The Clan Fraser in Canada: Souvenir of the First Annual GatheringFraser, Alexander
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The Clan Fraser in Canada: Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering
Fraser, Alexander
Clans -- Canada; Fraser family
The after-dinner programme was interesting and varied. Besides the usual
toasts it included the "Fraser's Drinking Song," composed by Mrs.
Georgina Fraser-Newhall, and sung by Mrs. Alexander Fraser; readings by
Prof. W. H. Fraser, bagpipe selections by Pipe-Major MacSwayed, and
Highland dancing by Master Norman Fraser.
The speeches contained a great deal of information regarding the Clan,
and were very interesting. Most eloquent was the speech delivered by Mr.
W. Lewis Fraser, of New York, who entered into the history of the Clan
at considerable length; and that by Mrs. Georgina Fraser-Newhall, in
response to the toast of her health.
A group photograph was successfully taken of the company by the aid of a
flash-light, which will remain a memento of a very pleasant gathering.
Before dispersing the report of the Committee on the Organization of the
Clan was read. It set forth that meetings had been held at which the
Clan had been organized, and the annexed Constitution and By-laws
prepared:
THE CLAN FRASER IN CANADA.
(_Instituted May 5th, 1894._)
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS.
[Illustration of the Crest of the Clan]
ARTICLE I.--NAME.--The name of this organization shall be: "The
Clan Fraser in Canada."
ARTICLE II.--OBJECTS.--The objects of the Clan shall be:
The cultivation of friendly intercourse and social relations among
those bearing the surname "Fraser," and the promotion among its
members of love for the Clan, and increased interest in its history
and traditions:
The collection of Clan records, traditions and anecdotes; of
documents bearing upon the Clan history; of information relating to
notable clansmen, especially with reference to the early history of
the Clan in Canada; and the compilation of an album of portraits
and biographical sketches of Clansmen in Canada:
The furtherance of the interests of clansmen, whether in Scotland
or in Canada, and the giving of such assistance to clansmen in need
as may be within the power of the Clan.
ARTICLE III.--MEMBERSHIP.--Persons bearing the surname "Fraser," by
birth or by marriage, shall be eligible for membership in the Clan.
Honorary membership may be conferred on distinguished clansmen, or
on persons, not clansmen, who have rendered conspicuous service to
the Clan.
ARTICLE IV.--ARMS, MOTTO AND BADGE.--The arms of the Clan Fraser in
Canada shall be the same as those of the Clan proper, with the
difference of a wreath of Canadian maple leaves intertwined (a
fac-simile of which is impressed on this Constitution); the "Motto"
and "Badge" shall be that of the Clan Fraser--motto, "Je Suis
Prest"; badge, a sprig of yew--_Taxus Baccata_.
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