Candidates' Association

Continuing for the second year the successful elimination of Sunday meetings, five meetings were held on Wednesday evenings in the homes of various members. At an additional five meetings, the Executive Council attempted to deal with administrative details, referring only essential matters to the membership for general deliberation. Meeting at the homes of members offered an appropriate setting for the blending of social and professional interests, since refreshments were served before the scientific sessions, business was kept to a minimum, and the bulk of the evening was devoted to scientific considerations.

Although, as in the previous year, clinical matters were considered central, emphasis this year has been on exchanging ideas and points of view with other psychiatrists and allied workers, in an effort to enrich our effectiveness as therapists. In November, we discussed a paper on research in schizophrenia by one of our members who had previously published his results; in February a meeting was devoted to the history of American psychoanalysis; in March, to an anthropological paper on homosexuality by a visiting professor of anthropology, and in April to newer developments in therapy. The March meeting, which was open, was attended by a considerable number of non-member psychiatrists and physicians.

Following the examples of the winter sessions of the Academy of Psychoanalysis and the American Psychopathological Association, in which analysts from various institutes participated, plans were formulated for a meeting on the candidates' level with at least one other institute in the city, with the hope that other such meetings will be planned for in the future.

During this past year many members contributed to the success of our scientific programs. The Bulletin published several original articles, in addition to extensive reports of Academy, Interval, and other meetings. Individual candidates continued to contribute to the Journal, and to be active in the Institute