xxiv GENERAL MEETINGS, PUBLIC LECTURES, &c. 



GENERAL MEETINGS IN BRISTOL, ETC. 



The Inaugural General Meeting was held on Wednesday, September 3, 

 1.930, at 8.30 p.m., in the Colston Hall. After the Lord Mayor of Bristol 

 and the Vice-Chancellor of the University had welcomed the Association, 

 Prof. F. 0. Bower, F.R.S., assumed the Presidency of the Association, in 

 succession to Sir Thomas H. Holland, F.R.S., and delivered an address 

 (for which see page 1) on ' Size and Form in Plants.' 



On Thursday evening, September 4, a Reception was given by the 

 Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Bristol in the Museum and Art Gallery. 

 On Monday, September 8, the Council and Senate of Bristol University 

 held a Garden Party at Wills Hall at 4.0 jj.m. At 8.30 p.m. on the same 

 day, the President, Council, and Headmaster of Clifton College received 

 members at Clifton College. The President and Committee of the 

 Zoological Society held an At Home in the Zoological Gardens on Sunday, 

 September 7, at 3.0 o'clock. 



Evening Discourses. 



Prof. E. V. Appleton, F.R.S. : ' Wireless Echoes,' 8.0 p.m., 

 September 5, Students' Union, Victoria Rooms (see p. .426). 



Dr. R. E. Slade : ' The Nitrogen Industry and Our Food Supply.' 

 8.0 p.m.. Students' Union, Victoria Rooms (see p. 434). 



Public Lectures. 



Public lectures were arranged in Bristol and neighbouring towns as 

 follows : — 



Sir Daniel Hall, F.R.S. : ' Apples ; the Bearing of Research on 

 Improved Production.' 5.15 p.m., September 4, Merchant Venturers' 

 Technical College, Bristol. 



Mr. R. A. Pelham : ' Some Aspects of the Colonial Problems in British 

 East Africa.' 7.30 p.m., September 4, The Library, Taunton. 



Prof. Winifred Cullis : ' Breathing Under Difficulties.' 8 p.m., Sep- 

 tember 5, The Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare. 



Mr. L. S. B. Leakey: 'East Africa.' 3.15 p.m., September 6, The 

 Merchant Venturers' College, Bristol. 



Prof. J. G. Smith : ' Speculation and Investment.' 8 p.m., September 

 8, The Art Gallery, Cheltenham. 



Dr. C. W. Kimmins : ' The Sense of Humour in Children.' 8 p.m., 

 September 8, The Guild Hall, Salisbury. 



Wing-Com. T. R. Cave-Brown-Cave : ' Airship RlOl with Special 

 Reference to Machinery.' 7.45 p.m., September 9, The Mechanics' 

 Institute, Swindon. 



Sir Josiah Stamp, G.B.E. : ' The Price Level and Scientific Control.' 

 5.30 p.m., September 9, The Banqueting Room, Bath. 



Mr. W. M. H. Greaves : ' The Sun.' 7.30 p.m., September 10, The 

 Royal Fort, The University, Bristol. 



Mr. V. E. Nash- Williams : ' Caerwent and the Romanization of South 

 Wales.' 8 p.m., September 10, Bingham Library, Cirencester. 



