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The lantern display was then proceeded with, and a 

 number of views, taken during the summer excursions by 

 Messrs. Fennell and Welch, were exhibited; afterwards a 

 series of cinematograph films, showing the movements of 

 Rotifers, Mites, Hydra, &c., were shown by Mr. J. Lizars. 



The election of the following seven members, Miss J, Moore, 

 Miss M'Gaw, Revd. Charles Pooler, Messrs. Arthur Stelfox, 

 J. T. Abraham, Stephen R. Smith, and James M'Fall, 

 brought the proceedings to a close! 



THE CLUB'S BUILDERS. 



The first business meeting of the winter session was held 

 in the Belfast Museum on 17th November, when the 

 President (Mr. W. J. Fennell, M.R.I.A.L), guve an address 

 on " The Clubs Builders." There was a large attendance of 

 members and friends. 



Mr. Fennell said — It is the prerogative of a President to 

 make an inaugural address no matter what he is President 

 of, and I believe it does not matter one iota what that address 

 is about. That is another prerogative of this exalted 

 position; and I consider I might go a step further and claim 

 exemption, and thus do you all a good turn by relieving you 

 of a most " distressful ' hour, but at my elbow was a most 

 determined Secretary, aided and abetted by another irresist- 

 ible power of a great Home Ruler, so that I am compelled to 

 fall into line with the traditions of the Club and not allow a 

 Session to pass without an inaugural address. 



Being thus driven into a corner I looked about in the 

 recesses of a tangled mind for a subject. My own special 

 section, the archseological, seemed to yield no subject that had 

 not been brought before you by more able men; and I felt 

 that to weary you by repetition or even dressing up an old 

 subject in new garments was not exactly what you had a 

 right to expect. 



