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The following report by Dr. Lawrence J. Friedman of Beverly Hills, California, is a description of the Freud Centenary Celebration held in London in May, 1956:
"It is a difficult task to write a report about the Centenary Celebrations in London which would give credit to the spirit, color, and the enthusiasm which was such an important part of those unforgettable days.
"I thought about the several possibilities of how and what one should report. The papers? Undoubtedly they will be published, and a short abstract would not give the deserved credit to them. So I decided to try to give a picture of the Centenary Celebration as my personal experience. It seemed to me as though the spring and the fragrance of the flowering magnificent parks of London had all been an integral part of it.
"I went abroad directly from the impressive Centenary Meeting in Chicago, arriving in London in the midst of feverish preparations for the important occasion.
"As a forerunner to the official Celebrations there were a series of lectures and discussions at the new Extension of the Hampstead Clinic, under the direction of Anna Freud, starting on May 2.
"The official opening of the Centenary was on the night of Friday, May 4, with an elaborate and brilliant reception given by the British Psycho-Analytical Society. The reception was held at Mansfield House, the magnificent home of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and Institute of Psycho-Analysis. It was also the site of the Centenary Exhibit.
"The walls of the reception halls were covered with pictures of the psychoanalytic societies and institutes of many countries and a large chart showing the ever-increasing growth and widespread