The initial proposed membership
was R.V. Harris of Halifax, J.A. Evans of Toronto, Alex. Robb
of Regina, R.J. Meekren of Stanstead, P.Q., and A.J.B. Milborne
of Montreal, - all members of the New Jersey College of the above
High Council.
The plan was to form one College
across Canada. Other colleges were to be formed as conditions
merited, until a High Council for Canada could be established
in fraternal relationship with the Order in England, Scotland
and the United States.
Masons known to be in sympathy
with the aims and purposes of the Order were invited to join,
so that in September 1936 a meeting representing the nucleus
of the Nova Scotia College was held at the Royal York in Toronto.
In attendance were Dr. R.V. Harris, Dr. J.A. Evans, W.J. Dunlop,
Alex Robb, E.H. Munroe and C.F. Brookes.
It was then decided to establish
a College for Ontario and that Bishop W.C. White should be invited
to be its head.
Bishop White accepted this
invitation and upon Dr. Harris' recommendation to the High Council
at Boston, the necessary Dispensation was issued on October 20th,
1936 by Supreme Magus Frederick W. Hamilton IX.
At the invitation of Bishop
White, as the newly appointed Chief Adept, a meeting was held
on January 23rd 1937 at Hart House, University of Toronto. Fourteen
brethren attended and assisted in formally establishing the College
for Ontario.