REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1936-37 xxiii 



1936. In accordance with the agreement of incorporation a British Science 

 Guild Committee has been appointed to continue arrangements for lectures 

 already initiated by the Guild, and for any others of similar character 

 which may be approved by the Council. The Council of the Guild 

 appointed to this Committee Lady Lockyer, Commander L. C. Bernacchi, 

 and Sir Richard Gregory, Bart., F.R.S. ; and the Council of the Associa- 

 tion appointed Prof. A. Ferguson, Sir Daniel Hall, K.C.B., F.R.S. , and 

 Dr. W. W. Vaughan. 



The first of the lectures arranged by the Association under the above 

 scheme was the Alexander Pedler lecture, given in Leicester on May 3, 

 in co-operation with the University College in that city, by Prof. Ailan 

 Ferguson. 



The first Norman Lockyer lecture to be so arranged will be given by 

 Dr. R. E. Mortimer Wheeler in the Goldsmiths' Hall, London, by kind 

 permission of the Goldsmiths' Company, on November 24. 



XVL Radford Mather Lectures. — The first of the triennial lectures 

 under the foundation of Mr. G. Radford Mather will be given by the 

 Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay MacDonald, P.C, M.P., F.R.S., in the Royal Institu- 

 tion, London, by kind permission of the managers, on October 22. 



XVII. Indian Science Congress Association. — The Council recorded 

 their great satisfaction that Lord Rutherford had accepted the presidency 

 of the joint Congress of the Indian Science Congress Association and a 

 delegation from the British Association in 1938. A committee of the 

 Council have been actively engaged in arrangements for this delegation. 



The Council recommend that inasmuch as it is important that the 

 visit should be a marked success, a grant of ,^1,000 should be made from 

 the funds of the Association to the India Fund. 



XVIII. American Association for the Advancement of Science. — Follow- 

 ing upon discussion and correspondence, a scheme has been proposed in 

 order to facilitate the attendance of members of the American Association 

 at meetings of the British Association and vice versa, and also the receipt 

 of the publications of either association by members of the other. 



XIX. Corporation Membership. — The Institution of Professional Civil 

 Servants, and Messrs. Macmillan & Co., publishers, have been admitted 

 to corporation membership of the Association. 



XX. Armorial Bearings. — The Association has received a grant of 

 armorial bearings from the College of Arms, the incidental costs being 

 met by the gifts of an anonymous donor and of ex-Presidents of the 

 Association. The blazon is as follows : — 



Arms : Azure ten stars, two of six, four of five, and four of four points 

 Argent (representing the constellation of Libra) over all a Balance Or. 



Motto : Sed Omnia Disposuisti. 



The motto is taken from Wisdom of Solomon, ii, 20 (' But Thou hast 

 ordered all things in measure and number and weight '). 



XXI. U Association frangaise pour Vavancement des Sciences. — The 

 Council had the pleasure of entertaining at Down House, on July 29, 



