Officers: F. Noble Wood, President; Percy Pigott, Past President; Hubert Johnson, E. Haworth Earle, J.E. Forty, Alfred Jordan, Vice-Presidents; S. Nicholson, Secretary; E. Morley Hogarth, Treasurer. Council: Hubert Boden; J.L. Calvard; Rev T.M. Falconer; Rev S. Gross; J.A. Hall; T.H. Leahair; J.P. Lockwood; W.J. McCombe.

Syllabus:

'Poetry and its Appreciation' by F. Noble Wood, 21 Oct 1918; 'The Ethcal Problems of Internationalism' by Rev T.M. Falconer, 28 Oct 1918; 'The Underworld in Modern Literature' by E.M. Appleton, 4 Nov 1918; 'Has Modern Art any Aim?' by E. Haworth Earle, 11 Nov 1918; 'The Wider Mysticism' by J. Redwood Anderson, 18 Nov 1918; Short Essays in Verse and Prose, 25 Nov 1918; 'The Literature of Reconstruction' by W.H. Bagguley, 2 Dec 1918; 'The Balance of Power' by J.A. Hall, 9 Dec 1918; 'The Rise of Modern Italy' by W.H. Thompson, 16 Dec 1918; 'Poetry and Music' by S.S. Chipperfield and Friends, 13 Jan 1919; 'Modern Essays and Essayists' by T.H. Leahair, 20 Jan 1919; 'English Writers and French Critics' by G.T. White; 27 Jan 1919; 'Bismark' by A. Hendy, 3 Feb 1919; Short Essays in Verse and Prose, 10 Feb 1919; 'The Evidence for Man's Descent' by A.R. Tankard, 17 Feb 1919; 'Semitic Ideals' by Rev S. Gross, 24 Feb 1919; 'Poetry and Life' by W.J. McCombe, 3 Mar 1919; 'The Settlement of 1815' by J.E. Forty, 10 Mar 1919; 'The Story of Alexander Hamilton' by Rev T.B. Howells, 17 Mar 1919; 'The Song of Roland' by Rev E.W. Lummis, 24 Mar 1919; Review of the Session and Annual Meeting, 31 Mar 1919.

Officers: Henry Best, President; Rev E.W. Lummis, Past President; G.E.S. Coxhead, J.E. Forty, Alfred Jordan, J.L. Waters, Vice-Presidents; William Andrews and Donald Wilson, Secretaries; S. Harris, Treasurer; E. Lamplough, Librarian. Council: Hubert Boden; Jas. Dixon; Jos. Gregson; Hubert Johnson; J. MacNidder; Rev W.J. Pearson; R.H. Philip.

Syllabus:

Annual Dinner, 23 Oct 1900; 'Teachings of John Ruskin' by the President, 29 Oct 1900; 'Thanksgiving Customs' by J. Harris, 5 Nov 1900; 'Omar Khayyam' by H. Johnson, 12 Nov 1900; Social Meeting, 19 Nov 1900; 'A Dark Page in Yorkshire History (1349)' by W.H. Thompson, 26 Nov 1900; 'The Ethnology of Yorkshire' by J.R. Boyle, 3 Dec 1900; 'A Visit to Ober-Ammergau' by Jas. Downs Jr., 10 Dec 1900; 'The English Novel in the Eighteenth Century', Jos. Nelson, 17 Dec 1900; Christmas Revels, 22 Dec 1900; 'Pre-Socratic Philosophy' by Jas. MacNidder, 21 Jan 1901; 'Rus in Urbe' by Jno. Nicholson, 28 Jan 1901; 'Education' by Canon Lambert, 4 Feb 1901; Social Meeting, 11 Feb 1901; 'H.G. Wells: His Stories, Science, and Prophecies' by R.H. Philip, 18 Feb 1901; 'The Goethian Ideal' by Alfred Jordan, 25 Feb 1901; 'Maeterlinck, with special reference to Pelleas and Melisanda' by E. Haworth Earle, 4 Mar 1901; 'The Age of Chivalry', A.B. Priest, 11 Mar 1901; 'The Scandanavian Element in the Humber District' by T.C. Jackson, 18 Mar 1901; Charles Stuart Calverley' by J.E. Forty, 25 Mar 1901; Annual Meeting, 1 Apr 1901.