„[...] The commencement of a publication, exhibiting the Society's proceedings in a distinct and separate form, seems to be a suitable occasion for giving a brief sketch of each Mission, from its commencement to the present year, as the events connected with it are brought under notice. The first of these is the WEST-AFRICA MISSION. [...]
1. On the establishment of the present regime in Germany in the spring of 1933 and the dismissal or putting into retirement of a number of distinguished university teachers, either on grounds of opinion or on grounds of race, the Academic Assistance Council was formed (in May 1933) with a view to finding for those so displaced opportunities of continuing their scientific work in various institutions in this country or elsewhere. [...]