In up to date instances, nearly as a cultural follow, education has been elevated to the level of an initiation rite into the trendy world. It is neither ironic nor wholly stunning that the first time the Historical & Accepted Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, whose see is at Charleston, North Carolina, ventured out into the world of neighborhood service was to further the cause of Public Colleges.
There was extra Masonic precedence for Grand Master Adams to draw upon before deciding what to do. De Witt Clinton, who served as Grand Master of Masons in New York, as well as Governor of that state, embraced the cause of Public Colleges so emphatically that he is identified at present as the “Father of New York Public Colleges.” While serving as Grand Master of Masons in Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin overtly endorsed the adoption of Public Colleges …