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[asleep003]

Billy Tohill ?

 

[wes]

Billy Tohill ?

I am looking at every coach, chancellor provost, etc

This will take some time but once I am finished, I'd be happy to post a copy of the paper onKF.C, if anyone is interested. It probably won't be the most interesting piece of work but I want to do it just for the sake of learning something new

 

[Virginia Frog]

Wes you may also want to contact the National Masonic Library at the Geo Washington Masonic Natl Memorial in Alexandria, VA. A very interesting place to visit.

(This is a bucket list tour for Master Masons and all appendant organization members, families and the general public is welcome. The building is modeled after the ancient Library of Alexandria, Egypt - one of the Ancient Wonders and that alone is worth the visit. It's sited on Shooter's hill, one of the three consider sites for the US Capital - Alexandria was a part of the original District of Columbia. The Memorial claims that there are more personal GW artifacts there than at Mount Vernon - even the clock that Dr Elisha Dick stopped at the moment of Pres. Washington's death in 1799.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Masonic_National_Memorial

"...Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Montana, donated more than 6,000 books and manuscripts about Masonic history and Masonry to the memorial as a means of founding a national Masonic library."

I couldn't find a web site or email... but I probably didn't try hard enough.

 

[wes]

Wes you may also want to contact the National Masonic Library at the Geo Washington Masonic Natl Memorial in Alexandria, VA. A very interesting place to visit.

(This is a bucket list tour for Master Masons and all appendant organization members, families and the general public is welcome. The building is modeled after the ancient Library of Alexandria, Egypt - one of the Ancient Wonders and that alone is worth the visit. It's sited on Shooter's hill, one of the three consider sites for the US Capital - Alexandria was a part of the original District of Columbia. The Memorial claims that there are more personal GW artifacts there than at Mount Vernon - even the clock that Dr Elisha Dick stopped at the moment of Pres. Washington's death in 1799.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Masonic_National_Memorial

"...Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Montana, donated more than 6,000 books and manuscripts about Masonic history and Masonry to the memorial as a means of founding a national Masonic library."

I couldn't find a web site or email... but I probably didn't try hard enough.

good stuff. Thank you

 

[geezer]

Wes you may also want to contact the National Masonic Library at the Geo Washington Masonic Natl Memorial in Alexandria, VA. A very interesting place to visit.

(This is a bucket list tour for Master Masons and all appendant organization members, families and the general public is welcome. The building is modeled after the ancient Library of Alexandria, Egypt - one of the Ancient Wonders and that alone is worth the visit. It's sited on Shooter's hill, one of the three consider sites for the US Capital - Alexandria was a part of the original District of Columbia. The Memorial claims that there are more personal GW artifacts there than at Mount Vernon - even the clock that Dr Elisha Dick stopped at the moment of Pres. Washington's death in 1799.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Masonic_National_Memorial

"...Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Montana, donated more than 6,000 books and manuscripts about Masonic history and Masonry to the memorial as a means of founding a national Masonic library."

I couldn't find a web site or email... but I probably didn't try hard enough.

Fantastic place. Was only a mile from my condo in Old Town.

Here's their website: https://gwmemorial.org/

You might be interested in their digital archives: http://173.254.20.132/archives/

 

[hometown frog]

Was lucky enough to spend an afternoon at the GW Masonic Memorial getting a private tour and supporting some impromptu lodge work. Agree it’s a cool patch of history for masons and Americans alike.

 

[jake102]

All I have to offer

 

[Mean Purple]

I guess that I am a glutton for punishment but have decided to do a research paper on the role of Freemasonry in the founding and development of TCU.

I’Ve just started but found that one of the original buildings was to also serve as a Masonic lodge and that Dutch Meyer was a Mason.

If any of you know of a former coach, chancellor, provost, professor or administrator who might have been a Mason or Shriner, please let me know and I’ll add them to the list.

This will take me a while so there is no rush.

I just couldn’t stand by and let a paper, about Masonic influence in the development of Baylor, go unchallenged

Wait, what paper is indicating the Masonic influence on baylor? Having been one of the few on here who had the joy of attending TCU and the misery of bu, I find that odd justice. There were folks on that campus who considered Free Masonry a sinful operation. I also find it concerning as I would rather them be tied into TCU and nothing to do with bu.

Masons are in my family. Very great organization. Big part of American history. (Not talking about that movie, btw.)

 

[Virginia Frog]

good stuff. Thank you

Wes:

One other thing came to mind.

Our illustrious coach GP was a member at K-State of a college fraternal organization that I wasn't familiar with called the Acacia Society. Apparently it is a Masonic derivative or appendant organization. It is listed in his bio on Wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_(fraternity) This may be an avenue that you may want to explore.

I really know nothing about Acacia...but I was... at one time the most decorated DeMolay (Masonic Young Men) in Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMolay_International . DeMolay was big in Texas but I was not active when I matriculated to TCU. I didn't pursue Masonry after age 21.

(Last September, in Paris, I did a personal pilgrimage to the site of Jacques de Molay's execution on Île aux Juifs, Paris, also called Île des Templiers, an island on the Seine in Paris on Mar 18, 1314.)

 

[wes]

Wes:

One other thing came to mind.

Our illustrious coach GP was a member at K-State of a college fraternal organization that I wasn't familiar with called the Acacia Society. Apparently it is a Masonic derivative or appendant organization. It is listed in his bio on Wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_(fraternity) This may be an avenue that you may want to explore.

I really know nothing about Acacia...but I was... at one time the most decorated DeMolay (Masonic Young Men) in Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMolay_International . DeMolay was big in Texas but I was not active when I matriculated to TCU. I didn't pursue Masonry after age 21.

(Last September, in Paris, I did a personal pilgrimage to the site of Jacques de Molay's execution on Île aux Juifs, Paris, also called Île des Templiers, an island on the Seine in Paris on Mar 18, 1314.)

Interesting.

Acacia is important in Masonry. I’ll check it out