ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON MONDAY, APRIL 18TH, 1921, Discussion.-Remarks by Prof. H. Langhorne Orchard, M.A., B.Sc., Dr. Schofield, the Rev. J. J. B. Coles, M.A., Lieut.-Colonel Hope Biddulph, D.S.O., Mr. W. E. Leslie, Mr. W. Hoste, B.A., Lieut.-Colonel Mackinlay Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Mr. Alfred W. Oke, B.A., LL.M., Colonel Sir Charles E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., M.P., Mr. Theodore Roberts, the Rev. James MOTHERHOOD. BY AMAND ROUTH, ESQ., M.D., F.R.C.P. Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Dr. Mary R. Scharlieb, C.B.E., Dr. A. T. Schofield, Lieut.-Colonel Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Mr. W. Hoste, B.A., Dr. A. Jukes, Dr. A. Withers Green, Mr. Sidney Collett, 45 55 Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Prof. H. Langhorne Orchard, M.A., B.Sc., Mr. W. E. Leslie, Lieut.-Colonel JOSHUA'S LONg Day (Joshua, CHAPTER X). BY E. WALTER MAUN- Discussion. Remarks by the Rev. J. J. B. Coles, M.A., Mr. Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Dr. D. Anderson- Berry, Lieut.-Colonel G. Mackinlay, Mr. Theodore Roberts, Prof. H. Langhorne Orchard, M.A., B.Sc., Dr. A. T. Schofield, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. Ford-Moore, RELIGION IN MESOPOTAMIA. BY THE REV. CANON J. T. PARFIT, M.A. 177 Discussion. Remarks by the Chairman, the Rev. Prebendary H. E. Fox, M.A., the Rev. J. J. B. Coles, M.A., Dr. A. T. Schofield, Lieut.-Colonel M. A. Alves, Prof. H. Lang- THE BOOK OF DANIEL: SOME LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE REGARDING ITS DATE. BY THE REV. W. ST. CLAIR TISDALL, D.D. Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Prof. T. G. Pinches, LL.D., M.R.A.S., Lieut.-Colonel G. Mackinlay, the Rev. THE ROMAN WALL IN NORTH BRITAIN. BY THE REV. PREBENDARY Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Mr. W. Dale, F.S.A., ANNUAL ADDRESS: THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE PRESENT STATE VICTORIA INSTITUTE. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1920. READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 18TH, 1921. 1. Progress of the Institute. With the presentation to the Members and Associates of the Fifty-second Annual Report, the Council acknowledge with thankfulness to God an unusually good year; bespeaking a return to pre-war times. There have not been so many additions to the ranks of the Institute for a long period as in the past twelve months. The papers have been of high quality and interest, and the attendances have formed a welcome contrast with those of the long war-period, when, necessarily by the very circumstances of the case, fewer were free to attend. 2. Meetings. Eleven ordinary meetings were held during the year 1920. The papers were “The Ruined Cities of Palestine, East and West of the Jordan.” By Arthur W. SUTTON, Esq., J.P., F.L.S. (with Lantern Illustrations). "The Psychology of the Female Mind." By ALFRED T. SCHOFIELD, Esq., M.D. "India." By Sir ANDREW WINGATE, K.C.I.E. 66 By the Rev. A. H. FINN. Metaphor and Simile in the Fourth Gospel." By the Rev. "The Walls of Jerusalem at Various Periods." By ERNEST "The Pentateuch of the Samaritans: When they got it, and 66 B Monumental Art in Early England, Caledonia and Ireland." "The Meaning of the Esthetic Impulse." By the Rev. Annual Address: "Freedom and Discipline." By the Very 3. The Journal of Transactions was issued in January, 1921. The papers themselves are published in full, with transcripts of the remarks of Members and others taking part in the discussions. The Volume was further enriched with four beautiful plates from photographs, provided by Mr. Sutton in illustration of his lecture which in his enforced absence was in a most able way delivered by Dr. Ernest Masterman, Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund, from his own intimate knowledge of the localities represented on Mr. Sutton's slides. The thanks of the Council are due to Dr. Masterman for this most valued and efficient service. 4. Council and Officers. The following is the List of the Council and Officers for the year 1921: President. The Right Hon. The Earl of Halsbury, P.C., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents. Rev. Canon R. B. Girdlestone, M.A. Very Rev. H. Wace, M.A., D.D., Dean of Canterbury. Rev. Prebendary Fox, M.A. Lt.-Colonel George Mackinlay, late R.A. Alfred T. Schofield. Esq., M.D., Chairman of Council The Rt. Rev. Handley Moule, D.D., Bishop of Durham (the late). Honorary Treasurer. Arthur W. Sutton, Esq., J.P., F.L.S. Honorary Editor of the Journal. A. T. Schofield, Esq., M.D. Honorary Secretary, Papers Committee. Lt.-Col. H. Biddulph, D.S.O. Honorary Secretary. William Hoste, Esq., B.A. 5. Election of Council and Officers. In accordance with the rules the following Members of the Council retire by rotation— The Right Rev. Bishop J. E. C. Welldon, Dean of Durham, Professor H. Langhorne Orchard, M.A., B.Sc., John Clarke Dick, Esq., M.A., and offer themselves and are nominated by the Council for re-election. 6. Obituary. The Council regret to announce the deaths of the following Members and Associates : W. Batchelor, Esq., Sir Algernon C. P. Coote, Bart., Mrs. Margaret D. Gibson, LL.D., William J. Horner, Esq., Professor Theodore Flournoy, R. Luke Howard, Esq., The Rev. Edward Hicks, D.D., D.C.L., the Rt. Rev. Bishop G. A. Lefroy, D.D. (of Calcutta), The Rt. Rev. Bishop H. C. G. Moule (of Durham), Mrs. Hayward Porter, Mrs. Caroline Stovin, The Hon. Sir C. Abercrombie Smith, John Wood, Esq. 7. New Members and Associates. The following are the names of new Members and Associates. elected up to the end of the year 1920 MEMBERS.-W. P. Annear, Esq., F.C.I.S., Miss K. M. Cordeux, Sir James H. Cory, Bart., M.P., Alfred Charles Cross, Esq., J. Norman Holmes, Esq., John Hoskin, Esq., K.C., LL.D., Miss L. M. Mackinlay, Miss M. Mackinlay, Lieut.-Col. F. A. Molony, O.B.E., Miss S. F. Pelham-Burn, Theodore Roberts, Esq., Alexander Ross, Esq., Amand Routh, Esq., M.D., E. Luff-Smith, Esq., H. Maurice Smith, Esq., Kenneth S. Maurice Smith, Esq., Col. W. Sidebottom, J.P., James Steel, Esq., The Rev. J. E. H. Thomson, M.A., D.D., Henry Owen Weller, Esq., B.Sc. |