UNIVERITY
LODGE OF
The University Lodge of Guyana, No. 13 in the District of
Guyana, was sponsored by Eureka Lodge No. 8515, and consecrated by R W Bro. P A
Taylor, District Grand Master on Wednesday October 4, 1989. The first Master
was W. Bro. Edward Garnett Hopkinson,
Intended for suitable members of the staff, graduates and
students of the
The Lodge held its first initiation on Saturday December 2, 1989
when Mr. Edward Garnett Hopkinson, a medical student at the University (a Lewis
– being the first son of tW. Bro. E G Hopkinson) and
Mr. Lennox Julian Hernandez, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Technology,
were initiated. At that meeting the lodge admitted its first joining member,
Bro. Claude Eric Housty, a graduate of the University and Junior Deacon of
Lodge Harmony No. 1110 SC. On Tuesday February 25, 1992, the lodge’s newly
acquired regalia were consecrated and the principal officers formally attired.
The banner which was consecrated on May 25, 1998, was designed
off the invitation to the consecration of the Lodge. The invitation featured a
gold background with green borders, leaves, scroll and tassels, gold and green
being the major colours of the
With a commitment to furthering Masonic links and knowledge, the
lodge in 1997 established ties with the University Lodge of the