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FORMS OF REFECTIONS. 579
At a straight table the Master sits at the head, with tliv.' Deputy
on his right ; the Senior Warden, at the foot ; the Junior Warden,
about midway between them, on the south side, taking the Mas-
ter's seat for the East ; the Secretary, on the right, and the Treas-
urer, on the left of the Senior Warden ; the Hospitaller, on the
right of the Deputy Master ; the Orator, on the left of the Master
the Master of Ceremonies, opposite the Junior Warden ; the
Keeper of the Seals, on the left of the Treasurer ; the Captain of
the Guard, on the right of the Secretary.
At a table of the form of a cross the Master sits at the head with
the Deputy on his right ; the Senior Warden, at the foot ; the
Junior Warden, at the left end of the transverse bar ;
of Ceremonies, at the right end of the same ;
the Master
the Secretary, on the
right, and the Treasurer, on the left of the Senior Warden ; the
Hospitaller, on the right of the Deputy Master ; the Orator, on
the left of the Master ; the Keeper of the Seals, on the left of
the Treasurer; the Captain of the Guard, on the right of the
Secretary.
Visitors of high rank are stationed right and left of the Master
in the East, other visitors indiscriminately.
Refections in the A/, and A.-. Scottish Rite should be held, if
convenient, with the Lodge open in the Symbolic Degrees, other-
wise m Perfection.
Orders from the Master should be promulgated through the
Wardens.
During the Ceremouial portion of the Refection and until the
completion of the Toasts all should be orderly, and conducted
with the utmost decorum ;
the entree to the Banquet Hall should
be by two's, and the officers and brethren should file right and left
to their respective positions, without confusion. All standing and
at order, the Master announces the opening of the Banquet, and
is followed by a short invocation from the Orator to the G.\ A.*
of the U.*., supplicating his benediction on all.
TOASTS OF OBLIGATION AT REFECTIONS.
These are given by the Master, and repeated by the Seniol
Warden and the Junior Warden in succession. They are sacra
mental—i. e., thev can never be omitted. They are as follows:
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