AUXI LIARY FUND REPORT OF THE TREASURER Members of the Fund, per Annual Report, December 1942 ----- -- --------- 239 Members contributing to date --------- ----- -------- -- 130 Members lost ---- - ----- ---------- ------- - ---- - - - - 18 Deceased _____ 10 Withd rawn ____ 8 Members suspending, or not making contri butions -------- 17 Suspending ___ 11 In Greece ---- 3 Life Members - 3 Members not heard from ---- - - ------- ------------ - - - 74 Probably will contribute _____ _42 239 Probably will not contribute ___ 32 New Member since Annual Report (former member resuming contributions) -- 1 Members added between Annual Meeting and Annual Report - -------- - 7 Contributions received by Treasurer t o date ------ ---- ------ ----- ---$1,202.89 Contributions sent direct to Treasurer of School ------ ------ --- --- --- 100.00 May 8, 1943 42 Respectfully submitted, Alfred C. Schlesinger Treasurer $1,302.89 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION To the Members of the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: As Secretary of the Alumni Association of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, I have the honor to submit the report of the activities of the As­ sociation for the year May 9, 1942, to May 8, 1943. One News Letter has been sent out to members (in September, 1942) in which it was possible, thanks to Mr. Lord's generous cooperation, to give some idea of conditions in Greece and at the School according to information which had come through in the late Spring. Early in the Fall when requests had come from the Government not to hold large meetings at Christmas time in order to help the . travel situation for those in the armed services, the Council considered the matter of the annual meeting of the Association and decided it was our duty not to call a meeting at that time in con­ junction with either the Archaeological Institute of America or the American Philo­ logical Association. It was felt, however, that the Council should meet to make nominatio ns for the annua l elections and to formulate policy for the Association in regard to meetings and other activities for the duration of the war. Plans were made to hold this meeting in New York on December 29. When, at almost the last moment, pressure became still stronger not to bold meetings and it became dear that several members would not be able to attend, the meeting was cancelled. The officers of the Council were then faced with a difficult decision: which would be better for the Association, to conduct nominations and discuss policy in­ volving amendments by mail, or tO assume the responsibility of holding the status quo of the organization until a Council meeting could be held with less difficulty at the time of this meeting? The latter counsel prevailed, and a meeting of the Council was held last night, May 7, 1943. · Meanwhile, the only real difficulty arising from the decision was that the As­ sociation would not be represented on the Managing Committee at this meeting, since no new representative to serve for 1943 and 1944 bad been nominated, and the representative for 1942 and 1943 had left the country. Rather than assume the nom­ ination themselves without consulting the Association (for which time did not then allow) the officers chose to request the retiring representative, who had been duly nominated by the Association and elected by the Managing Committee, to serve for this meeting as a special emergency measure. At the meeting of the Council on May 7, 1943, the Council voted to ask Miss Lucy Talcott to fill out Mr. Rodney Young's term as representative of the Association on the Managing Committee. It was also voted by the Council to nominate to the 43