South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-29
DELEGATES HERE
FOR CONVENTION
Meetings of Indiana Anti-Tu-
berCuloSiS Society to be
Held at Oliver Hotel.

Delegates 10 the annual state con-
vention Of the Indiana Society for
the Prevention OF tuberculosis
which opens here Tuesday morning
and lasts until Wednesday evening,
began arriving in the city Monday.
Forty tuberculosis workers through
out the state have notified Miss Irma
Collmer, secretary Of the Anti-Tub-
erculosis league. the local branch of
the Indiana society, that they would
be in attendance. but it is expected
that at least 100 people Will be here
when the convention opens.
SeV sral prominent speakers will
arrive with the Indianapolis party Of
five delegates at 1890 o'clock Mon
day evening. DR.. Severance Burrage,
president of the Indiana society for
the past seven years. who is now a
member of the faculty Of the Mas
sachusetts institute of technology.
Mrs. Z. B. Kehrer Of Anderson,
treasurer of the society, and a num-
Der of other Indiana people who are
on the program will come to South
Bend Monday night. In the Indian
apolis delegation will be Arthur j.
Strawson, ex-secretary of the society,
Mrs. Strawson. DR.. Alfred Henry,
president of the Marion county So
ciety, Miss Roberts, Miss Mary A.
Meyers. executive secretary of the
Marion county society. and Dr. Her
man c.. Morgan. secretary of the
Tn1gonnD.Tf-
Headquarters at Oliver.
Headquarters of the convention
will be at the Oliver hotel and all
meetings of the society will be held
there. The registration booth will
be opened at $3.50 o'clock Tuesday
morning and Mrs. w G.. Crabill and
Mrs. Samuel Adler will be in charge
during the morning. IN the after
noon Mrs. T. A. Onley and Mrs. Miles
O'Brien will be in charge.
Tuesday mornings session will
open at 10 o'clock with a meeting of
the secretaries Of branches of the
Indiana society. Mrs. +. b. Kehrer
of Anderson, will read the treasur-
er's report and a committee will be
appointed TO nominate officers of the
secretaries organization DR.. r. G..
Patterson of Columbus. o., will give
a short talk on District Sanatorum
Idea" and the subject will be dis
cussed by Rev. NJ. Kretzman of
Kendallville and Mayor Mcclellan
of Auburn. Miss Irma Collmer Of
this city. will speak on The Secre-
taries' Training Course"
Opens Tuesday Morning.
Prof. Burrage, president Of the So
ciety, will open the convention pro-
gram at II o'clock with an address
of welcome to the delegates. A re-
Spouse will be made by either George
w. OBrien or DR.. r. L. Sensenich,
directors Of the local society. The
committee to nominate officers of the
state society will be appointed by the
president and the district chairman
will be named by the delegates.
Two luncheons will be served at
1890 o'clock. one for the physicians
and the other for the nurses attend
ing the convention.
The meeting at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon will be devoted exclusively
to business. Reports of the treasur-
er and the executive secretary of the
society will be heard first. followed
by reports of the legislative COM
mittee. New business then will be
taken up and a report OF the nomin-
ating committee appointed at the
morning session will be the last
thing on the program.
Following a dinner to be given at
the Oliver hotel at $50 o'clock in
the evening, the principal address of
the day will be given by Dr. Victor
&. Vaughn, dean OF the medical
school Of the University Of Michigan.