sufficiently the past year. These Standing Committees are the following:

1. Committee on a Bibliography of Church History-Rev. Francis S. Betten, S.J., Chairman; 2. Committee on Archival Centres for American History-Rev. Paul Foik, C.S.C., Ph.D., Chairman; 3. Committee on a Manual of Catholic Historical Literature-Rev. Francis Borgia Steck, O.F.M., Chairman; 4. Committee on a Manual of Historical Objections made against the Catholic Church-Rev. Bertrand L. Conway, C.S.P., Ph.D., Chairman; 5. Committee on the Teaching of Ecclesiastical History-Rev. Edward J. Hickey, Ph.D., Chairman; 6. Committee on Catholic Historical Activities in the United States-Richard J. Purcell, Ph.D., Chairman; 7. Committee on Textbooks in Church History-Rev. John K. Cartwright, D.D., Chairman.

A series of accidents, due to change of residence and to other difficulties which arose during the past year, prevented the chairmen of the Standing Committees from presenting at this particular meeting a detailed report of their work. Research of the kind included within the scope of the Committees is naturally a very slow process, and the Association loses nothing by the postponement to our next meeting of a full report from these chair

men.

The suggestion was made at this meeting that other Committees should be created: namely, a Committee on Publications, with the object of reprinting rare and scarce volumes on ecclesiastical history; and a Committee on Translations, which would direct the publication of English translations of important historical works in other languages. It was also suggested that the Association should carry its enthusiasm for Church history into the Catholic colleges and universities of the United States by establishing a Catholic Students' History Crusade, similar to the Mission Crusade which has been so successful in our educational centres the past few years.

The following reports were then read:

(a) REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

(December 27, 1924, to December 19, 1925).

Receipts:

Life Membership

$ 150.00

Cash on hand, December 27, 1924, including
$2,000.00 in Liberty Bonds

2823.16

(b) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP.

(December 29, 1925).

The Committee on Membership offered the following summary report. The total membership of the Association from December 30, 1919, to September 1, 1925, was 367: 89 life members and 278 annual members. The Association lost by death and resignations, between December 30, 1919, and September 1, 1925, 31 members. The new members added to this total by election at the Executive Council Meeting of December 6, 1925, were as follows: life members, 1; annual members 72, making a total of 409 members. Resignations during 1925 are: Carey Council, Knights of Columbus, Carey, Ohio; Rev. Frederic Siedenburg, S.J., Chicago; John H. Edmonds, Boston. The deaths during the year 1925 are as follows: Dr. Henry Jones Ford, President of the Association; Archbishop Moeller of Cincinnati; Rev. Joseph M. Woods, S.J., Woodstock College, Md.; Rev. Lawrence W. Mulhane, Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Very Rev. Thomas J. Campbell, S.J., New York. At the present time, the membership is represented in all the

States with the exception of the following: Vermont,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico. The Committee on Membership will there-
fore, during the coming year, endeavor to secure mem-
berships in the six remaining States, so that all over
the country there will be those who will be interested in
the progress of our work.

For the year 1926 the following officers were elected: President, Parker Thomas Moon, Ph.D., Assistant-Professor of International Relations, Columbia University; First Vice-President, Richard M. Reilly, K.S.G., Lancaster, Pa.; Second VicePresident, Clarence E. Martin, Esq., Martinsburg, W. Va.; Treasurer, Right Reverend Monsignor Cornelius F. Thomas, D.D., V.G., Washington, D. C.; Secretary, Rev. Peter Guilday, Ph.D., LL.D.; Assistant Secretary, Rev. Edward J. Hickey, Ph.D., Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, Mich.; Archivist, Miss Frances Louise Trew, Washington, D.C. As members of the Executive Council: Right Reverend Monsignor Francis X. Wastl, D.D., Philadelphia; Lawrence F. Flick, M.D., Philadelphia; James J. Walsh, M.D., K.S.G., New York City; Carlton J. H. Hayes, Ph.D., Columbia University; and Robert Howard Lord, Ph.D., Harvard University.

Many members of the Association participated in the Luncheon Conference on Tuesday at 12.30 P. M., called for the purpose of founding a Medieval Academy of America. Professor Dana C. Munro of Princeton presided, and among those who spoke in favor of the new society were Bishop Shahan and Dr. Guilday of the Catholic University of America.

The following new members of the Association were elected at the Executive Council Meeting held on Tuesday, December 29:

Life member, Right Reverend Bishop Ledvina, Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Annual members: Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Busch, D.D., St. Cloud, Minn.; Rt. Rev. John B. Morris, D.D., Little Rock, Ark.; Rt. Rev. Richard O. Gerow, D.D., Natchez, Miss.; Rt. Rev. E. D. Kelly, D.D., Grand Rapids, Mich.; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Henry T. Drumgoole, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Depreitere, D.D., V.G.,

Oklahoma City, Okla.; Rev. Thomas J. F. Ryan, Philadelphia, Pa.; Rev. Julian Schorn, O.S.B., Manchester, N. H.; Rev. Lawrence A. Deering, Media, Pa.; Rev. John W. Keogh, Philadelphia, Pa.; Rev. Philip J. Furlong, Ph.D., New York City; Rev. Mattias C. Braun, S.V.D., Techny, Ill.; Rev. J. E. Kealy, P.R., Lewiston, Maine; Rev. A. G. Brown, S.J., Philadelphia, Pa.; Rev. Charles Anton Miller, Forest City, Mo.; Rev. T. E. Ryan, Harrisville, R. I.; Rev. Martin P. Harney, S.J., Chestnut Hill, Mass.; Rev. Frank P. Brennan, Cleveland, Ohio; Rev. Ernest E. Brodeur, M.A., S.T.B., Goffstown, N. H.; Rev. Francis J. Canning, A.M., S.T.B., Ozone Park P. O., New York; Rev. E. V. Cardinal, C.S.V., A.M., Bourbonnais, Ill.; Rev. Thomas Vincent Cassidy, A.M., S.T.L., Providence, R. I.; Rev. Francis A. Duch, A.B., M.A., S.T.B., Hartford, Conn.; Rev. David C. Gildea, J.C.L., S.T.B., A.M., Oswego, N. Y.; Rev. John M. Kennedy, O.M.I., S.T.L., Washington, D. C.; Rev. J. Frank Leary, Baltimore, Md.; Rev. Francis A. Mullin, S.T.B., A.M., Dubuque, Ia.; Rev. Ignatius W. Nall, J.C.D., Philadelphia, Pa.; Rev. John J. A. O'Connor, Broadalbin, N. Y.; Rev. George C. Powers, A.F.M., S.T.L., M.A., Clark's Summit, Pa.; Rev. Bernard W. Prosise, Cumberland, Md.; Rev. Joseph A. Pustka, Schulenburg, Texas; Rev. Richard J. Quinlan, A.M., S.T.L., Boston, Mass.; Rev. John Ryan, A.B., S.T.B., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. John Vaughan, S.T.L., Scranton, Pa.; Rev. Edward J. Cahill, A.M., Jacksonville, Ill.; Rev. Joseph P. Christopher, S.T.L., Ph.D., Washington, D. C.; Rev. John J. Collins, Haines Falls, N. Y.; Rev. Francis P. Lyons, C.S.P., D.D., Washington, D. C.; Rev. John S. McDonough, S.S., S.T.L., Menlo Park, Calif.; Rev. Thomas J. O'Dwyer, Los Angeles, Calif.; Rev. Joseph A. Webb, S.T.L., J.C.B., Winnepeg, Canada; Rev. Myron J. Purick, A.M., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. Francis J. Maloney, Fall River, Mass.; Rev. John L. Quinan, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; Rev. V. J. Van den Broeck, Lewistown, Mont.; Rev. Charles F. Keller, S.T.B., J.C.D., Allentown, Pa.; Rev. Nicolas F. Mertz, Sprague, Wash.; Rev. William P. O'Connor, A.B., Ph.D., St. Francis P. O., Wis.; Rev. Joseph V. Somes, Indianapolis, Ind.; Rev. P. L. O'Loughlin, Ph.D., Lincoln, Neb.; Rev. Eric A. Schermanson, Wallace, Idaho; Rev. James J. McHugh, J.C.B., M.A., San Francisco, Calif.; Rev. Joseph A. Schreiner, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. William G. Kessler, Dubuque,

Iowa; Rev. W. V. Fitzgerald, Rosalia, Wash.; Rev. Sister M. Immaculata, Philadelphia, Pa.; Rev. Sister Mary Celeste, Ph.B., A.M., Chicago, Ill.; Rev. Sister M. Lucida, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. John A. Foote, Washington, D. C.; Clarence E. Martin, Esq., Martinsburg, W. Va.; Miss Florence Sheeran, Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss Elizabeth T. Doherty, Chester, Pa.; John K. Loughlin, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa.; Maurice E. Lavanoux, Esq., New York City; Mr. James Edward Lamb, C.P.A., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mr. Thomas J. McCann, Fitchburg, Mass.; Mr. Joseph Burke, Lowell, Mass.; Miss Margaret M. Guilday, Chester, Pa.; Colonel P. H. Callahan, Louisville, Ky.; Columbia College Library, Dubuque, Iowa; St. Edward's College, Austin, Texas; Columbia University, Portland, Ore.

The cooperation of the Press Bureau of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, of the Michigan Catholic of Detroit, and of the Catholic Vigil of Grand Rapids, contributed to the success of the meeting, and the thanks of the Association are due to the editors of these papers. In a special manner, thanks are also due to the Rev. Speer Strahan of the Catholic University of America, the special correspondent of the Vigil for the meeting. An editorial from the pen of the late Bishop Kelly of Grand Rapids in the Vigil for December 30, 1925, contains an eloquent appraisal of the object and the progress of the Association during the past six years. Although the meeting was not held within the limits of the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Bishop Kelly bid its members welcome to the city of Ann Arbor, where he had spent so many years in the interests of professors and students of the University. "The Association," wrote Bishop Kelly, "brings to Ann Arbor the record of high achievement within the range of many who were till now only faintly cognizant of its ideals and achievements. It is an organization of which we have every reason to be proud; its roster of over 400 members, most of them professors in the more exceptional of our colleges, and many of them writers of distinction-will, we believe, compare favorably with the membership list of any learned American Society."