The SAN FRANCISCO PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY held its semi-annual meeting on October 28 and 29, 1944, at Los Angeles. The scientific program was composed of a symposium on Short Psychotherapy with Commander U. H. Helgesson, (MC) USNR, speaking on Experiences with Short Psychotherapy in Military Psychiatry, Dr. Bernhard Berliner on The Practice of Short Psychoanalytic Therapy, and Dr. Otto Fenichel and Dr. Ernst Simmel on Theoretical Considerations of the Indications, Limitations and Technique of Short Psychotherapy. Dr. Emanuel Windholz read a paper on The Possibilities and Limitations of Group Psychotherapy and Dr. J. S. Kasanin on Vestigial Roots of Schizophrenia.