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1821
INSTITUTIONS
GLASGOW ART CLUB.
Instituted 1867.
Council: — President, E. M. G. Coventry, A.R.S.A.;
vice-presidents. Dr. Freeland Fergus, Jolan M'Ghie;
hen. treasurer, C. J. Lauder, R.S. W. ; hon. secretary,
Wm. M. Petrie ; R. Russell Macnee, William FindJay,
George Pirie, Kellock Brown, A. B. M'KecLnie,
R.S.W., Charles R Dowell, Bailie Thos. Dunlop, John
S. Samuel, J.P., J. Craig Annan, William Speirs,
jun., Menotti G. M'Adam, J. T. living; acting
secretary and treasurer, J. Wright Robb. Club
house, 185 Bath Street Life Class Studio, 2 West
Regent Street.
The membership consists of painters, sculptors,
and architects, natives of or resident in Scotland
— as artist members ; and gentlemen interested in art
— as lay members. The object of the Club is to ad-
vance the cause of art by means of exhibitions of
works of art, life classes, the acquisition of books and
papers on art, lectures on art subjects, and other
kindred means.
Candidates for membership will receive all necessary
information from the acting secretary, Mr. John
Wright Robb, 49 West George St.
INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISTS.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.)
Glasgow and West of Scotland District.
Officers — Chairman, Alex. Ralston (^Glasgow
News) ; vice-chairmen, J. Arnot (^Greenock Tele-
graph) and I-rael Crone {Daily Record) ; hon.
auditor, J. A. Bnist ( Glasgow Herald) ; hon.
treasurer, A. T. Smith (Qlasgow Citizen) ; hon.
secretary, George Adam {Scotsman, Glasgow).
ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF
GLASGOW.
Instituted 1802.
For the advancement of the mathematical, physical
and natm'al sciences ; and to promote the diffusion of
scientific knowledge. Meets fortnightly, from Nov-
ember to April inclusive, in the Society's Buildings,
207 Bath street.
President, Dr. Freeland Fergus ; Secretary, Prof.
Peter Bennett, 207 Bath Street.
Applications for membership may be sent to the
Secretary.
THE BRITISH EMPIRE SHAKESPEARE
SOCIETY.'
GLASGOW BRANCH.
President, Rev. Professor Cooper ; vice-presidents,
Right Rev. The Moderator, Dr. M'Adam Mnir, The
Very Rev. Dean Hutchison, Rev. Dr. John Hunter,
Professor Macneile Dixon, Mr. Fra. Newbery ; hon.
secretary, Mrs. Wyper, 6 Burnbank Gardens.
The objects of the Society are —
(1) To promote greater familiarity with Shake-
speare's works among all classes throughout the
British Empire by organizing Dramatic Readings
and acting scenes from Shakespeare's PlayF, and by
lectures on his life and work.
(2) To help the rising generation not only to
study Shakespeare's plays but to love them.
Life Membership, £5. Yearly Subscription, 5s.
GLASGOW ARCH^OLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Instituted 1856.
President, Prof. Cooper, D.D., D.Litt, D.C.L. ;
J. T. T. Brown, Geo. Macdonald,LL.D., J. Edwards,
F.S.A, Scot., vice-presidents; members of council ex
officiis, Principal Lindsay, D.D., John Honeyman,
R.S.A., LL.D., Professor Ferguson, LL.D , David
Murray, LL.D., Geo. Neilson, LL.D., former
presidents ; members of council elected. Sir William
Bilsland, Bart., LL.D., Thomas H. Bryce, M.D.,
F.RS.E., W. S. M'Kechnie, D.Phil., Percy Bate, J.
J. Spencer, Chas. E. Whitelaw, F.S.A. Scot., James
MacLehose, F.S.A. Lond. and Scot,, Rees Price,
F.S.A, Scot., W. M. Mackenzie, M. A., Sir Archd,
Lawrie, LL.D,, William George Black, F. S.A.Scot,,
Captain Lyons, R.E., F.R.S. ; A. H. Chaiteris, LL.B.,
19 St. Vincent Place, and John Arthur Brown, 208
St. Vincent St., hon. secretaries; George J. Walker,
C.A., 163 Hope St., hon. treasurer.
The object of this Society is the promotion and
study of Archaeology, particularly in Glasgow and
the West of Scotland. Meetings are held in the
Society's rooms, 207 Bath Street, on the third Thurs-
day of November, December, January, February,
March, and April. The annual excursion takes place
in August or September, and visits to places of anti-
quarian interest in the neighbourhood of Glasgow
are arranged from time to time. Annual subscrip-
tion, 12s. 6d.
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW.
Instituted 1851.
Office -Bearers, 1910-1911: — President, John
Paterson ; vice-presidents, John R. Lee, J. R. Thom-
son, W. R. Baxter ; hon. treasurer, John Renwick,
47 Oswald Street; hon. librarian, James Mitchell,
14 Knowe Terrace, Pollokshields; joint hon. editors
of Transactions, D. A. Boyd, St. Clair, Saltcoats,
and John Paterson, 1150 Cathcart Road; hon.
secretaries, Robert Brown, M.D., F.L.S., Belhaven
House, Pollokshields, and Alexander Ross, F.E.I.S.
409 Great Western Road.
The aims of the Society are, the encouragement of
natural history in all its branches by meetings for
reading papers and exhibiting specimens, and by
excursions for practical work. Candidates for mem-
bership must be recommended by two members of the
Society. The meetings are held on the last Tuesday
of each month except July and August, in the
Society's rooms, 207 Bath Street. Subscription —
Life members, £5 5s; ordinary members, 7a Gd;
associates, 5s.
THE SCOTTISH ART CIRCLE.
Instituted 1908.
For the purpose of encouraging the study and
practice of the fine arts amongst its members by the
holdicg of an annual exhibition of their works in
Glasgow.
Members pay an annual subscription of £1 Is. and
an entrance fee of £1 Is. on joining the society.
Candidates for membership will obtain all infor-
mation from the secretary, Mr. Wm. Eeid, C.A., 67
West Nile Street, Glasgow.