ANNUAL REPORT. 97 



Obituary. 



It is with regret that the Society has to record the death 

 of the following: members during- the past year: — 



Samuel Clemes, Principal of Leslie House School, New 

 Town. Elected a member in 1887. 



Robert Louis Kermode, B.A., Birkedale, England. 

 Elected a member in 1918. 



F. M. Littler, Launceston. Elected 1921. 



Robert Sticht, B.Sc, E.M., General Manager of the 

 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Limited. Elect- 

 ed a member in 1896. 



It is also with deep regret that the Council has to record 

 the death of Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, Kt. C.V.O., who was 

 an honorary member of the Society. 



REPORTS OF SECTIONS 



Education and Psychohgy Section. 



President: W. II. Clemes, B.Sc. 



Hon. Secretary: T. W. blaikie. 



Nine meetings were held during the year with good 

 attendances. "Suggestion and Psycho-Analysis" was the 

 topic chosen for discussion ; the following papers being- 

 submitted: — 



"Suggestion and its relation to Education." J. A. John- 

 son, M.A. 



"The Teaching of the Nancy School." L. Dechaineux. 



"Psycho-Analysis." Dr. E. Sydney Morris. 



"The New Psychology and its relation to Education." 

 H. T. Parker, M.A. 



"The Effect of Herd Instinct on Morality." W. H. Clemes. 

 B.Sc. 



"The Herd Instinct." Major L. F. Giblin. 



At the October meeting, the suggestions of the Committee 

 of Public Examinations (Scheme A.), and those of the Board 



