The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-26
Notable Men and Women to Attend Gorgas Memorial Mass Meeting Here Friday
Three Latin American Countries to Be Represented Prominent Surgeons Also to Atsend-Cam-
 paign Begins for Funds

Birmingham will be the host this
 week of many notable men and wom-
 en, who will be in .he city i. the in- terests of the Gorgas memorial cam paign, which has for it's objective the ] esta blishment of a fitting memorial
 to one of the most illustrious sons ot i Alabama, and whose work in saving human lives through preventive med icine has been recognized by all pow
 CTS of the civilized world.
 The campaign to raise s750,000 in
 the state of Alabama as part of the ! s6. 1000 eo0 endowment fund for the Gorgas Memorial institute to be locat-
 ed at Panama City and the Gorgas School of Sanitation at Tuscaloosa, will be officially launched following
 the mass meeting to be held a the Tutwiler hotel next Friday evening,
 when the ambassadors and ministers
 from three Latin American republics. as well as prominent statesmen. will
 pay tribute to the memory of Gen
 eral Gorgas.
 From Washington will come the ambassador of Peru, Senor Don r. A.. Pezet, who will head the delegation.
 Accompanying Ambassador Pezet will be Senor Rafael H, Elizalde. minister of Ecuador. and Sonor Jose E. Le-
 fevre. recently appointed minister ot
 Panama at Washington.
 pr. Franklin H. Martin, secretary general of the American College ot 1 Surgeons, will meet the diplomatic party in Birmingham. pr. Martin will represent the surgeons of the United States at the mass meeting in the city. Rear Admiral William c.
 Brasted, former surgeon general of the United States navy during the 1 World war. will head the American representatives. Bringing a messa ge from the women of the United States
 Mrs. Kathrine Clemmons Gould will arrive in the city with the diplomatic party.
 Owens As Chairman Col. Clarence J. owens, director general of the Southern Commercial congress, and chairman of the south ern division of the Gorgas memorial, is chairman of the meeting and wilt introduce the diplomats.
 The original plan for the mass meeting called for tnc arrival of the party on Thursday afternoon and the
 mass meeting on that evening. These plans have been rearranged and the
 meeting postponed until Friday in
 
 inent surgeons from all parts of the south, who will be in the city next week for the regional annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons.
 to participate in the memorial exer- cises to General Gorgas
 According to the present plans of the committee the diplomatic party
 will arrive in Birmingham on Friday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock. After being escorted to the Tutwiler hotel a re- ception will be rendered in their honor in the lounge of the hotel It 1 is expected that Ambassador Pezet. dean of the diplomatic party, will re- ply to the addresses of welcome that will be rendered to the visitors. Reception Committee Named The mass meeting will take place
 at o'clock in the evening. Preced- ing the mass meeting a concert will be held in the lobby of the Tutwiler hotel. The diplomatic party will re-
 main in the city until Saturday after
 noon when they will proceed to Mont gomery, where a reception in their
 honor will be attended by Governor l Kilby.
 | A reception committe consisting Of
 number of prominent Birmingham ] club women will meet Miss kathrine
 Clemmons Gould and escort her to
 the hotel. A luncheon for Miss Gould 1 is planned for Saturday l Full details of the program will be