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

Syllabus:

'Reflections on Time' by Richard Turner, 4 Oct 1999; 'Romantic Theory in Practice - Coleridge's Domestic Poems' by Alan Newton, 11 Oct 1999; 'The Abbey Theatre' by Keith Parsons, 18 Oct 1999; 'Crusoe's Island Revisted' by Michael Sanders, 25 Oct 1999; 'Deuteronomy' by Frederick Patten, 1 Nov 1999; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 8 Nov 1999; 'Lawn Tennyson - A Refutation' by John Crawley, 15 Nov 1999; 'John Betjeman' by Keith Kemp, 22 Nov 1999; 'In Tune with the Times' by Tony Garratt, 29 Nov 1999; 'The Book of Job' by David Gale, 6 Dec 1999; Yuletide Revels, 13 Dec 1999; Ladies Evening, 'Toni Morrison - An Identity Reclaimed' by Leo Murphy, 10 Jan 2000; 'Kingston upon Hull - Century of Change II (illustrated) by Geoffrey Bell, 17 Jan 2000; 'Mark Twain - A Pen Warmed Up in Hell' by Peter Howdle, 23 Jan 2000; 'Greece, Rome & Britannia - The Classical Heritage' by David Purdie, 31 Jan 2000; 'Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by Heinz Grewe, 7 Feb 2000; Short Papers and Book Reviews, 14 Feb 2000; 'Lexicons and Lexicographers' by John Roach, 21 Feb 2000; 'Reflections on Magazine Culture' by Geoffrey Annis, 28 Feb 2000; 'Walter de la Mare' by Eric Scull, 6 Mar 2000; Annual General Meeting and Review of the Session, 13 Mar 2000.

Meetings held 7.30pm at Guildhall.