Officers: P.W. Hick, President; D.N. Gale, Past President; F.H. Grewe, A. Newton, Dr M.S. Sanders, E.D. Scull, Vice-Presidents; B. Ward, Secretary; R.W. Smalley, Treasurer; K.N. Parsons, Editor of 'Humberside'; P.W. Hick, Master of Revels. Council: A.G. Bell; G.F. Drewery; K.O. Kemp; F.G. Patten; A. Penny; P.W. Rathbone; N.S. Staveley; R.D. Turner.

Syllabus:

'Laurie Lee - The Magic of Time and Place' by Peter Hick, 6 Oct 1997; 'The Evolution of KuH as show by its plans (illustrated)' by Geoffrey Bell, 13 Oct 1997; 'Virgil' by Ron Smalley, 20 Oct 1997; 'Poetry - Form and Substance', 27 Oct 1997; 'Empire is Dead - The Reading of the Will' by Leo Murphy, 3 Nov 1997; 'Some of Shaw's Prefaces' by Harold Shoosmith, 10 Nov 1997; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 17 Nov 1997; 'Faber Fabrorum - The Life & Literature of the Rev Sydney Smith' by David Purdie, 24 Nov 1997; 'William Hazlitt The Spirit of the Age' by Frederick Patten, 1 Dec 1997; 'Once Upon a Time - Boccaccio & Chaucer' by John Roach, 8 Dec 1997; Yuletide Revels, 15 Dec 1997; Ladies Evening ' Oliver's Henry V' by Alan Newton and Andrew Penny, 5 Jan 1998; 'Two Centuries of Music in Hull' by Norman Staveley, 12 Jan 1998; 'The First Bohemian' by Eric Scull, 19 Jan 1998; 'The Tragic Generation' by Keith Parsons, 26 Jan 1998; 'Barbara Pym - The Vicar, the Curate and the Excellent Women' by Jonathan Forster, 2 Feb 1998; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 9 Feb 1998; 'Jeremy Bentham - Utilitarian or Utopian?' by Richard Turner, 16 Feb 1998; 'Joseph Conrad - Youth & The Heart of Darkness' by Michael Staves, 23 Feb 1998; 'The Poet & The Spring' by Roy Greenwood, 2 Mar 1998; Annual General Meeting and Review of the Session, 9 Mar 1998.

Meetings held 7.30pm at Guildhall.