Final Exam Flashcards

1
Q

Required items to be listed on WM Trestleboard

A

Page for Lodge Widows
Picture of GM
List of elected and appointed officers
Table of Contents
Grand Lecturer and Grand Inspector
Lodge Info, location, district, MWGM, WM, DD
History of Prince Hall

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2
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African Lodge No.1 established on what date?

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July 3, 1776

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3
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Where is the Trestleboard noted in the Constitution

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Article 18, Section 1

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4
Q

African Lodge No. 459 held it’s first meeting

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May 6, 1787

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5
Q

Grand Lodge is declared opened in ___________ when the GM presides

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Ample Form

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6
Q

Possible Lodge Revenue

A

Dues
Fundraisers
Donations
GL Raffle Ticket Sales
Raffles
Initiation Fees

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7
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Prince Hall passed away

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December 4th, 1807

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8
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PH and 14 other free blacks were initiated to Irish Military Lodge No. 441

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March 6, 1775

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9
Q

Chapter and verses of the scriptures for all 3 degrees

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Psalm 133
Amos 7: 7-8
Ecclesiastes 12: 1-7

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10
Q

Arts / Parts / Points

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Arts - specific Masonic knowledge
Parts - degrees into which Masonry is divided
Points - Rules or usages

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11
Q

Required expenses in Lodge Budget

A
  • GL Returns
  • Charitable Contributions
  • Fraternal Support
  • Rent
  • Insurance
  • LOI fees
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12
Q

Does the Tyler need to ballot when voting on new members?

A

No

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13
Q

Perfect Points of your entrance

A

Pectoral
Manual
Guttural
Pedal

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14
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1st Degree - Modes of Recognition

A

Step
Due Guard
Sign
Token
Word
Perfect Points of Your Entrance

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15
Q

Effective Skills for Masonic Leaders

A

Planning
Sharing Your Vision
Enlisting Help
Relationship Building
Financial Acumen
Time Management
Motivating People
Practicing Self Care
Crisis Management

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16
Q

14 Brothers that joined Prince Hall

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Cyrus Johnbus
Prince Reayden
Peter Best
John Canton
Duff Buform
Bueston Slinger
Cato Speain
Fortin Howard
Peter Freeman
Richard Tilley
Thomas Sanderson
Boston Smith
Prince Rees
Benjamin Tiber

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17
Q

Optional items included in Trestleboard

A

Lodge Budget
List of Past Masters
Brothers birthdays
Call list
Roster

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18
Q

Actions that PH and brothers were allowed to do

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  • Meet as a lodge
  • Walk on St. John’s Day
  • Bury their dead in manner and form
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19
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The Holy Saints Johns

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St John the Baptist - June 24th - Summer Solstice
St John the Evangelist - Dec 27th - Winter Solstice

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20
Q

1st Degree Prep

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Divested of all metallic substances
Neither naked nor shod
Bare foot nor shod
left knee and breast bare
Hoodwinked
Cable tow about his neck

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21
Q

Why were you divested of all metallic substances?

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  • Bring nothing offensive or defensive items into the lodge
  • NO sound of metal was heard at the building of KS temple
  • Rite of destitution
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22
Q

How did they built KS Temple?

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Work was done in the quarries, stones hewed, timber felled at Lebanon and transported to Joppa via Joppa. Carried to Jersalem and assembled with the use of wooden instruments

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23
Q

Why were you neither naked or clothed?

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Masonry regards men by their inner quality and not by their external quality such as wealth and titles

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24
Q

Why were you neither barefoot nor shod

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Ancient custom to display avowal of sincerity by removing and handing over your left shoe

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25
Q

Why were you hoodwinked with a cabletow about your neck?

A
  • Heart can behold the wonders and beauty of masonry
  • Be kept in the dark concerning free masonry
  • to be led out if unable to continue
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26
Q

Principal Tenets

A

Brotherly Love
Relief
Truth

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27
Q

Chalk, Charcoal, and Clay

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Chalk - Freedom of EAs
Charcoal - Represents Fervency
Clay - Represents zealousness of the Earth to which we all return

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28
Q

Four Cardinal Virtues or Perfect Points

A

Fortitude
Prudence
Temperance
Justice

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29
Q

Latest name of the GL

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The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of MD and its Jurisdiction, Inc
November 24, 1947

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30
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Purpose of the Charter

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Needed in order for the lodge to meet, confer degrees and bury their dead

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31
Q

First Lodge in MD

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Friendship Lodge #6 - Feb 2, 1825

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32
Q

First GL in MD

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First Colored GL AFAM of the State of MD
Created by Rev James A Handy - served as GM

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33
Q

First three lodges of first GL in MD

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Friendship #1, St. James #2, Enterprise #3

34
Q

Third GL formation in MD

A

First Union Colored GL of the State of MD
Sept 12, 1876
James A Handy and Nathaniel Burgess

35
Q

How many lodges are required to form a GL

A

Three

36
Q

Locations of the GL

A

The Douglass Institute, 11 E. Lexington Street
The Samaritan Temple, Saratoga and Davis Streets
333-335 Courtland Street
1429-1431 McCulloh Street
1301-1307 Eutaw Place (1960 - Present)

37
Q

How many jurisdictions in the state of MD

A

15

38
Q

Total number of MWGMs

A

27

39
Q

Four Grand Masters - Last 100 years

A

Joseph P Evans
Willard Allen
Samuel T Daniels
Shelton D Redden

40
Q

Elected GL Officers

A

GM - Noel C Osborne, Sr
DGM - Kevin L Barney
SGW - Wiliam Davidson III
JGW - Randolph Smith
Grand Sec - Rodney James
Grand Treasurer - Reginal E Jeffries
Grand Inspector - David L. Crawford
Grand Lecturer - Darryl Jefferson

41
Q

1st Degree - Charge

A
  • Acceptance
  • The greatest and best of men
  • Duties to God, Neighbor, and Ourselves
  • Peacefull Citizen
  • Outward Demeanor
  • Secure and Inviolate the principles
42
Q

Public Speaking Skills

A
  • Planning & Preparation
  • Positive Non Verbal Communication
  • Confidence
43
Q

Examples of Crisis moments

A
  • Natural Disasters
  • Confrontation
  • Misconduct
  • Deception
  • Death
44
Q

Right Knee and Breast Bare

A
  • Teach you to act upon the square with all mankind and your brethen
  • Respective Duties to God and the Craft
44
Q

Cable tow twice about the neck

A
  • Distance one could travel in an hour, which is three
  • Distance from which a summons may be answered
  • Bound as long and as strong as himself determines
45
Q

The Plumb

A
  • Test Perpendiculars
  • Being an upright man and Mason
46
Q

The Square

A
  • Prove Right Angles
  • Meaning Virtue
47
Q

The Middle Chamber

A
  • Journey from ignorance to enlightenment
  • Two Pillars on the Porch
  • Winding Stairs
48
Q

The Level

A
  • Proves horizontals
  • Symbolize equality
49
Q

Winding Stairs

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  • Three Principal Officers - Wisdom, Strength, Beauty
  • Attentive Ear, Instructive Tongue, Faithful Breast
  • Five Human Senses
  • Five Orders of Archiecture
  • Seven Steps
50
Q

Five Orders of Architecture

A

Ionic, Doric, Corinthian, Composite, Tuscan

51
Q

Seven Steps of Winding Stairs

A
  • Grammar
  • Rhetoric
  • Logic
  • Arithmetic
  • Geometry
  • Music
  • Astronomy
52
Q

2nd Degree - Symbolism

A
  • Enlightenment
  • The Letter G
  • Wages of a FC
  • Hieroglyphic Light
53
Q

2nd Degree - Modes of Recognition

A

Step - Due Guard - Sign - Grip & Word

54
Q

The Letter G

A
  • Geometry
  • Sacred name of Deity
  • Spiritual sun shining upon the Earth
55
Q

Heiroglyphic Light

A

A system of morality, veiled in allegory, illustrated by signs and symbols

56
Q

Death of Grand Master Hiram Abiff - Body

A
  • At the brow of a hill
57
Q

Monument at the Grave

A
  • Broken Column
  • Weeping Angel
  • Open Book
58
Q

Events for building the Temple

A
  • no sound of an axe, hammer or any metal tool
  • only rain during the night season or during refreshment
59
Q

Employment at KS Temple

A

3 - GM
3,300 - MM
80K - FC
70K - EA

60
Q

Jubal A - Jubal O - Jubal M

A

JA - Envy, hate
JO - False friends and outside forces
JM - Death

61
Q

Sprig of Acacia

A
  • Resurrection of the Body
  • Immortality of the Soul
62
Q

Constitution content

A
  • 38 Articles
  • 3 Appendices
  • 79 pages
63
Q

Constitution - Appendices

A

Appendix A - Bylaws of Constituent Lodges
Appendix B - Standard Forms
Appendix C - Index

64
Q

Latest Edition of Constitution

A

March 12, 2022

65
Q

Original Date of Constitution

A

February 2nd, 1910

66
Q

Oifficial name change to MWPHGL of Free and Accepted Masons of MD and Its Jurisdiction, Inc

A

November 24, 1947

67
Q

Article 3

A

Members of the GL - annual and permanent

68
Q

Article 5

A

Election and Appointment of GL Officers

69
Q

Article 7

A

Powers of GL Officiers

70
Q

Article 7 - Various sections

A

Section 1, 6, 7 - compensation for services
Section 9 - Inspections, audits, annual report
Section 10 - DDGM can grant dispensation for 1st degree
Section 21 - expense incurred by GL officers to be paid by GL

71
Q

Article 8

A

Committees

Sect 14 - LOI instruct in proper procedures

72
Q

Article 10

A

Meetings

Sect 1 - Annual Comms
Sect 2- Special Comms

73
Q

Article 11

A

Voting

Sect 1 - GL votes
Sect 2 - Constiituent Lodge votes

74
Q

Article 12

A

Fees and Revenues

Sect 2 - Set and Stated Fees

75
Q

Article 17

A

Misc

Sect 1 - Brother can’t hold more than one office
Sect 2 - required payment of dues and taxes to sit in GL Comm
Sect 4 - Timely submission of annual returns (10) days before sessiosn
Sect 11 - Lodge funds must be turned to Secretary
Sect 12 - PH Day - 2nd Sunday in Sept
Sect 15 - Bros in membership not recognized by GL is deemed unmasonically

76
Q

Article 18

A

Ample Form
Due Form
In Form
Summons
Flooring, Clandestine Mason, Heal, Demit, Dispensation

77
Q

Article 19

A

Constituent Lodges

78
Q

Article 21

A

Proxies

79
Q

Article 22

A

Election and Installation of Lodge Officers