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The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association was held at Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 31, 1927, with Dr. Adolph Stern presiding. The following members were present: Drs. Burrow of Baltimore, Glueck of New York, Hutchings of Utica, N. Y., Johnson of Washington, Menninger of Topeka, Oberndorf of New York, Reed of Cincinnati, Smeltz of Pittsburgh, Stern of New York, Sullivan of Baltimore, White of Washington, and Young of Omaha.
At the afternoon session held in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association, the following papers were presented: “Behavioristic Versus Psycho-analytic Concepts,” Dr. Ralph Reed, Cincinnati; “Constitutional Tendencies of the Ego,” Dr. Bernard Glueck, New York.
At the evening session the program was: “Autonomy of the ‘I’ from the Standpoint of Group Analysis,” Dr. Trigant Burrow; “Submucous Resection as a Castration Symbol,” Dr. C. P. Oberndorf, New York.
The Society adopted a report made by the Committee on Education, consisting of Drs. E. J. Kempf, Standard Edition, Jelliffe, and C. P. Oberndorf, advocating: (1) The increase in active membership from fifty to seventy-five; (2) the creation of an associate membership to include persons engaged in fields allied to psychoanalysis but who are not engaged in the practice of therapeutic psychoanalysis.
The following were elected to membership: Drs. Clara Thompson of Baltimore, John Cassity of Washington, Ernest E. Hadley of Washington, Lionel Blitzen of Chicago.
Dr. Oberndorf was elected to represent the Society at the International Psycho-analytic Association meeting at Innsbruck in September, 1927.
The following officers were elected: President, Dr. W. A. White of Washington; Secretary, Dr. C. P. Oberndorf of New York; Council, Drs. H. S. Sullivan of Baltimore, Ralph Reed of Cincinnati, A. Stern of New York.