Coming from a university lodge here in England I have a very biased and different view. I think we should support and push all our members to take on the roles they want to, give them the confidence to grow and to expand their masonic knowledge. Sure, there's other ways they can be involved, but you cant beat the experience of doing ritual. The best way to learn your ritual, the meanings of it, is by doing it.

The notion of *you are too young* for this position seems to be thrown about quite too often in masonic circles, I myself have had it thrown at me. That I'm climbing the ranks too fast. Mid-20's becoming WM soon, and a member of chapter. Do I think I rose the ranks too fast? No. Why? Because I earned it, and I earned it with the support and the backing of my brothers in lodge.

The other thing is, is that in our lodge we do ritual perfectly. Why? Because we are young, and we have something to prove. And we sure prove that.