Of scarcely less significance and interest than the addresses was the pageant presented on the lawn during the intermission between the sessions, depicting scenes and incidents illustrating the origin and development of the Hospital, and of psychiatry and mental hygiene. The text and the scenes displayed were prepared by Dr. Charles I. Lambert, First Assistant Physician of the Hospital, and by Mrs. Adelyn Wesley, who directed the performance and acted as narrator. The performers were persons who were connected with the Hospital, twenty-two of whom were patients. The celebration was held on May 26, 1921. The weather was exceptionally clear, with bright sunshine and moderate temperature. The grounds, in their Spring dress of fresh leaves and flowers, were especially beautiful. This added much to the attractiveness of the occasion and the pleasure of those who attended. Luncheon was served on the lawn in front of the Brown Villa and the pageant was presented on the adjoining recreation grounds. The beauty of the day and the surroundings, the character of the addresses and of the speakers, the remarkable felicity and grace with which they were introduced by the President, the dignity and noble idealism of his closing words, and the distinguished character of the audience, all contributed to make the celebration one of exceptional interest and value to those who were present, and a notable event in the history of the Hospital. For the purpose of preserving, and of perhaps extending to some who were not present, the spirit of the occasion, and of placing in permanent form an account of the proceedings and the addresses which were made, this volume has been published by the Society of the New York Hospital. WILLIAM L. RUSSELL. CONTENTS Page PREFACE vii INVOCATION 3 REV. FRANK H. SIMMONDS HISTORICAL REVIEW 7 EDWARD W. SHELDON, ESQ. President of the Society of the New York Hospital "THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PSYCHIATRY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE PROBLEMS" 17 ADOLF MEYER, M.D. Director of the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland "THE IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHIATRY IN GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTICE" 55 LEWELLYS F. BARKER, M.D. Professor of Clinical Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland GREETINGS FROM THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 79 GEORGE D. STEWART, M.D. President of the Academy "THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS" 89 RICHARD G. ROWS, M.D. Director of the Section on Mental Illnesses of the Special Neurological Hospital, Tooting, London, England