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COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF SUICIDE, INC. Incorporated December 31, 1935, the Committee for the Study of Suicide, Inc., has made a substantial beginning during the period of 1936 on its proposed five year study of suicide.—An award was granted in 1936 to the Psychopathic Hospital of the University of Colorado at Denver for a systematic study of suicide under the direction of Dr. Franklin G. Ebaugh and the Committee.—The Institute for Psychoanalysis at Chicago was granted an award by the Committee and work was begun there October 1, 1936 on psychoanalytic studies of five suicidal patients under the general guidance of Drs. Alexander and French.—Arrangements were made through Dr. Goldwater, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Hospitals, for a project to study suicidal patients in the Psychopathic Division of Bellevue Hospital. Organization of the project has been proceeding actively since October 1, 1936: the Committee has appointed one physician, and plans are made to include another physician and two social workers. The latter will help to establish a correct picture of the social background of individuals afflicted with suicidal trends.—McLean Hospital in Waverley, Mass., has also concluded an arrangement with the Committee for the Study of Suicide, Inc., for psychoanalytic studies of suicidal patients to be carried on there by Dr. M. Ralph Kaufman of its staff, beginning in September 1937.—For the investigation of suicide among primitive races the Committee has subsidized the organization of material on suicide among the 'Mohave' Indians in Arizona by Dr. George Devereux, anthropologist. He is also preparing a report on suicidal customs among the 'Moi' race in Indo-China.—Plans are being made for an anthropological expedition which will work in Melanesia or Micronesia in the hope of shedding further light on suicidal customs among primitive peoples.—A history of suicide in the human race as a social and medical phenomenon is also projected by one o