Society Proceedings

The seventeenth annual meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association was held in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 16, 1929. The program consisted of a joint session with the American Psychiatric Association at which the program was as follows: The Language of the Psychoses by Dr. William A. White of Washington; The rǒle of Masturbation in the Neuroses by Dr. Adolph Stern of New York; Schizophrenia and Psychotherapy by Dr. A. A. Brill of New York; and Mechanisms in Cases of Prolonged Schizophrenia by Dr. Nolan D. C. Lewis of Washington.

At the evening session the following papers were read: Education Relative to Deviations and Psychoneurotic Conversions by Dr. Mary Isham of Cincinnati; Axillary Menstruation in a Male by Dr. Ernest Hadley of Washington; Homosexuality and Zoöphilia by Dr. C. P. Oberndorf of New York; and Remarks on the Castration Complex by Dr. Nolan D. C. Lewis of Washington.

The joint session drew a large attendance of psychiatrists interested in various branches of psychiatry but the evening session was poorly attended owing to the fact that the hour conflicted with numerous round table conferences held in various specialties such as Social Psychiatry, Clinical Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy, Hospital Administration, etc.

At the business meeting only a very small percentage of the members of the Association were in attendance because of the great distance of Atlanta from the residence of most of the members. Those present were: Drs. White, Hadley and Lewis of Washington; Brill, Stern and Oberndorf of New York; Sullivan of Baltimore; Isham of Cincinnati; and Emerson of Boston.

The following were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. A. A. Brill, New York; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. C. P. Oberndorf, New York; Council, Drs. W. A. White, Nolan D. C. Lewis of Washington and H. S. Sullivan of Baltimore. Dr. Brill appointed Drs. Brill, Oberndorf and Stern as delegates to represent the Association at the International Congress at Oxford. It was