AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, INC. PROCEEDINGS AND REPORTS

Today begins an epoch in the history of the Academy; for it marks the advent of the first issue of the Academy's own journal-Pediatrics. The journal's title is striking, as are its style and format. All of which have been given much thought and study in order to make them outstanding and meaningful. The contents includes original articles, proceedings and reports from the Academy as well as an informative division composed of feature sections—surely enough to pique the interest of every reader. The birth of pediatrics was not precipitous, but was a result of long and diligent study by a special committee which concluded that the progress made by our organization in the past few years had been so rapid as to require a journal of its own to help record its many activities and to publish reports thereof. Also, so much is happening in the field of pediatrics that a special journal is needed mainly to coordinate the many developments suggested by the various active committees and to transmit these suggestions to the membership. We have long needed a place for reports, exposition and discussion; no longer will mimeographed bulletins satisfy. From time to time, voluminous progress reports have been circulated from Dr. John P. Hubbard on the recent Study of Child Health Services. Here, now,is adequate and proper place for their publication. We are gratified in having been able to persuade Dr. Hubbard to direct a fact finding bureau to be called Trends in Health Legislation and