Report of the Council for the Year 1948Source: The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 39, Parts 1 and 2 (1949), pp. 215-219Published by: Society for the Promotion of Roman StudiesStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/297770 .

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REPORT OF T'HE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1948

The Council have the honour to present to the members of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies their report for the year 1948.

i. Accounts.-Although the expenditure shows an excess of 4io6 Zs. over income, actually the accounts would show a credit balance of ?io6 15s. 4d. if the repayment of Income Tax under Deeds of Covenant for the two years 1946-7 and 1947-8 had been received in time to include in the statement for the year; and if one year only had been included the account would just have balanced. Sales of publications stood at f485 8s. iid. in 1948, as against 451i in 1947, sales of the war issues of the J7ournal to Continental libraries having decreased; on the other hand, the amount received for the sales of the current issue was ?6 13S. more in 1948 than in I947, 37 copies of the previous issue having been sold as opposed to 2I copies of Volume xxxvi in 1947. Subscriptions of members, too, have increased by ?45. Income from investments and repayment of tax deducted at source taken together amounted to L8 less than in 1947. On the expenditure side the _ournal, which in I947 had cost L9zI (reduced to ?87I by taking ?5o from the Benefaction Account), in I948 was brought down to ?769 by reducing the size of the Journal from 234 to 183 pages. The cause of the ?50 increase in administration was more printing, especially of the List of Members, though some part of this item will be recovered. More has been spent on books and binding and film-strips in I948, but this has been met from the Reserve Fund which was accumulated for the purpose during the war; when, however, this Reserve has been spent, Library costs of this nature inust be met out of current income. Receipts from sale and-hire of slides were only ?32 as compared with L59 in I947,

The large sum of fi83 I4S. for Life-compositions, which appears on the Balance Sheet, shows the necessity for raising this fee, which at present is too low: the amount was invested in 300 Savings Bonds I965-75. The holding Of k525 L.M.S. Railway Preference Stock I923 was converted into ?329 8s. gd. 3O% British Transport Guaranteed Stock 1978-88; this stock was bought in I926 at a cost of ?399 I7s. iid. but, being valued in i932 at ?68 5s., the conversion shows a profit under Liabilities of ?z6I 3S. gd. The market value of investments at the lowest price in 1948 shows an appreciation of ?i88 I9s. 8d. since 1947.

On the whole, the irnmediate financial position is satisfactory. The reverse is the case for the future. When the present three-year agreement with the Hellenic Society ends in 1949, the amount of the Roman Society's contribution towards the maintenance of the Joint Library must be greatly increased, owing partly to the increased membership of the Roman Society as compared with that of the Hellenic Society, and partly to increased costs, including no doubt a higher rent for 50 Bedford Square, the lease of which ends in 1949. Thus, by I950 at least k3O0 more income will be required, and it is very difficult to see how this sum is to be obtained without increasing the subscription. It would help if more members signed Deeds of Covenant to enable income tax on subscriptions to be recovered.

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

Members Subscribing Institutions Ex-

_ . _ chang- Student ing Asso- Totals

Ordin- Great Over- Socie- cia tes ary Life Hon. Britain seas ties

Effective membership, ist January, 617 67 6 138 211 24 46 1,109 1948.

Joined during 1948 . . 83 13 I 4 I5 7 25 148 Resignations 31 - 4 3 1 4 53 Deaths. . . 7 _ - - 7

Net membership, 3ist December, 66Z 79 7 I38 223 |3 57 1,197 I1948.

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2I6 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR I948

The most encouraging feature is the large increase in membership, i6 more than the highest yet recorded (I946). Deaths and resignations were the same as in I947. Life Members, tempted by the very low fee, numbered I2 more in I948, and Student Associates also continued to be more numerous. Overseas libraries have now just passed the figure of I938 (222) in spite of the continued absence of German and Austrian libraries. The position of exchanging publications continues to improve but is still less than in I938. The total membership stands at I,I97, as against 956 (effective membership) in I945, and I,045 in I938.

3. Deaths.-VA'e regret to record the death of Lord Baldwin, Mr. W. P. Blore, the Rev. G. J. Chitty, Dr. E. H. Freshfield, Sir George Hill, Mr. H. C. Rackham, and Mr. Harold Stannard.

Sir George Hill was one of the seven signatories of the Articles of Association of the Society in I9IO, a member of the first Council, and a Vice-President since I9I8 ; he was also a contributor to the Journal and for a short period its Editor. Lord Baldwin, Mr. G. J. Chitty, and Dr. E. H. Freshfield also figured in the first List of Members.

4. Yournal.-Volume XXXVIII of the Yournal was issued in December. It contained i83 pages and I6 plates- 5I pages 'less than volume xxxvii.

5. Lectures.-Lectures have been given in London by Mr. E. A. Thompson, Mr. Eric jlBirley and, to a Joint Meeting with the Hellenic Society, by Mr. C. H. Roberts; in Coventry by Mr. R. Gilyard Beer, in Reading and Sheffield by Dr. I. A. Richmond and also at Sheffield by Mr. R. Syme. To all these kind friends the Society tenders its thanks.

6. The J7oint Library and Slide Collection.-The Librarian reports that z68 new books have been added to the Library since March I947, 37 of which came from Germany. Exchanges have been resumed with I3 more societies or institutions. More slides have also been acquired, including a valuable gift of all the 69 miniatures from the two illustrated Vatican codices of Virgil and of 9 Virgilian and zz non-Virgilian paintings, mosaics, etc., which have been presented by Mr. C. A. R. Radford and which have been much in demand. More slides have been hired and fewer sold in I948. A collection of film-strips is gradually being formed.

7. The goint Committee of Greek and Roman Societies.-The August meeting in Oxford, announced by the Press to be a triennial event, was indeed a success. It was attended by some 500 people and many more were turned away for lack of accommodation. The presence of some 40 scholars from overseas, six of whom read papers, gave the meeting an international atmosphere, especially welcome in times when travel to foreign parts is still not easy. Unfortunately, Miss Jean Fisher, who so ably organized the meeting, has had to resign the secretaryship owing to the pressure of her legal work. Mrs. E. G. Turner has been appointed in her place.

8. The Joint Committee of Anthropological Research.-Mr. W. F. Grimes, Keeper of the London Museum, was re-elected the Society's representative for another period of five years.

9. Bicentenary of the Scavi di Pompeii.-Mr. J. B. Ward Perkins, Director of the British School at Rome, represented the Society at the celebrations in June at Pompeii.

IO. International Federation of Societies of Classical Studies.-Mr. Ronald Syme, as one of the two British delegates, attended the constitutive committee of an International Federation of Societies of Classical Studies summoned by M. Marouzeau and M. Mazon under the aegis of UNESCO, which was held in Paris on the 28th September. Statutes were agreed on by which the Federation came into existence and a contract was signed with UNESCO. On the z9th September the first meeting of the Federation took place. Mr. C. Hoeg, of Denmark, was elected President and M. Marouzeau and Mr. Syme Vice-Presidents, Mr. Dugas Secretary and Mlle Ernst Vice-Secretary. Proposals were considered to make the Annee philologique an international publication and to arrange a meeting in July, I949, when the views of the delegates would be discussed.

i i. Annual General Meeting.-The meeting was held in the Rooms of the Soicety of Antiquaries of London on Tuesday, 25th May, under the chairmanship of the retiring President, the Rev. M. P. Charlesworth. Professor A. H. M. Jones read a paper on the Roman Civil Service, Clerical and Sub-clerical Grades, which will be published in volume xxxix of the 7ournal.

I2. Elections, I948.-Mr. Ronald Syme, F.B.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, was elected President of the Society for the three years I948-51. Mr. A. H. M. Jones, Professor of Ancient History in the University of London, was elected a Vice-President. Professor Plinio Fraccaro, Rector of the University of Pavia and the Editor of Athenaeum, has been elected an Honorary Member.

The following members were elected to Council for the three years I948-5I: Professor R. G. Austin, Professor Michael Grant, Miss K. M. Kenyon, Mr. F. A. Lepper, Professor A. H. McDonald, Professor W. S. Maguinness; Mr. C. Et Stevens, and Professor iF. W. Walbank.

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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR I948 2I7

13. Elections, 1949.-The Council recommends the election of Dr. Eduard Fraenkel, Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford, as Vice-President, and the re-election of the existing Vice-Presidents, Treasurer and Auditor. Mr. J. M. Cobban, Professor J. M. R. Cormack, Mr. F. R. Cowell, Miss N. C. Jolliffe, Dr. V. E. Nash-Williams, Mr. A. N. Sherwin-White, Mr. L. P. Wilkinson and Mr. R. P. Wright, retire in rotation from the Council. To fill the eight vacant places the Council puts forward the names of Professors G. B. A. Fletcher and J. F. Lockwood, Dr. A. Momigliano, Professors R. A. B. Mynors and L. J. D. Richardson, Dr. H. M. Scullard, Miss E. Strudwick and Dr. C. H. V. Sutherland.

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

Secretary. 50 Bedford Square, London, W.C. i.

26 April, I949.

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