DONCASTER SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Founded 1880
Founded 1880
1949-50 Seventy-first Session
President – Miss E. Swires, B.Sc.
Vice-Presidents – L. Smith; Dr. J. S. Allen; G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S.; L. G. F. Waddington;
Committee – A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S.; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; Mrs. E. M. Morehouse; N. Smedley, M.A.; Mrs. H. Beldon; J. E. Day; E. Lee, F.R.H.S.; J. W. Moore.
Hon. Scientific Secretary – Dr. S. P. Rowlands, “Abberville,” 44 Beckett Road, Doncaster.
Hon Treasurer – S. C. W. Reader, c/o Williams Deacons Bank, Doncaster.
Hon. General Secretary – Mr. B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., 93 Woodhouse Road, Doncaster
Hon. Assistant Secretaries –Miss D. M. Appleby, Miss E. Dufty.
Committee – A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S.; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; Mrs. E. M. Morehouse; N. Smedley, M.A.; Mrs. H. Beldon; J. E. Day; E. Lee, F.R.H.S.; J. W. Moore.
Hon. Scientific Secretary – Dr. S. P. Rowlands, “Abberville,” 44 Beckett Road, Doncaster.
Hon Treasurer – S. C. W. Reader, c/o Williams Deacons Bank, Doncaster.
Hon. General Secretary – Mr. B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., 93 Woodhouse Road, Doncaster
Hon. Assistant Secretaries –Miss D. M. Appleby, Miss E. Dufty.
Recorders for Sections
Archaeology – B. Cuttriss, J. E. Day, N. Smedley, M.A., L. Smith, W. Hardy Steele.
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., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., Dr. J. S. Allen, Dr. S. P. Rowlands,
Geology – N. Smedley, M.A.
Photography – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., B. Cuttriss, B.E.M., R. P. Haw, F. A. Jordan, A.R.P.S., F.Z.S.
Physics – D. T. Livesey, M.I.G.E.
Zoology – (Entomology) – G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., L. G. F. Waddington, W. Wilkinson.
Archaeology – B. Cuttriss, J. E. Day, N. Smedley, M.A., L. Smith, W. Hardy Steele.
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., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., Dr. J. S. Allen, Dr. S. P. Rowlands,
Geology – N. Smedley, M.A.
Photography – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., B. Cuttriss, B.E.M., R. P. Haw, F. A. Jordan, A.R.P.S., F.Z.S.
Physics – D. T. Livesey, M.I.G.E.
Zoology – (Entomology) – G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., L. G. F. Waddington, W. Wilkinson.
(Freshwater Biology) – Miss E. Swires, B.Sc.
(Mollusca) – Miss I. Dufty, Mrs. E. M. Morehouse, A. S. Cook.
(Vertebrates) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., Messrs. G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., N. Smedley, M.A.
(Mollusca) – Miss I. Dufty, Mrs. E. M. Morehouse, A. S. Cook.
(Vertebrates) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., Messrs. G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., N. Smedley, M.A.
| Date | Subject | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 29 (120) | Conversazione and Exhibition | |
| Oct 5 (40) | Presidential Address : “Aquatic Insect Life.” * | Miss E. Swires, B.Sc. |
| Oct 19 (30) | “The Ornithologist in the Field and the Museum.” | Mr. R. Wagstaffe, Keeper of the Yorkshire Museum. |
| Nov 2 (100) | “One Thousand Miles up the Nile” * | Miss A. Robinson, L.G.S.M., (ELOC.). |
| Nov 23 (16) | “The Honeys of Different Countries and their Pollen Content” *** | Rev. M. Yate-Allen. |
| Dec 14 (35) | “The Manufacture, Care and Maintenance of Steel Wire Ropes” ** | Messrs. G. M. McLean and A. B. Watts of British Ropes Ltd. |
| Jan 11 (22) | Short Papers by Members | |
| Feb 7 (80) | “Seaweeds and their Uses” | Miss L. I. Scott, M.Sc. |
| Jan 11 (22) | Film Evening ** | Mr. R. Wagstaff, Keeper of the Yorkshire Museum, York |
| Feb 22 (100) | “Freshwater Snail Parasites affecting man and Domestic Animals” | Mr. H. Whitehead, B.Sc. |
| Mar 29 (27) | “A Medieval Book of Herbs and Medicines, now in Minister Library, York.” | Miss E. Brunskill, B.A. |
| Apr 19 (18) | Notes and Records | |
| May 10 | Annual General Meeting |
Ordinary Meetings are held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Art Gallery and Museum, Waterdale.
Notes : –
* Lantern Lectures
** Cinematograph
*** Epidiascope