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THE Grantham commemoration of Newton on Mar. 18–20 was a brilliant success and reflected much credit on the Yorkshire Branch of the Mathematical Association and its able and active president, Prof. S. Brodetsky. It would be difficult to say which was the best-arranged part of the programmethe—scientific meeting, the visit to the Manor House at Woolstborpe, the dinner, or the service in Grantham Church. All went off without the smallest hitch. But there can be no doubt as to the most impressive part. The gathering in the magnificent church, crowded in every corner, the bright robes. and the band of scholars, the hearty singing of the finest old psalms and hymns, the exquisite choice of passages for reading, above all, the superb sermon of the Bishop of Birmingham, made a profound impression. The end fitly crowned the work of commemoration, and those who came from a distance—some 150 of them-dispersed in the afternoon full of gratitude to Prof. Brodetsky, Mr. A. B. Oldfield, and other devoted members of the Mathematical Association, as well as to Mr. Christopher Turnor, Sir Charles Welby, the Mayor of Grantham, and others who generously provided hospitality for some of the visitors.
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News and Views. Nature 119, 467–471 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119467a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/119467a0