CHAPTER XXII 

 TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING 



THE twelfth annual meeting of The National Association for 

 the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis was held at the 

 New Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C., on Thursday and 

 Friday, May u and 12, 1916. The president of the Association, 

 Dr. Edward R. Baldwin, called the meeting to order at two 

 o'clock on the afternoon of May 1 1 . The address of the president 

 was presented and filed for publication in the Transactions. The 

 report of the executive office for the year ending April 30, 1916, 

 was read and approved. 



On motion from the floor, duly seconded and carried, the fol- 

 lowing committee was appointed by the chair to present names 

 to fill vacancies on the board of directors: Dr. John H. Lowman, 

 Ohio, chairman; Mrs. Bethesda Beals Buchanan, Washington; 

 Dr. Alexius M. Forster, Colorado; Sherman C. Kingsley, Illi- 

 nois; Dr. Walter R. Steiner, Connecticut. 



Likewise on motion from the floor, seconded and carried, the 

 following committee on resolutions was appointed by the chair: 

 William H. Baldwin, District of Columbia, chairman; Dr. 

 Robert H. Babcock, Illinois; Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch, Massa- 

 chusetts; Dr. Philip King Brown, California; Dr. Livingston 

 Farrand, Colorado. 



By unanimous vote of the members present the secretary was 

 instructed to send a telegram to Mrs. Theodore B. Sachs, convey- 

 ing the sympathy of the meeting and expressing appreciation of 

 the great work accomplished by Dr. and Mrs. Sachs. 



At the business meeting of the Association, held at noon on 

 May 12, the following were elected directors of the Association for 

 terms of five years: Dr. Robert H. Babcock, Illinois; Dr. H. M. 

 Bracken, Minnesota; Dr. Philip King Brown, California; Dr. 

 C. E. Edson, Colorado; Miss Edna L. Foley, Illinois; Dr. Louis 



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