DONCASTER SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Founded 1880
Founded 1880
1951-52 Seventy-third 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.; B. Burrell, F.R.A.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.
Hon. Assistant Secretary –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.; B. Burrell, F.R.A.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.
Hon. Assistant Secretary –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, 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, 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.
(Fresh-Water 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 4 | Conversazione and Exhibition | |
| Oct 17 | Presidential Address : “Some Aspects of Infancy” * | Miss E. Swires, B.Sc. |
| Oct 31 | “The Effect of Burning on Moorland” ** **** | Mr. R. J. Elliott, M.C., B.Sc. |
| Nov 14 | “Applied Science to Modern Farming” *** **** | Mr. C. W. Heeks (of Messrs. E. & G. Charlesworth) |
| Nov 28 | “Civilisation” | Miss E. V. King, B.A. |
| Dec 12 | “The Non Conforming Academies of the 17th and 18th Centuries” | Rev. Selby Johnson, M.A., M.Ed. |
| Jan 9 | “A Holiday in Greece” ** | Miss E. Cutts, B.Sc. |
| Jan 23 | “Relativity” * **** | Dr. N. B. Slater, M.A., F.R.A.S. |
| Feb 6 | ” The Charm and Romance of the Emerald Isle” | Mr. W. R. Barker, F.G.S. |
| Feb 20 | “Sixteenth Century Yorkshire” | Miss J. N. Pogson, B.A. |
| Mar 5 | “Around Austria” ** **** | Miss N. E. Laughton |
| Mar 19 | Short Papers by Members | |
| May 7 | Notes and Records Annual General Meeting |
Ordinary Meetings are held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Art Gallery and Museum, Waterdale.
Notes : –
* Lantern Lecture.
** Epidiascope Lecture
*** Sound Film Lecture
**** Open Lecture