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1 GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL arch MASONS OF THE STATE OF OHIO CHAPTER MANAGEMENT MANUAL for the Companions of Ohio Presented by The GRAND CHAPTER of ROYAL arch MASONS Of the State of Ohio PREFACE 1998 Edition 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface I AM by Osco Peterson, PGHP of New York A. WORKBOOK: SUBPART I -- Leadership Leadership Notes 7 Leadership 8 How to be a Good Presiding Officer 9 How to Select Good Officers 10 How to Select a Good Membership Chairman 11 How to Select a Degree Director 11 Suggested High Priest s Worksheet for Stated Convocations 12 Suggested Planning Sheet 13 My Program for the Year 14 Order of Business 15 Elements of Parliamentary Procedure 16 Parliamentary Motions 19 CHAPTER Finances 19 Budget Worksheets 21 Uniform Audit Report Form 22 SUBPART II Selling ROYAL arch Masonry Selling ROYAL arch Masonry 23 Suggested Letters to Prospective Candidates 24 Suggested Letter to Lodge after Exaltation 25 Suspensions 25 Suggested Letter to Suspended Companion

2 25 Demits and Affiliations 26 Restoration 26 SUBPART III Degree Procedure Degree Procedure 27 Ritualism 28 How to Check Equipment for Degrees 28 Tips on Good Ritualism 29 Charts for Lining Up Degrees Mark Master 30 Past Master 31 Most Excellent Master 32 ROYAL arch 33 SUBPART IV Program Planning & Miscellaneous Program Planning Procedures 34 Suggestions for Masonic Programs 34 Improving Attendance 35 CHAPTER Installation Night 36 Guide for News Release After Election 37 Guide for News Release for Annual Inspection 37 Ten Commandments for Inspection Night 38 Protocol in Introductions 39 ROYAL arch Research Assistance ( ) 40 ROYAL arch Foundation 42 ROYAL arch Widow s Degree 43 CHAPTER Support of Masonic Youth Organizations 43 Ohio Masonic Home 44 Materials 45 Price List from GRAND Secretary s Office Ed.

3 Bureau of General GRAND CHAPTER , International ROYAL arch Mason Magazine 52 B. MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MANUAL: Preface, Membership Development 54 3 Organization Chart, Membership Development 55 Phases I, II, III 56 Petition Committee 57 Reinstatement Committee 58 Form for Call on Companion about to Withdraw or be suspended 59 Welfare Committee 60 Public Relations Committee 60 Education Committee 61 Social Activities Committee 61 Phase IV, Sparkplug Committee 62 Form for Report of Activity of CHAPTER 63 C. PUBLIC RELATIONS MANUAL: Public Relations in Symbolic Lodge 65 Public Relations in CHAPTER 65 Questionnaire for Member Public Relations with Public 66 New Releases 66 Notices and Publicity 67 D.

4 EDUCATION MANUAL Ohio Program of Masonic Education, Origin, Purpose, Organization 4\76 ROYAL arch School Organization, Curriculum 80 Certificates, Reference Materials COMMON ERRORS OF RITUAL AND THEIR CORRECTIONS 84 In all 4 Degrees, and in each degree ROYAL arch SCHOOL OF CURRICULUM PAPERS: What is Freemasonry? 90 Biblical Foundations of Freemasonry 95 The Bible and Freemasonry (alternate) 101 Early History of Freemasonry 105 Early History of Freemasonry (alternate) 110 History of American Freemasonry 114 OFFICERS SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION -- Organization, etc. Curriculum, Outline for Talks 121 Parliamentary Procedure 123 Mark Master Degree Mechanics 125 Past Master Degree Mechanics 126 Most Excellent Master Degree Mechanics 127 ROYAL arch Degree Mechanics 129 Effective Ritualism 132 Opening & Closing CHAPTER , Steps, Grips, Signs,& Protocol 133 Makeup 135 How to Preside 137 Committee Operations 140 CHAPTER Activities 142 Code of the GRAND CHAPTER 143 Code of the GRAND CHAPTER (alternate) 145 Officers Manual 146 Biblical References for the Capitular Degrees 148 E.

5 APOLLO DRAMATIC CHAPTER Technical Bulletin No. 1 How to Make Your Own Costumes 149 Technical Bulletin No. 2 How to Do Your Own Makeup 159 Technical Bulletin No. 3 Festivals 166 Technical Bulletin No. 4 The Peculiar Stone (a promotional skit) 172 4 PREFACE 2007 Edition The CHAPTER MANAGEMENT MANUAL is the result of the assembling of information from various sources under one cover to make the information readily available to the High Priests, Kings and Scribes of the ROYAL arch Chapters of Ohio. In the fall of 1979, Most Excellent Companion William M. Berry, the incoming GRAND High Priest, issued to the High Priests of the Chapters of Ohio what he called a High Priest s Workbook.

6 This was an 84-page mimeographed collection of useful ideas, information and suggested procedures of particular value to constituent High Priests in planning and carrying out their programs for the CHAPTER year. The material was drawn from a variety of sources, both from Ohio and from foreign jurisdictions, assembled to make it readily available for use. Some of it was given Berry s personal touch to make it most applicable for that particular year. At the same time or in the following 4 years, there was already in existence, or being issued, other materials. a) The Education Manuel, consisting of the Ohio Program of Masonic Education as developed by the Committee on Masonic Education of the GRAND CHAPTER .

7 To this original manual which explained the various types of schools and programs, there had been added a considerable amount of curriculum material. This included papers on the first four subjects of the ROYAL arch Scho9ol, as well as outlines for presentation on the various suggested topics for Officers Schools of Instruction. This made the Education Manual quite voluminous. b) The Membership Development Manual, developed by the Membership Development Committee of the GRAND CHAPTER in the early 1980 s. c) The Public Relations Manual, developed by the GRAND CHAPTER s Public Relations Committee. d) The various Technical Bulletins (4 to date) issued by the Apollo Dramatic CHAPTER .

8 In the fall of 1983, under the directions of Most Ex. Comp. Howard W. Beeman, these five different manuals and collections were all placed under one cover and dubbed The CHAPTER Management Manual. It was felt that this would make the information more readily available, and should help to prevent the various manuals from getting misplaced so easily. At the same time it was decided to make 3 copies available to each CHAPTER , which was accomplished with considerable work and expense. By the spring of 1987, the supply of manuals was again exhausted. To save money the 250-page collection was re-edited in the GRAND Secretary s office to reduce repetition and was updated and reprinted.

9 Unfortunately, this was all done via typewriter, since we still did not have a computer. By the spring of 1994 the supply of manuals was again exhausted. To reprint the material, it was all retyped into the computer, and printed out camera-ready for reproduction by a professional printer. This manual is the result. Five hundred copies were made, and now in 1998 another 500 copies are necessary. ALL THIS IS IN VAIN UNLESS THE MANUAL IS USED. WE STRONGLY URGE EACH PLATFORM OFFICER, AND OTHERS INSOFAR AS POSSIBLE, TO SCAN THE CONTENTS FREQUENTLY FOR ITEMS WHICH WILL BE HELPFUL TO YOU AND YOUR CHAPTER . THE IDEAS AND INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES CAN HELP YOU TO KEEP YOUR ROYAL arch CHAPTER A MOST ENJOYABLE AND USEFUL ORGANIZATION, AND A VIABLE FORCE IN YOU COMMUNITY.

10 5 I AM By Osco W. Perterson, PGHP, New York I Am A three-fold product A son of God born by a process and for a purpose known only to God. A son of my Father and my mother, born of their love and union, endowed with their abilities and disabilities, filled with their hoped and aspirations, their frustrations and disappointments. A product of the community in which I was raised, of the churches, and the schools and the clubs, and the activities, the governments at all levels, the industries, the people. All of whom instructed me, whether they realized it or not, in the paths that I should follow. I AM Persuaded That there is a Supreme Architect, a God Almighty, a Jehovah. That there is a design for all things, from the expanse of the universe, and more, to the minuteness of the lowest thing, and man.