Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-05-02

al and Scientific INSTITUTIONS WIN
Discuss Pupils Health.
All the leading nations. every state
in the Union. every college and uni.
versity Of note In this country and va.
rious other leading educational, scien-
titic. medical aud hygieuic institutions
and organizations as well as various
women's organizations VIII be repre-.
scented at the fourth international con
gress on school hygiene In Buffalo Aug.
$3.50, according to II preliminary state
ment issued by Or Thomas A. Storey
OF the College Of the City of New York,
secretary general Of the congress.
: Tie president OF the United States
has accepted the honorary office OF
patron OF the congress. The president
of the congress is Or. Charles w Eliot,
one time president of Harvard univer-
sity.
The vice presidents are DIR. William
II. WEIGH. the great pathologist of
Johns Hopkins university. formerly
president OF the American Medical as
sociatiou. and DR. Henry p Walcott.
president of the recent International
congress on hygiene and demography
and chairman of the Massachusetts
state board of health
1t is the aim OF the organizing com
mittee in charge to bring together at
Buffalo record number Of men and
women Interested in improving the
health and efficiency of school children
and to make this congress, the FIRST of
its kind ever held In America, one Of
direct benefit to ench individual com
munity. A program of papers and dis.
cussions is now being arranged cover
ing the entire field of school hygiene
There wiih be scientific exhibits rep.
resenting the best that Is being done In
school hygiene and also commercial ex-
hibits' OF educational value.
Entertainment at Buffalo.
Nor win the entertainment of dele.
gates in any way be neglected Buffa
10 has subscribed $4,000 toward COW
erlng the expenses Of the congress.
The Buffalo citizens committee has
planned for series of social events.
including receptions and grand ball.
a pageant In the park and excursion
trips to the great industrial plants and
to the scenic wonders of Niagara falls
The congress is open to all persons
Interested in school hygiene. who may
join as regular active members upon
the payment of FIVE dollar fee. APP
plieation for membership should be sent
to DIR. Thomas a. Storey, College Of
the City of New York, New York city.
The list Of honorary presidents con-
tains the names Of prominent men in
foreign countries who have been active
in the Interest or school hygiene and
In the support OF the congress.
Honorary Presidents.
Among the names are:
His royal bighness the Duke of Con-
naught. governor general of Canada.
His excellency ]. Appel, minister Of
the department Of education. Denmark.
His exccllency u. j. Berquist. chief
of the bureau Of secondary education.
Sweden
His excellency DR.. Kirchner. Pr1s-
sian minister of the interior and presi
dent of the German School Hygiene as
ISOLATION.
His exceilency NJ. Guist' Hau, minis
ter of public instruction and fine arts.
France.
His exceIIency Or. TIL. Heemskerk.
-, g.F tIa ..,4n Nafh ra.fs.
His excelIency DR.. Rodrigo Rodri-
CUES, minister OF the interior and Of
public instruction, Portugal
His excelency ID. Antonio Lopez
Munoz. minister OF public instruction
and fine arts, Spain.
DIR. Professor Burgerstein. Vienna.
DR.. Professor Exner. Vienna.
~. Professor Liebermann. Budapest.
DR.. Professor Axel Johnnessen. Chris
tiania.
DR.. Professor Twardowski, Polish
Austria.
DIR. Professor NJ. C. Schuyler, Bel
GUM.
Sir Lauder Brunton, England.
Sir Lie. Jose A. Lopez Del Vale,
commissioner Of health. Havana.
DIR. l.. Pagliani, Turin. Italy.
DIR. Luis Razetti. Caracas. Venezuela
Honorary Vice Presidents.
The honorary vice presidents have
been selected from the most prominent
opponents of the higher educational
ideals OF the North American countries
Among the names are:
DIR. Abraham jacob. president OF the
American Medical association.
James Cardinal Gibbons. archbishop
of Baltimore
Philanaer +. Cia.tou. United States
commissioner Of education
John H. Finley. president OF the Col
iege OF the City Of New York.
David Starr Jordan. president Of Lee
land Stanford university.
Andrew S. Draper. commissioner OF
education, New York state.
William II. Welsh. professor of pathol
ogy, Johns Hopkins university.
Adelbert Moot. regent Of the Univer-
sity OF the State Of Ne- YORK.