Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-26
WAR ON HOOKWORM
Rockefeller Commission to Be-
gin Work in South.
EXACT DATE NOT KNOWN
Announcement of Program to Be
Made When Secretary Returns
From Inspection Tour.
EXACT DATE NOT KNOWN

In six OF seven weeks, Ii nothing I'M
foreseen develops to delay the work, the
first gun in the war against the hook
worm Of the south will be fired by the
Rockefeller hookworm commission, &C
cording to an announcement by Prof. A.
p. Bourland, one of the commissions
administrative officials in this city. Prof
Bourland refused to more than approx
mate the time when the practical work OF
the commission will begin in view Of the
fact that it's general outlines only have
been tentatively made, and no definite
announcement may be expected until the
early part Of February, when the execu-
tive board of the commission meets TO
complete its plans.
After the executive board meets we
will be in position to give out the de-
tails of our work, how it will be man
aged, and when and where we shall begin
first" he remarked in an interview yes
terday. 1.-The administrative secretary or
the commission, Prof. Wickliffe Rose, is
now on an inspection tour in the south,
consulting health officers, state, county
and town officials and public men, On
his report to the executive board will de-
pend the final preparation of the actual
working plans. The task Of investigation
must necessarily proceed cautiously.
Headquarters in Washington.
The administrative headquarters of the
commission were opened in this city
about January 10 last, with Prof. Rose
in charge and Prof. Bourland as assist
ant. The idea of establishing the adj
ministrative headquarters in the National
dino ri ayilV n q desire
be in close proximity to the headquarters
of the medical workers of the commits
sion Other reasons for selecting Wash
ington were that it is the seat of the
national government and is centrally To-
Gated between the north and south.
The offices of the administrative head
quarters are located on the eighth floor
OF the Union Trust building, and are des-
tined eventually to be the actual head
quarters of the commission and its execu-
tive board: 1t is there the records OF
progress of the crusade will be kept and
other data relative to the fund. In these
Offices will also be kept the statistics of
the number of persons found to be affiict-
ed with the disease and probably the eco
nomic advancement of sections where the
afflIction has been wiped out and other
facts of similar nature.
Prof. Rose and Prof. Bourand, the two
men selected to guide the administrative
work Of the commission. were members of
the Peabody College faculty in Nashville.
Tenn, where they labored in the chairs
of philosophy and psychology, and Eng
lish literature, respectively, and each has
been a successful educator in the south
for the past twenty years.
In addition to Prof. Roses connection
with the Rockefeller commission, he is
an official of the southern educational
board and general agent of the Peabody
trust fund Prof. Bourland returned
about the first of the year from the Uni
yersities of Munich and Leipsic, where he
pursued studies in advanced literature
and kindred courses. a day or SO after