Report of the 1952 President.

Abstract This article presents a report by the retiring president of 1952 of American Accounting Association. The president said that the Association's members need to play an active role in the development of the profession, not only because they have much to contribute, but also because their own vitality is thereby increased. It is requisite that the Association's members active in the field of education be integrated into the profession and the profession's progress. No profession is satisfactorily developed without a soundly integrated educational foundation. The Association represents a vehicle through the medium of which accounting educators can express themselves, can make contributions to accounting progress, and can secure a high degree of professional integration. The Association continues to enjoy cordial relations with other professional organizations active in the accounting area. Effort was made during the past year to develop somewhat closer working relationships between the Association's committees and the committees of other professional organizations. A substantial number of new members has again been added to the Association's membership list, although associate memberships, reflecting the decrease in enrollments, continue to decline.