Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 8, No. 11. August 8, 1945

At Home and Abroad Biol Soc Move from Lecture Hall to Zoo

At Home and Abroad Biol Soc Move from Lecture Hall to Zoo

A large number of students turned up to hear Prof. Richardson, who began his lecture by giving a brief summary of the development of applied parasitology since the end of the last century. Applied parasitology covers all parasites of man and the animals and plants useful to him. From about 1880 until the end of the first World War applied parasitology was almost completely confined to tropical parasitology, which includes malaria, sleeping sickness, etc. Work on these diseases proved of tremendous value and developed a definite technique on how to attack parasitic diseases. At the present day tropical parasitology has Just about been worked out, and Prof. Richardson described the wide field that applied parasitology now covers and gave examples of parasites in bees, fish and oysters which have been successfully attacked.

On Saturday 21st, Mr. C. J. Cutler. Curator of the Wellington Zoo, took a number of keen biology students around the zoo and answered numerous questions. Mr. Cutler gave the students a good insight into the running of the zoo and explained his various duties from extracting a cancer in a lion's back to mending a monkey's arm broken by some irresponsible person. The animals seemed to be well cared for and well behaved, except the tiger, which took a rather marked dislike to a certain member of the party.

Last Sunday a small party of students visited Belmont, and after learning a lot of botany from Mr. Barker, enjoyed afternoon tea provided by Mrs. Barker.

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"Salient" offers congratulations to Shirley McLeod, recent winner of the British Drama League's playwriting contest. Shirley is a part-timer with a position on the staff of the "Listener." Her winning play was a one act farce, "Gun Play." Good luck to our future dramatist!