Officers: Kenneth Hibbert, President; Nicholas Rauchwerger, Past President; K.A. Downs, Laurence Firth, L.B. Nicholson, H. Shoosmith, Vice-Presidents; F.G. Patten, Secretary; Kenneth Hibbert, Treasurer; E.J.C. Large, Editor of 'Humberside'. Council: Cadifor Evans; Philip Harrison; P. Howdle; Robert Morton; Calman Rosen ; Lionel Rosen; Charles M. Strachan; W. Foot Walker.

Syllabus:

'Ecclesiastes and the new Translations' by Kenneth Hibbert, 9 Oct 1972; 'Murder in the Cathedral - T.S. Eliot' by C.M. Strachan, 16 Oct 1972; 'Literature and Truth' by Prof. R.L. Brett, 23 Oct 1972; 'Travellers' Tales - Mandeville to Michelin' by W.A. Weir, 30 Oct 1972; 'Middlemarch - George Eliot' by F.G. Patten, 6 Nov 1972; 'The Apple Cart - another look at Bernard Shaw's play' by S.B. Hainsworth, 13 Nov 1972; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 20 Nov 1972; 'Prester John, The Strength of Legend' by P. Howdle, 27 Nov 1972; 'Abelard and Heloise' by Rev Canon Graham Christie, 4 Dec 1972; 'Candide - and Voltaire in his armchair' by Walter Frankford, 11 Dec 1972; Yuletide Revels, 18 Dec 1972; Ladies Evening 'The East Riding Dialect' by Arthur Jarratt, 8 Jan 1973; 'War and Peace - Tolstoy' by F.S. Frith, 15 Jan 1973; 'Beverley's Heritage - John Fisher' by R.L. Galloway, 22 Jan 1973; 'Sid Chaplin - Story Teller' by Alan Plater, 29 Jan 1973; 'The Personal History of Dr Johnson' by R.W. Smalley, 5 Feb 1973; 'The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell' by L.B. Nicholson, 12 Feb 1973; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 19 Feb 1973; 'Benjamin Disraeli and Integrity' by J.S. Rymer, 26 Fev 1973; 'Ibsen - the Norwegian' by D.E. Bellamy, 5 Mar 1973; 'The Four Faces of Man' by Col. R.A. Alec-Smith, 12 Mar 1973; 'Tristram Shandy' by Edward Choppen, 19 Mar 1973; Annual General Meeting and Review of the Session, 26 Mar 1973; Midsummer Day Meeting, 25 Jun 1973.

Meetings held 7.30pm at Guildhall.