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ORDINARY WINTER MEETINGS 



Tuesday, February i8th, 1913. 



Rev. Walter Butt, M.A., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read, confirmed, and signed by the 

 Chairman. 



In a few words, sympathetically expressed, the President asked the 

 Members to pass a vote of condolence with Dr E. T. Wilson, of Cheltenham, 

 a respected Member of the Club, whose gifted son was amongst the little band 

 which perished so nobly near the South Pole. Every one of them must feel 

 deeply for the family — for the bereaved father and wife — but on such occasions 

 the less said the better. They could not do better than leave it to the Secretary 

 to convey this message of sympathy to Dr^ Wilson. 



The President next introduced a subject with which Dr Wilson is in- 

 timately concerned, and to which, with the late Mr G. B. Witts, he has de- 

 voted much time and attention. This is the preparation of a list of the worked 

 flints which have been found in Gloucestershire, and to this end Dr Wilson 

 invites communications from anyone able to render assistance. The Presi- 

 dent brought to this meeting boxes containing many flints which had been 

 collected by Mr Rooke in the neighbourhood of St. Briavels, and others col- 

 lected by Mr C. H. Chapman and handed to Mr Rooke. The latter supplied 

 the President with notes descriptive of the country where his flints were 

 found. The President also mentioned that Mr W. Thompson, on behalf of 

 Mr Eric Boucher, of Stroud, had brought some very fine specimens of arrow- 

 heads, found at Brimpsfield and neighbouring places. 



THE STROUD MUSEUM 



The President reported that at the Council Meeting held previous to the 

 Ordinary Meeting the subject of the Stroud Museum and the apparent want of 

 activity of those associated with it formed a subject for discussion. Letters, 

 which had appeared in the Stroud papers complaining of the lack of organisa- 

 tion and initiative, were produced, and it was said that although a con- 

 siderable sum of money had been bequeathed by a Stroud man for the special 

 purpose of providing rooms at the Technical Schools, to be used as a Museum, 

 the matter was now in abeyance, although numerous objects of interest 

 had been contributed, and were already stored in the rooms, and others it 

 was said would be given if the Museum were properly established. To this 

 end the Council recommended that a letter should be forwarded to the solicitor 

 acting for the Trust in question, and it was hoped the Members of the Club 

 would sanction this procedure. It was felt that as their Club had shown 

 interest in the Gloucester Museum and occupied a certain status in the county 

 as an organisation formed to promote the study of Natural Science, it might 

 very well endeavour to stimulate interest in the Stroud institution, which, 

 if successfully established, would undoubtedly be much appreciated. 



The Meeting cordially ratified the Council's suggestion. 



Mr T. S. Ellis then gave a lantern lecture on " The Natural History of 

 Rivers." 



