sentences:  In the autumn of 1952, the Observatory resumed its public functions under a new Curator, Jaroslav Císař D.Sc., F.R.A.S., a research astronomer at St. Andrews Dr. Císař, from Czechoslovakia, soon aroused interest by his popular courses in astronomy at the adult education classes and encouraged young amateurs, including a number who became active in the Dundee Astronomical Society (D. A .S.