Marble Hill press., 1921-08-18

approached uu he subir,t Iu vN'rl Uuu uf fhr
v"r.' sad especially BY tls" president. and r,prr
.rufsfl,v. ~ 'hs 'su,raI uul SHIih American ~.
pubiIe. io hsru %. .rf"jr.t ha, h-ru made known
Iars,t thrvusb thr ,rprt, q pr FrnuAlu Martin.
d. tas Just returned frufu tour ~ th~~" cuun.
tries ahlrh 20 vtsif. yrsfn time tn time the 10.
frrrsts q the American college q Sargr"u..
o. tbls rnuryctluu I euala state that lhr sub
iert u tropical mHlI,ius bas h"rn ous ~ deep
iutsryst o. aU mrai.Hl minds iu every pzr ~ %"
scrii While murh has h,-u done .u our largest
and t--,t c,lucutoual institutions c. euiru,ur g.
earry ga r,---aryh vork and 70 acquire kuuNleds'
q tropical ssas,, and a great ,hal accomplished
bJ many special Institutions and departments,
sfl,h as the isudon and Liverpool ssh"nls oi
.ruViral nsiiH.a" and ths wurA q iu tfaftous
such - Harvard Johns Hopkins. ihr University
81 California aui many other urganFafiuus =
uis kNi u-sryihslrS,. al thls aurk has t~vp
limited and hamp-rrd by the d'afth ~ material
70, .ueh study and research and nu account u th"
t..rauy, % tbc-" Institutions frum The u'pcial
arufrr-
Panama anrrs the id.al situation iu almost ~
ry rsp-s, Tor the suytssful uNe~t CATION Of these
Ht,sa-s, which have ia The past proven "a De- an
tusut.-rnblr obstacle 80 the development "f som"
% The most splendid SECTIONS 81 the earth What
has t.,,l dome tn Panama proves ihnt hitherto
un.nrahtablr and undr,elopei countries ot III"
.fraf..t possibilities fbr -uyrr~sfui human hHhi.
tn'ENl Win uENfA'lAik 'tft'Nf Nf''f 49,
.r the uost attractive and desirable parts ~ the
Garth ate easily within our reach Il We can apply
n tlrfr a,, -lvun"ut the knowledge that vile come
from This great institution.
,nathsr splendid feature ot this endrayor Is its
international character. bringing about a com
uuuitY II interest and Kindly Intercourse among
tb, humanitarian leaders "t all countries, making
for 70 better aud Kinder feeling than has been pos
s,bl. " here the a.-usAtInu has been one merely oi
pal.Utul and diplomatic relations. A. single
s,stpri. ~ ms u j. u,y belief that nothing Will
tend ia cement the friendship Of the American ~.
publ.,- more than the coamon iutclr>t aud luicr'
rnur~s brought about hy tire work of this institu.
tion for the weifar, ~ their individual countries
IN. propo~r,l memorial will consist ~ digni.
h.t and classic building housing The laboratories
Car the work and providing every tacllliy Tor me
teaching ~ students from the various countries
who MAY be- privileged 90 uudegaSe work At this
institatlou and who viii carry 10 their homes the
knowledge that when applied Vii. II Is hoped. pro
ducs results a. splendid as have been produced
IN Panama Itself
rnru the completion Of the Gorgas memorial
building proper the laboratories and equipment Of
tho new SAnto Tomas hospital have been offered
for use so that it is hoped that active research
work may begin by January / l!f2e This work
Is actually In progress nov. The study Of the
plans for the memorial building proper is well
under way, and construction VIII ne hcsuh as sooN
AS these are completed
The Tropics. which are 50 prolific In vegetabon
Of every kind seem equally fertile in the deNel,
ooment Of all types and kinds of dread diseases,
which tend to make them unsuited and impossible
of habttatton until careful sanitation makes them
safe, when they become the most desirable, the
mast attractive and most prosperous of abiding
places.
IL would not be feasible In this short article y
al hat tt
w,uIa he possh,e to study In this Institution but
an,ons them would I've found such malaria, vel
low fever, plague dcnguc, human trypan"somiasis'
hcriberl. pellagra, eprcsy, the various heminthic
infections cholera, the various myccses, the my
iaseS. etc Added to these many unknown and
undiscovered hanes Of existence, which remain TO
be found out and TO be made innocuous. We are