M.V. Benarkle Built 1946; Speed 144 knots; 11,956 tons Dwt.
SCIENCE SOCIETIES
SENIOR Over the past two terms the Society has held several meetings and has had one outing, all being run jointly with Queen Margaret's School. The first meeting of last term was unfortunately not up to the high standard that the Society has come to expect, in spite of the interesting title of "Colour Vision". But the next two meetings on "The Unusual Applications of Computers" and "Science in Agriculture" were much better, being both factual and interesting. The last meeting of the term was a lecture with the formidable title of "Architecture, Sound, Acoustics and Noise". But the lecturer was obviously fully conversant with all the most recent research in this field and fascinated by his subject. The result was an interesting lecture which was both highly technical and easy to understand. Last term also saw the Society's trip to the Bass Charrington Brewery at Tadcaster where our members learnt, somewhat light-heartedly, about the scientific control of brewing. This term began with an excellent lecture on "Science in Archaeology" at which the lecturer extended an open invitation to any members of the Society to join in an excavation in or around York in the summer. The second meeting was on "Recent Advances in Medicine", the lectureri dwelling specifically on his branch of medicine—gastroenterology. 16
