NARRATIVE OF THE BLACKPOOL 



MEETING 



On Wednesday, September 9, at 8.30 p.m., the Inaugural General Meeting 

 was held in the Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, when His Worship 

 the Mayor of Blackpool (Alderman W. Newman, J.P.) welcomed the 

 Association to Blackpool. The President of the Association, Sir Josiah 

 Stamp, G.C.B., G.B.E., delivered an address (for which see p. 1) entitled 

 The Impact of Science upon Society. A vote of thanks to the President 

 was proposed by Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., and seconded by Prof. E. G. 

 Conklin, President of the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. 



On Friday, September 11, in the Co-operative Hall, at 8.15 p.m.. 

 Mr. C. C. Paterson, O.B.E., delivered an Evening Discourse on Science 

 and Electric Lighting, for which see p. 478. 



On Tuesday, September 15, in the same hall, at 8.15 p.m., Capt. F. 

 Kingdon Ward delivered an Evening Discourse on Plant-hunting and 

 Exploration in Tibet. 



A public lecture was given by Dr. W. F. Bewley on Science and the 

 Glasshouse Industry, in Marton Parochial Hall, Blackpool, on Friday, 

 September 11, at 7.30 p.m. 



Lectures to school children were given in Blackpool as follows : 



Brigadier H. S. L. Winterbotham, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. : How Maps 

 are made, on Friday, September 11, at 3 p.m., in the New Technical 

 College, Palatine Road. 



Mr. D. Seth Smith : Favourites of the London Zoo, on Tuesday, 

 September 15, at 3 p.m., in the Co-operative Hall. 



External public lectures were given as follows : 



Lytham St. Annes, Lowther Pavilion, Thursday, September 10, at 

 7.30 p.m. The Scope of Photography. — Dr. Olaf Bloch. 



Preston, Guild Hall, Friday, September 11, at 8.0 p.m. Who were the 

 Greeks ?— Prof. J. L. Myres. 



Southport, Cambridge Hall, Lord Street, Friday, September 11, at 

 8.0 p.m. Some Recent Advances in Astronomy. — Sir James Jeans, F.R.S. 



Poulton-le-Fylde, Church Hall, Vicarage Road, Monday, September 14, 

 at 7.30 p.m. Applications of Science to Poultry Farming. — Mr. P. A. 

 Francis. 



Fleetwood, Marine Hall, Tuesday, September 15, at 7.30 p.m. Common 

 Shore Animals. — Prof. C. M. Yonge. 



