DONCASTER SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Founded 1880
Founded 1880
1947-48 Sixty-Ninth Session
President – Dr. J. S. Allen
Vice-Presidents – N. Smedley, M.A.; G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S.; L. G. F. Waddington; Mrs. E. M. Morehouse:
Committee – A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S.; Miss E. Dufty; Miss D. M. Appleby; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; Mrs. H. Beldon; E. Lee, F.R.H.S.; F. Moat; Coun. J. W. Moore.
Hon. Scientific Secretary – Dr. S. P. Rowlands, “Abberville,” 44 Beckett Road, Doncaster.
Hon Treasurer – Mr. L. Smith, 45 Zetland Road, Doncaster.
Hon. General Secretary – Mr. B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., 93 Woodhouse Road, Doncaster.
Hon. Assistant Secretary – Miss E. Dufty.
Committee – A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S.; Miss E. Dufty; Miss D. M. Appleby; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; Mrs. H. Beldon; E. Lee, F.R.H.S.; F. Moat; Coun. J. W. Moore.
Hon. Scientific Secretary – Dr. S. P. Rowlands, “Abberville,” 44 Beckett Road, Doncaster.
Hon Treasurer – Mr. L. Smith, 45 Zetland Road, Doncaster.
Hon. General Secretary – Mr. B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., 93 Woodhouse Road, Doncaster.
Hon. Assistant Secretary – Miss E. Dufty.
Recorders for Sections
Archaeology – B. Cuttriss, B.E.M., N. Smedley, M.A.
Astronomy – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., E. P. Coney.
Botany – Misses. E. Dufty; S. B. Jennings; K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., Messrs. A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S., R. Davis, E. Lee, F.R.H.S., L. Smith, Dr. S. P. Rowlands, Dr. J. S. Allen.
Geology – N. Smedley, M.A.
Photography – F. A. Jordan, A.R.P.S., F.Z.S., F. Moat, B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.
Physics – D. T. Livesey, M.I.G.E.
Zoology – (Entomology) – G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., L. G. F. Waddington.
(Mollusca) – Miss I. Dufty, Mrs. E. M. Morehouse, Messrs. E. Stainton, A. S. Cook.
(Vertebrates) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., N. Smedley, M.A.
Archaeology – B. Cuttriss, B.E.M., N. Smedley, M.A.
Astronomy – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., E. P. Coney.
Botany – Misses. E. Dufty; S. B. Jennings; K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., Messrs. A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S., R. Davis, E. Lee, F.R.H.S., L. Smith, Dr. S. P. Rowlands, Dr. J. S. Allen.
Geology – N. Smedley, M.A.
Photography – F. A. Jordan, A.R.P.S., F.Z.S., F. Moat, B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.
Physics – D. T. Livesey, M.I.G.E.
Zoology – (Entomology) – G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., L. G. F. Waddington.
(Mollusca) – Miss I. Dufty, Mrs. E. M. Morehouse, Messrs. E. Stainton, A. S. Cook.
(Vertebrates) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., N. Smedley, M.A.
| Date | Subject | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | Presidential Address : Atomic Energy and the Ordinary Citizen | Dr. J. S. Allen |
| Oct 22 | Prehistoric Man in the North Midlands * | Mr. A. Leslie Armstrong, M.C., M.Sc., F.S.A. |
| Nov 5 | The Faroes Through the Seasons * | Mr. Kenneth Williamson, M.B.O.U. |
| Nov 19 | The Geology of the Yorkshire Coast * | Mr. W. H. Wilcockson, F.G.S. |
| Dec 10 | Comets and Meteorites * | Mr. B. Burrell, F.R.A.S. |
| Jan 8 (Thur.) | Present Day Problems in Astrophysics * | Miss M. G. Adam, M.A.D.Phil., F.R.A.S. |
| Jan 28 | Short Papers by Members | |
| Feb 18 | Plants that Grow on Peat * | Miss V. M. Conway, Ph.D. |
| Mar 3 | Slides of Old Doncaster * from Museum Collection | Mr. Chas. H. Theobald |
| Mar 17 | With my Cine-Camera round Yorkshire: including 1947 floods ** | Mr. B. Cuttriss, B.E.M. |
| Apr 14 | Notes and Records | |
| Apr 29 | Conversazione and Exhibition | |
| May 5 | Annual Meeting | |
| * Lantern Lectures | ** Cinematograph Lecture |
Ordinary Meetings are held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Art Gallery and Museum, Waterdale.