The following institutions have ceased to cooperate in the support of the School: Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Toronto, Rochester, Goucher and Iowa. Token pay­ ments are being made by Trinity, Haverford, Dartmouth and Hamilton. Of these colleges, only Dartmouth withdrew its support during the last year. It may be hoped that, unless the war lasts too long, the other cooperating institutions will continue their support of the School. The Executive Committee has voted to retain in the list of contributing colleges, although without representation on the Managing Committee, those institutions that make token payments. Since the program of the School at Athens has been brought entirely to a standstill as far as cooperation from America is concerned, the activities of the Pub­ lications Committee assume an unusual importance. The work of this Committee has been hampered during the last year by the withdrawal of so many of our per­ sonnel into war work. It has, however, gone forward under the able directorship of the Chairman, Professor Meritt, assisted by Mr. Paul Clement, our Managing Editor. The beautiful volume on Byzantine pottery by Mr. Charles H. Morgan II is one of the visible signs of what this Committee has accomplished. Since Pro­ fessor Cherniss has disappeared into war work, I have, at Professor Meritt's request, asked Professor Roy Deferrari to take his place during his enforced absence. The sincere thanks of the Managing Committee are due to the members of the Publi­ cations Committee. During the present year the School had thr.ee fellows: Mr. Eugene Vanderpool, Agora Fellow, who was withdrawn from his work to a concentration camp in Germany; Miss Margaret Thompson, Agora Fellow, who resigned in December to enter war work; and Miss Louise Dickey, who was entering her second year as a Fellow, working in the Metropolitan Museum, and was "drafted" into war work during the Fall. Three fellows are under appointment and will be eligible for residence in Athens when the school is re-opened: Miss Mary Campbell, Fellow of the Archaeological Institute, appointed for 1939-1940; Herbert Lloyd Cain, Thomas Day Seymour Fellow, appointed for 1940-1941; Miss Mabel L. Lang, Thomas Day Seymour Fellow, appointed for 1942-1943. The Managing Committee and the Board of Trustees had both approved by large majorities the giving of fellowships on a restricted scale for study in this country during the war. Upon investigation, however, the use of the funds of the School for this purpose was held to be illegal in case objection to such use was made by members of the Board of Trustees. Such objection was made, and the giving of fellowships for study in this country has therefore been discontinued. Last year it was noted that the annual reports for the years 1928-1939 had not been published. Four of these reports were issued last year, and the other seven during the year 1942-1943. The annual reports of the School from its beginning are now available in printed form. 24 ' The history of the School during its first twenty years was written by Professor Thomas Day Seymour. Professor Shear had undertaken to write the history of the School during the last forty years, and it was hoped that that enterprise might have been completed this year. As a supplement to that history the Chairman prepared a Directory of Trustees, Managing Committee, Faculty and Students, 1882-1942. This has been issued as a pamphlet and sent to the members of the Committee. It is hoped that it may be found useful. The members of the Committee are. asked to report the inevitable mistakes to the Chairman so that they may be rectified before final publication. I am appointing as Directors of the Auxiliary Fund to serve until May, 1946, Mr. Edward Capps, Mr. Clyde Pharr, Mr. Clarence Young and Mrs. Lyman B. Spitzer, Jr. The contributions to this Fund have fallen off since the beginning of the war. This was to be expected, and the decrease has as yet been no greater than during the last war, when the total fell to $1,392.32 (1919) . The contributions for 1942 amounted to two hundred dollars more than for 1941. It is earnestly to be hoped that this fund may be vigorously supported. The individual contributions are small, but the aggregate is impressive. The Chairman wishes that a larger number of the Man­ aging Committee were enrolled among the contributors. In closing the report of this dreary year, I should like to mention one bright occasion- the dinner given by institutions interested in work in Greece and the Near East to George II, King of the Hellenes, on June 22, 1942, in New York City. The two speakers on the occasion were Mrs. Anne O'Hare McCormick and Mr. Thomas W. Lamont, Vice-President of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Lamont's graceful re­ marks will be found in the Sixty-first Annual Report of the School. May 8,1943 25 Respectfully submitted, Louis E. Lord Chairman