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DR. MAXWELL GITELSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE, URGES ALL MEMBERS WHO ARE PLANNING TO PRESENT PAPERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IN CINCINNATI IN MAY TO NOTIFY HIM NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 15th AND TO SEND IN THEIR MANUSCRIPTS NOT LATER THAN FEBRUARY 1st, 1951.
Dr. Gitelson wishes to call attention of all Chairmen of Ad Hoc and Special Committees:
The scientific meetings of the Society will begin on Friday, December 8th. In the interest of those members of your Committees who might wish to attend the scientific sessions, it is suggested that as many committee meetings as possible be soheduled on Thursday, December 7th. All arrangements should be made through the Executive Assistant, 245-247 East 82nd Street, New York 28, N. Y
Dr. Emanuel Windholz, who is the Chairman of the Membership Committee, reported to the Board on Professional Standards in April, 1950 on the activities of his Committee. The following is a summary of his report:
The present Committee was appointed two years ago. During this time we have studied the records of eighty-two applicants. After we introduced the new application form, the records became more bulky and with the information requested from some of the deferred applicants, some records became voluminous. In order to properly evaluate the results of supervision we had to read some lengthy descriptions of clinical observation.
The records contain quite an accurate picture of the training activities at different Institutes. Here are some statistical data:
The average length of training analyses is 450 hours, with a minimum of 200 and maximum of 800 hours. Only one candidate — an exception — had his 300 hours distributed over a period of three years.
At some Institutes a total of two cases were supervised for a period of several years. At others a great many cases were