DR. MANN JUVENILE LECTURESSource: Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 96, No. 4758 (DECEMBER 19th, 1947), p. 55Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and CommerceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41363514 .

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JOURNAL OF THE

ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS

No. 4758 FRIDAY , DECEMBER 19 th, 1947 Vol. xcvi

DR. MANN JUVENILE LECTURES The two customary Juvenile Lectures will be given in January, under the

Dr. Mann Trust. The lectures will be suitable for children of twelve years and over. The details are as follows:

Wednesday, December 31ST, at 2.30 p.m. - "How We Get Our Coal". By F. J. North, D .sc., F.G.S., Keeper of Geology, National Museum of Wales. (Illustrated by lantern slides and films.)

This will show coal as a product of forests 200,000,000 years old, and how mining has triumphed over difficulties, cutting a seam and bringing coal to the surface, provision of fresh air in mines, prevention of rock falls and explosions, and mechanisation.

Wednesday, January 7TH, at 2.30 p.m. - "What We Do With Our Coal". By W. Idris Jones, b.sc., ph.d., Director- General of Research, National Coal Board. (With demonstrations.)

This will be about coal as the real material wealth of Britain - a source of heat, light, and power, a raw material for manufacturing processes, and the source of town gas and various other valuable chemical products.

Refreshments will be provided after both meetings. A few tickets are still available and Fellows are entitled to apply for one for

each lecture (admitting one adult and two children). Those desiring tickets are, however, advised to apply to the Secretary as soon as possible, stating the number required and the date or dates on which admission is required.

AFTERNOON PARTY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE The Chairman of the Council and the Secretary attended an afternoon party,

which was given on December 16th by Their Royal Highnesses The Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace to representatives of Counties, Towns and prominent Organisations which had given presents to Their Royal Highnesses on the occasion of their recent marriage.

MEETING OF COUNCIL A meeting of the Council was held on Monday, December 8th, 1947. Present:

Sir Harry Lindsay (in the Chair); Lord Aberconway; Sir Alexander Aikman; Mr. F. H. Andrews; Sir Atul Chatterjee; Sir Edward Crowe; Mr. E. W. Goodale; Mr. J. A. Milne; Sir Henry McMahon; Mr. E. Munro Runtz; Mr. Gordon Russell; Captain A. H. Ryley; Mr. William Will; Miss Anna Zinkeisen; with Mr. K. W. Luckhurst (Secretary).

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