South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-30
OFF ICERS PICKED
BY SECRETARIES
TwO-day Convention of So
Ciety For Prevention of
Tuberculosis is Opened.

/
ciety for the Prevention OF Tuber-
culosis and the election OF officials
of the Indiana tuberculosis Secre-
taries' conference were the principal
items Of business OF the morning
meeting of the state convention o.
the organization which opened a
twO-day session at the Oliver hotel
Tuesday morning. Talks were given
by Miss Irma Collmer Of this city.
ON THE Secretaries Training
Course DR.. r. G.. Patterson of Col
umbus. O.. on THE District Sana-
forum Idea" and Prof Severance
Burrage of Cambridge. Mass. who
delivered the presidential address.
Miss Trina Collmer, secretary of
the st Joseph County Anti-Tuber-
culOsis league, was elected vice
president of the secretaries associ-
alton and Mrs. Ella r. Kehrer OF
Anderson, was reelected secretary
treasurer OF the organization. Miss
Mary Ogilvie OF Evansville, also was
nominated for the e-presidency.
The secretary of the Indiana society
is eX-officio president of the secre-
taries conference.
Nominating Committee.
Members OF the nominating COM
mittee appointed By Prof. Severance
Burrage, who has been president of
the society for the past seven years.
are: Mrs. +. Il. Kehrer of Ander-
son. chairman; George w. O'Brien
of South Bend. DR.. Gardner G. John
son Of Evansville, Miss Mary y.
Meyers of indianapolis and Mrs. j.
r.. Meriwether of Fort Wayne.
Officers of the state society were
TO be elected at this afternoons ses-
sion of the convention, which was
devoted exclusively TO business mat
tiers. meeting of the nominating
committee was held Immediately
after the noon luncheon and il was
expected that the report of the COM
rittee would be accepted.
Preceding the convention proper.
the secretaries of the branches Of
the Indiana society met. Various
laws that have been passed i'm Ohio
were discussed by DR.. r. G.. Patter-
son OF Columbus in his talk on THE
District Sanatorium Idea" He said
that a measure had been passed by
the Ohio Legislature in 1913 to per-
NIT several counties TO combine in
establishing tuberculosis sanator-
iums.
Indiana Law Approved
Advantages of the Indiana law in
that a county may either establish
It's own tuberculosis hospital or that
it may combine with another coun-
~ were pointed out by Or. r. l..
Sensenich of South Bend, in discuss
ing DIR. Patterson's talk He said a
provision also had been made i'm
! the law TO permit the hospital of
one county TO take patients from
another county in the event that the
institution was not filled.
Miss Collmer explained the course
that is given every year in New York
City for secretaries of anti-tubercu-
| lOsis leagues under the supervision
OF the National Anti-Tuberculosis
society. She said that visits TO tu-
berculOsis camps around New York
| City were conducted in connection
with the lectures on the prevention
and cure OF the disease.
Mayor Keller Speaks.
Mayor Keller opened the conven-
tiOn with an address of welcome to
the delegates He said that South
Bend was doing as much as possible
in fighting tuberculosis and other
diseases, pointing TO the health and
housing survey being conducted by
Dr. Carroll Fox of the federal health
department as a step i'm this direc-
, ton.
Prof. Severance Burrage devoted
his presidential address 10 a discus
sion of the health plan that is being
put into operation at birmingham.
! Mass. He said that a large insur-
ance company had placed medical
experts in charge of the town and
that It was planned TO make the
} place a model city from the stand
/ point of health.
Reports OF various committees
were TO Toe heard at this afternoons
session OF the convention Among
the more important committees 70
be heard were the legislative and
Red Cross seal organizations.
Owing TO illness. DR.. Victor 9.
Naubhn, sr., dean of the University
of Michigan school OF medicine.
who was scheduled 10 talk follow
ing a banquet at the oliver hotel
this evening. will be unable TO at
tend the convention. His son. Dr.
! Victor @. Vaughn. jr.. OF Detroit
Will spean in his place tonight.
DR.. Henry Will Talk
Wednesdays meeting Of the dele
gates will be given over 10 talks on
. various phases OF the fight against
3 tuberculosis. DR.. Alfred Henry.
Z head OF the Indianapolis tuberculosis
clinic. will open the meeting with a
/ talk on Home Treatment of Tu-
/ berculosis" and the address will be
discussed by Mrs b. kehrer Of An
I derson and Mrs. ID. G.. Ramsey of
Mt. Vernon. other talks 10 be
given at the morning session are:
/ Extension OF Community Nursing 9"
: Miss Gwynedd Webster OF Goshen.
I A Double Work" Miss Charlotte
NJ Strazer of Peru; Much needed
/ Legislation" DR. r. T. Sensenich OF
South Bend and Human Maiuten-
tance Department in Industries"
/ Addresses scheduled FOR Wednes-
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