Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17
TEN PAPERS WILL BE READ
General Sessions Of Convention to
Open in Afternoon.
NIGHT RECEPTION FOLLOWS
Sections Will Take Up Subjects Of
Interest to Those Concerned
in Public Welfare.

he Health Association
will hold the opening session of its forti
eth annual meeting in the New Willard
Hotel at o'clock tomorrow morning
Only about fifteen minutes will be occu.
pied at the morning session, which will be
called to order by the president, DIR John
y. Hurry of Indianapolis. The only bust.
ness. at the morning session will be the
reading Of the minutes of the previous
meeting.
The general sessions of the three days
convention will begin at o'clock tomor-
row afternoon. the program calling for
the reading of ten papers. The subjects
will be:
Papers to Be Read Tomorrow.
THE Money Value of Human Life" by
DR.. c. V. Chaplin. superintendent OF
health. Providence, r l.
Methods in Educational Hygiene" by
DIR. Oscar Bowling, president state board
Of health of Louisiana, New Orleans.
What State Control Over Streams Has
Done in Pennsylvania in Seven Years." by
DR.. Samuel Dixon, commissioner, depart
ment of health of Pennsylvania, Harris
burg.
1.-The Need for General Health Protec-
tive Surveys and Programs by NJ. n
=,
York
1.-THE Prolongation of Human Life by
DIR. Guy $. Kiefer. health officer of De-
troit.
Health Work Progress in America" by
DIR. Francis Z. FroncZak health commits
sioner, Buffalo.
THE Trend Of Medico-Social Effort in
Child Welfare Work." by Wilbur c. Phil
lips, New York.
Prevention of Insanity" by Homer
Folks. secretary State Charities Aid
Association. New York.
THE Enactment and Enforcement of
Proper Public Health Laws" by A. H
Seymour. secretary State Department
of Service, Washington.
1.-THE National Insurance Act of Eng
land as Factor in the Health Con-
servation Movement" by DIR. W. F.
Snow. secretary state board of health,
Sacramento, Cal
Tomorrow Nights Session.
The evening session, which will be
held at o'clock, will be opened with
an invocation by Rev. James Montgom-
cry. following which the address of
welcome will be delivered by Dr. Har-
vey W. Wiley. The response for the
United States will be made by DIR.
Henry d. Holton. secretary of the YER
mont state board of health. DIR. Fred
public health, will respond for The Do
minion of Canada; while the response
for Mexico will be by DR.. Eduardo LII
ceaga, president of the superior board
of health of Mexico, and DR.. Frederick
Torralbas, secretary of public health
and charities OF Havana, will respond
in the name of Cuba.
Following the responses President
Hurry, who Is secretary of the Indiana
state board of health, will address the
delegates. and later the president and Of
ficers of the association viii hold re-
ception under the auspices of the local
committee.
Meetings of Sections.
There will be get together" meetings
OF the laboratory section. the section on
vital statistics, the section of municipal
health officers and the sanitary engineers
sectio ntomorrow. At these section meet
ings large number of papers will be
read of deep interest not only to the dele
gates present, but to all who are con-
cerned i'm the general subject of public
health and welfare.
+ The first meeting of the executive COM
fnittee of the association Will be held at
the New Willard at o'clock tonight for
the transaction OF business preliminary
TO the opening OF the regular sessions.