XXxii. THE FIRST WINTER MEETING. 



The Rev. W. MILES BARNES seconded, and these three were 

 appointed. It was decided to bank with the Wilts and Dorset 

 Bank. The appointment of a solicitor to draw the trust deed 

 was left to the trustees. 



Mr. EVELYN CECIL, M.P., who rose to speak at the President's 

 invitation as the representative of his father, said : 



He should be pleased to tell his father of the unanimity and enthusiasm with 

 which the resolution had been passed and the scheme accepted. His father 

 would, he assured them, be very gratified that the Club entered so thoroughly 

 into the scheme, and intended to carry it out in all particulars. He spoke of his 

 father's devotion to the Club and all its concerns, and his earnest desire to 

 increase its membership, promote its success, enhance its influence, and make it 

 a real incentive to scientific research. He paid a fine tribute to the character and 

 attainments of the late Mr. Mansel-Pleydell, and, advocating the pursuit of 

 scientific investigation in all its varied branches, made some thoughtful observa- 

 tions upon the rapprochement of recent years between science and religion and 

 the gradual disappearance of the old estrangement and antipathy between the 

 exponents of both. Exhibiting the first two medals, he explained that his father 

 had always been interested in chemistry and electricity. It was a family pursuit, 

 for his father's brother, the late Lord Salisbury, used to devote his spare moments 

 to it. He hoped that the prizes would encourage the steady study of the subjects 

 in the county. 



The Eev. J. C. M. MANSKL-PLEYDELL added that not only had Lord Eustace 

 Cecil given 300 of Stock, but he had also at his own charges had the dies cut 

 for the medals a very expensive item. 



The PRESIDENT read out the inscriptions on the medals. The 

 first medal bears on the obverse a full-face portrait of the late 

 Mr. Mansel-Pleydell, with the inscription "For Excellence in 

 Natural History and Archaeology. Mansel-Pleydell." The reverse 

 bears the armorial device of Dorset, with the words "Dorset 

 Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club." In the second 

 medal, which presented an admirable profile of Lord Eustace 

 Cecil, the inscription was varied to "For Excellence in 

 Chemistry and Electricity. Cecil." Mr. Richardson added 

 that it was Lord Eustace Cecil's wish to keep for himself 

 the first Cecil medal, and that he should hand the first Mansel- 

 Pleydell medal to Mr. J. C. M. Mansel-Pleydell. This he did 

 amid applause. The President added they had listened with 

 interest to Mr. Cecil's remarks, and they hoped that he would 



