Calendar: 1951-1952 Page 387

ANNUAL REPORT xxxi Departmental Notes The work of the department continued during the session under conditions of great difficulty owing to lack of space It is hoped during the coming year to equip laboratory for second-year honours students and to make further provision for research An active programme of field work was maintained with classes at Sheffield Bristol and Warminster and short visits to other centres It is hoped that it may be possible to establish permanent out-station at Warminster and to make regular visits for long periods of observational and experimental work Professor Wooldridge continued to serve on the Council and the Research Committee of the Royal Geographical Society the Council of the Geographical Association the Executive of the Council for the Promotion of Field Studies and the Waters Committee of the Ministry of Town and Country Planning Dr Wood served on the Council of the Hakluyt Society and Mr Balchin undertook the duties of Conference Organiser for the Geographical Association DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY Number of Student Sc Special 14 Sc General Sc Ancillary and Subsidiary 36 Subsidiary Registered at 10 Registered at Engineering 40 Occasional Total 112 Results of Examinations Sc Special lst Class Honours 2nd Class Honours Upper Division 2nd Class Honours Lower Division All students taking Geology as subsidiary or ancillary subject or as part of General degree passed their respective examinations Higher Degree Ph Prentice The Structure and Stratigraphy of the Carboniferous Limestone of the Manifold Valley North Staffs