CHAPTER XIV 

 FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING 



THE fourth annual meeting of The National Association for 

 the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis was held at the 

 Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, 111., on Friday and Saturday, 

 June 5 and 6, 1908. The president of the Association, Dr. Frank 

 Billings, occupied the chair at the general meeting. 



At the general meeting on the afternoon of Friday, June 5, fol- 

 lowing the addresses of President Billings, Vice-President Flick, 

 and the executive secretary, the following committee was ap- 

 pointed by the president to present nominations to fill vacancies 

 on the board of directors: Dr. Norman Bridge, Los Angeles, 

 chairman; Dr. Henry M. Bracken, St. Paul; Alexander M. Wil- 

 son, Chicago; Dr. John L. Dawson, Charleston, S. C.; Dr. 

 Herbert Maxon King, Liberty, N. Y. 



The following committee on resolutions was appointed: Dr. 

 John H. Lowman, Cleveland, chairman; Dr. Henry B. Favill, 

 Chicago; Dr. Gerald B. Webb, Colorado Springs; Dr. Thomas 

 D. Coleman, Augusta; Dr. Hugh M. Kinghorn, Saranac Lake. 



At the regular business meeting of the Association, held on 

 Saturday, June 6, at 12.30 P. M., the following directors were 

 unanimously elected for terms of five years: Dr. Edward R. 

 Baldwin, Saranac Lake; C. B. Boothe, Los Angeles; A. B. Cum- 

 mins, Des Moines; Samuel Gompers, Washington; James J. 

 Hill, St. Paul; Frederick L. Hoffman, Newark; Dr. John N. 

 Hurty, Indianapolis; Dr. S. A. Knopf, New York; Dr. Rudolf 

 Matas, New Orleans; Dr. Charles L. Minor, Asheville; Redfield 

 Proctor, Jr., Proctor, Vt.; Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor. 

 W. K. Bixby, St. Louis, was elected a director to fill the unexpired 

 term of C. E. Perkins, deceased. 



At a meeting of the board of directors, held at the Auditorium 

 Hotel on Saturday afternoon, June 6, the following officers were 



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