The Five Orders of Architecture
The Tuscan is the most simple and solid of the five orders in architecture; it was invented in Tuscany, a region of Italy, from whence it derives its name. Its column is seven diameters high and its capital, base, and entablature1 have but few moldings or ornaments.
Proving A Square
Although Masons of the current day go to great lengths to decry Freemasonry as having any secrets, this was not always the case. Our operative forbears went to equally great lengths to preserve secrets of Masonry, restricting their trade to only those who had been properly brought to light.
Worship Master
The Worshipful Master is the chief executive officer of a lodge of Freemasons. He is subordinate to the Grand Lodge in his jurisdiction, but in all other respects he acts independently much as the captain of a ship is subordinate to the Admiralty in matters of overall strategy, but he remains free to chart his own course.
Saints John
Among American Freemasons there are two festivals in the Masonic calendar. The Feast of St. John, the Baptist, is celebrated on June 24 and the Feast of Saint John, the Evangelist, on December 27.
