Officers: Raymond Hodge, President; E.D. Scull, Past President; K.A. Downs, Kenneth Hibbert, F.G. Patten, Calman Rosen, Vice-Presidents; G.F. Drewery, Secretary; D.C. Thomas, Treasurer; Noel John, Editor of 'Humberside'. Council: F.H. Grewe; Philip Harrison; P.W. Hick; R.A. Hunt; Douglas Lansley; Dr M.S. Sanders; W. Foot Walker.

Syllabus:

'What's in it for me? (The Common Reader's Plight)' by Raymond Hodge, 12 Oct 1981; 'Virgil, the National Roman Poet' by F.H. Grewe, 19 Oct 1981; 'The Poetry of W.H. Auden' by Geoffrey Annis, 26 Oct 1981; 'The Measure of Laurie Lee' by D.C. Thomas, 2 Nov 1981; 'W.B. Yeats and Ireland' by Prof. R.L. Brett, 9 Nov 1981; 'Anger and before - Literature in the post-war Decade' by J. Forster, 16 Nov 1981; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 23 Nov 1981; 'Greek Tragedy' by Douglas Lansley, 30 Nov 1981; 'Wilkie Collins - a Victorian Gem' by A.W. Garratt, 7 Dec 1981; 'Anthony Burgess' by Claude J. Bush, 14 Dec 1981; Yuletide Revels, 21 Dec 1981; Ladies Evening 'Lady Mary Wortley Montagu' by R.D. Bloomfield, 11 Jan 1982; 'Club Poets and Poems from 'Humberside' Part II' by Noel John, 18 Jan 1982; 'Honore de Balzac - His Lifge and Times' by F.R. Clifton, 25 Jan 1982; 'Xenophon's Anabasis' by D.N. Gale, 1 Feb 1982; 'Self Portraits in Literature' by Harold Crawforth, 8 Feb 1982; 'Joan of Arc in Literature' by G.F. Drewery, 15 Feb 1982; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 22 Feb 1982; 'William Golding' by B. Ward, 1 Mar 1982; 'Dialect in Holderness' by Arthur Jarratt, 8 Mar 1982; 'An Anthology and Commentary' by Kenneth Hibbert, 15 Mar 1982; Annual General Meeting and Review of the Session, 22 Mar 1982; Midsummer Day Meeting, 24 June 1982.

Meetings held 7.30pm at Guildhall.