The PHILADELPHIA PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY was admitted as a constituent society member of the American Psychoanalytic Association at its meeting in Chicago, May 1939. Organized in October 1937, its charter members were Dr. Sydney G. Biddle, Dr. O. Spurgeon English, Dr. LeRoy M. A. Maeder, Dr. George W. Smeltz. At the meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association May 1940 in Cincinnati, a Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute was recognized and approved by the Association, and subsequently with the unanimous approval of the constituent societies. The officers of the Society are Dr. Sydney G. Biddle, president; Dr. O. Spurgeon English, vice-president; Dr. LeRoy M. A. Maeder, secretary-treasurer. The Educational Committee of the Institute offers the following courses for the academic year 1940–1941: Clinical Conferences, Sandor Rado, M.D. (New York City); Continuous Case Seminar, LeRoy M. A. Maeder, M.D. (Philadelphia); Basic Writings and Literature, Sydney G. Biddle, M.D. (Philadelphia); Psychoanalytic Psychiatry, George W. Smeltz, M.D. (Pittsburgh).