The Dean

In this past year the Faculty Council has suffered the loss through death of two of its most distinguished members: Dr. Horney, dean of the Institute and chairman of the Faculty Council since the founding of the Institute, and Dr. Ivimey, associate dean and member of the Faculty Council from the earliest days of the Institute. Both Dr. Horney and Dr. Ivimey gave to the work of the Council a closeness to the founding purposes of the Institute and the wisdom of their experience. Since their passing the work of the Faculty Council has been continued with the following members: Elizabeth Kilpatrick, dean; Norman Kelman, associate dean; Alexander R. Martin, Isidore Portnoy and Frederick A. Weiss.

The Faculty Council has met a total of 26 times in order to fulfill its functions with regard to the preparation and supervision of the training program. These activities have been concerned with the following areas: admission of candidates; supervision of the academic program; supervision of the training analysis and supervising analysis program; preparation of the 1953-54 academic program; evaluation of candidates for certification.

A special project which we undertook this year has been a review of all candidates admitted to the Institute during the past five years. This has involved a consideration of the qualities and training an applicant should have in order to provide the optimal basis for analytic training. The results of this, when completed, will provide a more rational basis for our admission policy and a contribution to the general field of analytic education.

The increasing size of the Institute and Training Staffs has made it necessary that we put the liaison between the Faculty Council, the Candidates, and the Training Staffs on a more systematic basis. We have, therefore, instituted several new procedures and have considered others which will be put into effect in the next year. Training and supervising analysts have met individually and as a group to discuss indiv