“Mr. President, Dr. Sawyer, Dr. Darrow, Members and Guests: Until this evening it has been manifestly correct to believe implicitly every word uttered by Dr. Darrow. Now it is clear that even he can be guilty of looking at the record through rose tinted glasses. You must surely realize that in the present instance he has done so. Certainly I often did not succeed in doing what ought to have been done and I did not always perform in the way desired by the Governing Board and the Member Societies. Indeed there were several occasions when I wondered how much longer I was likely to remain in office!