240 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



Bowditch, Boston, chairman; Dr. Christen Quevli, Tacoma; 

 Dr. G. W. Holden, Denver; Dr. Horace J. Howk, Mt. McGregor, 

 N. Y.; Seymour H. Stone, Boston. 



The meeting was well attended, the registration totaling 608, 

 with representatives from every state in the Union and from 

 Canada and England and other foreign countries. Three sessions 

 of the Clinical Section were held, three of the Pathological, three 

 of the Sociological, one of the Nursing Section, and one of the 

 Advisory Council. 



The announcement was made by the chair that Mr. Henry B. 

 Platt, of New York, one of the newly elected directors, had con- 

 sented to serve as treasurer of the Association, succeeding Mr. 

 William H. Baldwin, who resigned after seven years of service. 



On behalf of the committee on resolutions, Dr. Vincent Y. Bow- 

 ditch, chairman, presented the following resolutions with the 

 endorsement of the committee. Each of the resolutions was 

 adopted unanimously: 



WHEREAS, The National Tuberculosis Association has always advocated a 

 maximum amount of sunlight and fresh air as a means of prevention and cure 

 of tuberculosis, and 



WHEREAS, The said Association considers the present daylight-saving law 

 an aid in preserving the general health of the country, and in particular, a help 

 in the prevention of tuberculosis, be it 



Resolved, That the National Tuberculosis Association views with concern the 

 present effort to abrogate the daylight-saving law, and hereby protests against 

 any effort that shall tend to stop the operation of that law. 



Be it Resolved, That the National Tuberculosis Association through its 

 executive officers take immediate steps to secure the cooperation of all other 

 great health organizations, especially the American Medical Association and 

 state and territorial health officers in placing before the American people a 

 united demand for the adoption of universal military service as a public health 

 measure. 



WHEREAS, The introduction of physical education into the schools, includ- 

 ing instruction in health principles, direction in physical activities, and periodic 

 physical examinations, is of vital importance in the prevention and combating 

 of tuberculosis, and 



WHEREAS, The National Physical Education Service has been established 

 for the purpose of unifying the efforts of all interested organizations for the 

 promotion of a physical education in the elementary and secondary schools, 

 therefore, be it 



