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this year and the decision to build a building at Mooseheart was reached at that time. The meeting of yesterday was only a regular meeting _ and for the purpose of preparing for the laying of	the
corner-stone which took place on Thursday evening. The representatives from the different Indiana lodges all reported progress in the matter of raising the funds and the assurances that their Lodges instructed them to give the Officers of the building Committee were very gratifying. There is no doubt that before another year has passed the building will have become a reality and that little children who have not yet been admitted to Mooseheart will be living in it.
West Virginia Will Put up a $25,000 Building
West Virginia Will Put up a $25,000 Building
(From The Daily Bulletin, printed Convention week).
The West Virginia Delegation met and organized itself into a Mooseheart Building Committee on Wednesday. There was a great deal of the real Moose spirit shown in the meeting and every member of the delegation vowed that before another year had passed there would be a building at Mooseheart which would be a fitting-memorial to the departed Moose of that State. The building is to cost about $25,000 and will be of the standard style. Each delegate has been appointed a committee of one to take the message back to his lodge and the funds will be raised by entertainment and in other ways. There is no doubt about the outcome of this project as the West Virginia delegation is one live bunch. Officers of the■ Building Committee were elected and are as follows:	Chairman, Geo. W. DeWitt,
Clarksburgh Lodge No. 52; Secretary, C. P. Kessinger, Beckley Lodge No. 1606; Treasurer, H. E. Hardin, Fair-mount Lodge No. '9.
Cole Blease of South Carolina
Among the Distinguished Men at the Convention.
(From The Daily Bulletin, printed Convention week).
A noted Moose present who is not as well acquainted among the brothers as he would like to be is Cole Blease, of Columbia, S. C. Brother Blease has concluded a term as Governor of his State and other high honors await him as time develops.
Brother Blease was allowed two minutes to tell why he was a Moose and he started in by saying that he had joined because all his friends belonged, but that what kept him in was of far greater importance. He spoke feelingly of Mooseheart and the great work that is being done here as well as of the great fraternal spirit he had found among the membership of this Order. What he said in those two minutes would take many another man two hours to tell.
Brother Blease said that every mem her of the Supreme Lodge and every member of the Mooseheart Governors as well as every individual member of the Order could feel sure that when the time came to call the roll in heaven they could well expect to answer the roll with a clean heart on account of the great work they had done in the interest of humanity.
The Women Put on Degree Work
(From The Daily Bulletin, printed Convention week).
For the first time in the history of the Loyal Order of Moose there was a joint meeting of the men and the women of the Order. This meeting took place. in Roosevelt Auditorium where the Women of Mooseheart Legion exemplified their Ritual for the benefit of the men of the Moose. Grand Regent Rodney. H. Brandon, explained that this was done for the purpose
Harry J. Wean................ 20.00
F. C. Coogan................. 15.00
Herbert Crookall............. 10.00
George A. Kuhn............... 10.00
Capt. J. F. Clark........... 10.00
Several of the above subscriptions were paid in cash and remitted to Wm. J. Bennett, Treasurer.
Lesson of Mooseheart in Broad Application
(From The Daily Bulletin, printed Convention week).
One of the beautiful talks at the commenceemnt exercises June 23rd was that of Supreme Dictator Broen-ing. It was one of the best of the week, and follows:
“No one can sit through a ceremony of this kind without catching an inspiration, and realizing that there is a greater power than that of man, which is guiding the destiny of this Order. “Truly a Home and More.”
“Truly God has been good and merciful to this institution. Truly his hand is directing the work that is being done here. As we look upon these graduates, as we examine the record of those who graduated last year, as we look upon the young men and the young women who will graduate in the year that is to come, as we look at all of these young students taking-advantage of this opportunity we realize what wonderful force and a wonderful influence there will be in the years that are to come, in the life of this nation, and our sister countries.
“But we should not wait for this force and this influence. If the work we are doing is going to be so helpful to our country, if we are making-for a higher, better and nobler citizenship, why not catch the inspiration today, in our homes, our communities and our lodges, of the work that this great Order is doing for the children of our departed brothers.
“Let us give some little care and consideration to the children of our brothers who are living. Let us see if we cannot bring home to every man and woman the duty they owe to the children. Let us make them, understand their obligation and their responsibility. Let us see if we cannot make the membership of every lodge throughout Moosedom understand the responsibility and the opportunity for service.
“Let us build up the Junior Moose; let us take in these boys. Let the Women’s Legion take an interest in the girls, the children of our membership; and let us see if we cannot prepare them, and build up a great citizenship, the children of our living members vieing with the children of our departed brothers, all making for a higher and better citizenship. (Pro-■ longed applause.)
“Oh, fathers and mothers, I know that when you leave here today you will love your children, if that be possible, with a better, greater and purer love. I know that when you leave here, you will be determined, so far as you can, to give your child the chance that the Loyal" Order of Moose is giving to these children of ours, whom we have taken to our hearts, whom we love, as typified by these graduates whom we are sending-out into the world with the love of every member, all of us wishing them success. We know they will make good._ We know they will reflect credit on this great institution, that has developed heart, head and hand; this institution which has trained them, and will train others, for life.” (Prolonged applause.)
The Indiana State Building
(From The Daily Bulletin, printed Convention week).
A meeting of the Indiana Mooseheart Building Committee and the Indiana delegation was held in the Indiana Headquarters yesterday. This Committee was organized at a State meeting in Indianapolis in April of
to each of the graduates on behalf of Graduate Ford by Past Supreme Dictator Edward J. Henning.
Address by Ambassador Sharp
The address to the graduates was delivered by Hon. William G. Sharp, former ambassador of the United States to France, and a Past Dictator of the Moose Lodge in Paris, France.
Brother Sharp’s address was listened to attentively and his complementary references to Mooseheart and the educational work here were heartily applauded.
Although not on the program, Supreme Dictator William F. Broening was introduced by Chairman Davis and made a stirring address.
With the singing of “Mooseheart the Happiest” the Mooseheart commencement exercises of 1920 were brought to an end and the convention took a recess until 10 o’clock Thursday morning.
New Jersey Delegates Hold Important Meeting
(From The Daily Bulletin, printed Convention week).
A meeting of the New Jersey delegation was held duirng the convention for the purpose of devising ways and means toward the erection of a New Jersey State Building at Mooseheart. The meeting was called to order by Mooseheart Governor Ralph W. E. Donges, who stated the needs of additional buildings at Mooseheart for the purpose of caring for the great number of children who are now on the list waiting admission.
After a short discussion by the delegates in attendance it was voted that we organize ourselves into a permanent organization for this purpose, and the following officers were elected:
Ralph W. E. Donges, Chairman, Camden, N. J.
William W. Maher, Secretary, Trenton, N. J.
William J. Bennett, Treasurer, Newark, N. J.
It was unanimously agreed that the lodges of New Jersey would contribute one dollar for each member on the roll, the ways and means of raising this money to be left to the discretion of the individual lodge.
The following representatives of New Jersey lodges were in attendance at this meeting:	James F. Clark,
Newark No. 237; Daniel Madden, Jersey City No. 266; Thomas Bye, Elizabeth No. 393; John F. Bollwark, Patterson; Harry J. Ween, Dover No. 541; David B. Peterson, Camden No. Ill; Herbert Crookall, West Hudson No. 656; Lewis R. Jones, Newark No. 237; Ralph Donges, Camden No. Ill; Joseph L. Nolan, Newark No. 237; James J. Mahon, Newark No. 237; Thomas J. Karins, Atlantic City No. 116; John E. Cullingford, Camden No. Ill; Wm. J. Bennett, Newark No. 237; Geo. H. Kuhn, Newark No. 237; Thos. A. Ogden, Elizabeth No. 393; Samuel Amerman, Elizabeth No. 383; Charles F. Smith, Camden No. Ill; Francis C. Coghan, Passaic No. 542.
By motion of Brother Wm. J. Bennett it was voted that all funds received by the Treasurer shall be deposited in the name of the New Jersey State Building Fund and all warrants for the withdrawal of money shall bear the signature of the Committee.
The following delegates went on record as pledging themselves for the following personal amounts:
Dave Peterson .............$100.00
Ralph Donges............... 100.00
Thomas A. Ogden............ 100.00
J. E. Collingford.........  100.00
John F. Bollwark........... 100.00
Wm. J. Bennett............. 100.00
William W. Maher........... 100.00
Samuel Amerman ............. 75.00
Daniel A. Madden............ 50.00
James J. Mahon.............. 25.00
Joseph Nolan ............... 25.00
Theodore J. Karins.......... 25.00
Thomas Bye ................. 25.00
Charles F. Smith...........  20.00
background of the stage in Roosevelt Auditorium.
Brother Jenkins Gave Interesting Report
(From The Daily Bulletin, printed Convention week).
The report of Brother Joseph A. Jenkins, Vice-Director General, was an interesting feature of Tuesday’s meeting.
Brother Jenkins went through the war work over-seas done by the Moose through the commission headed by Director-General Davis, and then told of the work done to aid the soldiers after the commission returned to America. The headquarters were in the center of Paris, within a stone’s throw of the famous Madelene church.
The war work continued until all the American soldiers had returned home. Then at the insistance of many Americans in Paris a lodge of the Loyal Order of* Moose was started there. The membership list was headed by Ambassador Sharp and there are now 250 members. The lodge is in a promising condition.
Brother Jenkins is just home after over two years in France and will return to Paris after six weeks. He is accompanied on the trip by Major John L. McSwiggen, his very efficient aid.
WED. SESSION June 23rd, 1920
Graduating Exercises
(From The Daily Bulletin, printed Convention week).
Inspiring, indeed, was the spectacle in Roosevelt Auditorium on the third day of the Convention given over to the second annual commencement exercises of the Mooseheart High School.
The big auditorium was filled to capacity and even the aisles were filled with delegates and visitors who could only obtain standing room.
The Graduates
Seated on the stage were the six graduates:
John Meikle, President of the Class of 1920, Raton, N. M., Lodge No. 323.
Henry Garrett, Des Moines, Iowa, Lodge No. 849.
Ruth Beach, San Francisco, Calif., Lodge No. 26.
Earl Solomon, Green Bay, Wis., Lodge No. 359.
Isabel Phillips, Bridgeport, Conn., Lodge No. 289.
Thomas Jones, Scranton, Pa., Lodge No. 42.
To the Mayor of the City of Childhood
Supreme Dictator Broening:	This
session of the Convention will be devoted to the graduating exercises of Mooseheart. Therefore the Convention will be turned over to the Chairman of the Board of Governors, who will be in charge of these exercises. It is with a feeling of great pleasure that I turn over the gavel to the Director-General, the Mayor of the City of Childhood. (Prolonged applause.)
Chairman Davis here introduced the author of “Your Flag and My Flag,” Wilbur D. Nesbit, of Chicago, formerly on the staff of the Baltimore American who recited in impressive style.
Joseph A. Jenkins sang one of his sweet solos.
Chairman Davis then presented the graduates one by one and they gave their _ commencement addresses in attractive manner and with delivery equal to the orator schooled in platform tricks and rhetoric.
Lodges from which the graduates came then presented gifts of appreciation to the students such as certified checks for substantial sums and jewelry.
One of the impressive incidents of the graduation exercises was the presentation of solid gold Moose rings