Report of the Council for the Year 1939Source: The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 30, Part 2 (1940), pp. 224-228Published by: Society for the Promotion of Roman StudiesStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/297005 .

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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR I939

The Council have the honour to present to the members of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies their report for the vear 1939.

i. There is little comment to be made on the Revenue and Expenditure Account of the Society for the past year, 1939, which ended with a deficit of 113 compared with one of ?6i for 1938. The Publication Account fell from ?633 to ?563, and Administration Expenses rose from ?267 to ?278.

On the other side of the account, Sales of Publications produced ?4oI against ?43 I. Subscriptions were almost exactly the same, but revenue from investments fell from ?I45 to ?133.

In the Balance Sheet it will be noted that the Bookshelves are now written down to a nominal LI. The Investments taken as usual at their lowest price in 1932 would have shown at the lowest recorded price in 1939 an appreciation of ?271

over that figure. Advantage was taken of an opportunity to purchase a stock of paper for future issues of the Journal; and to cover a rise in printing costs it is proposed to reduce the size of the Journal for the duration of the War.

2. The accompanying table shows the changes which have taken place in the membership of the Society during the year.

Members Subscribing Institutions Ex-

chang- Student ing Asso- Totals

Ordin- Life Hon Great Over- Socie- ciates ary Britain seas ties

Net membership, Ist 556 70 7 122 222 40 28 I 045 Jan., I939.

Joined during 939 . + 33 - + 4 + 8 + 2 + I5 + 62 Resignations and re- -36 - - 3 - - - 9 -48

movals. Deaths . . . -8 - 2 - I - - - -II

Netmembership, 3 I st 545 68 6 I23 230 42 34 I048 Dec., 1939.

In suspense for the - -I - 2 - 39 - 8 - 50 duration of the war.

Total . . 545 67 4 I23 I91 34 34 998

Last year the membership figures were held to be unsatisfactory because the number of ordinary members decreased from 56i to 556, the number of elections having dropped to 33 from 47, the average for the previous three years. In 1939

the number of elections remains the same but, as is to be expected in a year of war, resignations have increased and the total of ordinary members is still further reduced to 545-an ominous sign. The reduction would have been offset in part by the addition of 8 new overseas libraries were it not for the large number-39- which must remain in suspense for the duration of the war. Thus, the final complete

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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR I939 225

total of 998 is now back to that of 1934 (997). This will mean a reduction in income and unless the Society can find further support, perhaps in those places where it is now holding its meetings, its work must also be reduced.

3. Volume XXVIII, part 2 of the Journal, and volume XXIX, part i, were issued during the year; the delay in the issue of part 2 has been caused by the length of time it took to get permission to send proofs abroad. Volume XXIX, the first to be printed by Messrs. Stephen Austin and Sons, Ltd., of Hertford, reflects credit on this firm; with its 35 plates it is also the last to be published on such a scale for some considerable time. As indicated above, a smaller J'ournal is now inevitable, and indeed, it may be necessary to issue the volume in one part only.

4. Mr. E. B. Birley and Mr. C. A. Ralegh Radford represented the Society at the Sixth International Congress of Archaeology held in Berlin from 2ISt to 27th August.

5. The Council regret to record the deaths of one Honorary Member, Professor Tenney Frank, of The Johns Hopkins University, and of ten other members: Professor E. Bensley, Mr. C. H. Bothamley, Canon A. E. Brooke, Mr. A. E. Brown, Mr. D. J. Campbell, Lieut.-Col. Sir Hugh Daly, Professor Ernest Gardner, Surgeon Commander K. H. Jones, Sir Henry Stuart Jones, and Sir William Ramsay. The last two had both taken an active part in the founding of the Society. Sir William Ramsay was among the first Vice-Presidents and Sir Henry Stuart Jones on the first Council, being elected Vice-President in 1913. Sir Henry was elected President of the Society in 1926, while Camden Professor of Ancient History in Oxford. He remained a member of the Editorial Committee to the end of his life and always took a lively interest in the work of the Society. The study of Roman history has suffered a serious loss in his death and that of Sir William Ramsay and Professor Tenney Frank.

6. Two open meetings were held on ioth January and 17th March; at the first a discussion was opened by Professor Norman Baynes on the teaching of Republican history in schools; at the second Miss Kathleen Kenyon, F.S.A., read a paper on ' Public Buildings at Ratae Coritanorum (Leicester) and Viro- conium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter)'.

7. At the Annual General Meeting on 6th June Mr. C. H. Roberts, kindly taking the place of Dr. Boethius of Goteborg, who was compelled to postpone his visit to England, read a paper on ' Roman Egypt and the Literary Papyri'. The meetings at Bath and Bristol, postponed from 1938, were once more arranged for the end of September, 1939, and once more, this time owing to the outbreak of war, were abandoned, as was another to be addressed by Father Heithaus on ' Roman Temples in Syria ' in November in London. Later on an experiment was made with meetings in the country, advantage being taken of the help to be obtained from the new local secretaries: Mr. 1. A. Richmond spoke on Hadrian's Wall at Cam- bridge on 7th November and at Cardiff on gth November, and Mr. C. E. Stevens addressed an Oxford audience on 2nd November on ' The Theodosian Code, the Law Book of a Dictatorship'. The success of the experiment led to a new series being arranged in 1940. It is hoped thus to keep the existence of the Society before the public and4to help to maintain interest in Roman history and archaeology. It is also to be wished that these meetings will attract new members.

8. At the Annual General Meeting the existing Vice-Presidents, the Honorary Treasurer, Mr. Holland Martin, and the Auditor, Mr. C. T. Edge, were re-elected for another year, and there were elected as members of Council for three years

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226 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR I939

(I939 to I942) Mr. P. K. Baillie-Reynolds, Mr. Philip Corder, Miss M. Kitson Clark, Dr. A. H. M. Jones, Mr. C. H. Roberts, Dr. J. M. C. Toynbee, Dr. A. D. Trendall, and Mr. L. P. Wilkinson.

9. Members will much regret to learn of the resignation of Mr. W. T. Purdon, the Keeper of the Books and Lantern Slides at the Joint Library at 50 Bedford Square. Mr. Purdon will be missed not only by the many members who use the library, but also by the officers who owe much to his courtesy and willingness to take into consideration the interests of the Roman Society. Miss G. R. Levy, M.A., has been appointed by the Hellenic Council as Librarian (and Assistant Secretary of the Hellenic Society) for the duration of the war.

io. At the end of the year the Council, in view of the present difficulties in making arrangements far ahead and in travelling, etc., decided that it would be wiser to postpone all elections for one year. Dr. H. I. Bell, whose term of office as President ended in June, I940, has very kindly consented to remain for another year. The Council has also appointed a small emergency committee of six, to include the President, Treasurer, and Secretary, Professor Baynes, Mr. R. Meiggs, and Mr. R. Syme, to carry on the administration and to report to the Council, which should meet at least once a year.

On behalf of the Council, M. V. TAYLOR,

Secretary. 50 Bedford Square, W.C. 1.

26th April, 1940.

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