The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-27
SOCIAL FEATURES.

All three sessions will be held
In the jefferson Hotel auditorium.
i SOCIAL FEATURES.
r. M.-Imncheon at Country
Club for ladies.
Il 1880 r. M.-Smoker. Wcstmorc-
land Club.
4 $3.50 p. M.-Theater party at
Btjou.
Every Firginian has two homes.
said Mayor George Ainsie. in hts well
come address to the delegates In at
tendance upon the forty sixth ANNA,
convention OF the Medical Society Of
Virginia, the one he lives in and
the city OF Richmond. am
here" said the mayor, TO extend
Richmond's cordial greetings What
ever we have is yours"
The 500 or more delegates who
filed the Jefferson Hotel Auditorium
Ito its capacity applauded the senti-
ment of the mayors greeting TO the
echo and Or. a. l.. Tyne. of Staun-
ton, who responded on behalf of the
society, spoke in grateful terms of
the executives felicitous greeting. A
significant feature Of DIR. Tvne's ad-
dress was the statement that he hoped
10 live TO see the Establishment IN
Richmond OF great university de-
voted entirely to medical research.
Richmond, he said, was the logical
place for the establishment Of such
a university for the South
Rev r. A. Smoot opened The con-
! vention with prayer and DIR. Thomas
w. Murrell. chairman OF the local
committee on arrangements callei the
convention to order and introduced
Mayor Ainslie. DR. Tynes. and the
, president, DIR. Samuel Lille, OF Lynch
burg.
President Lille made a brief address,
reviewing the history of the organiza
ton for the past year and made &
number of announcements of interest
to the delegates Among other things
he stated that 1t had been decided
to abandon the midday entertain
ments provided by the local commit
tee OF entertainment owing to the fact
.. that the program was long and the
mid day social features If taken ad-
vantage of would interfere seriously
: with it,
Secretary Iring's Report.
; Secretary Pauius A. Irving. in his
/, annual report called attention to the
, fact that none OF the delegates elected
to the annual convention of the
American Medical Association from
, Virginia had been able to attend. and
urged the adoption of an amendment
I to the bylaws whereby the president
: could appoint substitutes In such ar
n emergency, His report also carried
I the statement that the society has los
G thirty members by death during the
. past year
~ Co,,ft .z
t ton. chairman Of the Legislative Gem
Il '~,f..,r reuort Oh the successful lobby
y to kill the effort to reimpose the H.
= ,ense tax. killed Ia 1914 and stated
p that The committee had incurred al
:. Indebtedness of $3.50 for which thu
3 members of the committee asked re
i endorsement. DR.. Darlington move,
l. that the society take official recognl
: ton of DIR. Stover's work and asked
:. that the convention take action. TIT
1 matter was referred to the executive
-. committee
DR.. Irpshur's Paper Read.
= There were three papers on tn
l program for last night hut. on mo
. ton, the convention decided to hea
= only one-the Reminiscent Histor,
of the Medical Society OF Virginia TO
l. the Past Forty FIVE Years" by DR.
: John n upshur of Richmond. TIL
others were carried over to this morn
t. ing's program, owing to the latenes
90 OF the hour.
: Al the close of the session the dele
gates and the visiting ladies enjoyed
a buffet luncheon and the local com
: mittee on entertainment held an in
d formal reception for the visitora.
The program today includes three
misunderstanding. afternoon ant
: night-and several social events. A
1890 the visiting doctors will be en-
tertained at the Westmoraland Club
and at / p. NJ. the ladies accompany
ing the delegates will be entertained
at the Westmoreland Country Club a
luncheon. and at night at the Bio,
Theater to see Dorothy Mortimer II
: Janice Meredith" A smoker will
: follow the business session at the JET
, ferson auditorium tonight.
Thursday there will be gpeciai elm
!. les at Memorial and Virginia Hos
pitfalls for the visiting doctors. a re
: ception at the Governors mansion
. in the afternoon and the annual ban
:. quet at the Jeffersn Hotel at night.
:, The registration Office In connection
9 with the convention of the State Med
[ teal Society of Virginia IL In the lob
by of the Jefferson Hotel, and a. ev
, cry train brings its quota OF defegate
TO the convention. Secretary Paulus A
r Irving and his several assistants hav'
q been more than busy. Among TIT
late arrivals last night were two ane
! mic delegates who stood in line and
E chafed over the delay in presenting
| their credentials and securing badges
s They stood in line long enough to ge
acquainted and the Introduction wa.
Interesting.
, One was DR. Taliaferro, of Norfolk
~
broad in proportion, and who tips thu
, scales at 232 pounds. The other wal
DIR. Anderson, Of Farmville. WHOSE
height equals that Of the Norfolk ply.
stefan and who beats him in weight
just three pounds.
New York Cotton Market.