The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-16
Or. D. w. Dennis of Earlham,
Says That Pasteur's The
ory of the Origin of Contag-
ion Is Correct.
SPOKE TO ANTI-TUBERCU-
LOSIS SOCIETY, SUNDAY.
B. F. WissIer, at the Annual
Election. Was Chosen Pres
ident of the Organization
Campaign Planned.

The Wayne County Anti-Tuberculo-
meeting Sunday afternoon i'll the Sun
day school rooms Of the First English
Lutheran church of this city. DR.. ID.
w Dennis of Earlham college, address
ed the meeting in his inimitable style
on the germ theory of diseases, as ad-
vocated and demonstrated first by the
celebrated Frenchman. DR.. Pasteur. A
to an explanation of the methods by
which DR.. Pasteur arrived at his con-
clusions that diseases are the results
of the ravages In the human body of
specific forms of microscopic plants
or germs, technically called baccilli or
microbes. DR.. Dennis wove the sew
eral steps of DR.. Pasteur's discoveries
into a most instructive story which
laid a good foundation for a campaign
of education, along the lines of pre-
vention and cure of tuberculosis.
The speaker then made free use Of
the stereopticon TO show the diversi.
fed forms of these destructive little
creatures and how they multiply and
thrive under favorable circumstances
and how they languish and die under
other conditions. The speaker re.
garded Dr. Pasteur as one OF the great.
est of this worlds men. In conclu-
sion the speaker developed three well
established facts, namely:
That consumption is a germ disease.
That consumption comes from with.
out and not from Inheritance within.
| That consumption is preventable.
That consumption is durable.
After the address the society held its
annual election. The officers for TIE
ensuing year are as follows:
President-B. +. Wissler.
! Secretary-Dr. S. Edgar Bond.
Treasurer-W. S. Hiser.
Vice-presidents-1 Ward, Everett
Knollenberg: I'd Ward, George Bishopl
3rd Ward-Miss Eleanor Robinson; 4tb
Ward, Mrs. Thomas r. Jessup; 9th
Ward, F. F. Riggs; 9th Ward, Mrs
Miriam Henly; 18th ward, Prof Murray
| Kenworthy: Sth Ward. Joseph Kinney
The president was instructed to ap.
point the chairmen or the following
Standing committees, finance commit
tee, publicity committee. program
committee, visiting or relief commit
tee vote OF thanks was given DIR
Dennis Prof. J. F. Thompson of the
high school, for manipulating the ste
reoDticon, to Miss Alice Knollenberg
oreanist. and TO the trustees of this
church for the use of their rooms.
The newly elected officers were re
quested to meet next Friday evening Al
80 at the Garfield school building foi
consultation on plans for future work.
II is hoped that the newly elected AZ
well as the retiring officers be pres
ent at that meeting. If for any rea
sons that persons elected cannot serve.
they should at once advise the presi'
dent or secretary of their intentions.
1t is asserted that this is a noble
work and all who engage in it should
become imbued with the spirit of the
great awakening now going on in al
most the entire civilized world for the
determination of this dread destroyer
of human kind.
Other meetings will follow. Per.
sons desiring to become members OF
the society can become such by merely
sending their names to the secretary.