SESSION 1905-6. 
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26tTxH, 1905. 

Sponges. 
Mr. E. CONNOLD. 

T the opening meeting, the difficult subject of “ Sponges ” 
was discussed in a masterly way by Mr. E. Connold, of 
Hastings. The question as to whether the flint nodules so 
commonly met with in chalk strata are or are not due to deposits 
of silicious sponges was amoung the points dealt with. The 
exceptionally fine collection of sponges in the Brighton Museum 
makes the subject specially interesting to local scientists, as the 
President remarked when introducing Mr. Connold. 
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 1905. 
Philosophy of Dress. 
BY 
Da. cA AWILLIAMS, M.D. 
2 ie Philosophy of Dress” was the somewhat novel subject 
discoursed upon by Dr. A. Williams, M.D. The lecturer 
opened with a brief physiological explanation of the heat regula- 
