Abstract :
At the last convention, held in Milwaukee, the question of the work of the branches of the Institute and their relations to the executive offices in New York revealed the fact that there was considerable lack of information concerning the scope of the Institute work and the method of carrying it on. The growth of the Institute as a National organization and the extension of its usefulness to its membership is so largely dependent upon the intelligent coöperation of the local organizations that it seems desirable that all should be familiar with its work.