Nothing is iiiorc viilunblc iis ii prcliininiiry to ;in nnniiiil nicct~ing thin II sociiil function such ns t h i t which opcnccl tlie progriinimc of t,lic Society's 1032 iiicctiiig at J!Jott,inghiini, on Tucstliiy, July 12, wlicn tlic ltt. (Cliiiirninn of t,lic Notti1ighiI1il Section of the Society) iintl 1,iitly Trent received tlic mcmlicrs iintl tlicir giicsts in the Crnntl I-Tiill of tlic new Unircrsity Collcgc 13iiiltling, Uni\wsity l'iirk, Nc)ttinghniii. 'llliis mngnificcnt. hidding, with its siirroiintlings, forms ii fitting mcinoriril t o t,lic late Lord 'l'rriit. (forincrly Sir Jcssc Boot), iintl wns oprncd Iiy Their JIiijcst.ies the Ring nnd Qiiccn in July, 1928. Tlic gifts ni:idc by tlic liitc Lord Trent to tlic Iicqilc of Not,t.iiiglinni, it is estiuiiitetl, iiggrefiiitc nlioiit โฌ1,000,000, rtiitl the gciicrosity of liis soil is also ivcll rccognizecl find ii jqircciiitctl. Tlic iipproiich to tlic collcgc. irit.11 it,s t,rt!rs, Inkc, n n c l griw slopes, iinpreusctl tlic visitors iininetliirtcly they pnssctl tliroiigli t,lic gntcs, n i i t l tliis loiig, white liiiilding, suriiiountctl by its c:cnt,riil tower, wis ii soiirc-e of grciit interest tliroiigliorit tlic cvcninz. 'l'hc fiicilities of the cotlcgc iricliiclc cliciiiistry iiiicl p1iysit.s tlc~iiirtiiiciit~ wliicli iitljoin one iiiiotlit~r i i n t l arc well siipplicil with the tssriitiirls for tlegrcr work iip to tlic Iionoiirs stiincliirtl. t\ iiii~nlicr of stiitlciits nrc ciigiigcd in post-griitliiiitc work iii prcpiirntiori for higher clcgrc!w Iiritl for speciiil Iirii~iclies of tlic Iiroft*ssioiis bccn j)rovitl(~tl Iiy niiiiiiiil glints from Iiii~)eriiil Chcwiriil Iiidiistric*s iiiitl Iciiriictl societies, n n c l soinc froni college revoiirrcs. liivestigiititiiis i i t Iircstwt i n l>rogrcss iiicliitlc those on intcriiictli~ite prodiicts for ( I p s , niitl on tlic orgiinic tiiitl ~iliysic.o-clictiiiciil iispwts of Iiioc*hcwistry. Prolhriis coniicctctl \ritli tlic lhysiology II iitl ~iiitliol~~gy of ciiiiccr, iiro h i n g invcstiptetl iinclrr the tlircrt ion of ii IJonrtl on w l i i d i t lie Col1c.g~ iiiitl tlic! (Iciicrril 1 los~iitnl ore rejirescii t ecl. After tlic nieinl)c!rs nntl their liitlics Iiiiil Iiceii rtwiwtl, accoaipiuiietl by Prof. G. 1'. ,\lorgiui, b'.JLS. (iet,iring Prcsiclcnt), iiiid Nrs. AIOrgiin, i i ~l 1)r. N. 11. l'icl{iircl, F.11.S. (J'icsitlt!iit-olcet), i i ~t l Jlrs. I ' i ~k i ~~t l . Tlic incinbcrs iind their liidics H ~C I I L ii very ciijoyitlile evcniiig iiiitl diiiIci1lg wis coiit iiriicd iintil ;I lnte Iioiir. Ainong tlic tlistiiiyiislicd ooiiipiiny present were Dr. li". '11. C'nrr (I)ilSt-lJlTSitlCllt) ; l'iof, 1 I. 15. t\rl~isl,roIig, F.H.S., Jlr. \'. A. 8. Citldcr (pnst-j)rcsitlciit, Instit,iitioii of Cliciiiiciil lSngincers), X r . Xcicl l-lciitoii (piisL-pwiitlcnt, Oil iiiitl c'oloiir (kiiiists' i\ssociiitioii) ; 1)r. 1,. A.