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Karl W. Grube, Ph.D., 32°, and Lodge Education Officer of Ann Arbor Fraternity Lodge No. 262, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, has adapted the Mark Twain's Memory-Builder Game into a standard checkers frame-game. A series of Masonic Tutorials, 32 Q & A each, have been written for candidate memory retention and more effective understanding of the Craft's Principles, Ritual, and Symbolism. Masonic History Entered Apprentice Degree Fellowcraft Degree Master Mason Degree Revolutionary Brothers Famous Masons Masonic Micro Lectures Detroit Masonic Temple Detroit Masonic Temple Tours Freemasonry Readings Masons of Washtenaw Bonisteel Masonic Library Roscoe O. Bonisteel
Cut & Paste: Print out these web pages. Cut and paste questions on card stock. Put the answer on the backside. You now have 32 Masonic Memory-Builder Cards! Checkers Set: Acquire or make a standard checkers set. You'll need a gameboard and 24 checkers. Object: The object of the game is to capture all your opponent's checkers or block them so they cannot be moved. Checkers Movement: Checkers always move on the diagonal, one square at a time, toward the other player's side of the checkerboard. Capturing: You capture an opponent's checker by diagonally hoping over it to a vacant space. If a capture is available on your turn, you must take it. Multiple Capturing: You may capture more than one checker with multiple moves. This move becomes your next takeoff point. Crowning: If you get a checker to the last row of the checkerboard, double the checker piece. This is the symbolic act of Crowning the King. The new double checker can move or capture, by going forwards or back, but always on the diagonal. Jumpers Rule: From the pack of 32 Masonic Memory-Builder Questions you have made, draw and answer a question before jumping an opponent's checker. ... Right Answer Jumps Checker ... Wrong Answer Loses Turn 1. A special class of builders who designed cathedrals, churches, mansions, and borough halls during the Middle Ages were _______. Freemasons 2. _______ belonged to building crafts consisting of quarrymen, dike builders, wallers, tilers, paviors, and other skilled labors. Masons 3. _______ projects required Freemasons and Masons from distant lands who assembled onsite and first built a fraternity lodge, homes, and barns. Cathedral 4. Freemasons and Masons were _______ Builders of architectural structures during the Middle Ages. Operative 5. Lodges admitted _______ men who did not follow a Freemasonry livelihood. "Accepted" or Speculative 6. The words "Free and Accepted" Masons comes from _______ and Speculative Masonry. Operative 7. In 1717 the first Grand Lodge of Masonry was established in ________. England 8. Free & Accepted Masonry as practiced in worldwide lodges today is a _______ for men. fraternity 9. Ancient Craft Masonry is organized into Grand Lodges and _______. local lodges 10. A Mason must believe in _______ but is free to choose any religion with such a belief. God 11. A _______ is obliged to obey the Moral Law being Men of Honour and Honestry. Mason 12. Freemasonry is a Fraternity whereby all _______ matters lie outside its prudent forethought. theology 13. A _______ seeks membership to Masonry of his own free will and accord. petitioner 14. Masonry is open to the _______ as evidenced by the 200,000 books published on the craft. public 15. Masonic Degrees are the organization of ceremonies and rites passed through by the _______. candidate 16. G.A.O.T.U. stands for The Great Architect Of the Universe and creates a great humility for the _______. divine 17. The symbolic working tools of a _______ are the Plumb, Square, and Compass. Master Mason 18. Masonic _______ include, brotherliness, charity, good will, fellowship, friendship, and character. Values 19. Rites, symbols, postures, emblems, and signs are _______ between Brother Masons. communication tools 20. _______ was Master of his Lodge in Virginia upon ascending to the Presidency in 1789. George Washington 21. _______ published the first Masonic book in 1734. Benjamin Franklin 22. G.A.O.T.U. stand for _________. Great Architect of the Universe 23. The three degrees of Ancient Craft Freemasonry compose the _______. ritual 24. A _______ must be of lawful age; morally responsible; and ethically of good report. petitioner 25. A _______ must come of his own free will and accord. petitioner 26. A _______ physically must perform Masonic duties; possess monetary means for his expenses; and be acceptable to men in the lodge. petitioner 27. The Principle of _______ is fundamental to Masons in all lands. Universality 28. Napolean, Mozart, and Frederick the Great and were active Masonic _______. Brothers 29. Freemasonry is depicted as a _______ in Webster's Dictionary. noun 30. _______ understand the "practice of fraternalism" better than any other organization. Masons 31. Freemasonry is a Constituted _______ of men. Fraternity 32. The Grand Lodge of Michigan is housed in the _______ Masonic Temple. Grand Rapids FOOTNOTE: Brother Mark Twain, (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), Polar Star Lodge No. 79, patented and copyrighted a memory game for recalling and remembering important facts and dates. Titled THE GAME: Mark Twain's Memory-Builder, the work consisted of important dates and events in British and European History. A link is provided in Tutorial VII to Brother Twain's creative invention. |
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