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The year 1961-62 was one of continued growth of the Association not only in terms of physical plant, the number of new members, and the number of transfers from Associate to Full members, but more particularly in the intensity and scope of activities and the degree of membership participation in these activities. It has been the policy of the Executive Council to encourage such member participation and interest by enlarging committees to permit greater democratization, and by delegating greater authority and scope of action to each commit tee. In keeping with this policy, committee chairmen were invited to attend Executive Council meetings at which their particular areas of function were under discussion. The Executive Council met ten times during this period.
As could be expected, this increase in activity gave rise to some new problems. The move into our new quarters in the Clinic Building caused some initial difficulties of adjustment, required competent secretarial help, and a reorganization of our office systems. A permanent Committee on Office Practices was established to handle these initial problems and future ones of this nature. Our increased financial needs necessitated our seeking ways and means of increasing our income, and the Executive Council considered many possibilities. One of the proposals was to levy a special assessment on each member; this was passed by the membership and their quick response was most gratifying. In addition, a subcommittee was authorized to explore the possibility of procuring grants from private philanthropic sources.
To further our public education aims, nine lectures to lay people were given by volunteer speakers from among the membership. This program was organized by our Public Education Committee. The overflow attendance at most of these meeting necessitated repeating them on successive evenings. We have also had excellent publicity notices due to the activity of our Public Relations Committee.
Five Academy meetings were a