CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES OF 

 CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES 



The Conference was held at the Palatine Boys' School, Blackpool, on 

 September 10 and 14, 1936, under the presidency of Dr. A. B. Rendle, 

 F.R.S. In addition to a large audience, delegates representing seventy- 

 two societies attended. 



Thursday, September 10. 



Dr. C. Tierney, Secretary of the Conference, reported that as a result of 

 the incorporation of the British Science Guild into the British Association, 

 the Alexander Pedlar Lecture would be offered annually to one of the 

 Corresponding Societies of the Association or would be delivered in some 

 centre outside London. 



Dr. Tierney further directed the attention of delegates to the following 

 extract from the Report of the Council, 1935-1936, which had been approved 

 and adopted by the General Committee at its recent meeting. 



Corresponding Societies Committee. — The Council resolved to inquire into 

 the status of the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies, and 

 appointed a committee to consider and report upon this. The committee 

 made the following recommendations, which the Council adopted : 



(1) An active liaison between the Association and the Conference by the 

 regular attendance of the General Officers at its meetings. 



(2) A policy of mutual co-operation between the Conference and the 

 Sections of the Association. 



(3) Additional representation of the Conference on the Committee of 

 Recommendations {i.e. by the President and one other member). 



(4) The Corresponding Societies Committee to consist of the President 

 and General Officers of the Association (as at present), together with not 

 more than six of the Delegates to be nominated at the annual conference, 

 one-third of whom (i.e. the delegate representatives) shall retire annually 

 and shall not be eligible for immediate re-election. 



It is assumed that the retiring President of the Conference would be 

 eligible to fill one of the delegate vacancies occurring on the Committee. 



Arising out of the foregoing, the Delegates resolved to recommend the 

 following as members of the Corresponding Committee for the ensuing 

 year in addition to the President and General Officers of the Association : 



Dr.A.B. Rendle, F.R.S. 



Dr. Vaughan Cornish. 



Mr. T. S. Dymond. 



Sir Albert E. Kitson, C.M.G., C.B.E. 



Mr. T. Sheppard. 



Dr. G.F.Herbert Smith. 



Note. — The President and Officers of the Conference of Delegates are 

 appointed by the Council. 



