American College of Surgeons - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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XX American College of Surgeons NOVA SCOTIA Henry K. MacDonald George H. Murphy Philip Weatherbe John G. McDougall ONTARIO Hadley Wiluams John P. Morton D. J. Gibb Wishart Angus MacKinnon Adam T. Shillington PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Stephen Rice Jenkins QUEBEC Herbert S. Birkett John Munro Elder Donald A. Kingston Edmond M. Eberts SASKATCHEWAN Andrew Croll Douglas W. Graham George R. Peterson

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Committees on Standards Tiy James E. Thompson Frank Cooke Beall W. Launcelot Brown Edward H. Gary Andrew J. Hosuer J. W. AiRD Lyman Allen George R. Anderson Stephen H. Watts Joseph T. Buxton Sparrell S. Gale TEXAS Ira Carleton Chase Howard R. Dudgeon Thomas T. Jackson UTAH John F. Critchlow Robert S. Joyce VERMONT Charles A. Cramton VIRGINIA .LOMAX GWATHMEY Robert White Knox John Thomas Moore Arthur Carroll Scott Harry N. Mayo John B. Wheeler Southgate Leigh John Shelton Horsley Stuart McGuire George M. Horton Alfred J. Helton WASHINGTON Henry B. Luhn George W. Swttt WEST VIRGINIA Robert Jeffrey Reed John E. Cannaday Arthur Parker Butt WISCONSIN Frank S. Wiley Edward Evans John M. Dodd Wiluam E. Fairfield Curtis A. Evans WYOMING WiLLAED C. Foster Herbert T. Harris Park Weed Willis James R. Yocom Oswald O. Cooper Frederick J. Gaenslen Gilbert E. Seaman George L. Strader Edgar W. Allin Alexander S. Monro S. Willis Prowse George C. Van Wart DOMINION OF CANADA ALBERTA Robert G. Brett Frank H. Mewburn BRITISH COLUMBIA Harold E. Ride wood Herbert W. Riggs MANITOBA Neil J. Maclean W. Harvey Smith NEW BRUNSWICK William D. Rankin Walter W. White

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GENERAL STATEMENT ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLEGE THE American College of Surgeons is a society of surgeons of the United States and of Canada which aims to include within its Fellowship all who are of worthy character and who possess a practical knowledge of the science and art of surgery. The College is fundamentally concerned with matters of character and of training, with the betterment of hospitals and of the teach- ing facilities in medical schools and hospitals, with laws which relate to medical practice and privilege, and with an unselfish protection of the public from incompetent medical service. The College was organized on May 5, 1913, in Washington, D. C, when four hundred and fifty prominent surgeons came to- gether at the invitation of an Organization Committee which had been appointed by the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America at its meeting in November, 191 2. This Committee con- sisted of Edward Martin of Philadelphia, Emmet Rixford of San Francisco, John B. Murphy of Chicago, Rudolph Matas of New Orleans, Albert J. Ochsner of Chicago, Charles H. Mayo of Roches- ter, Frederic J. Cotton of Boston, George Emerson Brewer of New York, John M. T. Finney of Baltimore, Walter W. Chipman of Montreal, George W. Crile of Cleveland, and Franklin H. Martin of Chicago. By-laws, rules, and regulations were adopted, and the Board of Regents, the Board of Governors, and the ofiicers of the College were elected. Details of these matters are published in the Year Book and in other bulletins of the College. THE ENDOWMENT FUND In order to provide funds for the organization of the College, an initial fee of fifty dollars from each Fellow was voted at the first meeting. Realizing that the income to be derived in this I