IV:3 Really spooky—a ray of sunlight broke through the cloud-cover and hit the altar. IV:7 No liquor was allowed at Carleton. This rule was not enforced in “the Arb,” and quite a many students wandered home on Saturday Night/Sunday Morning under the influence. In the case of the repeated destruction of the altar, there was a specific (small) group which didn’t like us as individuals, and took it out on our altars. I don’t remember if we thought they were anti-Druid or just anti-us. V The dispute is reflected in the changes made in the Ceremony of Consecration. RMS: In the ceremony preserved in the Black Book (which contained all the early liturgy), the following changes were written by hand on May 18th 1963: “Attend us now o Spirits, as we offer this sacrifice of consecration” became “Attend us now O Spirits, as we light this fire of consecration.” (Here the blood of the sacrifice shall be spilled upon the altar) became (Here the fire shall be lit upon the altar) “Accept this, our sacrifice” became “Accept this, consecrate it.” VI:1-3 After six of seven “regularly organized services of public worship,” we filled out “chapel slips” listing the Druid services as our church for the week. These slips were handed out at campus services, and were available in the dorms for those who had attended services in town. VI:4 The Chapel Slips were rejected by the Dean of Men’s office, which had charge of such matters for men students. VI:5-8 Cherniack went to the Dean with a list of various peculiar religious organizations gleaned from the Minneapolis and St. Paul yellow pages. After it was admitted that most of them would be acceptable, he asked why the RDNA wasn’t. The answer boiled down, amounted to “You don’t have a faculty advisor.” VI:9 The Dean of Women’s office accepted the Chapel Slips from the two girls who submitted them: apparently her office didn’t consult with the Dean of Men’s Office! VII:2-4 Or words to that effect.
THE BOOK OF THE LAW
1 is a paraphrase of the Constitution of the Carleton Grove. 12 My original copy of the Constitution sets the quorum (after corrections: see note on EC II:7-10 above) at one-eighth, not one-third. RMS One version of the Constitution in the Grove Archives was signed and certified by David Fisher as “ the original copy of the Constitution of the Reformed Druids of North America at Carleton College, drawn and prepared by Hillel Howard David Cherniack, Preceptor. And read and approved at two consecutive meetings by all members present.” This version reads: “A quorum…shall be one eight[h] of those members known to the officers….” A much commoner mimeographed version reads “one-third” and “to be officers”, as in Norman’s note to EC II:7-10 above. This one has at the end: “ I certify this to be a true and accurate copy of the Constitution of the Reformed Druids of North America at Carleton College, read and approved at two consecutive meeting by all members present” and Fisher’s mimeographed name but no signature. Norman’s copy evidently was one of these, to which corrections had been applied. Frangquist must have been working from an uncorrected copy. A much later note by Fisher in the College Archives observes that “several errors in printing were noticed after copies had been sent out”, and on an attached copy of the mimeographed version he gives the explicit corrections. Also in the College Archives in the copy originally sent to the Dean of the College (Dean Gilman); it is stamped “Received May 24, 1963.”
THE CUSTOMS OF THE DRUIDS
I cf. Law II The words of the Chant were written by Kathie Courtice, and set to music by Peter Basquin. It was regularly sung as part of the Service of Worship. III cf. Second Order Service of Ordination V Based, so far as I know, on Frangquist’s research. He spent quite a bit of time on research as writing the Chronicles turned from the frivolity obvious in the first few chapters of Early Chronicles to the serious undertaking recognizable later on. VI:6 An all-night vigil is (was?) one of the requirements before Third Order ordination. The service was then held just after sunrise, the other Third Order priests coming out to join the ‘postulant’ and conduct him to the service. RMS alters: …is (was?) [is! – RMS] VII I don’t know who wrote this chant; I would guess it’s by Frangquist RMS: This was attributed in the Order of Worship (which was compiled by Frangquist) to David Fisher. VIII:1-12 The Council of any particular Order elects the Patriarch of the next higher Order; he then ordains who he wishes to honor to that Order, forming its Council, which in turn elects... A nice self-perpetuating sequence, no? The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Orders came into being on the same day. Fisher, Frangquist, and Nelson were the entire Council of Dalon ap Landu: we chose Fisher as Patriarch of the Fourth Order, and he ordained us to the Fourth Order. As the Council of the 4th Order, we elected me as Patriarch of the Fifth, and I ordained them. As the Council of the 5th Order, we elected Frangquist Patriarch of the Sixth Order, and he ordained us to the 6th Order (cf. L.C. IX:7-18). It should be noted that this was prearranged to the extent that we had our services of ordination written ahead of time. At least one more higher Patriarch has been chosen, I believe, but I don’t have any names. RMS adds: There has been exactly one more Patriach: Gary Zempel of the 7th Order. VIII:13-16 This provision has been up for proposed revision by the Council of Dalon ap Landu, but since mail ballots are required, I don’t think a quorum has ever been reached.
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