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recognition nights and outstanding teaching awards, and support programs that enhance school
activities. Masons can be justly proud of their contributions to Texas education.
This article has been adapted from a paper written by Edward N. Thompson entitled “Freemasonry and Texas
Education” which was published in the Transactions, Texas Lodge of Research, Volume XXV.
The following references provide additional information regarding the Masonic influence on Texas education.
James D. Carter: Education and Masonry in Texas to 1846, The Grand Lodge of Texas, Waco, TX 1963.
James D. Carter: Education and Masonry in Texas, 1846 to 1861, The Grand Lodge of Texas, Waco, TX
1964.
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