Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

No^ hl da GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS, I. O. O. F.
"o i913 ! 447
DOCUMENT NO. 103.
To the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois, I. O. 0. F.:
Your Committee on Degree Work would respectfully report
as follows
:
The Grand Lodge of Illinois should be extremely proud because
of the splendid work done by the degree staffs which exemplified the
work last evening, and especially so when the fact is taken into consideration
that the staff which exemplified the Initiatory Degree was
composed of members from three Lodges and that the staff which
exemplified the First Degree had been organized but four weeks. The
degree staff for the Initiatory Degree was under the charge of
Brother W. W. Crowder, of Teutonia Lodge No. 166, and was composed
of members of the three lodges located in ,Springfield. Brother
Past Grand Master Sayler being a member of one Lodge and Brother
Grand Secretary John H. Sikes being a member of another. This union
of the three Lodges in degree work exemplifies the harmony and good
will existing among the members of the Lodges in Springfield, and
which should exist among the members of all the Lodges throughout
the State. The staff which exemplified the first degree was under the
leadership of Captain John Ericsson, of Three-Link Lodge No. 812.
The name of this Lodge is emblematical of the harmony existing in
this staff. The fact that the staff has been organized but four weeks,
should be an incentive to all Lodges to do better work. This staff was
under great expense, coming from Chicago at their own expense to
exemplify this unexcelled degree.
We, the committee, feel that the Chief of the Instructors used
splendid judgment in choosing these staffs to exemplify the work at
the Grand Lodge. The committee recommend that a vote of thanks be
extended to these degree staffs for exemplifying the work.
Fraternally submitted,
C. A. Robbins,
Edward H. Tayloe,
Henry A. Stone.
Which was adopted.