The British Association

Abstract

THE Cardiff meeting of the British Association was pleasant and profitable in various ways, but the membership in an important and prosperous city like Cardiff might have been larger, and a certain amount of apathy on the part of the public in general to the presence of the Association was noticed. The Press did its best, but perhaps an influx of material prosperity has rendered folk temporarily callous to other forms of activity. My recollection of the Cardiff meeting in 1891 is that it excited more local interest—perhaps because it was the first in the city; perhaps also because the meeting included the week-end, extending from Wednesday to Wednesday, instead of ruthlessly encroaching on the four chief working days of the week and beginning sectional operations ten hours before the president's opening address. It is understood that future meetings will return to prewar conditions in this and other respects. Other improvements may be desirable, so the manifesto of your Cardiff correspondent, Dr. R. V. Stanford, on p. 13 of NATURE of September 2 is opportune and timely.