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Laudable Pursuit in Philalethes Magazine

My October edition of the Philalethes Magazine arrived last week (okay, so it was buried in my stack of bills from the last month), and I was pleasantly surprised to discover Part One of a two part reprint of "Laudable Pursuit." As the editor and one of the original Knights of the North who helped pen this paper, I was flattered and even a little astonished when both Nelson King of the Philalethes Society, as well as S. Brent Morris of the Scottish Rite Research Society BOTH wanted to print this paper. (Had to give it to Nelson - he asked first.)

The paper was first presented a year ago at Lodge Vitruvian. Several of the authors are Vitruvians, including Wbros. Nathan Brindle, Jeff Naylor, Eric Schmitz and myself. Since then, there has been an incredible response to this paper all across the country, as a point of discussion for lodges and Masonic education groups. It is gratifying to know that ideas that were tried and incubated in our lodge have caught on elsewhere.

For those who have asked, the Knights of the North website is being redesigned, and we are pursuing other projects as well. In the meantime, you will find many of the Knights writing for Wbro. Stephen Dafoe's outstanding Masonic Magazine.

Speaking of the Philalethes, bravo to MWbro. Roger S. VanGorden, Vitruvian member and Past Grand Master of Indiana, as both the second vice-president of the Society, as well as the new author of the "Through Masonic Windows" back page column of the Philalethes magazine. We Indiana Masons seem to be everywhere these days...

Lodge Of Instruction Thursday, Nov. 16th

A reminder to all of Vitruvian's members that our Lodge of Instruction will be next Thursday, November 16th. Broad Ripple Lodge will be the host. Dinner will be at 6:00PM, and lodge will open at 7:00PM. All officers are required to be in attendance, but I would like all of our members to be there that evening.

We will be responsible for the 2nd section of the Entered Apprentice degree, so we need our members in all chairs for the closing. In addition, all of our members who are capable of performing the lectures of the EA degree should let me know. I do not believe that the Grand Lecturer will require us to do them in their entirety, but one never knows.

This is considered a called meeting, so please notify the Secretary if you are unable to attend. Otherwise, we'll be counting on your presence.