MUSIC Overture, "Egmont"
BEFORE THE PLAY
Beethoven Handel Balfour Gardiner
"Water Music"
DURING THE INTERVAL
AFTER THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
"Noel"
The Players: R. ATKINSON (Violin)
W. B. HAWKINS J. FORD (Flute)
(Viola)
R. D. WELCH (Clarinet) A. BLOOMFIELD (Piano)
THE SCIENCE SOCIETY President: MR. E. K. ROBINSON. Secretary: J. FORD. Treasurer: D. A. STABLER. House Representatives: Grove: STABLER,
D. A.; CARR, N. W. M.
Manor: ELSTON, C. S.;
School House: MCCALLUM,
SAVILLE,
M. J.;
J.
RIDLEY,
M.
G.
Rise: IBBERSON,
Queen's: STAINES,
Temple: BARTON,
W. R.;
A. G. D.; D. G.;
HUZZARD, J. VYLE, C.
B.
J.
NETHERWOOD,
P. J.
At the first meeting of the new school year a lecture entitled "A Forestry Tour" was given by Mr. C. A. Connell, M.A. The tour consisted of an account of his experiences whilst attending an international forestry mission in the United States, the main purpose of which was to deal with fire prevention and suppression. The starting point was the thickly wooded shore of Lake Priest, and after explaining how rafts were made to transport the timber to the saw-mills, Mr. Connell moved on to the State of Ohio. Mr. Connell explained that fires in this district were usually due to lightning striking "snag" trees, the name given to previously burnt trees. The insides of these might burn as long as two or three days before falling amongst other trees, thus igniting them. The fire-fighting system for such a vastly wooded area, in all onethird of the United States, has to be extremely efficient, and the lecturer finished by explaining the many ways in which a fire was dealt with. "Stainless Steel" was the title of the second lecture of the term given by Mr. McWilliam. He began by showing two charts which gave the distribution of various substances in steel used to produce differing characteristics. Chromium, for instance, is employed extensively for hardening purposes, and the addition of small percentages of sulphur and molybdenum gives a steel which is suitable for work at high temperatures. 30
