JUBILEE PROGRAMME
WANGANUI TECHNICAL
COLLEGE
The committee formed to prepare for the Wanganui Technical College's Silver Jubile"e celebrations held its iecond fortnightly meeting this week, Mr. L. W. Hogben presiding. The following programme was approved:—Friday, October 23.—Open day and exhibition of "work, afternoon and evenSaturday, October 24.—Garden party, old boys' dinner, and social evening. Sunday, October 25.—Church parade. Monday, October 26.—Sports events tad old students'ball. . The celebrations are primarily to take the form of a reunion of exstudents and of former members of the Staff and board. A special welcome to participate in the celebrations is to fce extended to all connected with the history of the school prior to the establishment of the college in its present form,
SCIENCE AND CEMENT ■. ♦ '■"Scientific Searchlights on Cement" was the title of a lecture delivered by Mr. L. R. L. Dunn, of the Dominion Laboratory, to the technilqgical section of the Wellington Philosophical Society on Wednesday evening. The historical development of cements was sketched by Mr. Dunn before dealing with the chemical constituents of modern Portland cement responsible for its special characteristics. He showed how a judicious proportioning of the raw materials could control the strength, setting time, heating, and durability of the final product to meet the varying [\ requirements of the engineer, instancing the special research for a cement suitable for the construction of the Boulder Dam in U.S.A. . The talk was illustrated by slides, and was followed by considerable discussion. At the conclusion a film showing the manufacture of Portland cements was shown.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 16
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