The Washington times., 1914-11-16
WASH|NGTON|ANS TO
! GET FE[LOWSH|PS
Seventeen to Be Honored by
American College of Sur
! geons This Evening.

Degrees of fellowship in the American
College of Surgeons will be conferred
on seventeen Washington physicians this
evening, when that organization meets
for its third convocation in Memorial
Continental Hall. The Washington men
thus honored will be part of a class OF
Go candidates to receive degrees.
Dr. w. c. Gorgas, surgeon general OF
the United States army. will be one of
five men to receive the degree of hon
orary fellow. Other local men who will
he honored are Drs. William Sinclair
Bowen, William Thornwall Davis,
Archibald NJ. Fauntleroy, Homer Git
ford Fuller, John Hooe Iden, J. Thomas
kelly. jr.. Arthur H. Kimball, Oscar A.
NJ. Mckimrnie, William Henry Moncrtef,
William s. Newell. Daniel kerfoot
Shute, George Tucker Smith, Robert
NJ. Thornburg, Reginald r. Walker,
Walter Duvall Webb, and Walter A
Wells.
Plan Headquarters Here.
At present there are 100 members Of
the college and about L5OO of these are
now in Washington. The first session
OF the conclave was called 10 order in
the ballroom of the New willard this
afternoon by DR.. j. NJ. T. F4nney, OF
Baltimore, president of the organization.
headquarters for the college, which
nay be established in Washington. took
Look up a considerable part OF the
afternoon session. An endowment fund
of $500. 900 is being raised to open such
Headquarters, and this fund later Will
be increased materially. Office rooms
~ large assembly room, committee
rooms, and an extensive library covering
The whole field of medicine and surgery
are some of the aims of the principal
members of the organization.
The board Of regents was in session
this morning revising the list of candi-
dates for fellowship and adding the
names of several prominent surgeons
OF other cities. Besides DR.. Gorgas,
those who will receive honorary de-
erees this evening are DR.. Dudley p.
Allen, of Cleveland; DR.. Lewis Stephen
Pitcher. of Brooklyn; Sir Thomas
George Roddick. of Montreal, and DR..
!. William White, OF Philadelphia.
Fellowship degrees will be conferred on
doctors from the Canal Zone. Hawaii,
Porto Rico, and several Canadian
provinces.
Invocation BY Gibbons.
Cardinal Gibbons will pronounce the
invocation at the meeting in Memorial
Continental Hall this evening The fel-
lows and guests are asked to assemble
at 1880, and the governors, of whom
lhere are n1ty, VIII take their places at
40. At 7.45 the candidates for fellow
snip will come in and the gathering
VIII be completed when the regents.
honorary fellows, and the guests of
honor assemble at o'clock.
AFTER the invocation there Will be a
brief address by President Finney, who
viii then confer the fellowship degrees.
The candidates for honorary fellowship
will then be introduced individually By
members OF the board of regents and
VIII receive their degrees. The fellow
ship address will be delivered by DIR.
Edward H. Bradford. After adjourn
rnent there will be an informal recep-
ton to fellows and their guests by
the officers Of the college.
The officers, in addition to President
Finney. are DR.. w. w. Chapman, Mon
tresl, first vice president; DIR. Rudolph
Matas, New Orleans, second vice
president; DR.. Franklin H Martin,
Chicago, general secretary; and DR.. Al
bert ]. Ochsner, Chicago, treasurer.