Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-17
MRS. PUTNAM MADE HEAD
OF SCIENTIFIC BODY
Elected President of American Asso-
citation for Prevention OF In
FAINT Mortality.
TECHNICAL PAPERS ARE READ
Widely Known Men Arc on New
Board OF Directors Named at Meet
ing Held ut Jefferson Hotel Last
Night.

Officers for the year 1918 were elected
by the American Association for study
and Prevention of Infant Mortality at
it's session yesterday evening in Hotel
Jefferson as follows: President, Mrs.
William Lowell Putnam. Boston: pres
idcnt-elcct. DIR. Phillip Van Ingcn, New
York; vice-rrcsd"n;s. DR.. Isaac a. Ait.
c.: secretary, DR. II. +. Helmholtz.:
treasurer. Mrs. Austin McLanahan.
Baltimore: executive secretary, Miss
Gertrude u. Knipp, Baltimore.
The executive committee will be:
Mrs. William Lowell Putnam. DR.. Phil
lip Van InEcn. Or. II. +. Helmho!tz.
Miss Miriam Ahrens. Chicago: DR.. IL. f.
Gerstenberger. Clcveland; DR.. w. G.
Woodward. Washington; DR.. Langley
Porter. San Francisco.
Directors chosen to I'LL expiring
terms were: Or. Allan Brown, Toronto;
DR.. Joseph Wall Washington: DR.. r.
~. Bolt, Chicago; DR.. Mcclure Newton.
Richmond; DIR. l.. T. Register, Norfolk:
DR.. Clifford Gurlee. Washington; Mrs.
James Houghtling, Chicago; Miss Ellen
c. Rabbit. Philadelphia; DR.. H. j. Gers
tenberger. Cleveland: DR.. S. Nice.
Hamili. Philadelphia; DR.. ]. II. NJ. Knox.
Baltimore; Miss Julia =. Lathrop,
Washington; DR. Langley Porter. San
Francisco; pr w. s Rankin. Raleigh.
y. c.; Dr. II. l.. *. Shaw. Albany; DR..
Mary Sherwood, Baltimore: Mrs.
Letchworth Smith, Louisville; DR.. Phil
lip Van Ingcn. New York.
Newark. Buffalo. Asbury Park. and
Chicago were cities bidding the meet
ing for the next meeting.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
~ RELATION TO WORK
The Baby Saving Association" as the
American Association for Study and
Prevention Of Infant Mortality Is popu-
larly known, is taking up the discus
sion of topics which are interesting in
relation to the great war. The meeting
now in session at Hotel Jefferson is es-
sentiall: War Service Meeting" and
the association with its 1900 members
from every state in the Union and from
Canada is doing an estimable work
through its 800 representatives now as
sembled in this city.
The final session is scheduled for this
morning 20 II o'clock. when the sub
ject for discussion will be. public
School Education for the Prevention Of
Infant Mortality" Miss Alice Raven
hill. dean Of Home Economics, Utah
Agricultural College. Logan: Or. Fred
erick w. Howe. OF the Department of
Household Arts, State Normal School.
birmingham. Mass. and Miss Mary II.
Mayer. Supervisor of Home Economics
Reading, will be the principal speakers.
Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin, Specialist In
Home Economics, Bureau OF Education,
Washington, will preside. DR.. N
Thomas Emmett and DR.. Roy X Elan
nagnn, Richmond. Will open the discus
sion.
At the conclusion Of the meeting yes
terday afternoon. the delegates were
the guests Of the local committee at
the Country Club. This committee con-
sists Of:
Chairman, DR.. Mcclure Newton: DR..
y. Thomas Emmett, Dr. Roy X. Elan
naEan. DIR. Ben II. Gray. DR.. St George
T. Grinnan. DIR. V. w. Harrison. Or. c.
c. Haskell. DR.. Paul n. Howle. DR.. Fl.
y. Mason. Dr.. Thomas W. Murrell, DR.
l.. S. Preston. DR. b. NJ. Roseboro, DR..
NJ. =. Fucker, Mr.. Aubrey Straus. DR.
Howard Crbach and DIR. Ennion G.. Will
liams.