The Chapter takes a recess.
Installation Ceremonies.
These ceremonies may be performed in public. If at a special meeting, the Chapter will be declared open with one blow of the Gavel. If regular, it may be opened in an adjacent room and business postponed, adjourning to the Hall for installation, after which the Worthy Matron will declare the Chapter closed.
The Installing Officer must be a Present or Past Matron or Patron. The first board of officers of a new Chapter must be installed by a Grand Matron or Patron, or a Deputy; who also may install the officers of any Chapter when requested to do so by the Chapter.
The Installing Officer, after assuming the chair, will appoint a Marshal, who will collect the several badges of office, and place them where they will be convenient for use. The Secretary will furnish the Marshal with a list of the officers to be installed. If the installation is a public one, an address may be delivered touching the history and purposes of the Order.
If a Grand officer presides, the Marshal will be Grand Marshal. The officers will be addressed by their titles and such changes made in the language of the following ceremonies as the circumstances require.
Music, vocal or instrumental, may be introduced as may seem best.
After the appointment of the Marshal and the collection of the badges of office, the installing officer will proceed as follows:
I. O. Sisters and Brothers, the selection of a new board of officers is an important event in the history of a Chapter. The welfare of this Chapter, and the prosperity of our Order in this place, may be permanently effected by the action of those whom you have chosen to serve as the officers of this Chapter for the ensuing year. Before investing them with official authority we will invoke the blessing of Him from whom cometh all wisdom and strength. Let us unite in prayer.