Public Education Committee

About the Committee

Committee Members


Duties:

The Committee on Public Education shall be charged with the duty of carrying on the Texas Public School Program of this Grand Lodge, and other appropriate activities having to do with Public Education in Texas, as may be authorized by the Grand Lodge from time to time.

In matters pertaining to the Lamar Medal Program, the Committee shall be responsible to develop, promote and assist the Lodges with suitable Grand Lodge programs and material for uniform presentation of the Lamar Medal; to establish suitable guidelines for the qualifications of proposed recipients of the medal, and for presentation of same in such matter as to properly recognize outstanding achievement while honoring the commitment of this Grand Lodge to the principle of Public Education. This Committee shall be required to meet as necessary during the recess of Grand Lodge.

Member Herbert C. Arbuckle, III

 
Member Stephen E. Gooch

 
Member Jay M. Wilson

 
Chairman Jerry N. Kirby

 
Member David R. Walker

 
Member Robert G. Starkey

 
Vice-Chairman Leonard O. Pierce

 

Grand Lodge Corner Stone Ceremony

WHY DO WE LEVEL CORNERSTONES?
WHAT DO THE CEREMONIES MEAN?
  

Public Schools Week Program

BEHIND the guiding hand of Texas Masons, Texas, usually the 1st full week in March, will pause for a few days to give more consideration to one of Democracy's greatest institutions - the free school system.