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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1937. Volume 8. Number 11.

Science Societies

Science Societies

This year the Science Societies are very vigorous, all the meetings so far being very well attended.

The Maths and Physics Society had two successful meetings lately, the lecturers being Mr. Carry on "Hydro Electricity in New Zealand" and Mr. G. B. C. Taylor, who spoke on "The Cathode Ray Tube."

As usual, the Maths and Physics Society turned on an excellent supper.

The Chemical Society provided plenty of fun at its presentation of "Liiquefaction of Gases" when seemingly inexhaustible supplies of liquid air were produced to bring various substances to very low temperatures. A sausage cooled to the temperature of liquid air, was found to be as hard as a brick and was splintered into pieces by blows from a hammer.

The Natural History Society in its first meeting of the year, drew a record crowd for the discussion on Evolution, which was well dealt with by the many speakers.

The committee was elected as follows:—President, Mr. D. Cairns; Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. D. Spiller; Committee, Miss H. Maysmor, Mr. Fell and Mr. Hefford.