Brother_Steve
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We have 13 entered apprentices. It looks like we're doing a lot of degrees to wrap up the year!
I would imagine candidates at a time for a degree.
Which I don't think is a bad idea.
We have 13 entered apprentices. It looks like we're doing a lot of degrees to wrap up the year!
We have 13 EA's. Of which some cannot make the degree so in reality we would have had two FC degrees and one would need dispensation for 6 instead of the max of 5.Thanks for clarifying for me.
At a time when ODCs are a thing in some parts of the country, I'm glad to see GL's moving in the opposite direction.
So it would be better to rush them through?
one day class is where you watch the degrees from a sideline.What is the difference between parallel candidates and classes?
parallel (I never heard it spoken of that way here) I'm assuming means you circumambulate as a group.[/QUOTE]one day class is where you watch the degrees from a sideline.[\QUOTE]
With one exemplar for each section of each degree the times I've been to a class. There is supposed to be one mentor for every candidate to hold the bible during the obligation. Once I walked across the floor to a candidate looking for his mentor.
I was initiated with two others. Being nervous and blindfolded I never knew they were there until it came to the obligation. By that time you are overwhelmed.
As it has been my personal experience, you get more out of watching the degree than being in it. Being in it is an experience in and of itself but watching it is a different animal. It's hard for me to put the emotions into words. I'm not trying to belittle any one way of doing it versus another.
I have mixed feelings about this issue. A Lodge that has 5 or 13 candidates is very fortunate and doing something right. I'll agree that individual initiation is best. But reality is, if you have several extra meetings a month many members may not be able to attend. My lodge has members who come from 50 to 60 miles away. (I'm about 40) The burden on family, time and even gas cost is a limiting factor. I favor some type of group initiation and feel we can teach good Masonry after the fact.