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WANGANUI PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Special Meeting : 8th December, 1913. 



Dr. Hatherly, President, in the chair. 



Lecture. — " New Zealand Glaciers, Lakes, and Fiords," by Professor 

 P. Marshall. 



In addition to the members, a large number of friends attended this lecture, which 

 was profusely illustrated with fine lantern-slide?. 



First Meeting : 20th April, 1914. 

 Rev. J. LI. Dove, M.A., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Address. — " The Aims of a Philosophical Society," by Dr. Hatherly. 



The lecturer included in his paper an interesting account of the history and aims 

 of the New Zealand Institute. 



Paper. — " The Jonrneyings of Tamatea," by Mr. T. W. Downes. 



Second Meeting : 13th May, 1914. 



Lecture.—" The Evolution of the English House," by Mr. C. R. Ford, 

 F.R.G.S. 



This lecture was illustrated by numerous lantern-slides, and the gradual develop- 

 ment of the modern house under the influence of improving social conditions, and 

 aided by absorption of ideas from all quarters, Was fascinatingly traced from the one- 

 apartment hut to the palatial structures of modern times. 



Third Meeting : 8th June, 1914. 

 Dr. Hatherly, President, in the chair. 



Lecture. — " Shakespeare's Othello, Hamlet, and Macbeth : a Comparison 

 and a Contrast," by Mr. G. D. Braik, M.A., Director of Education, Wanganui 

 Education Board. 



The lecture was illustrated by readings given by Mr. J. B. Reid. 



Fourth Meeting : 20th July, 1914. 

 Dr. Hatherly, President, in the chair. 



Papers.— 1. " The Stars," by Mr. Thomas Allison. 



2. " Some Notes on Bergson," by Mr. C. P. Brown, M.A., LL.B. 



3. " R. L. Stevenson," by Mr. W. A. Armour, M.A., M.Sc. 



