ANNUAL REPORT, igi7-i8, 



The Council in submitting the Annual Report of the Ninety- 

 seventh Session of the Natural History and Philosophical Society, 

 desire to express their warmest thanks to the lecturers who 

 delivered the following lectures throughout the Session : — 



10th November, 1917. In Museum, College Square North. 



" Some Modern Methods of Protection against 

 Disease " : — Pi'ofessor St. Clair Symmers, M.B. 



11th December, 1917. In Museum, College Square North. 



" Some Recent Applications in Chemistry : I. In 

 Peaceful Pursuits. II. In Warlike Pursuits " : — 

 Professor William Caldwell, M.A., D.Sc. 



8th January, 1918. In Museum, College Square North. 



" The Giants' Ring, an Account of the Recent Exca- 

 vations " : — Mr. H. C. Lawlor, M.R.I. A. Followed 

 by a short paper on the same subject, by Professor 

 R. A. S. Macalister, M.A., D.Litt, F.S.A. (Cantab). 



IMh February, 1918. In Museum, College Square North. 



" Folk Lore of Place Names " : — Professor Sir John W. 

 Byers, M.A., M.D. 



12th March, 1918. In Museum, College Square North. 



"The Psychology of Telephoning" : — Mr. John Lee, M. A., 

 Postmaster, Belfast. 



9th April, 1818. In Museum, College Square North. 



"Discontinuity in Nature as Illustrated by the 

 Phenomena of Radiation " : — Mr. James Rice, M.A., 

 Lecturer on Physics, Liverpool University. 



The lectures were much appreciated by large audiences, 



