Once more the Society's Anniversary Meeting takes place beneath that shadow which has impended for two and a half years, and, though its intensity may appear to wax or wane as fate may tip the balance one way or the other, it is evident that the decisive hour is not yet. These circumstances must inevitably place the activities of the Society under severe restraint, a restraint which must become more pressing as the intensity of our effort and the stringency of our material resources, for any but one purpose, become more and more pronounced. Excavation, except in cases dictated by military emergency, has practically ceased, research based upon our national collections and archives is almost equally impossible, and the shortage of paper will soon operate imperatively on the extent and material quality of our publications.