originally holding premises on the corner of cornmarket street and george street, open for the majority of the day, the society was modelled after the usual gentlemen's clubs of the day, before the arrival of world war one and the general reduction in the student body of oxford. the society faced further problems in the 1920s, as around half of its members defected and joined the newly established labour club, as well as the new reform club, a pro-lloyd george group, reflecting the division of the national liberal party at the time.