Affiliated Societies Research Articles

Local Scientific Societies

AS in many other fields, there is a tendency to take stock, and there has been a suggestion, both expressed and implied, that the day of the local society is past. The Council of the British Association has had the matter under consideration and has circularized its corresponding and affiliated societies asking for detailed information on certain points and for suggestions. The replies have been collated, and the president of the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies, Dr. J. Ramsbottom, made them the basis of his address with the intention of promoting discussion.

New York Academy of Sciences: A. Cressy Morrison Prize Awards for 1945

Two A. Cressy Morrison Prizes for 1945 have been awarded as follows: A prize of 200 dollars for the paper entitled “Electromesons”, by John Archibald Wheeler, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey ; a prize of 200 dollars for the paper entitled “Limitations of Optical Image Formation”, by Max J. Herzberger, Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories, Rochester, New York. An honourable mention was awarded for the paper entitled “The Golgi Apparatus”, by Leonard G. Worley, Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, New York. It is announced that Mr. Morrison has renewed his offer of two prizes of 200 dollars each to be competed for during the year 1946, for the two most acceptable papers in a field of science covered by the Academy or an affiliated society ; these prizes are to be awarded in December 1946. Mr. Morrison has also offered a prize in astronomy for 1946, in renewal of those awarded in recent years, of 500 dollars for the paper adjudged by the Council of the Academy to be the most meritorious contribution on the subject of solar and stellar energy.

The Newcomen Society

THE jubilee dinner of the Newcomen Society held at Kettner's Restaurant, Romilly Street, W.1, on November 14, when a presentation was made to Dr. H. W. Dickinson, the chief guest of the evening, for his twenty-five years work for the Society, will long be remembered by those present. It was on November 5, 1920, in the Court Room of H.M. Patent Office, that the Society held its first general meeting, and Dr. Dickinson has ever since been an honorary secretary, except for the two years of his presidency. During this period he has contributed many papers to the Proceedings, arranged all the summer meetings and edited the whole of the Transactions, while the contacts he made during his visits to the United States in 1923 and 1938 had much to do with the rapid growth of the Society there, a growth which has led to the formation of a North American Branch as an autonomous affiliated society with a membership exceeding five thousand.

261. A study of the mortality rates of calves in 335 herds in England and Wales (together with some limited observations for Scotland)

1. With the assistance of the Central Council of Milk Recording Societies of England and Wales and its affiliated Societies, particulars were obtained of the calf losses, pre-natal and post-natal, sustained in 1936–7 by 315 herds situated in different counties of England and Wales. Further data were collected from twenty private owners in England and from forty-seven herds in a limited area in Scotland.2. The herds in England and Wales were chosen in such a way as to give a fair representation of the geographical distribution of the cow population throughout the country. It is obvious, however, that they are a selected sample in which a relatively high standard of husbandry might be expected to prevail and their rates of mortality, therefore, will probably be below that of the general run of herds.3. Owing to the early disposal of bull calves the losses of males after the first week of life are likely to be considerably understated. It is, therefore, wise to confine attention mainly to the figures for females.4. In the 335 herds of England and Wales 12,544 female calves were born and of these 693, or 5°5 %, died before the age of 6 months.5. Of 26,440 total births reported in England and Wales, 1231, or 4°4 %, were of stillborn animals.

The S.R.M. Made an “Affiliated Society” of the A.A.A.S. and a Representative Appointed to the Council of the Association

The S.R.M. Made an “Affiliated Society” of the A.A.A.S. and a Representative Appointed to the Council of the Association

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South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies: Annual Congress at Hastings

THE forty-second Congress of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies was held at Hastings on June 8-12. The Mayor of Hastings, Alderman A. Blackman, welcomed a large gathering of representatives of affiliated societies and other members of the Union at the opening ceremony on June 8, when Prof. F. E. Weiss was installed as president of the Union for the ensuing year, and delivered his presidential address on “Competition and Co-operation in Nature”.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

THE American Association for the Advancement of Science will hold its ninety-seventh meeting at St. Louis, commencing on December 30. On the first evening, the retiring president, Dr. Edward L. Thorndike, will deliver an address entitled: “Science and Values”. Among the special lectures are J. B. Taylor, “The Electric Eye and the Human Eye” (Sigma xi Address); Prof. J. E. Woodridge, “The Claims of Science” (first of series of annual lectures to be arranged by the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa); Dr. H. G. Moulton, “The Scientific Method in the Investigation of Economic Problems”; Dr. B. A. Houssay, “Hypophysis and Metabolism”; Dr. Karl F. Meyer, “Plague, Past and Present”; Dr. E. H. Barbour, “The Proboscidea of the Plains”; Prof. F. Slocum, “The Changing Picture of the Universe”; Dr. V. O. Knudsen, “The Absorption of Sound in Gases”; Dr. V. Bush, “Mechanical Analysis” (Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture). A meeting will also be arranged between the secretaries of sections and affiliated societies and representatives of the Press to discuss the broader principles or the technique of the popular presentation of science. Further information can be obtained from the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Henry B. Ward, Smithsonian Institution Building, Washington, D.C.

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