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At the annual meeting of the Baltimore Psychoanalytic Society on April 11, 1953, the following new officers were elected:
President: James F. Bing, M.D.
Secretary: Helen H. Arthur, M.D.
Treasurer: Paul H. Gray, M.D.
At the same meeting, Dr. Leon Ferber was elected to Associate Membership.
The members of the Society were saddened by the sudden and unexpected death of Dr. Helen H. Arthur on April 17, 1953, within a week following her election as Secretary of the Society. Dr. Arthur, who was 34 years old, is survived by her husband, Dr. John M. Arthur, and by two daughters aged six years and four years.
Dr. Richard H. Pembroke, Jr. is filling out Dr. Arthur's unexpired term as Secretary to the Baltimore Society.
Work is in progress on the revision and co-ordinating of the constitutions and By-Laws of the Baltimore Society and the Baltimore Institute in order to smooth the functioning of these two bodies.
At the joint meeting with the Maryland Psychiatric Society, Dr. Jennie Waelder-Hall spoke on "Psychoanalysis and Education." The paper was discussed by Miss Margaret Coe, of the Park School in Baltimore.
The program for this year had focused on aspects of early childhood development; it was brought to a close by presentation and discussion under the leadership of Dr. David Rapaport and Mrs. Beata Rank in May and June.