Right Worshipful Grand Secretary Gets Another Feather In Cap Brother Brian L. Carley, Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F . & A. M. of Vermont, recently presented Brother Thomas W. Jackson, R. W. Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Pennsylvania (since 1979) the Philip C. Tucker Medal, given for " ... distinguished service to society, to his community, and to Freemasonry". The Medal, named for an illustrious Vermont Mason, is usually presented at the Grand Communication of the Grand Lodge ofVermont, but Brother Jackson was in London for the 275th Anniversary of the Grand Lodge of England, so he received it at "home", the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Brother Jackson is eminently qualified to receive such an honor: his Masonic curriculum vitae reads a little like the one of the man for whom the Medal is named: Raised a Master Mason in Cumberland Valley Lodge No. 315 (W.M. 1969), Brother Jackson is a Member of Chapter; Council and Commandery in the York Rite; Shrine; was Advisor in DeMolay; and in Scottish Rite was Coroneted an Honorary Member of the Supreme Council 33rd Degree in 1980. It would be easier to name the Masonic service and Allied Groups with which he has not been involved! Among other non-Masonic civic activities, Brother Jackson is an Eagle Scout, and has served as scoutmaster; was a member of Shippensburg Area Jaycees and State Director; and was on the Board of Directors of the National Collegiate Weightlifting Association (having been a champion weightlifter). Brother Philip C. Tucker (1800-1861), born in Boston, left school at age eleven to help support his family. Apprenticed to a Mr. Benjamin Welles, Tucker learned the iron working business. As soon as he passed his twentyfirst birthday, he joined the Craft, and was Raised a Master Mason on November 9, 1821, in Dorchester Lodge No. 3. The same year, he was elected Junior Warden. At twenty-four, Tucker was admitted to the Vermont Bar. In that year (1824), he becam e Worshipful Master, holding the Office for twenty-five years, and was elected Grand Junior Deacon of the Grand Lodge ofVermont. 1836 saw him become Grand Senior Deacon and 1827 Grand Junior Warden. In 1829 Tucker was elected Deputy Grand Master, in which Office he remained until1847, when he was elected Grand Master. Tucker was still Grand Master when he died on April10, 1861. r-
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AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCECPTED MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA
VOLUME XL
FEBRUARY 1993
Prominent Display of Square and Compasses Is ·standard For Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
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h e Square and compasses with the Letter "G" is to have its deserved position of prominence in graphic reproductions throughout the Fraternity in Pennsylvania. Freemasonry is known by the Square and Compasses with the letter "G." It tells the world, our communities and our neighbors, who Freemasons are; what Freemasons stand for and what Freemasons do. It symbolizes Freemasonry and is emblematic of the values, principles and t enets of the Fraternity and those associated with it. There is no doubt w h en one sees the Square a nd Compasses with the Lett e r "G" that it means Freemasonry. It i s an emblem that is always displayed with dignity and pride. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has forma lly adopted standards to ensure the positive and consistent us e of the Square and Compasses with the Letter "G" as a prominent iden t ification of Freemasonry on the printed materials and graphic reproductions. The emblem is to be displayed prominently on graphic materials of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, its entities and Subordinate Bodies. The same promin ent use will be encouraged throughout the Family of Freemasonry.
R.W. Grand Master Edward H. Fowler, Jr. , said: "As the most readily recognized emblem of the Brotherhood of Freemasonry and its values, the Square and Compasses with the Letter "G" deserves prominence in all graphic uses throughout the Fraternity." The standards, published in a loose-leaf binder, instruct that on Grand Lodge graphic reproductions, the Square and Compas ses with the Letter "G" should be reproduced in a prominent position, preferably the upper left corner of a letterhead, single page, fi rs t page or cover of a reproduction or publication; to the left of the return address on an envelope, and with the closing signature of a publication. There are specifications for various graphic uses, such asname cards, badges, brochures, s igns and more. For inst ance, Grand Lodge stationery will incorporate the Square and Compasses with the Letter "G" in blue at the upper left, the gold seal of the Grand Lodge to the right and "The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fr aternity of Free and Accepted Mason s of Pennsylvania" at the center in purple. The Grand Lodge a ddress is centered at the bottom in purple.
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The Square and Compasses:
Universal Symbol of Freemasonry Editor's note: The following definitions of the Square and Compass have been adapted from The Pocket Encyclopedia of Masonic Symbols (Nineteenth Printing, November 1991) published by the Masonic Service Association.
Square and Compasses are universally the symbol of a Master Mason; of Freemasonry. A thousand devoted symbolists have read as many meanings into both these tools of a Mason. Both symbols are much older than Freemasonry; Chinese manuscript s give them a Masonic s i g nificance (a lthough there was no Freemasonry in that country) two thousand years ago. No symbols in Freemasonry offer so many possible interpretations. But many symbols may be different things to different men; each interprets what he can from a symbolism so deep as to be almost all embracing. Square - Symbol of the Master; of rectitude of life and conduct; of morality, truthfulness, hones ty. So universal is the knowledge of its meaning that the word has percolated into all strata of society. The "Square man" is the honest man. To "act on the square " is to act honestly. In Freemasonry, to "part on the square" has its own symbolism. The square is a tool made of two members, pointing in different directions. Those directions are "right" with each other - a right angle, so called becau se the ninetyContinued on page 8