About 20 students and members of Queen's University Faculty met in Room 221 Ellis Hall on Thursday, January 19, 1961 at 7:30 p.m. The chair was taken by Dr. A. Vibert Douglas, Professor of Astronomy, and a past-president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, who outlined the history and purpose of the RASC. After presenting a description of the Handbook and the Journal of the Society and mentioning the annual fee as $5.00 per year with a special rate of $3.00 per year for students, the chairman called on Dr. George Harrower to explain the facilities of the Observatory. He suggested that members might be invited to observe with the large and the smaller telescopes one evening a week with the guidance of a graduate student in Astronomy. From time to time public lectures might be arranged. After most of those present indicated their desire to form such a centre and join the Society, the chairman gave an illustrated address on Telescopes and the Universe They Reveal.

After the lecture, 9 of those present paid the membership fee and a tentative announcement was made of an informal observational meeting to be held in the Observatory on Thursday January 26.

The meeting then adjourned.