The Phillips Brooks House Association held its annual dinner and business meeting in the Trophy Room of the Union last evening. Mr. George Wigglesworth '74 was introduced by A. Beane '11, Graduate Secretary, and then presided over the meeting.

Reports read by the officers of the constituent societies and by the chairmen of the various committees showed the direction and amount of growth in the work of the Association during the past year. The thirteen reports submitted last night are printed below almost in full:

President's Report

In summing up the work carried on under the Cabinet of the Phillips Brooks House Association since it took office last year about this time, I shall group the topics under old and new business rather than follow the year's work through chronologically. In this way, I hope to show in a clear and simple way that the Cabinet has gone on with the work that has proved useful in the past, and has introduced changes which we feel have proved, or soon will prove, valuable. Since the Cabinet took office last spring, meetings have been held regularly, and only once has there failed to be a quorum present. At that time there was a general misunderstanding as to the date. All the members attending have made the Cabinet meetings of great service to the Association members, and to the constituent societies. The reports in all cases have been clean cut and the discussions to the point.

Following the custom of previous Cabinets, the Association held the Class Day Spread, which was taken advantage of by 235 people.

During the summer the Harvard University Handbook was published, about 600 copies being sent to incoming Freshmen during August, and 2400 copies being distributed at the beginning of the college term through the various information bureaus. Through advertising the expense of printing and distribution of the 3,000 copies was met, with a small balance of $13.50.

On Tuesday, September 23, the reception of the Freshmen was held in Peabody Hall, and attended by about 600, (the speakers being Professor Bliss Perry; Professor A. P. Fitch; A. Beane, '11; W. C. Brown, '14; C. H. Crombie, '14; and R. T. P. Storer, '14.)

"Open House" was held on Thanksgiving and Christmas evenings for men who were in Cambridge for the vacation periods. Entertainment in the way of readings and music were given in the parlor before the open fire. Refreshments appropriate for the different seasons were served. 167 men took advantage of this hospitality on Thanksgiving night, and 100 on Christmas night.

Owing to the custom which started last year, the Senior and Freshmen elections were again held in the hallway of Phillips Brooks House. With the coming of the Freshman dormitories the Freshmen elections will naturally be held among the Freshmen; but Brooks House is the natural place for the Senior elections, so that we may expect this new custom to stand as a precedent. The Alumni Civic Service Committee followed the practice started last year of getting the Seniors to signify at their elections their willingness to assist in community service after graduation. 350 men voted at the elections for class officers, 196 of whom signified an interest in some form of community service, or 56 per cent of the men voting as compared with 50 per cent for last year.

Some new changes have developed, and I hope they may prove their right to become installed among the activities already mentioned.

Although the Information Bureau has been run for some years, this is the first year that the Bureau has been run by the Phillips Brooks House Association. The constituent societies all cooperated and with their valuable assistance the Bureau was so successful that the scheme will undoubtedly commend itself to the incoming Cabinet.

A committee of men in the Medical School was appointed to report whether or not they felt that there was a field for religious and social service work in that department of the University. Mr. W. R. Ohler, 4 M., was appointed Secretary of the Committee, and you have all heard his report, and have heard of the opportunities which have been presented for this kind of work in the Medical School.

At the last two meetings of the Cabinet, the question was raised as to the advisability of adding the leader of the Student Volunteers to the Association Cabinet. It was finally unanimously voted to give the Volunteers this representation.

It is fitting that the President's Report, submitted on the near completion of Mr. Arthur Beane's third year of service, should close with unqualified praise of his work for Phillips Brooks House as its Graduate Secretary.  QUENTIN REYNOLDS, '14.  President.

Report of the Treasurer