Officers: Hubert Boden, President; J.E. Forty, Past President; Hubert Johnson, Alfred Jordan, W.R. Locking, Joseph Nelson, Vice-Presidents; G.E. Toogood and Rev E.C. Cree, Secretaries; S. Harris, Treasurer; S. Nicholson, Librarian. Council: R.W. Aske; Edward Lamplough; Edward Turton; Henry Best; R.H. Philip; G.T. White; E.H. Earle; Thomas Sheppard.

Syllabus:

'Literary Landscape' by the President, 30 Oct 1905; 'Captain Marryatt' by R. Blyth Jr., 6 Nov 1905; 'The Social Problem in Modern Fiction' by J. Nelson, 13 Nov 1905; 'Cervantes: A Tercentenary Appreciation' by Rev E.C. Cree, 20 Nov 1905; Social Meeting 'Short Essays', 27 Nov 1905; 'Carlyle' by P. Pigott, 4 Dec 1905; 'Charles Lamb' by J.V. Rogerson, 11 Dec 1905; 'The Village Churches of the East Riding' by J. Shepherdson, 18 Dec 1905; Christmas Revels, 22 Dec 1905; 'Modern Views of Evolution' by E. Turton, 22 Jan 1906; 'Bibliomania', D.W. Edwards, 29 Jan 1906; 'Prosper Merimee' by A.B. Priest, 5 Feb 1906; 'Music and its Relation to other Arts' by Rev A.J. Parks, 12 Feb 1906; Social Meeting (Causerie. Subject 'Is Contemporary Popularity any Criterion of Literary Excellence?'), 19 Feb 1906; 'Charles Dickens' by S. Harris, 26 Feb 1906; 'Forerunners of Columbus' by P.K. Donovan, 5 Mar 1906; 'J.J. Rousseau' by G.T. White, 12 Mar 1906; 'Merejskowsky' by Rev F.H. Vaughan, 19 Mar 1906; Review of the Session, 26 Mar 1906; Annual Meeting.

Meetings held 8pm at the Royal Station Hotel.