CXIV ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
An entirely new departure was made last season in inviting ths 
co-operation of the Local Council of Women, The Canadian Handicrafts 
Guild, The Tuberculosis League, The Pure Milk League, The Hygiene 
Committee, The Westmount School Commissioners, The Alexandra Hos. 
pital, The St. Paul’s Hospital, The St. Lambert Literary Society, and 
the Grand Trunk Literary and Scientific Institute, and with their aid 
carrying out several Courses of Lectures to Artisans, and delivering 
these—many in French as well as in English—as far as possible in 
such parts of the city as would be most convenient to those whom it 
was desired to reach. The lectures may be regarded as having fulfilled 
the object for which they were instituted, in the sense that they directed 
the attention of a large body of our citizens to questions of the highest 
importance and utility as having a direct application in their daily 
occupations, in the improvement of the home life, and in a better under- 
standing of correct hygienic conditions. The attendance upon the 
lectures and the character of the audiences have been all that could 
be expected, and another season of effort will be certain to bring yet 
more gratifying results. The following were the subjects offered: 
“Time, Plaster of Paris and Cements,” by Prof. N. N. Evans, 
M.Sc., in the Chemistry Building, McGill University. Three lectures. 
“Timber, its Origin, Properties and Uses,” by Dr. D. P. Penhallow, 
in the Peter Redpath Museum, McGill University. Four lectures. 
“ Tuberculosis,” by Dr. A. G. Nicholls, in St. Luke’s Church; Dr. 
C. N. Valin (in French), in Montcalm School; Dr. C. N. Valin (in 
French), in Sarsfield School. 
“ Infectious Diseases,” by Dr. C. K. P. Henry, in Chalmers Church ; 
Dr. J. J. Ross, at the Grand Trunk Institute; Dr. C. C. Gurd, at St 
Lambert. 
“The Care of Children,” by Dr. Ritchie England, in St. Mary’s 
Hall; Dr. Ritchie England, at the Grand Trunk Institute. 
“House Sanitation,” by Rev. I. J. Kavanagh, 8.J., M.A., B.Sc. 
(in English and French), at Sarsfield School. 
“ Civic Virtues,” by G. W. Stephens, M.L.A., at the Grand Trunk 
Institute; G. W. Stephens, M.L.A., at Montcalm School. 
“ Furniture and Decoration,” (with illustrations from the Handi- 
crafts Shop), by Cecil Burgess, Esq., at St. Lambert; Dr. Stuart Nichol, 
at the Grand Trunk Institute; Prof. H. Armstrong, at St. Luke’s 
Church; Mme. Rodier (in French), at Montcalm School; Mme. Rodier 
(in French), in Sarsfield School. 
The Annual Field Day was held on Saturday, 2nd June, at St. 
Gabriel de Brandon, and a very large number of the members and their 
friends took the opportunity of visiting the little town so picturesquely 
situated among the Laurentian Hills on the shores of Lake Maskinonge. 
