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THE NEW SESSION. 
October 5 th, 1909. 
On taking the Chair, the new President, Mr. William 
Thompson, thanked the members of the Club for the honour 
they had conferred upon him. He recalled his association 
with the Club from its foundation, and claimed that the Club 
provided a common meeting-ground for people of literary, 
scientific, and artistic tastes, irrespective of creed, politics 
or social status. He urged the members to remember that 
they constituted a Club and should be on easy terms of speech 
with one another. He believed that a kindly feeling existed 
among the members and referred to the late Mr. Angelo 
Wacfdington, who, he thought, was so frequently called to 
mind, not so much for his professional distinction, as for 
the assiduity and devotion of his work in connection with 
the Club. 
He, described the new syllabus as replete with variety and 
interest, and counted it specially suitable that it began by 
a paper in celebration of the Bi-centenary of Dr. Johnson, 
one of the corner-stones of literature, the founder of a literary 
club, and the father of all such institutions as this one. 
