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The Supposed Universal Hospitality Of Lodges, Paul J. Rich Aug 1992

The Supposed Universal Hospitality Of Lodges, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

The important point about this contribution to an email list is the date, 1992. At the time, i was a research fellow at the University of Western Australia. In the years since, although there have been some changes, a large number of American Masonic organizations remain closed to black members. For example, it will be a very long time before one sees black leaders in a number of Southern states' Masonic bodies like the Shrine, Commandary, Eastern Star, and so on. In contrast one must add that certain jurisdictions such as Washington D.C. are integrated. But they grant recognition to …


Australian Education, Paul J. Rich Dec 1990

Australian Education, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

"When in Rome" has been my rule, so during stints in Australia I tried to do research into things Australian. one result was a series of studies of the interesting educational history of Perth. The background of Hale School and the early secondary school history of the city was somewhat confusing, so this piece attempted to sort things out.


The Bahrain Schools, Paul J. Rich Dec 1986

The Bahrain Schools, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

The history of education in the Gulf includes a number of early school schemes that emulated British elitist secondary education, the sort of pedagogy that one associates with the English public schools. My opinion has been that this emphasis on a traditional and non vocational curriculum was a contributor to the challenges that countries faced that had been under British sway.


David Roberts And The Mountain Of My Fear, Paul J. Rich Dec 1985

David Roberts And The Mountain Of My Fear, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

The travel writer and famous mountain climber David Roberts and I were both in the Harvard Mountaineering Club, and Dave's comments about that august if somewhat eccentric group are well worth a read. One of his titles, Mountain of My Fear, usefully describes in a phrase my own minute adventures: nobody ever held on for dear life with such passion. The secret of the famous egg nogg is reveale here for the time: 8 eggs 3 cups heavy whipping cream 2 cups whole milk 1 cup sugar 1cup brandy 1 cup dark rum 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon nutmeg, …


Wonders Of Web And Internet: Cyber Research, Paul J. Rich Dec 1952

Wonders Of Web And Internet: Cyber Research, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

As the web grows, more surprising things appear every day. I had forgotten completely about details of my family's trips to Europe, and in particular a return voyage from France in 1953, when I was certainly a very young boy with no idea about research or Harvard or anything else of such a momentous import. Now the web has the passenger list of our passage home. Not in my unimportant case, but in more significant tracking of the movements of more significant individuals, these old manifests hold out a world of research possibilities.