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  Item Reference: KCLCAL-1930-1931-456

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ANNUAL REPORT xlv Science and Industry He also lectured at the Working Men's College on The Grid Distribution of Power course of four special lectures was given on The application of Direct Current Motors to Heavy Traction by an old student of the College Mr Unwin Sc Eng Inst operating Department London Underground Railways PUBLIC LECTURES Michaelmas Term 1928 -The principal course of lectures arranged for this term consisted of eight lectures in the Faculty of Science on The Indebtedness of Industry to Pure Science The subjects of the lectures and the names of the lecturers and chairmen were as follows Introduction by Sir Oliver Lodge Chairman The Principal of King's College The Role of Chemistry in the Life of the Nation by Professor Allmand Chairman Dr Clayton Electrical Science and Industry by Professor Ernest Wilson Chairman Sir John Snell The Human Factor by Dr Aveling Chairman Lord Askwith Physiology and National Efficiency by Professor McDowall Chairman Dr Andrew Balfour Electrical Communication and its Indebtedness to Physics by Professor Ε Appleton Chairman Senator Marconi The Practical Applications of Zoology by Professor Doris Mac- kinnon Chairman The Rt Hon Guinness The Relation of Botany to the Grain Rubber and Cotton In- dustries by Professor Gates Chairman Sir Daniel Hall In the Faculty of Theology course of seven lectures on Dogma was delivered by various lecturers In the Faculty of Arts Professor Percy Dearmer delivered course of nine lectures on Greek Art and three lecture concerts were given one by the Rev Horace Fort on Negro Spirituals with illustrations sung by Mr Ford one by Mr Geoffrey Shaw on Carols with illustrations by the League of Arts Choir and one by Dr Ernest Bullock on Some British Songs with illustrations by Mr Hubbard In the Department of History course of nine lectures was delivered by various lecturers on The Social and Political Ideas of some Great French Thinkers of the Age of Reason In the Department of English course of four lecture3 was delivered to commemorate the tercentenary of John Bunyan the first lecture was given by Dr Harrison on Bunyan's Life and Personality and the other three were given by Mr Isaacs on Bunyan as Literary Artist In the Department of French Professor Denis Saurat delivered three lectures on Marcel Proust
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