Officers: Walter J. Strachan, President; Rev A.J. Parkes, Past President; J.E. Forty, Alfred Jordan, Hubert Johnson, Ed Lamplough, Vice-Presidents; S. Nicholson, Secretary; Percy Pigott, Treasurer. Council: Henry Best; Hubert Boden; Rev Lawrence Clare; E.H. Earle; W.J. McCombe; G.T. White; J.H. Wilson; F. Noble Wood.

Syllabus:

'Reflections on the War' by W.J. Strachan, 25 Oct 1915; 'Richard Jefferies, a Writer of the Open Air' by G.T. Sampson, 1 Nov 1915; 'Rudyard Kipling' by E. Foster, 8 Nov 1915; 'The Poet and His Art' by E.M. Hogarth; Short Essays in Verse and Prose, 22 Nov 1915; 'A Year's Reading' by Rev W. Whitaker, 29 Nov 1915; 'Transition: A Story of Holderness Life' by Ernest A. Parsons, 6 Dec 1915; 'Symbolism in Literature and Art' by J.L. Calvard, 13 Dec 1915; 'An Evening with the Humourists' by Jas. Downs, 20 Dec 1915; 'Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales' by Rev L. Clare, 17 Jan 1916; 'English Folk Songs (musically illustrated)' by C.H. Gore, 24 Jan 1916; 'The Psychology of Crowds' by Rev Canon J.M. Lambert, 31 Jan 1916; 'The Story of a Hull Merchant Adventurer of the 15th Century' by P.R. Donovan, 7 Feb 1916; 'Science in Peace and War' by A.R. Tankard, 14 Feb 1916; Short Essays in Verse and Prose, 21 Feb 1916; 'Humour' by Hiram P. Bailey, 28 Feb 1916; 'The German Menace in Commerce and Industry' by A. Hendy, 6 Mar 1916; 'France of To-day and Yesterday' by J. Leith Waters, 13 Mar 1916; 'Emile Verhaeren' by G.T. White, 20 Mar 1916; 'G.K. Chesterton' by J.H. Noble, 27 Mar 1916; Review of the Session and Annual Meeting, 3 Apr 1916.

Meetings held 8pm at the Royal Station Hotel.