At the annual dinner of the Phillips Brooks House Association held in the Union last night at which the officers of the Standing Committees rendered their reports for the past year it was shown that the work of the Association had increased, and had adapted itself very successfully to war conditions in the past year, especially in connection with the military and naval units at the University. That Americanization at home and reconstruction abroad are the two great post-war problems facing the college man was also emphatically brought out. The reports follow in full:

Report of the President.

The purpose of this report is to outline the more important activities and the general work of Phillips Brooks House Association during the period in which the retiring cabinet has held office but not in any way to review the more special activities of the Association's special committees and constituent societies, whose work is presented in their respective reports. The question that invariably arises at the end of the year is whether the Brooks House has been as successful as usual; and if the test of success is to be found in the ability to adapt itself to meet new and constantly changing conditions and in the amount of good done by the organization, certainly the results are encouraging. Never before has the House itself been used by so many people and by so many organizations as during the period covered by this report; and in spite of the fact that so large a proportion of men formerly associated with Brooks House have been absent in service and that the support given by the undergraduate body naturally diminishes in proportion to the decrease in enrollment, nevertheless the activities of the association were successfully adjusted to meet the special needs growing out of the unusual war conditions in the autumn and the equally difficult period of transition to a normal basis that followed the Armistice. But it is more fitting to outline in a general way the year's activities and let the actual facts prove the success or failure of the Association's efforts.

Among the more important activities carried on last spring was the annual Class Day Spread, held on June 18, and conducted along the same lines as in previous years; about 200 were present. The Hut and Canteen for the Naval Radio School were operated with notable success by the Association under the supervision of A. Beane, the retiring graduate secretary, until August, when the work was taken over by the Y. M. C. A. In addition to this it should be added that Brooks House itself was used as a Hostess House, Information Bureau, and reading and writing room for all men in army or navy uniform until February of this year.

When College opened last September the Association was confronted with changed conditions and new needs. The officers and members of Executive Cabinet of the Association were largely absent in service; and in place of the usual Freshman class the newly organized S. A. T. C. occupied the Freshman Dormitories--the Marine Section and Naval Unit occupied other University dormitories. Accordingly, a special War Cabinet under the presidency of R. H. Howe '19 was constituted to carry on the activities of the Association. H. M. Thurston '16 was appointed Graduate Secretary, October 25. It was necessary to procure a place for recreation, hospitality, entertainment and opportunity for reading and writing for the men in the various Harvard army and navy units. Through the interest of President Lowell the Speakers' Club at 39 Holyoke street was given the Association for this purpose, and Mrs. Gulick, who had been in charge of the Naval Radio Canteen, very kindly consented to take charge of the canteen, and rendered a valuable and efficient service. Mrs. E. C. Moore also served as treasurer and aided considerably in making the canteen a success. In this way several hundred men were served daily. Moreover, in order to provide additional entertainment for the men in the service, the Hasty Pudding Club was secured through the courtesy of Mr. A. H. Parker '97, and the 47 Workshop agreed to put on one play each week. A number of very successful performances were given before large and steadily increasing audiences.

The annual Freshman Reception was held on November 13, when President Lowell, Professor Moore and Arthur Beane spoke to about 200 men, and at two other meetings for Freshmen Dr. Fitch and Dr. Fosdick addressed those members of the class not in uniform.

The results of the Harvard United War Work Campaign conducted under the auspices of the Brooks House Association were most satisfactory, for counting the subscriptions made by members of the Faculty, a total of just under $40,000 was collected. The Red Cross Membership Campaign, conducted by T. R. Thayer '21, during the last week before vacation, enrolled 400 as members.

Mention should also be made of the Thanksgiving and Christmas entertainments which were carried out this year, as in the past, with marked success, and of the revising and enlarging of the register of rooms and lodgings available for students, in anticipation of the large number of men returning to College after January 1.

With the opening of College after the Christmas recess the work of the War Cabinet was taken and continued by the Executive Cabinet with the vice-president acting as president in the absence of R. Emmet '19. The first work of the Cabinet was to conduct a brief financial campaign in the University and Graduate Schools. The amount collected in this, together with that of the smaller campaign held last autumn, was $4,690, a total greater than even last year's subscription of $4,346.44. Such results are very gratifying, but one cannot help feeling that, if the number of contributions indicates the amount of interest and sympathy in the student body for the work of the Association, there ought to be 2000 instead of 550 names on the list of those subscribing. Another year special emphasis should be placed, it seems to me, not only on raising a large sum of money from the undergraduates but particularly on getting every one to contribute something, however small, to the good work of the Association.

The plan instituted last year for promoting discussion and thought among the students on present day political, economic, and social questions was renewed this year with equal success and interest. Weekly Discussion Groups, led by a professor or instructor, have been held since the beginning of the year under the direction of the Christian Association of Brooks House with entirely satisfactory results. A series of discussion meetings, called "A Forum for Harvard Men," were begun on February 11, when Professor Wiener talked to 160 students on "Bolshevism" and subsequent meetings were addressed by Professor Munro, Professor Carver, President Eliot and others.

What promises to be one of the most prominent activities of the Association was initiated in March in the reorganization of the Harvard Mission in the form of a committee to arouse and maintain interest among the undergraduates and alumni in opportunities for foreign reconstruction work. The project was initiated as a result of the visit of Dr. R. M. Story '08, head of the Y. M. C. A. in Siberia, to Cambridge on March 12.

Among the lesser activities should be mentioned the revision of the constitution of the Association by a special committee acting with the Graduate Committee and the report made on the League of Nations Conference held in Boston by P. Hofer '21, who was present as a delegate of the Association.

Such in outline was the work of Phillips Brooks House Association during the past twelve months. Too much credit cannot be given to the Graduate Secretary, H. Thurston '16, who, as author of every new plan, has been solely responsible for the success of the Association's efforts; to W. Tibbetts '17, for his valuable work as Associate Graduate Secretary; to the members of the War Cabinet, whose time and energy enabled Brooks House to carry on its good work in a most difficult period; and to my own associates of the Executive Cabinet for their faithful co-operation and interest in the year's success. In commenting upon the situation, I can make but one suggestion and repeat the appeal that is almost annually made for wider and more active interest in the work of the Association among the whole undergraduate body, for on this alone depends the success or failure of our good work.  J. G. COOLIDGE '20.

Report of the Treasurer.

As the fiscal year for Phillips Brooks House Association does not end until June 1, it is impossible at this date to give a complete account of the finances for 1918-1919. The particular character of the year's expenditures merely will be noted.