ANNUAL REPORT 
1915—1916. 
The Forty-first Annual Report of the Club herein presented 
by the Committee is a record of work done under unprece- 
dented conditions. The heavy cloud of depressing uncer- 
tainty which darkened our horizon at the outbreak of war 
has lifted and revealed brighter rays of hope ; and the nation 
has now settled down to a state of war which suggests a pro- 
tracted struggle. Military needs have become so gigantic 
that the life and habits of people have been vastly changed 
to satisfy these demands. It is especially gratifying there- 
fore to your Committee in presenting this reivew of the 
Session to be able to state that, despite the war conditions, 
the character of that work has maintained the best traditions 
of the Club and thoroughly justifies the continuance of the 
meetings. 
The Committee are pleased to note an increasing interest 
in the Club as shown by a better average attendance at the 
lectures. Notwithstanding the fact that those who are left 
behind to carry on civil life have immeasurably greater de- 
mands on their time, yet there was a higher average atten- 
dance than last year. For the session 1914-1915, the average 
attendance was 68 (36 members and 32 associates and friends) ; 
for the session just completed it was 72 (40 members and 32 
associates and friends). This is the more gratifying for two 
reasons. Firstly, some members who take an active interest 
in the work of the Club are now serving in the ranks of war : 
and the Committee have elected these, — Dr. W. G. Evans, 
Graham B. Kay, J. V. Kershaw, A. K. Lancaster, T. Edgar 
Lancaster, Dr. W. W. Munro, Maclaren Founder, G. S. Ritchie, 
W. A. Welch, John Whitaker, to be honorary members of 
the Club during their period of active service. Secondly, 
flic total number of members at present is slightly less than 
it was at this time last year. The actual figures at present 
are : 12 Honorary Members, 167 Ordinary Members, and 52 
Associates, making a total of 231 members and associates, 
as compared with 10 Honorary Members, 175 Ordinary Mem- 
bers, 49 Associates, and a total of 234 members and associates 
at the end of Session 1914-1915. 
