Mt. Apo Lodge No. 45 inl9l8 as a character member and hasbeen a member of that Lodge ever since.

Still young enough to travel, Bro.Wilson set sail for the United Statesand Scotland earlv last vear to visitrvith his folks, or what is ieft of them,in those countries. He is expected backin Zamboanga shortly.

i I in Iloilo City on January 24.Grand Secretary Munarriz, whenever

possible, accompanied the Grand Masteror the Deputy Grand Master; but whereit was impossible for either officers tobe present due to previous engagements,our Grand Secretary went alone or incompanv with othei Grand Lodge Of-ficers. Most Wor. Bro. Munarriz wentto N{oug Lodge No. 89 in Parafiaque,l:lizal on January l0; Batangas LodgeNo. 35 in Batangas on Ja.,uaiy l7; andF.utang Bato Lodge No. ll0 in Cotaba-to on January 22.

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&oh;t -Qoyon?

Noong ikaw'y tumutuktok sa pinto ng kapati,ran,MaU apoa ka ng sigd,sig at sidh,i, ng kalooban;Baki,t n{JaAong matanggap ka't ang d,iwa mo'a ma'ttanoant,Sako, ka pa nanlalamig at madalas rm, magkulang?Bakit baga tila uaring so puso mo'y napaparamdamAng siklny ng iyong nuis n,a ang iba'y balwginan,Ng mntayog no kuro 'nxong sa gawui,'g pamntrrubayAt gagon din, di na nais na ikatn ma'y madulutan?

Kung sa arclw na natakdnng tago'g dapot na. maghi,tqAU si.kapin nating lahat na matryad ang parnta,Di malayong sa fialitan ng ktno ng isa't'isa'yMatamo ang kaganapon ng lunggati't gi,ntong pi,ta;Magi,ng aaong suliraning sa p'u,so ay butrnnbakln,Krmg maram'ing magtuttr,long na lumutas at magdala,Mabigat ma'y gagann din at madal;ing ma,lciki.taAng Lunas na magdudulot ng li,wanag at ginhauta,

'Di. ba't tayo ag rrugktu.sang dwnulog at naldsapt.Sa laEuning makiisa sa gawaing rmtatangi;Narutmba nang buong puso nn tayo all magbi,bi,nhi;Ng aral sa mad,Lang tao upang luminis ang bu,iLhi,,At gaAon d,i.n ang kapatid sa gi,nhawa'U i,hahnti,,Tutulungan ang salnntang sa hirap ay nalugami,;-Pa'nong yao'y magagawa kung l;i,liban ka ngang lngtAt ang tatoag ng tungkul;in ay pansinin mo na di,li'?

Kahapon ay naki,ta kong ikaw nnrna'y nakinabong,Sa tulong ng natanggry mong si.kap n.itong kattatiram;.Saka ngayong dumalcila tila Eata babayannAng nogpala at nagdu,lot ng taglny rnong harangdn*,.Bakit waring n.alimot rur ang sumpa nxong biniti,wun.Noong ikaw'y ku.makapa sa laot ng kaililiman?Bal;ikan, ftLo ng gunita

- no.ng kamtan ma yonng. ifuw.May panatang binigkas hang tu.ttparin habang buhay!'

FILOMENO R. CARPIOMalqleq L-odq1e {p. 4S

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L32 rrrE ca,Bl,q Tew *PnL 1e6O

On April 27, 1958, at 48, notthe youngest, but certainly thetallest, 6' 6", Most Wor. Bro.Howard R. Hick, was installedGrand Master of Masons of thePhilippines, ihe world's biggestGrand Lodge. His managerialacumen as President and Gen-eral Manager of Peter Paul Phil-ippines, lnc. served him well indirecting the business of theGrand Lodge for I958-'59.

Tackled hislike a footlsta r, wh ichwas, NYU, r

bore throtwith success.couraged cural outleis

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hidden talentlMasons, EaslStars, DeMolrRainbows,bies tpresented (

mas, musicnational dan

lnspired organ-ization of moreyouth groups af-filialed to Ma-sonry. Was hon-orary host al in-stitution of a

new Bethel ofJob's Daughierson Feb.

.l5, 1959

at Plaridel Tem-ple; firmly be-lieves in thepotentialities forgood of theyoung; in res-ponsibilities ofthe adulls tothe vouth.

#?f{is term saw1 e building,:corating, re-liring, refur-shing of lodgemples. Off i.rted at the cor.)r-stone layingr three newmoles; dedic.led fwo. lnaridel Temple,cilities werergmented, ser-:es improved.

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DAUn,O L,f)tr!ssHsl4e E.A.t.

Gave impetus to "more-men-in-Masonry-and-more-Masonry-in-men', ideal.Constituted three lodges,. gave dispensation to one; saw the re-organizationof Mt. Makiling Lodge in Bro. Rizal's hometown of Calamba, Laguna.

w LC(}ME {*3utrVTNSON$C C*h{VENTIST{

&wifi. !

Found great ioy in attending District Grandthem; visited lodge meetings; gave stirring,Masonic gatherings, installations. ln priorperformance, his help-meet, Jean, inspires.

Lodge Conventions, eight ofpunchy talks to brethren in

planning that prevents poor

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1en practica-: he has flowntside the coun-' to be pres-t at otherand Lodgerrmu n icaiions.;ited with bre-'en (above) inlan; has warmct in his heart'the four Jap-lodges which

fse to remainth the GrandJge of theilippines. Andt, finds time

fellowshipi t h Easlernrrs (right) inletings or so-ls.

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t)ho is this Srother?

Philippine - American RelationsFor one who lives in the Philippines

of the Filipinos, there is hardly anyjustification for writing on a broad andck'licate subject, especially at the mo'rnent when the situation is charged,irritating, and irritable. Even my hav-ing been to several United States inthe Philippines and mv having livedin the Philippines of the United Statesdrr not mitigate my indiscretion.

I do not rvish to be an irritant onthe subject, but ii I happen to scratchopen an old wound, it is onlv on mvsincere desire to dig in sc that the ct,stEray Le remoyed.

Tm.e or no Thrte, visc or no visa,omnibus claim or no omnibus claim,military bases or no militarv bases, Phil-ippine-American relations is not salu-taty at the moment; there is need fortlie Americans and Filipinos to examinethe causes of the rifq at the grass-roots.It is conceded that anytime ihe Filipi-nos can recite a littany of sins of com-nrission and omission of the Americansagainst them; in like manner, the Amer.icans can have a long list of what theFilipinos have done against them orfailed to do for them. These tales o[rn,oe will be long and vvearv and be-for each group ii half-done,'they willlrave been woin out. No need of go-ing into that. It is more important forthe two peoples, lovers of their coun-tries that they are, to be nationalisticenough to correct the errors of theirnutions.

We have prided ourselves in the"lcsting" friendship of our two peoples;but that prideful assertion mighi asq'ell be gone for even .now there are

not a few who glory in the esrrangc-ment. Like boxing fans, rcadv and morethan willing to root for their favor-itccontenders.

There is nothing better thon for thetu'o peoples to sit together, friend tofriend, and talli things or.cr tr thrcs.hout the irritations end forthrvith cr'.r]r'.'solutions of permanent and far-reacl-ringcl:fects. Thcrc is no neecl to u,ait forr';ur respectivc govcrnments to scttlcthe differenccs on the confcrence tl-bles. Diplomats can lie to cach othcru,ith utmost courtes\,; but nearly all-vravs, their og..".n.ni, are affecteci antlirc[ulterated.

We, the people, in flesh and blood,are the ones who can be honest andisincerel our motives can be above biastour conversations, without affectations.A story is told that in the golden wed-ding anniversary celebration of a lead-ing and highly respected couplc, a Ia-dv quest sidled up to the u'ife, want-irig "to know how they have stayednrJrried so long. The wifle in all candorsaid: "You know, there were timeswhen I wanted to shoot my husband;hut we talked things over, sometimescoollr,, sometimes heatedll,; and eachtime we finished, we came out lovingeach other all the more."

Filipinos and Americans of soodwillshould shou, a better wav among ourpeoples here in the Philippines and inthe United States. This is an industrvthat is not taxed; an export that is notccntrolled; an import that needs hodollar allocation.

But, for this adventure in friend-ship to succeed, it should be withour

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dissimulation; rvithout ulterior motives;without anv thought of business deals,commoditv loan agreements and theIike. In other words, the project torefurbish friendship and gobdwill inand amor.rg our two peoples must beonly friendship and goodwill, period.

That the discussions may be frank,sincere, and forthright, they should bcl'ased on understanding. By under-standing each other's point of view, wecan be tolerant. More than ever, w(.jneed tolerance from both sides. Forinstance, the Filipinos still feel verynruch the "undeldog". Our countrvhas been a colonv of no less than fourcountries in o'r'erl 426 years and inde-pendent onlv 13 vears. The UnitedStates has been a colonv some 280vears, but independent fdr 183 vears.We Filipinos are adjusting ourselvesand our economv to the demands o[this neu, freedom; we are making mis-takes; thev are embarrassing; but, wewould that no one freat us with con-descension or patronage.

Another basis for the discussionsmight as well be equality. As Shakes-peare has so dptll, put it, "there issomething bad in the best of us, andsomething good in the worst of us."No nation should really put on airsfor the complex of superiority in oneengenders hatred and envy on the partof the one rvho has the complex of in-ferioritv. In fine, Iet us start with theassumption that both our nations areessentialhr equal regardless of creed, co-lor, social attainment, or wordly pos-sessions. It is nice to be important, butreallv, it is important to be nice.

With unctrerstanding and equalitr,,\r,e can be frec. We will have no in-tibitior-rs, no mental reservations, nosecret evasions, and we can be forth-

right and sincere. The net results willbe mutual trust, mutual respect.

The propoiition is: we start dis-cussion and study groups on this vex-irg situation of Philippine-Americanrclation. Dig into the why's and where-fore's of the impasse, and when wecome up with solutions, tell the world.Set the light on a hill. Who knowsbut that other clubs, chapters, and ag-grupations, on seeing the goodwill andunderstanding engendered by our ef-forts, will go and do likewise.

Borrowing a statemerit of PresidentSinco: "The time has come whenv/e must know each other bet-ter and must understand that our na-tj.onal interests, whether economic, poli-tical, educational, or social, are closelvinterwoven." This desire to know eachother better is at once local, national,and ultimately worldwide; no nation isan island unto itself. This adventurein goodwill and friendship may be metwitE chagrin by cynics; birt th6 respon-sibility is still there. This friendshipand goodwill must be made manifest,real, and unswerving in the Iives ofour two peoples if we are to show tothe world that the democratic wav, evenr"rith its faults and weaknesses,

-is still

the best way of life for all peoples with-thersoever dispersed; communist pro-paganda notwithstanding.

AAAWhen a Aollng assi.starlt askeil

Dr. Charles Mayo wh.y he hadn'tdressed doton a patient who hadspoken insultingly to luim, Dr. Ma-yo answered: "One darn fool inthe.room xoas bod enough; therewas no sense in haaing two inthere."

-Dr. Walter Llvarez, Liae at Peace

V'ith, YotLr Nerae*.


CAPITOL I\,IASONIC TEN{PLEASSOCIATION, INC.NTOVES FURTHER ONWARD

The Capitol Masonic Temple Asso-ciation, Inc. which has been thoughtof and planned for since the incum-bency of Most Wor. Bro. :Wemer

Schetelig, the Grand Master at thetime, became a reality on May 22, 1958rvhen the corporation was registeredv.,ith tle Securities and Exchange Com-nrission with an authorized capital ofF135,000.00 divided into 2,700 sharesat F50.00 per share.

At the time of registration, 72 mem-bers subscribed ?29,600.00 and paidP8,990.00 on their subscriptions. Aboutthe same time, the corporation paid thesrrm of ?7,839.21 to the People's Home-srte Housing Corporation as dou,n par-ment on a lot of 4,611.3 sq. m. on theblock behind the proposed Quezon Ci-tv Hall. The total cost o[ the lot is

ltZg,lgz.tO payable in ten years.

Wor. Bro. Angelo Baylon, Secretarvo[: the corporation, has high hopes thatin time many more brethren will buyshares to enable the corporation to keepthe payments on the lot and beginbuilding the Masonic Temple in thecapital city of the Philippines. Thebuilding when completed u,ill largelybe for the use of Masonic lodges andallied fraternal organizations such as:sl-rrine clubs, Eastern Star chapters, De-NIolav chapters, Rainbor,v assemblies,

Jr,b's Daughters bethels, Amaranrh's,e tc.

FREEDONI FICFITER,T;REEMASON

Prof. Janos Horvath of the facultyc,! Business Administration, Universitvc;t the Philippines, has recer-rtlv beenraised to the sublime degree in RafaelPalma Loclge No. i47. Bro. Horvath,before coming to the Philippines, Iivedin New York where he n'as active inlooking after the interest and welfareo[ Hungarian patriots rvho sought re-frrge in the Llnited States after theshort-lived revolution of 1956.

Bro. Horvath is himself one of thert'volutionary leaders in Hungarv whenIlitler's hordes held his homeland andalso when Stalin's satellites ovcrran hisccuntr)'. IIc rvas a mctnber of parlia-lnent and o[ thc cxecutile committeeof the shortlived Hungarian republicsa(ter Hitler and in 1956.

Currentlr,, Bro. Hon'ath is a Profes-sor of Economics and Cooperatives inthe U.P., under contract \\.irh the AsiaI:oundation. He still kecps in touchrtith other Hungarian 1:atliots in Eng-land and the United States alrd hopesthat in the future a permanent democra-tic government vvill take over Hungary.

It will be recalled that a Hungarianpatriot, three score vears ago, in theperson of Bro. Louis Kossuth, u'as madea I\{ason in the United States. Thepresent generation of Hungarian pat-riots are inspired by the free ideas ofIJro. Kossuth and have established theLouis Kossuth Foundation in Englandand America to train leaders for de-rnocratic government. Bro. Horvath isLl.xecutive Vice-President of the Foun-<iation.

AAAThe real plffpose of books is to trap tlte

th,inkittg.ntitttl into doittg its otun

-Ch.ristopher llorley

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MASOI\IC HOSPITAL

Llost Wor. Bru, Hick handing a checlt to Wor. Bro. Ci.priano, Secretarg ofthe Masottic Hospital for Crippled Children. The check represents the contri-brrfioirs ol lllaster Masons.

It rvill be difficult for anvone not fa-n,iliar u,ith the workings o[ the Hospital to realize the magnitude and subli-r.ritv o[ the project if he does not ac-tuallv see with his own cves the meta-nrorphosis wrought on the crippled chil-dren after a long treatment interspersedltith surgical operations.

These children usuallv arrive at ourtwo wards (one at the Nlarv JohnstonI-lospital, Tondo, Manila, and anothera, De los Santos Clinic in QuezonCitv), carried by their parents intheir arns, pitifullv dcformed andhelpless, having their lon'er ex-

tr:emities, particularly of those wh,.rhave suffered the dreadful poliom-yelitis, markedly thin, atrophied, inert,<ir:void o[ muscular motion. By build-irg up their health through the use o[vitamins and their physical bodies bvnleans of massage, physiotherapy andoperations, these children slowly be-come robust, reacquire the lost motionand learn to stand up and finally, afterniany days of practice and with the aido[ braces and crutches, to walk alone.In the case of other diseases, such as

congenital deformit,v, burns, Pott's, frac-ture of bones and others, there is o$

x.40 THE CABLE TOW April, 1959

c(..urse variation in the treatment, butjust the same, surgical operations, andsometimes transplantings of skin, arercsorted to.

. With the exception of very few,these patients belong to indigent fa-milies residing in the different parrs ofthe Archipela.go, and all their eipensesIr.,r' hospitalization, operation, -medi-

cines, etc., are borne by the Hospital.The work, therefore, of the Hospitalis not only charitable but eminentlvhumanitariin and altruistic as t""ilThat work is the visible manifestationand the quintessence of the Mason'sl,rve for his fellow man. Human be-ings who would othervyise have beencondemned for the rest of their lives toutter uselessness and to be a burden tos'rciett', are converted into useful citi-zcns readv to perform their duties as

t'rch in their respective communities,thunks to the loving care of Nlasonsj)ut into practice by their effective ins-trumentality - the Masonic HospitalI'or Crippled Children.

Number of Patients Treated.During the vear under review, fortv-

t\l,o patients were admitted in our tworuards for hospitalization - twenty-twoirr the Mary Johnston Hospital andtu,enty in De los Santos Clinic. Inarldition, we had thirteen out-patients- eight at De los Santos Clinic and fivcr:t the Mary Johnston Hospital. Theyare called outpatients because theirc,.,nditions do not require hospitaliza-tion and they come periodically fortreatment. Out of the above-mentionedfrrrty-ha/o patients, nine still remain inthe Mary Johnston Hospital and eightin De los Santos Clinic for further hos-

I)italization and operarion, the othcrtrventv-five having b,een sent homegreatly improved physicallv and men-tally, if not altogether returned to nor-n,alcy.

Needless to say, the families of thesecbildren feel deeplv indebted to theFlospital for the gi*d do"" unto them.Wor. Bro. Pio C. Castro, Past Mastercf Dagohoy Lodge No. 84 wrore us onl,lay 8, 1958, expressing his and Mrs.Casiro's sincere iha.,ks" and gratitudelor the help being given to their sonEstolano, and stating the following:

"He (Estolano) has improved phy-sically and mentally during his stayat th; Mary Johnsion Hospital aniI can say without reservaiion thatthis branch of service we are extend-ing to our crippled ones is both com-mendable and worthv of praise. Ihave seen the little ones romping andjumping around in their little bedsand to be able to be in such idealand beautiful environment is a pri-vilege. I should not \4,onder if manyof them would not want to go home.This is one time I feel proud to bea member of the Fraternitv . . . Mrs.Castro and I have decidbd to giveregular donation to this worthv en-terprise beside my membership inri.Wor, Bro. Castro remitted through

a son of his the sum of P100.00.

Wor. Bro. Pedro Romasoc, P. M.,Secretarv of Agno Loldge No. 75 in-forms us in his ]etter dated May 20,1958, that -

"Brother Liberio G. Bernarte cameto me yesterday to tell me that hisnephew (Master Vintigan) left ourMasonic Hospital for Crippled Chil-dren on May 17, 1958 . . . The im-proved physical condition of l\{asterVintigan gave pride to his parents inparticular and to the neighborhoodand community in general. OurHospital made a good name in Tavug. . . when he came home healthv andimproved of his deformiq' ."

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7843

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Total . .. .. . 130If it would be taken into account

that the number of active Masons inthis jurisdiction is approximately 9,700

:r1ong, the present membership of thcHospital would appear to be glaringlvout of proportion. A campaign foi.membership, therefore, seems now tobe in order.

MATEO D. CIPRIANOSecretary

This Masonic project is not receiv-irrg the supporr that it should. It isregrettable that in a Jurisdiction ofsome nine thousand members, we haveonly 130 bretrhren belonging to the Ma-sonic Hospital for Crippled Children.Any b,rother interested in this projectbeyond their yearly assessmenr iollect-ed through his lodge, and desires tobe a member of the Association willplease contact the Secretary of the Ma-scnic Hospital for Crippled Children,Inc., W. Bro. Mateo Cipriano, at thePlaridel Masonic Temple, 1440 SanN{arcelino, N{anila.

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AAAGRANO TODGE OF IAPAI{ I1{ GOMMUIIICATIOI{

Our Grand Master, Howard R. Hick,made a tr_ip tg Japan to be a guest ofthe, Crand Lodgc of Japan in their sec-ond annual communication on Marchl-1 & 15, 1959 held in Tokyo.

In a letter received from him, thecommunication was carried on with dis-patch and great enthusiasm. Theglandest news was the election of Ja-penese nationals to the three most im-portant positions: those of Grand Mas-ter, Deputy Grand Master, and GrandSenior Warden. The installation ce-remonies were most impressive. OurCirand Master presented, in behalf ofthe Grand Lodge of the Philippines, abeautiful Bible with gold engraving;and on his own, a set of embroideredmarkers. In turn, the Grand Lodge ofl_apan presented to the Grand Lodge ofthe Philippnes a silver tray with ihreevessels for corn, wine, and oil in abeautiful case. Grand Master Hickvras the guest speaker at the commu-

nication and at the fraternal banquetr,fter the installation.

The officers of the Grand Lodge o[Jiipan for 1959-60 are: Grand Mister,lleorge S. Horiuchi; Deputy GrandItlaster, Kiyoshi Togasaki;

-Grind Sen-

ior Warden, Carl T. Nakamura; Grandfrrnior Warden, William J. Eichorn;Grand Treasurer, Nohea Peck; GrandSecretary, Ceorge Morgulis; GrandClhaplain, Preston W. Long; GrandOrator, Takashi I(omatsu; Grind Mar-slral, Leroy AIIen; Grand StandardI>earer, Charles Bischofberger; GrandSword Bearer, John Cox; Grand BibleBearer, David Meth; Grand SeniorLecturer, William Connors; GrandJunior Lecturer, George Booth; GrandSenior Deacon, Kiyoshi Takano; GrandJunior Deacon, Fred Alexanderj GrandSenior Steward, Richard Isono; GrandJunior Steward, John A. Alford; GrandPursuivant, T. Ishihara; Grand Orqan-ist, Hiroji Matsuzaki; and Grand Tyler,Stanley Creenberg.

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OFFICIAL SECTION

AnnouncementThe Annual communication of the Grand Lodge of the philippines

beg:ns Tuesday, April 28 and closes after Installation of officers fr,.o"-day, April 30th.

This is indeed the climax of our Annual Masonic activities andshould be well attended. It is the big opportunity for our brethrento meet one another to fraternize and enjoy fellowship.

Your Grand Lodge officers have endeivored to prepare a pro-gram for the entertainment of our brethren and to stimulate feliow-*lrip. -Also they have been working on the Grand Lodge Agendastreanllining matters to make the official business "u, smoothlyl

The committee on credentials will start work Saturdayl April25th, and will receive all delegates who wirl register immldiatbty.Registration will take place on saturday morning at 9:00 A.u. anacontinue daily until 3:30 P.M. on Tuesday, April zgth. In order tomake the work of the committee members as easy as possible, pleaseregister immediately on arrival at the Plaridel Masonic- Temple.

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Registration is divided into two categories. The firsf includesmembers of the Grand, Lodge, all Past Masters, present Masters, andwardens. only these brothers are entitled to vote, in accordance withArticle VI, Seetion 3, Page 22 of the Masonic Law Book

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Lodge represented shall be entitled to three votes and the past Mas-ters of each Lodge shall collectively be entitled to one vote.,,

The second category comprises "all other Master Masons,,, for itis the desire of the Grand Lodge to have as many Master Masons aspossible attend, to enjoy the fellowship and receive instructions fromthe business and discussions which take place in our Annual com-munications.

We shall not call the-roll of Lodges this year. This will be pre_pared in advance from the report of the committee on credenfialsand will be read by the Grand Secretary.

rnasmuch as we are interested in good attendance, rve wil givean Altar Bibie to the Provincial Lodge which has the greatest fellow-ship miles. (Manila, Quezon city, cavite and Rizal Lodges are notallowed in this contest.

Fellowship miles rvill be determined by the number of regurarMaster Masons in good standing (not Honorary Members) rvhJ arer-egistBred and present- o1_ tlry opening day, Tuesday, April 29, mul-tjnlied by the number of miles from Manila fo their Lodge.

- so brothers

from Cebu, Mindanao, Jolo and Aparri, come and get the Bible.The following is the program:

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Monday, Apri.l 27, 1959Evening.-Grand Master's Banquet for all Grand Lodge Officers in honor

of the District Deputy Grand Masters. and Inspectors whowill attend. Invitations will be tendered to all deputies andinspectors when registering with the Committee on Creden-tials.

,

Bowringro,,,,#!9!,,7"i'3|"?!;r!',{!!"ff"t\;ingAreysGolf-Wack Wack Country Club

Tr.iesduy altet"noon, April 28th1:30 P.M.-Rainbow Girls (Initiation)3:15 PM.-Pilgrimage to Luaetr to lay a wreath of flowers at the monu

ment of our Brother Jose Riz.ll4:00 P.M.-Opening of Grand Lodge-

Wednesday morning, Aqril 29thBowling Tournament--Plaridel Masonic Temple Bowling AlleysGolf-Manila Golf Club

W ednesday af ternoon, APril 29th2:00 P.M.-De Molay (Initiation)4:00 P.M.-Resume Session

Thursdny rnorn'ing, April 80tit,Bowling Tournament-Plaridel Masonic Temple Bowling AlleysThursday Luncheon-York Rite-Scottish Rite banquet. Presentation of

bowling and golf trophies and a special number tc be an-nounced later.

Lunch will cost ?3.00 and reservations must be made dur-ing the communications.

2 :00 P.M.-L*', Tru;t {:,{#i,ff ' Aprit 3 qth

4:00 P.M.-Resume Session.The highlight of the special events will be the Scottish-York Rite

golf tournament. A magnificent trophy will be a\I'arded to the cham-pion, and a number of medals and other prizes will also be given tolhe other winners. It will be a 36-ho]e contest, L8 holes at the WackWack and 18 holes at the Manila Golf Club. Let us make this a bigfellowship tournament, ending with the 'Ihursday luncheon. All youneed to do is pay the fee for the green.

There will be a bus available each morning at the Plaridel MasonicTemple from 9:00 A.M. to noon to take visiting brothers on sightseeingtrips in and around Manila.

Everything will be done to make your stay with us as comfortableand enjoyable as possible. Tuesday and Wednesday evening, dinneris free at thc Plaridel Masonic Temple. The other meals are at yourexpense. The Grand Lodge canteen will serve all other meals at mod-erate cost. Cots, beds and bunks at the Grand Lodge dormitory areavailable free, but are limited in number as they are on first-comefirst-served llasis.

We all hope that this will be the biggest and the best Annual Com-munication of our Grand Lodge.

Fraternally yours,(Sgd.) ESTEBAN MUNARRIZ, P.G.M.

Granil Secretarg

THE CABLE TOWL44 April, 1959

OTT'ICEES OF PI'I}IEIiA LUZ T'ILIPINA LODGD NO. 60, T'&.{II,rOR, IUASONIC YEAR A.D. TO5O

front rorv - I-R: Bro. Carlos MoMon, Senlor Stowtrd; Ilro. Vicento K. Gau, Senior Deacon;Wor. Bro. Flotentlno S. Bautista, P.ll., Trffiurerr Bro. lll&merto Sahc, Senior lYsrden; l1'or.Rro. PaDlo C. l[8reus, I]lerter; Rro. tr'elici&no T0116, Junior lV&rden ; ll'or. l]ro. F. C. Ferre,l'.M., Eeretsy; Bro. Juan Samala, Junior Ste\yard i and Rro. Ilernrenisililo Roilriguez, Tvler.Brck row

- L-It: Bro. Jose S. Matro, Auitltor; Bro. PmfNto Palnra, Jlarshaf; Bro. l'elipe

Pmocrlno, Alnolo!; mil Bro. Epifanio R. lttarouoz, llluter of CererDoDi€a.

r95O OFFICER,S OI. I,EONAED IVOOD IODGE NO. 145

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Worulr;p{ul'ilafiert Speoleing. . .

V\/or. Bro. D. F. DOMINGO'I. M. Kalaw Lodge No. 136Freemasonrv does not claim that it

has the monopoly of all that is good;nor does it claim that a Freemason isbetter than a non-Freemason; nor doesit claim that ',vhen one becomes a Free-mason he achieves a superiority over hisformer friends. On the other hand, itcxpects anv one who joins the frater-r:ity to study the tenets of Freemason-rv and "practice out of the lodge thosegreat moral virtues inculcated in it." Itrequires that he gives the allegianceciue his country. It suggests that hesubmits himself to a well-regulatedccurse of studv and self-discipline thatmav best p..i"rue his corpireal andnrer.rtal faculties to enable him to exertIiis talents rvith rvhich God has blessedhim for the uplift and welfare o[ hislcss fortunate fellowmen, And, finall1,,it hopes that r,r,hen at last his wearyfeet shall have come to the end of theirtoilsome journev on earth and he shallhave turned in for the last time theworking tools of life, his practice of thepure principles of Freemasonry andl,is exemplary conduct to society shallhave made the world better because hehrd lived in it.Wor. Bro. RAMON ABARQUEZRasumbavan Lodge No. 4

It is often said that the best way fora government to maintain stability anda. high purchasing value for its money,is for its people to live rvithin theirmcans, or spend only as much as thevcan earn. If this policv is conscioush,follorved both in internal financirrg andoutside purchases, then there will beno permanent budgetarv and balanceof pat'ments deficits in the govem-ment.

Wor. Bro. ALFREDO L. ORTIZHigh Twelve Lodge No. 82

ln our country today, we see aroundrrs a vast desert,5f grafi,'corruption, anclimmorality. Masonry is a ray of hopeIor our people. We'Masons,'pl"dg.'ronraintain the oasis of righteousness incur respective areas of work, residenceand influence. We will always rvalliuprightly in all our several staiions inlife before God and man. By our ac-tions and deeds, we will make'our lightso shine that men, on seeing it, mavbc inspired and induced to exircise thttenets of brotherly love, relief, andtruth, and practi# temperance, forti-tLrde, prudence and justicE, so that fromtbis oasis, righteousness may spreadand morality may be re-established allovel our country.

To our fore6ears in Masonry, welargely owe these intangibles. At theprice of their tears, sweat and blood,r.r,e inerited them. By them we thrive;by them we grow; bf them we bloom.Vy'e Masons of the present generationhave in turn the obligation and res-pcnsibility to transmit unimpaired thesetc-nets and virtues to our posteritv.These are the tasks to which we shouidciedicate our energies and devote ourlives. These intangibles shall notperish but shall always flourish in ourhearts.Wor. Bro. TIMOTEO L. PAGUIAKasilawan Lodge No. 77

After I became a Master Mason, Iwas so impressed by the disnitv andsplendor of the oriental chaii. in allflankness and humility, I have sincenurtured a dream of occupying it some-duy. Little did I think, however, thatnry dream nould come sooner than I ex-pected. As a dream, it was beautiful


Due to lnck of spo,ce, ue regretthot ute connot print all the inau-g'u,ral odd,ressea subrnitted, or re-quested. by us for puhl:iaotion, Thead.dressee contain so many fineiileas thnt ue corlnot help glean-ing fron, all of tlwm- Hence,th,eee eacerpts ol great pith Mnmoment.

and enchanting. As a reality it hassrrddenly dawned upon me that theposition carries with it tremendousresponsibilities. Conscious of my limita-tions, all I can pledge to you tonight,my brethren, is my willingness towork and my undying loyalry to N{a-sonry and to Kasilawan. I am fullvaware of the great tasks and difficultieialread. However, I find inspiration inthe fine achievements of my predeces-sors who have discharged their dutiesfaithfully and with utrnosr zeal and de-votion. Their rich experience will bemy guide. Their wise- counsel will bemy light.

STRANSKY TO CANADAAND UNITED STATES

Bro. Eugene Stransky, a member ofI\4t. Lebanon Lodge No. B0 and Ra-fael Palma Lodge No. 147, is sche-cluled to go to the United States andCanada early in June to attend theInternational Academy of Pediatricsconference which is set for Jul,v 19-25,1959 in Montreal, Canada.

Prior to the convention of worldarrthorities in children's diseases, Bro.Stransky is scheduled to give lecturesin St. Louis, Missouri and in Dallas,Texas, in response to invitations frommedical men in those cities.

Bro. Stransky is one of the foundersand first president of the PhilippineSociety of Pediatrics and is presentlvEditor-in-Chief of the Philippine Jour-nal of Pedriatrics.

OBITUARIES . . .The Grand Lodge lost rrvo of its

s;aunch Masons within ten days whenWor. Bro. Ramon Abarquez passedaway on N{arch 17 and Wor. Bro. Ge-naro Pestaira followed him on N{arch26,ITAMON F. ABARQUEZ

At the time of his demise, \\/or.Bro. Abarquez was Worshipful Nlasterof Bagumbayan Lodge No. 4 and Deanol' the College of Mining Engineerinscf Mapua Institute of Technology'.Two years previous, he had retired fromthe Bureau of l\{ines.

Wor. Bro. Abarquez u'as a Phar-rnacy alumnus of the State Llnivcrsitr',graduating somc 33 \,cars ago. I{c latertook up mining engineering in th:United States and on his return, sen'edthe government in the mines bureauuntil his retirement.

He is survived by his r,vife, Guada-hipe; sons Ramon, Jr. and Julio; daught-ers Alicia, Belen, Fe, Lucia, and Lupe;a. brother and two sisters. Both hissons are former DeMolavs and later,Masons; and three of his daughters areEastern Stars vvhile the youngest is stilla Rainbow.

GENARC PESTANAWor. Bro. Pestaiia died at 65 r'ears;

; Past Master of Fligh Tu'elvc LodgcNo. 82, and a Past Patron of Rosari,rVillaruel Chapter No. 2, OES. He hadretired from the Philippine RefiningCo. and was subseguentlv connectedwith Provident Life Insurance Co.

Wor. Bro. Pestaira left a rvife, Ruli-na, who this 1,s31'5 Worthv Matror-r o[Rosario Villaruel Chapter No. 2, OES;a. daughter, Jotita, an Eastern Star;four sons, Felix, a Maior in the Philip-nine Air Force and a member of Hi"hTwelve Lodge; Enrico, Nicasio, and Severino, the voungest, who is with theU.S. Navv.

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1s5s 0tHcrRs 0t Apptr{DAl{T 0RGAltrZATt0NS

ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR

,IAAYON CHAPTER NO. T

Alice Bellis Worthy MatronEdward Bellis ....... Worthy patronJimmie Louel Carnes ........ Associate MatronHerber,' Reynolds ........... Associate paironAgnes Schoening. PM . ...., SecretaryElizabeth Budd . . .. TreasurerMarguerite Elliott . ...... ConduciressRuth Greenfield ....... Associaie ConductressWylmoth Thompson ChaplainKatherine Nigel .. .. MarshalGerry Reynolds ...... AdahDoris Smith .. RuihVicroria Dib EstherBeverly Licht ....... MailhaMarcy Hamra .....,.. ElectaLillie Samara ........ WarderA. Robson Smith . Sentinel

ROSARIO VIITARUET CHAPIER NO. 2Rufina T. Pestana . .... Worthy MatronTeofilo A. Abeio . .. .. . Worthy patronCristeta L. S. Alvarez ....... Associate MatronGraciano Villamante . Associate ,palronPilar R. Gonzales, PM . ..... SecretaryVciorina A. Uson . TreasurerConchita O. llagan .. .... ConductressJosefina S. Esguerra .. .. Associate ConductressAndrea V. Valleio . ChaplainRosario G. Villanueva. pM .........., MarshalLina C. Navia ..... OrganistRosario R. Gonzales ... AdahMaria V. Villamante ... RuthMary C. Spuler . ...., EstherElizabeth Piopongco MarthaFannie H. Auslin . ... ElectaDolo;es de Rama .. . WarderVictorino Perianes .. Sentinel

SAilIPAGUITA CHAPTER NO. 3Epifania Curameng ... Worthy MatronPolicarpo Aromim ..... Worthy patronFe S. Deoca.les ..... Associate MatronRufino Tolentino . .. ... . .. , .. Associate patronFelicidad Mendoza SecretaryVictorina Silveslre TreasurerVisltac:on Crudo . ....... ConductressHonorata Asistores . .... Associate ConduciressNellie Primavera ..... ..... ChaplainTelesfora C. lolarga ........ MarshalVivencia M. Curameng ...... Organist

Teresita Deocale; . .. . .... . .... AdahLulu Villanueva ,...,... RuthAngelita Cervantes .. EstherIydia Salcedo ....... MarthaAmparo de los Santos ....,... ElectaAmadeo Quintos . ... WarderCastor Silvesire .. . . Sentinel

I. M. KAIAW CHAPIER NO,9Victorina B. Abeio .... Worthy MatronDaniel L, Kolipano .... Worthy FatronCristeta Sanriago . .. . .. ... .. Associate MatronVicente del Carmen . Associate patronEva E. Kalaw. PM . .. . .,. .. SecretaryLourdes de Guzman TreasurerVirginia T. Domingo . . .. ConduclressLu; B. Sese .. . Associate ConductressPorfirio Aquino ... ChaplainConceio S. Soller, PM . .. ... MarshalElizabeth C. Rivera . OrganisiConchita Aquino . ... AdahAurea J. del Carmen ... RuthPurita E, Donor . ..... EstherGuadalupe Q. Martinez ....., MarthaSoledad C. Rivera ... . ElectaMiguela Yutuc.. .... WarderFrancisco J. Olizon . Sen?inel

iAOUNI ARAYAT CHAPIER NO. IIUrsula Teague Worthy MatronSylvester Carl Neufield . ..... Worthy ParronMarion O. Sutton . .. Alrocirte MatronMerlon Van Curen . . Ar3ociaie PatronPearl M. Hale, PM . SecretaryBessie Baldwin .... freasurerHelen Van Curen . ...... ConductressMila Bundenthal ....... Arsociate ConductressKathleen Gillan . ... ChaplainAnn Casey, PM .... MarshalGloria Siockdale ,.... ....... OrganisrMary Newhouse ..... ,. AdahPerri Murray ....... . . Ruthtee Livingston ....... EstherAlice Smith . llaahaGeorgia Davis ElectaJoyce Adrian ...... WrrderAlbert R. Nichter . Senrinel

We regret that use are able to printonly the names of oflicere that catneto ottt, hunds at press tirne.


ORDER OF JOB'S DAUGHIERS

BErHEI NO, t, OLONGAPO, ZAiIBA!.ES

Resurrecion Gregorio . Honored QueenCarmen de la Cruz . .. Senior PrincessEsperanza Bada . . .. . .. Junior PrincessDiane Blackwell . ..... . .. . .. . GuideMilrie Mackey ..... MarshalSylvia de Leon .. .. ChaplainBrenda Ammons ... .. .. .. .. . RecorderDoris Hyland .... . TreasurerLollie Cash LibrarianNancy Gregorio ..., MusicianLo Lai Go .. First MessengerEvelyn Hyland ..,. Second MessengerNida Santos . Third MessengerLiberfy Arce .... Fourlh MessengerLilian Ela ... Fifth MessengerYolanda Ramos . ..... Senior CuslodianSalvacion Gregorio . . Junior CusiodianLinda Ramos . .. lnner Guard

EGIHEI U. 0., 'rAANltADolores A. Laconico, ll ...... Honored Queen

Eloisa San Luis ... ... Senior PrincessJorella Ferrer Junior PrincessSuzetfe Remetio ..,.. GuideMelinda Soller . .... MarshalGloria Florendo .... ChaplainMerced Jimenez -,... .. . .... Recorderlnocencia Ascalon . TreasurerEmelie Sison ..... LibrarianCynthia Rodriguez ... ....... MusicianLea Llamas . . First MessengerFe Eloisa Curameng Second MessengerMinda Sayoc ....... Third MessengerDclia Ponce Fourth MessengerEvelyn Soller Fifth MessengerPatrocinio Advincula Senior CustodianLeticia A. Laconico . . . Junior CustodianMiriam Melegrilo ..., .. lnner GuardNoemi Mamenta ..... .. Outer Guard

ORDER OF TAINBOW FOR GIRTS

PERTA ASSEII/IBLY NO. I, MANITA

Lucille Venturanza .......... Worthy AdvisorAleiandra Palino ...... Wor. Associate AdvisorJacqueline Aranela . ChariiySusana Mimay ....... HopeMelinda Tria ......... FaithPatricia Tria, PWA .. ,..... RecorderEva Cruz, PWA ., . TreasurerCarolyn Gardner ..... ..... ChaplainDelia Navia .... Drill LeaderMyrna Salcedo Loveleddy Villalon ..... ReligionOphelia Quinrana .... ....... Nature

Dalisay Capucion ...,. .. lmmortalityEunice Gamiao ..... FidelityKatherine Araneia . ....... PatriotismThelma Magno ..... ServiceLilia Calderon Confidential ObserverElizabeth Santos . .. ., Outer ObserverElvira Santos ...... MusicianGloria Rosete Choil Direclor

ORDER OF DEMOTAY FOR BOYSJOSE ABAD SANTOS CHAPTER NO. I, MANITAManuel V. Estillore, Jr. ...... Master CouncilorFederico l. Agnir . . . Senior CouncilorPio Caccam Junior CouncilorVictor Rivera ..... Treasurerlsagani Domingo ..... .... . ... ScribeDaniel Quiaoit ....... Senior DeaconEduardo Crisologo . . .. Jurrior DeaconManuel Sanchez ..... Senior StewardSamuel Alapan ....., Junior StewardBeniamin del Carmen ...... ChaplainCesar de Leon .. . .. SentinelFederico Ramirez, Jr. ........ Standard BearerJerry Dadap ...... OrganistEliezer Santiago .,. AlmonerRuben Ganaden . .. .. OratorFlorante Escalante .. MarshalVictor M, Torres . .,..,, lsi PreceptorAdriano Evangelista ... 2nd PreceptorArturo Castro 3rd PreceptorManuel Oteyza ,...... 4th PreceptorJose Justiniani 5th PreceptorEdwin Robinos 6th PreceptorAlfredo Nebres, Jr. .. . 7th Preceptor

IOYAI.IY CHAPTER NO. 2, 'VIANII.AElmer C. Gamiao . . . Master Councilor

Ramon Laconico, Jr. ......... Senior CouncilorRuben T. Robles , ... Junior CouncilorRustico Domingo, Jr. . ..... TreasurerManuel Magno, Jr. .... ..... .. ScribeRuben Apostol .... ... Senior DeaconMario de Leon .. . ..., Junior DeaconBeniamin Viloria, Jr, Senior SfewardGeorge Dikit Junior StewardDelfin Casama .... ChaplainMarino Ancheta, Jr. .. ...... SentinelReynaldo de la Paz Standard BearerYsmael Aguda .... AlmonerRomulo Prudencio ..,. ....... OratorTeodoro P. Domingo . . ...,. MarshalGalahad Almanzor ..... lst PrecepforDomingo Dikit ., ,.... 2nd PreceptorPepito Dacquel ....... 3rd PreceptorR-afael O. Romero . .... 4lh PreceptorRodolfo Ancayan ... .. 5th PreceplorSilverio Santiago . ,. . . 6th PreceptorAnlonio Ramil .. ...... 7th Preceptor

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MANILA LODGE No. IW'or. Master-Herschel SwirynS. Warden

-Henry A- Schacht, Jr.

J. 'Warden -William

F. HenryTreasurer

-George A. Clegg

Secretary -Hsn1y Gilhouser

P. O. Box 2646, ManilaCAVITE LODGE No. z

Wor. Master-Dominador CrisostomoS. 'Warden

-Petronilo Espineli

J. 'Warden -Hsmgle

B. AlbertoTreasurer

-Jose V. ColinaSecretary

-Salvador C. Gonzales960 Cabuco St., Cavite

CitYCORREGIDOE-SOUTHERN CBOSS

LODGD No.3Wor. Master-Maurice D. NigelS. W'arden

-George J. Reid

J. 'Warden -Albert E. Parsons

Treasurer -David G. Gunnell

Secretary -Jack

L. Schwartz7o Phil. Indent Co., 108

Nueva, ManilaBAGUMBAYAN LODGE No. lt

Wor. Master-Ramon Abarquez, Sr.S. 'Warden

-Numeriano D. Carreon

J. 'Warden -l![anusl

T. PazTreasurer

-Rufino B, Macalinao

Secretary -Luis Meneses

1120 Constancia, ManilaISLAND LUZ MINERVA LODGE

No. 5Wor. Master-Porfirio A. RomuloS. 'Warden

-Benigno de Leon

J. Warden -Arturo

R. VillasefrorTreasurer -J6ss M. CortesSecretary

-Q1ssi2n6 N. Villamante

533-4 Legarda, ManilaBIAK-NA-BATO LODGE No. 7

Wor. Master-Amor FonacierS. Warden

-Qsssr L. FungJ. W'arden

-Juan C. AlabastroTreasurer

-Antonio C. MilitarSecretary

-Emilio M. Asistores329 P. Guevarra Ave,,

San Juan RizalCOSMOS LODGE No. 8

Wor. Master-Winston T. GallawayS. 'Warden

-Samuel Q. CaselJ. 'Warden

-Richard S. HartTreasurer

-George A. Mayhew

Secretary -Richard L. Page20 Russell, pasay City

S?. /OHN'S LODGE No. eW'or. Master-Gene G. HughsS.. Warden

-Charles H. Clark

J. 'Warden -Harold D. CarI

Treasurer -James

L. HendryxSecretary

-Paul 'W. Hanaford

P. O. Box 626, ManilaruOILO-ACACIA LODGE No. 11

Wor. Master-Teofilo MarteS. 'Warden

-Francisco Song Heng

J. 'Warden -Alfredo P. Catedral

Treasurer -Tung Ah 'Wing

Secretary -Ponciano

Leonidas178 Mission Road, Jaro,

Iloilo CityNILAD LODQE No. 12

Wor. Master-Ceferino M. PicacheS. Warden -{. L. TanJ. Warden -Felix J. TorresTreasurer

-Amado Pineda

Secretary -Gregorio

A. VicenteP. O. Box 98, Manila

WALANA LODGE No. lEW'or. Master-Deogracias MenesesS. 'Warden

-Petronilo QuiflonesJ. 'Warden

-Godofredo Calub

Treasurer -fl6msn

SamaniegoSecretary -Luis San Juan

P. O. Box 2624, ManilaDALISAY LODGE No. lt*

Wor. Master-Bayani B. IbarrolaS. Warden -Pablo

AluquinJ. 'Warden

-Jesus S. Castillo

Treasurer -Diosdado

ReyesSecretary -Jose

L. Domingo323 Valencia, Sampaloc,

ManilaPILAR, LODGE No. 15

Wor. Master-Miguel del RosarioS. W'arden

-Honorio P. Malonzo

J. 'Warden -Eugenio Villanueva

Treasurer -Jsgg

N. TopacioSecretary

-Marciano Sayoc

R-409 Roman SantosBldg., Manila

SINUKUAN LODGE No.16Wor. Master-Franciscc R. FloroS. 'V[arden

-Severino M. Navarro

J. Warden -Hilerio G. EsguerraTreasurer

-Leandro F. Cruz

Secretary -Gabino

de Castro2528 Tindalo, Tondq

Manila

1959 0FflCERS 0t t0DGrS


BAGONG BIIHAY LODGE No. 17'W'or. Master-Cecilio S. VillanuevaS. 'Warden

-Jim Boo Chan

J. Warden -Oscar A' ReYes

Treasurer -Arturo A. ReYes

Secretarv -Gregorio P. Cataulin' 152 R'eYmundo Samonte,

San Roque, Cavite CitY

ARAW LODGE No. 18

Wor. Master'-Bayani G. SalcedoS. Warden

-Guillermo Madridejos

J. 'Warden -Florencio

D. R. PonceTreasurer -Jose

N. QueddingSecretarv -Pedro

P. Aguda598 Alejandro VI, SamP'

Manila

SILANGANAN LODGE No' 1e

Wor. Master-Eulogio S. EusebioS. -Warden

-Jose Pagtakhan

J. Warden -Emilio Melendres

Treasurer -ElPidio L' Cruz

Secretarv -Teodolo V. Santos-

Pasig, Rizal

RIZAI' LODGE No. 20

W'or. Master-Cesario V. VillarealS. Warden -Diego

M. ManzaJ. W'arden -Jose

AngelesTreasurer -Gregorio QuincinaSecretary -Julian

CaPiralLopez, Quezon

DAPITAN LODGE No. 21

Iilor. Master-Maximo AbafloS. Warden

-Teodoro U. BatoYon

J. 'Warden -Basilio

L. SarmientoTreasurer -

Temistocles ElvifraSecretary -Benjamin

T. Araniego3rd Flocr, Capitol

Theatre Bldg.239 Escolta, Manila

JOSE RIZAL LODGE No.22Wor, Master-Harly RindlerS. ''Warden

-Antonio Gonzalez, Jr.

J. 'Warden -Gene

Benson SchimPffTreasurer -PhiliP

A' BradfieldSecretary -Jose

E. RacelaP- O' Box 1921, Manila

MALINAW LODGE No.25Wor. Master-Narciso VillaPandoS, Warden

-Florencio Robles

J. 'Warden -Santos

Z. TorresTreasurer -Sabas

CabreraSecretary -FeliPe

UrtolaSan Pablo CitY

PINAGSABITAN LODGE No. 26

Wor. Master-Jose T. KamatoYS. Warden

-Felicisimo San Luis

J. Warden -Ricardo

C. BuenafeTr:easurer

-Vicente C. Reventar, Sr.

Secretary -Isidoro Corpus

Santa Cruz, Laguna

BATONG BLTHAY LODGE No. 27

W'or. Master-Ysabelo M. GuicoS. Warden

-Franciscc C. Hizon

J. Warden -Samuel

T. C. LimTreasurer

-Julian H. C. KaP

Secretary -Arturo G. CayetanoR-204 Garcia BIdg''

, ManilaBALINTAIYAK LODGE No. 28

Wor. Master-\ricente TanS. .Warden

-Romualdo Libranda

J. 'Warden -Victor

MendozaTre,asurer

-Eustacio Villafuerte

Secretary -Victoriano

TafrafrancaGumaca, Quezon

ZAPOTE LODGE No.9eWor. Master- Silvestre B. MoscosoS. Warden -Nicanor

EsPineliJ. W'arden -A]Iredo

NibutTreasurer -Ysidro

TriasSecretary -Filomeno

MarianoBlock-655, Lot 4, Project

6, Q.C.

MAKTAN LODGE No. 30

Wor. Master-Lec'ncio GeronillaS. Warden -Augusto

P. SantosJ. Warden -Manuel

GaviolaTr.easurer -Primo

Y. ArriolaSecretary -Inocente

Abella100 B. Aranas SL, Cebu

CitY

IBARRA LODGE No.31Wor. Master-Venancio H. AquinoS. Warden -Rodolfo

G. JimenezJ. Warden -Mateo

PalleraTreasurer

-Andres H. Polintan

Secretary -Eliseo David' Llamado St., Caridad,

Cavite CitY

ISAROG LODGE No' 33

Wor'. Master-Melecio PalmaS. Warden

-LeoPoldo G. Mendoza

J, Warden -Ignacio Meliton

Treasurer - l'elicisimo CaPucao

Secretary -Pedro E. DY-Liaco

?14 Biaknabato St., NagaCitY

151

LINCOLN LODGE No. S/*

Wor. Master-Eufrecino M. AbadS. Warden

-Ricardo P. Cruz

J. W'arden -Foo

Ying Yin'Treasurer

-Marcial de Ia Cruz

Secretary -Purisimo

RamosP. O. Box 19, Olongapo,

Zambales

BATANGAS LODGE No.3sW'or. Master-Angel C. MagallanesS. Warden

-Brent Icard Clapp

J. Warden -[1nssf6

V- PerezTrcasurer

-Mariano B. Cantos

Secretary -f,1nssf,e

C. Pureza,/ Batangas, Batangas

,,/ KALILAYAN L)DGE No.37Wor. Master-Amado V. OrbetaS. Warden

-Eusebio Cuevas

J. 'Warden -Ilelecio R. Magsino

Tr:easurer _pedro RamosSecretary

-Felix AeuflaLucena, Quezon

BULUSAN LODGE No. sBWor. Master-Estanislao GabardaS. Warden

-g6fsas Escandor

J. Warden -Jose

LagunaTreasurer

-Emiliano VidaSecretary

-lVlaximo Berifra

Sorsogon, Sorsogon

MABINI LODGE No. 39Wor. Master-Leonor de la CruzS. W'arden

-Conrado Cabauatan

J. Warden -.LVlanuel

MoiinaTreasurer

-Enrique Go

Secretary -Julio

Laced,aAparri, Cagayan

MAGUIND.INAW LODGE No. L(tWor. Master--Wadih SaabS. Warden

-Melquiades P. Varias

J. -Warden -Waduh

DharamdasTreasurer

-Pio F. RoaSecretary

-Marcial \r. SaberolaCagayan de Oro City

JOSE ABAD S/NfOS LODGE No.tgWor. Master-Mario O. SumilangS. Warden

-Gerardo Rallama

J. W'arden -Jose Palentinos

Trreasurer -Lim Tua Koy

Secretary -Ildefonso A. Echevarria

Tayabas, Quezon

CHARLESTON LODGE No. iiWor. Master-Robert A. JordonS. Warden

-Sereio GalvezJ. Warden

-Geoise B. Archibald

Trreasurer -Manuel A. Manalisay

Secretary -Joaqin F. Sablan

P. O. Box 476, Agana,Guam

tuIT. APO LODGE No. 15Wor. Master-Emiliano A. ValdezS. Warden

-Angel N. MendozaJ. 'Warden

-Daniel B. Mallari

Treasurer -Juanito Chan

Secretary -Pablo Sebastian

Zamboanga CityMALOLOS LODGE No. lo

Wor. Master-Isidro'WenceslaoS. Warden

-Juan FernandoJ. Warden

-Isaias Maclang

Treasurer -Francisco

AniagSecretary

-Francisco C. RendonMalolos, Bulacan

MAKABUGWAS LODGE No. t7Wor. Mastpr-Jose M. LarayaJ. W'arden

-Salvador S. SantiagoTreasurer -Susano J. Cormero, Sr.Secretary

-Celestino ElefafloTacloban City

PAMPAN1A LODGE No. ,4sWor. Master-Conrado OngbuecoS. 'Warden

-Julian B. MendozaJ. W'arden

-Chas. B. ShelledyTneasurer

-Alejandro M. BarinSecretary

-Eusebio RonquilloLubao, Pampanga

I\IOUNT ITIAINAM LODGE No. lsWor. Master-Conratlo N. YuviencoS. Warden

-Antonio ManaloJ. Warden

-Venaneio Almario

Treasurer -Salvador Sarangay

Secretary -Ernesto C. Mangahis

General Trias, Cavite

SARANGANI LODGE No. S0Wor. Master-Bartolome Q. EspinoS. Warden

-Frank N. LiuJ. Warden

-Jose BuensucesoTreasurer -Robert YuSecretary

-Alfred W. Roberts111 Magallanes, Davao

City


PINATUBO LODGE No. 52

Wor. Master-Ciriaco F. VillariuevaS. 'lVarden

-Manuel C. VillanuevaJ. 'Warden

-J6ss L. Dumlao

Treasurer -Apolonio Academia

Secretary -Alfredo D. GarciaSan Narciso, Zambales

CABANATUAN LODGE No.53Wor. Master-Mariano LlaneraS. Warden

-Joaquin D. Alas

J. Warden -Jose

L. VergaraTreasurer -Primo E. FerrerSecretary -Doroteo

M. JosonCananatuan City

PANGASINAN LODGE No. 56W'or. Master-Evaristo S. QuilaS. Warden

-Pablo C. TorioJ. "Wardea

-Lee SinTrreasurer

-Benito Tan

Secretary -Ramon

L. LaboDagupan City

LUZON LODGE No. 57Wor, Master-Clemente L. TreyesS. W'arden

-Enrique Lim

J. "lVarden -Arcadio

P. SeguiranTreasurer -Co TuanSecretary

-Vicente P. Flechero

1440 San Marcelino,Malate, Mla.

LABONG LODGE No. 5eWor. Master-Avelino G. GregorioS. 'Warden

-Jose C. de Guzman

J. Warden -Policarpio

G. Paredes, Jr.Treasurer

-Teodoro E. de Jesus

Secretary -Vicente Quijano

165 C. Arellano, Malabon,F-izal

ISABELA LODGE No. 60Wor. Master-Ildefonso BonoanS. Warden

-Froilan Il. CalataJ. 'Warden

-Qlgsssngie V. Maramag

Treasurer -Leonides

S. MelendresSecretary -Tranquilino

B. BalmacedaI.lagan, Isabela

MAYON LODGE No. 67

Wor. Master-Jacinto GalangS. W'arden

-Teodoro .resalva

J. "Warden -Ruperto

MayugaTreasurer

-Agapito L. Loreto

Secretary -Victor D. PinedaDaraga, Albay

VIGAN LODGE No. 63

Wor. Master-Aartonio J. SoilerS. Warden

-J6ss Taeal, Sr.J. Warden

-Filomeno AurelladoTreasurer

-Federico LazoSecretary

-Graciano P. Pada

Vigan, Ilocos Sur

KANLAON LODGE No.64W'or. Master-Caesar A. NavarroS. W'arden

-Enrique P. Maravilla

J. Ward.en -Manuel

Abello, PMTreasurer

-Vicente Bailon

Secretary -Benito Salazar

B.M.M. Co. Bacolod CityTAMARAW LODGE No.65

W'or, Master-Juan MartinezS. Warden

-Ruperto Perez

J. 'Ward.en -Pedro

PanaliqanIreasurer

-Geronimo MalaluanSecretary -Buhay Medina

Calapan, Oriental Min-doro

GONZAGA LODGE No.66Wor. Master-Hilario de Yr.oS. Warden

-Policarpio Manuel

J. Warden -Teofilo

CalimagTreasurer

-Paulino NatividadSecretary

-Bonifacio Mequi, Sr.Tuguegarao, Cagayan

BAGUIO LODGE No. 67Wor. Master-Anastacio B. QuerimitS. Warden

-Jack E. Gesner

J. 'Warden -Protacio R. Ritumalta

Treasurer -Tromas Galgala

Secretary -Esteban Bangaan

P. O. Box No. 60, BaguioCitY

MAGAT LODGE No.68Wor. Master-Esteban C. TitoS. W'arden

-Jose P. DizonJ. W'arden

-Joselito Bautista

Treasurer' -Norberto S, Falguera

Secretary -Teofilo G. GuillermoBayombong, Nueva Viz-

caya

PRIMERA LUZ FILIPINALODGE No. 6e

Wor. Master-Pablo C. MarquezS. 'Warden

-Mamerto Salac

J. iWard.en -Feliciano Torres

Treasurer -Florentinc S. Bautista

Secretary -Francisco C. Ferre

Bihakayan, Kawit, Cavite

153

UN/ON LODGE No. 70

Wor'. Master-Marcelino T. ViduyaS. Warden -Saturninr': R. MinaJ. 'Warden

-Severo YiloriaTleasurer -truan O. ConcepcionSecletary -Andres

B. RiveraSan Fernando, La Union

LAOAG LODGE No.71Wor. Master-Leon Q. VeranoS. Warden -Rizal G. de PeraltaJ. Warden -Luis

RosTleasurer -Lucio ChiuSecletary

-Alberto Suguitan

Laoag, Ilocos Norte

MAKILING LODGE No. 72Wor. Master'-Nicanor G. TeodoroS. W'arden

-Severo Oliveros

J. Warden -Teodoro

C. DelizoTreasurer -Felix JavierSecretary

-Clemente M. Juliano

College, Laguna

NL!EVA ECIJA LODGE No. 73Wor. Master-Jose A. S. GohuS. Warden

-Isidro MedinaJ. Warden

-Amando de Guzman

Treasurer -Amado CruzSecretary

-Joselito Coloma

Guimba, Nueva Ecija

AGNO LODGI] No. 75Wor. Master-Felix M. MamentaS. Warden

-Francisco V. Arzadon

J. Walden -Patricio P. CabreraTreasuler -Liborio G. BernardoSecretary - Pedro Romasoc

Natividad, Pangasinan

KASILAWAN LODGE No. 77Wor. Master-Timoteo L. PaguiaS. Warden

-Eliseo C. Belen

J. Warden -Fidel F. CorcueraTreasurer

-Pacifico C. MarinSecretary -Delfin C. Medel

55 Jocson, MandaluyongRizal

TAGA-ILOG LODGE No.7eWor. Master-Zosimo R. SuarezS. Warden

-Basilio M. Cruz, Sr.

J. Warden -Pedro ValderramaTreasurer

-Modesto Fernandez

Secretary --4regorio G. Niduaza715 Instruecion, Sampa-

loc, Mla.

MOL|NT I,EBANON LODGE No. 80

W'or. Master-Stanley D. PhilipsS. Warden

-'William Samara

J. Warden -Ciifford A. Roche

Treasurer -William H. QuashaSecretary -Edward F. Stervart

P. O. Box 458, Manila

F. D. ROOSEVELT IIEIIORIALLODGE No. 81

Wor. Master-Andres AguadaS. Warden -Urbano

BelloJ. Warden

-Gregorio Leyba

Treasuler -Juan PattaderoSecretary -Gregorio del Rosalio

33 Arellano Ave., Makati,Rizal

HIGH-TWEI.VE LODGE No. 82

Wor'. Master-Alfredo L. OrtizS. Warden

-Celestino Sabalo

J. Warden -Vicente P. Aragones

Treasurer -Jose L, IntalSecretary

-Gregorio R. Cariaga

2510 M. Natividad, Sta-Cruz, Manila

DAGOHOY LODGE No.8t:Wor. Master-Claudio ButalidS. Warden -Simplicio

DoronJ. Warden

-Marcelino Calamba

Treasurer' -Pacifico FortichSecretary

-Gaudioso T. Cainglet

Tagbilaran, Bohol

ABRA LODGE No. 86

Wor. Master-Mariano AgostoS. W'arden

-Leocadio Asencio

J. Warden -Otilio P. DamasenTreasurer -Alfredo \r. SoteloSecretary -Hilarion V. Sabaot

Villaviciosa, Abra

HIRAM LODGE No. 88Wor. Master-Cirilo DimzonS. 'Warden

-l,s1sn2e A, Hernandez

J. Warden -Gustavo

GarciaTreasurer

-Macario NaviaSecretary -trfauro L. Abad

P. O. Box 934, Manila

MUOG LODGE No. 8eWor'. Master'-Francisco C. EernandezS. 'Warden

-Armando H. de Lara

J. Warden -Aristides F. Lara

Ireasurer -Pedro Lombos

Secretary -Mauricio B. Jaberina

Tambo, Parafraque, Rizal


METYIORIAL LODGE No. e0

Wor. Master-Onofre B. PadollnaS. 'Warden

-Victorio Lingas

J. 'W'arden -Cendon

DelizoTr.easurer

-Feliciano SagnipSecretary

-Agustin PelmokaMufloz, Nueva Ecija

MOUNT KALADIAS LOD1E No. elWor. Master- Mauuel B. UtzurrumS. 'Wartlen

-Juanito T. Magbanua

J. 'Warden -Jose S. Garcia

Treasurer -.f65s G. Koppin

Secretary - Deuetrio R. Navarro

Silliman University, Du-maguete City

MENCIUS LODGE No. e.?

lVor. Master-William PayS. W'arden

-Benjamin GotamcoJ. 'Warden

-Angeles Lim Guat

Treasurer -William Ning

Secretary -RichardKhooP O. Box 2183, Manila

SEIM(;rl LODGE No. ,,;Wor. Master-Barnon AenlleS. W'arden

-Job ElizesJ. 'Warden

-Severino Rolclan

Ireasurer -J6sg Ma Cajucom, Sr.

Secretary -A.. C. del Rosario

150 Labo, La Lom:r, Q.C.

ISAGANI LODGE No. e6Wor. Master-Mateo CaparasS. Warden

-Sabino Bocobo

J. 'Warden -Victor C. Guillermo

Treasurer -Felix S. Flaminiano

Secretary -Jesus V. Evangelista

Paniqui, Tallac

BAGONG-|LAW LODGE No. e7Wor. Master-Quirino RicafrenteS. Warden

-Adelaido Nepomuceno

J. Warden -Donato

P. TejadaTteasurer

-Ramon ZapantaSecretary

-Jose A. AlvarezCen. P. Alvarez St., N,,-

veleta, Cavite

IIOUNT HIiRAW LODGE No. e.e

Wor. Master-Jesus A. DeduqueS. W'arden

-Pablo P AragonJ. 'Warden

-Leo Ifianui

Treasurer -Tan Liong KeeSecretary

-Teodorico Noble('atbalogan,' Samar

KEYS'l'Ollil LODOE No. 100

Wor. Master-Ernesto C. BasaS. W'arden

-Jsss T. Samonte

J. 'Warden -J6ss

PaguioTreasurer

-I\facario OdiamarSecretary

-Cornelio M. AguirretG Sanciangco St., Q.C.

liUI) I)AHO LODGE No. 102\Yor. Master-Arthur ChiaS. Warden

-Charles tsengtu Tan

.I. W'arden -Ching

Han ShiaTreasurer'

-Angel LuSecretary

-Tuchay Tan

Jolo, Sulu

ZAMBALES LODGE No. 103Wor. 1\(astcr-Jesus T. AmonS. Warden

-llauricio Aragones

,L W'arden -ls1sn2s

del Fierro :

Treasurer -Agerico Miranda

Secretary -Placido

FarinIba, Zambales

BATAAN LODGD No. 10.!

Wor. Master-lVlarcos JorgeS. W'arden

-Jose E. Heras

.I. W'arden -Sabino

BaluyotTreasurer

-!'ederico S. Magat

Secretary -Eliodoro S. Baluyot

Mabatang, AbucayBataan

LEONAh|I) tl'OOD LODGT No. 105

Wor. Master-Sylvester G. NeufeldS. Warden

-Merton H. Van Curen

.I. Warden -Samuel

S. WrightTrcasurer -I'rank A. MurraySccretary -I(enneth W. Moyer

Hq. 13th Air Force BaseAPO 74

CAI,IARINES )IORTE LODGE NO,1O7lYor. Master- Onofre C. ConcordiaS. W'arden -Org

Chiao Seng,I. 'Warden

-Glegorio L. Mariano

Trcasurer -lVlartino

RagubSecretary -Arsenio C. Camino

I)aet, Camarines Norte

KUI'A.\'(] .IATO LODGD No. 110Wor. Master-Solomon V. TorradoS. Warden

-Francisco S. Go

J. Warden -Ruperto Demonterverde

'freasureT -.luan J. TySecretary

-Francisco C, Tizon

Cotabato, Cotabato

155

MARANAW LODGE No.171Wor, lfaster--Rasuman l'. MacalandongS. Warden -l\{anut:l V. P:rfgilinanJ. Warden -Jose Ir. YairezTressurer' --Dy Chu TecSecretar'1' -Benito Ong. lligan City

INDANG LODGD No. I t:'Wor. Master-Vicente de los Santo-"S. Warden -Nicanor clel RosalioJ. 'Warden

-lldefonso llscalante

Treasurer' -Marcelo Gonzales

Secretarl- --Teofilo CostaIndang, Cavite

Vl("1'OkY' LODGE No. 110Wor. Master- Vivencio BalaoingS. 'Warden

-Inocencio G, Lactatx:n

J. Warden -I\foses

S. ClernentcTreasurer -Mauro S. YadaoSecretary -Francisco C. Doming,,

Camiling, TarlacOKI\All'tl LODGE No. 11t;

Wor. I\[aster-]Ier:bert AdamsonS. W'arden -Alfred

E. VoyceJ. W'arden

-Kenneth A. Rotttess

Treasurer -Leo A. HattenSecretary -Neil II. Watkins

Srd US ASA FS. APO ,J31

MARIKI\A LODGE No. lle(No RePort)

YOKOSUKA NAVAI, /I/ASON1(;LODGI,: No. lt(t

Wor. 1\{aster-Norman S'. KarschnerS, Warden

-Chester O. Niel-"en

J. 'Warden -Paul

D. LangTreasurer -Jrrmes

E. Grimes, Jr.Secretary -]f2n116n

R. JacksonBox 1321, CPO, Tokyo

JzrPan

QUEZO:" CIT'Y LODGE x*o. 1e2Wor. Master-Pacifico PiniliS. Ifiarden

-Lcovisildo Bito

J. Warden -Felino n(. Landit:ht,

Treasurer -Joaquin Pleno

Secretary -Pablo V. Ilagari80 llorato, San Ifrancisco

del Monte, Quezon CityMILTON C. IIAI]VIN LODGT] No. .133

Wor. Master-.fohn Thomas Po\\'el'sS. 'Warden

-Antonc l(ozrrmplili

J. 'Warden -l\{ilton

\V. }JtrrmcisterTreasurer -LloYd Oscar HaigSecretary -Thomas

Rolland MorrisonP,O. Box 643. Agana'

Guam

CEBU LODGE No. 12E

Wor. I\Iaster-;Panfilo Y. AbaryS. \\'aldcn

- 1J111'11;ln111g Carrillo, Jr.

J. Warden -John

l(. LimTreasuler' --Jt'srts Lim Chcng YianSecret:rr'1' -Linr Kaychun

I'.O. Box 14, Cebu CitySIXT'() L()l'1,:Z (llATtiLAOl LODGE

ilo. 129

Wor'. l\{astu -Casiano T. CalalangS. 'Warden

-Pedro Palacio

J. Warden -Benjamin

Garcia-AscueTreasurer' -Pedro de CastroSecretary -Ceferino C. Deguitr,

Balayan, BatangasI{7'. xIALtNDANG LODGE No. 18o

Wor. Ilastcr-Ilduardo C. RallomaS. W'arden -Paufilo

E. FiguerasJ. Warden

-Leon Markines

Treasurer -[,ugxs Cang Cuesta

Secretary -Ifernando B. CastaficSinacaban, Misamis Occi-

dentalCAG.41 A\' I'ALLEY LODGE No. lSEWor. l[aster-Pacifico R. de JesusS. lVarden

-Bartolome Ramat

J. Warden -Felipe

L. PaduaTreasurer -Lino C. BarreraSeeretary -Rufino S. Boque, Sr.

Santiago, IsabelaTEODORO I{AI,AW MEMORIAL

LODGE No. 1E6

Wor'. l{aster'-Domingo F. M. DomingoS. Warden -Aquilino de GuzrnanJ. Warden

-Ananias M. Falcon

Treasurer -.Daniel SantiagoSecretary

-Jose B. PerezP.O. Box 7442, Manila

BASILAN LODGE No. 1E7

Wor. Master-Luis 1lI. SirilanS. 'Warden

-Arcadio S. Flores

J. Warden -Juan Estrada

Treasurer -Rufino GadayanSecretary -Abundio Yillanueva

Office of the City AuditorBasilan City, Isabela

AOIIORI LODGE No. 13e

Wor. Master-W'alter T. MatanabcS. Warden -Jack

1\[. TomitaJ. Warden -Ifarold G. BowmanTreasurer -Edward N. FrenzSecretary

-P"ussell H. Bohner

6139th Air Base GrouP,APO 919

156 TIIE C^TRI,E TO\\' April. 1039

BONTOC LODGE No. 1t0

\\.or. Vaster-Dimas Trinidad-1. Warden

-gsys16 Pimentel

J. \l-arden -Victorino

N. RingorTreasurer _.Antonio CamarilloSecretary

-llonesto C. BelenBontoc, Mt. Province

S {-Y .Ir'AECELINO LODGD No. 1.11

\\-or. Master-Alfonso R. ColoradoS. \\-arden

-[fariano RenojoJ. 'Warden --David G. JocsonTleasurer*

-Pelagio Battad

-Secretary - Macario S. ArbolenteSan Marceiino, Zambales

CORAL LODGE No. lte\\-rrr'. Ilaster-Richard RoseS- Warden

-lessie J- CotterJ. Warden --Andrew H. BulkleyTleasurer

-GIen A. StrongSecretary

-William P. SchwagerBox 1, Ginowan, Okinarva

KANTO LODGI, No. 1t3

\for. Master-Katsuo yamakiS. \Iarden

-Donald H. Laurila

J. Warden -Stanley

SagaraTreasurer -John T. CoxSecretary

-Mathado Uyeda22 Higashi-machi, Azabu,

Minato-ku, Tokyo,Japan

.\-t-r'I'A L'IZCAYA LODGE No. 1t+tt

\\-or. Master-Santiago G. BayauaS. fi-arden

-Paulino S. CoralesJ. Il'arden

-Jovito S. TottoeTreasurer

-santiago SimbalaSecretary

-I,'rancisco T. CabanagBayombong, N. Viz.

.]UI,IAN OCAMPO MEMORIALLODGE Nc. 116 (No Report)

RAFAEL PALMA LODGE No. 1t7Wor. Master-Roman B. RamosS. Warden

-Carlos Antonio

J. Warden -F'elnando

M. MangubatTreasurer

-Benito M. Reyes

Secretary -Vicente S. Garcia

Security Office, U.P.,Q.c.

NOL,I I,IE TANGIIRE LODGE No. 1t8Wor. Master-Amadeo L. BautistaS. W'arden

-Francisco de los Santos

J. Warden -Cesar..

B. AguilarTreasurer:

-}[arceliho P. DysangcoSecretary

-Delfin C. Simbra857 San Andres, Manila

DAI|AO LODGE No. lleWor. Master-Ruben D. HilarioS. Warden

-Filomeno C. Adi

J. W'arden -Conrado O. Aguila

Treasurer -lVlarcelino M. Velaseo

Secretary -Jose J- CarballoDavao City

IiING SOLOMON LODGE No. 150Wor. Master-Remedios E. RacelaS. Warden

-Eusebio G. SantosJ. Warden

-|.[ss16 C. SalemTreasurer

-Teopisto C. Batungbakal

Secretary .-Braulio M. Epino233 Pagkakaisa, Makati,

E1S1NG SllN LODGE No. 151

Wor. Master-Charles L. JonesS. Warden --Walter J. BickstonJ. Warden

-Clarence C. Byard

Secretary -Morris KrrshnerTreasurer' -Edwin H. Pearson

Co B USAGDJ, APO 343,

PAGADTAN LODGE U. D.Wor. Master'-Aurelio l\f. MendozaS. Warden

-Wong Lop Sam

J. Warden -gs\rs16

E. BanceSecretary

-Jose G. HofilefraPagadian, Zamboanga del

Sur'

MANL|EI, ROXAS LODGE (1. D.

Wor. Master-Marcelo G. SantiagoS. Warden

-I'elix RecioJ. W'arden

-Clemente C. Balan

Secretary -Sol H. Gwekoh, PMMakati, Rizal

!

NAL j At.\

ACADEMIC FREEOOMNature and life have secrets yieldhg to thoselUith patience to Llnravel the;r wonlrous lore,Hidden beneath the \trata of tke rockOr flung in outer space or left uith knockIntuition taps uyon a ?oel's door -Lad.en with marvel to eack one who knorrs.So, let the scientist discover "ways

In atorns or nebulae where our thoughts ilLqy go,And let technicians build, that the hum.an raceMay rest from labors like proud Heratles;And let the scholars gather knouledge - for these tooExpress our lo"ve for life for its truth and grace.

Here in these halls of learning, Ne now ?auseTo dedicate oursehtes - to whal?To liberty bred of enlightenment;To duty that ue labor without stintTill the henchnten of the dark be put to routAnd ignorance be banished utith all lines,

Refuge of tyrants, uthether in Church or SuteNone need, unquestioning, a.ccept authoritt,For the youths shall learn to discrirninateBeh,veen tke light and dark and shadcs of gal,And none shall force tkem, "This is so," the uayLeading to Buchenwald and Caoalry.

Train thetn to keep faith with their mind.,Ilence, with themselues, for only these can beTrue free-ncen. Man dependent nuke the slat'eslUho grorel from the cradle to the grate,The hewers of a mighty destinyMust first stand fuee - all else is false or blind.lf tltere be martyrs - as there nn$t be -Let them be maityrs in the urge to findThe renredies to draggled porerty,I\Lartyrs to art, to music, ?overty,And to all that may be used to feed nren or bindMen's w.ounds and glorify humanity.Thus, on this planet *Len flxay fulfill a trust:To live in fullness, as the flou,ers doThat bloom and ask not for eternity,A life freed frow cramped fear and tanityBut r.hick ntay yet be dazzling in its hueAnd t,afting lterfune before it droops to dust.

--Ricaredo Demetillo

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