. The American journal of tropical medicine. knewfull well what sacrifices it meant for his college and himself. In 1914, he founded and edited with Wellman The AmericanJournal of Tropical Diseases and Preventive Medicine whichin 1916 merged with the New Orleans Medical and SurgicalJournal, of which, he had already been co-editor since 1896. Dr. Dyer realized that Tulane, the largest of the extremesouthern colleges, was the logical place to promote the study oftropical diseases and the work of Bass has proved his unerringjudgment. As a first lieutenant in the medical reserve corps. UnitedState
. The American journal of tropical medicine. knewfull well what sacrifices it meant for his college and himself. In 1914, he founded and edited with Wellman The AmericanJournal of Tropical Diseases and Preventive Medicine whichin 1916 merged with the New Orleans Medical and SurgicalJournal, of which, he had already been co-editor since 1896. Dr. Dyer realized that Tulane, the largest of the extremesouthern colleges, was the logical place to promote the study oftropical diseases and the work of Bass has proved his unerringjudgment. As a first lieutenant in the medical reserve corps. UnitedStates army, he served in Texas in 1916 and again as major,in 1917 was president of the medical reserve corps examiningboard. In 1918, he was ordered to Washington in the surgeongenerals office and was honorably discharged in December, 1918. No student or alumnus can ever forget how ardently IsadoreDyer urged every Tulane man to volunteer for service whetherat home or abroad and was the prime mover in the organizationof the Tulane Medical Dr. HOWARD BENJAMIN CROSS DR. HOWARD BENJAMIN CROSS Howard Benjamin Cross, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. JohnK. Cross, of Waukonios, was born July 31, 1889, near ConwaySprings, Kansas. In childhood he moved with his parents toLamont, Oklahoma, where he later received his public schooleducation. Later he entered the Tonkawa preparatory graduation he taught two terms in a rural school nearLamont. In 1911 he entered the University of Oklahoma, fromwhich he graduated in 1915, receiving the degree of Bachelor ofScience. He taught biology in the Southwestern State Normalat Weatherford one year and zoology as assistant to Dr. Lane,University of Oklahoma, for three years. He was a graduatestudent at the L^niversity of Chicago and Johns Hopkins Uni-versity, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from thelatter institution in June, 1921. In 1918 he enlisted in the United States army and was sentto Baltimore to assist in the work of the
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