The Natural History 'Society

hospital or a hotel, housed the most modern equipment of its type in the world. We were shown the intricacies of continuous rolling mill technique, in which drums of sheet stainless steel four hundred yards long are produced. This rounded off the excursion, one of the most successful and ambitious attempted by the Society in recent years. Thanks are due to Mr. Robinson for organising the outing, and to Messrs. Firth Vickers for being our hosts.

W.R.I. and J.B.C.

Chairman: MR. CREWS. Secretary: A. G. D. STAINES. Treasurer: M. I. L. RICE.

Grove: N. W. M. CARR. Manor: R. B. WILSON. Rise: POWELL.

The Society had a fairly successful term. As usual, there was a spate of enthusiasm at the start, which petered away until the staunch core of true naturalists was reached.

The first meeting was held on Saturday, 10th May. Bulmer and Penman wished to resign from the posts of Secretary and Treasurer, and the house elected Staines and Rice respectively to these positions. Then there was discussion on the term's programme; it was promising to see how members produced ideas of their own, instead of relying on Mr. Crews, as has been all to common in the past. One suggestion, which met with much approval, was for a photographic competition, to be held at the end of term, of wild life in its natural surroundings, taken by the member entering. The next meeting, on 29th May, took the form of a talk by Mr. Crews on the art of photographing wild animals. It was held on the Ings.

At the third meeting, Sneesby gave a lecture on the fox. He was most instructive, although an argument developed with the Secretary over the truth of his statement that the fox is a cleaner animal than the badger. He showed some excellent pictures on the epidiascope.

For the fourth meeting of the term the father of one of the members, Mr. J. A. Badham, came and gave a lecture on fishing. He told us everything that a beginner should know, explained what he would need and gave us advice about various rivers in the vicinity of York. We were very grateful to him for a most interesting and instructive talk. As a result of it, the next Saturday, 26th June, a group of enthusiastic members went onto the Ings with Mr. Crews to try their luck with some tackle bought out of the Society's funds. Nothing was caught, but it would appear that the fishing spirit has been well and truly rekindled in the School. Rumour has it that Lennox, on a later date, using Society tackle, caught two fish, one about six inches long. Let us hope this is the first of many 'tall St. Peter's fishing stories.

The photographic competition was won by Gregory. 54