DONCASTER SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Founded 1880
Founded 1880
1956-57
President – Mr. B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.
Vice-Presidents – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc.; L. Smith; A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S.; L. G. F. Waddington;
Committee – Mrs. A. C. Beldon; J. E. Day; Mrs. M. Moorhouse; Dr. J. S. Allen; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; Mrs. E. M. Morehouse; C. A. Anker; E. F. Gilmour, A.M.A., M.S.B.E.; G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S.
Hon. Scientific Secretary – Dr. S. P. Rowlands, “Abberville,” 44 Beckett Road, Doncaster.
Hon Treasurer – Miss O. Todd, 26 Firbeck Road, Doncaster
Hon. General Secretary – Miss N. E. Laughton, 30 Upper Oxford Street, Doncaster.
Committee – Mrs. A. C. Beldon; J. E. Day; Mrs. M. Moorhouse; Dr. J. S. Allen; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; Mrs. E. M. Morehouse; C. A. Anker; E. F. Gilmour, A.M.A., M.S.B.E.; G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S.
Hon. Scientific Secretary – Dr. S. P. Rowlands, “Abberville,” 44 Beckett Road, Doncaster.
Hon Treasurer – Miss O. Todd, 26 Firbeck Road, Doncaster
Hon. General Secretary – Miss N. E. Laughton, 30 Upper Oxford Street, Doncaster.
Recorders for Sections
Archaeology – B. Cuttriss, J. E. Day, M.A., L. Smith, W. Hardy Steele.
Astronomy – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., R. F. Turton
Botany – Misses. E. Dufty, K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., D. Spalton, Messrs. A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S.; Dr. J. S. Allen, Dr. S. P. Rowlands.
Photography – C. A. Anker; B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; F. A. Jordan, A.R.P.S., F.Z.S.
Physics – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.
Zoology – (Entomology) – E. F. Gilmour, A.M.A., M.S.B.E., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., L. G. F. Waddington, D. A. White.
Archaeology – B. Cuttriss, J. E. Day, M.A., L. Smith, W. Hardy Steele.
Astronomy – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., R. F. Turton
Botany – Misses. E. Dufty, K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., D. Spalton, Messrs. A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S.; Dr. J. S. Allen, Dr. S. P. Rowlands.
Photography – C. A. Anker; B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; F. A. Jordan, A.R.P.S., F.Z.S.
Physics – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.
Zoology – (Entomology) – E. F. Gilmour, A.M.A., M.S.B.E., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., L. G. F. Waddington, D. A. White.
(Fresh-Water Biology) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc.
(Mollusca) – Mrs. E. M. Morehouse, A. S. Cook.
(Vertebrates) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., M. P. Salmond.
(Mollusca) – Mrs. E. M. Morehouse, A. S. Cook.
(Vertebrates) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., M. P. Salmond.
| Date | Subject | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 20 | Conversazione & Exhibition | |
| Oct 12 | Presidential Address : “An Astronomer in Dublin” (L.) | B. Burrell, F.R.A.S. |
| Oct 24 | Film Evening: “The Origin of Coal” | by courtesy of National Coal Board |
| Nov 7 | To be arranged | |
| Nov 21 | “In the Sands of Time” (O.L.) | J. R. Lidster, Esq. |
| Dec 12 | To be arranged | |
| Jan 16 | “Modern Magnets” (O.L.) | Dr. P. Rhodes of the Physics Dept., Leeds University |
| Feb 6 | “Gilbert White” (O) | Rev. Selby Johnson, M.A. M.Ed. |
| Feb 27 | “The Victorian Era” (O) | B. Cuttriss, B.E.M. |
| Mar 20 | Short Papers |
Ordinary Meetings are held in the Art Gallery, Waterdale on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
L. Lantern Lecture.
O. Open Meeting