Officers: J.E. Forty, President; S. Harris, Past President; H. Best, J. Travis-Cook, D. Maxwell, Rev H.W. Perris, Vice-Presidents; William Andrews and Herbert Lloyd, Secretaries; J.A. Duesbury, Treasurer; E. Lamplough, Librarian. Council: L.H. Bergman; A. Chamberlain; C.C. Graham; A. Jordan; Rev J. Malet Lambert; Rev W.J. Pearson; J. Leith Waters; H.K. White.

Syllabus:

Conversazione, 17 Jan 1896; 'The Story of the Alphabet' by I.W. Dickinson, 27 Jan 1896; 'Woman in Shakespeare' by H. Kelsey White, 3 Feb 1896; 'The French Novel as seen with English Eyes' by E.E. Cohen, 10 Feb 1896; 'Hogarth (Illustrated)' by G.E.S. Coxhead, 17 Feb 1896; Social Meeting, 24 Feb 1896; 'Two Great Schoolmasters - Arnold and Thring' by C.H. Gore, 2 Mar 1896; 'The Commencement and Close of the Nineteenth Century' by William Andrews, 9 Mar 1896; 'Pagan Philosophy' by L.H. Bergman, 16 Mar 1896; 'The Paston Letters' by H.E.H. Gillett, 23 Mar 1896; Annual Meeting, 30 Mar 1896.

Meetings held 8pm at the Royal Station Hotel.