DEATH OF COMMISSIONER FRIDAY Honorable William H. Friday, State Hospital Commissioner, died very suddenly at his home, 456 McDonough Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., early on the morning of November 4, 1915, following an attack of acute indigestion. Commissioner Friday was appointed to the State Hospital Commission by Governor Whitman April 24, 1915. In company with the other commissioners he had visited and inspected the Long Island State Hospital, Brooklyn, on November 3. He left in the evening for his home planning to join the Commission in the morning and proceed to Kings Park State Hospital on Long Island. Commissioner Friday was a lifelong resident of the State and for twenty years had manifested a warm interest in the care of the insane, familiarizing himself with the needs of the hospitals and the administration of hospital affairs. In early life he spent several years in newspaper work with New York and Brooklyn papers. During the last few years he had been engaged in a successful real estate business in Brooklyn. In 1893, Mr. Friday was elected to the legislature and was a member of the Assembly from the old sixteenth district of Kings. He was re-elected in 1894. He introduced and had passed the annexation bills which brought Coney Island and all the county towns into the city of Brooklyn, and which brought him into great prominence. Since that time Coney Island has taken its place, not only as the greatest summer resort on the Atlantic Coast, but as one of the most important sections of the Borough of Brooklyn. After this legislation had been successful, he interested himself in the scheme of consolidating the various boroughs into the Greater City of New York, and worked early and late for the success of the measure, which was finally enacted into law. Mr. Friday had also to his credit during his legislative term the transfer to the State of the care of the insane of Kings County. Commissioner Friday was a forceful speaker and his ser vices were constantly in demand by political and various other organizations. He was also prominent in fraternal circles, having been a Past Grand Master of the State of New York of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a Past District Deputy of Masons of the Second Masonic District, and a Past Exalted Ruler of Brooklyn Lodge of Elks, of which he was a life member. He was also an old National Guardsman, having been a member of the Thirteenth Regiment Veteran Association and its Second Vice-President at the time of his death, and was an active member of many other organizations. He was a member of the Janes M. E. Church of Brooklyn, where he always took an active interest in church work, and at the time of his death was a member of the official board of that church. Commissioner Friday is survived by his widow and two grown sons, one an evangelist now completing his studies at the Crozer Theological Seminary at Chester, Pa. MINUTES OF QUARTERLY CONFERENCE MAY 19, 1915. Minutes of Quarterly Conference of the State Hospital Commission with the managers and superintendents of the State hospitals, held at the Capitol in Albany, May 19, 1915. Present Commissioners MORGAN, MAY and FRIDAY. Utica State Hospital, HAROLD L. PALMER, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Willard State Hospital, ROBERT M. ELLIOTT, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Hudson River State Hospital, CHARLES W. PILGRIM, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital, MAURICE C. Ashley, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Buffalo State Hospital, ARTHUR W. HURD, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Binghamton State Hospital, CHARLES G. WAGNER, M. D., Medical Superintendent. St. Lawrence State Hospital, RICHARD H. HUTCHINGS, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Rochester State Hospital, EUGENE H. HOWARD, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital, CLARENCE A. POTTER, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Kings Park State Hospital, WM. AUSTIN MACY, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Long Island State Hospital, ELBERT M. SOMERS, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Manhattan State Hospital, WILLIAM MABON, M. D., Medical Superintendent. Central Islip State Hospital, G. A. SMITH, M.D., Medical Superin tendent. Central Islip State Hospital, MARCUS B. HEYMAN, M. D., Assistant Superintendent. Mohansic State Hospital, ISHAM G. Harris, M. D., Medical Superintendent. WALTER G. RYON, M. D., Medical Inspector for the State Hospital Commission. MICHAEL OSNATO, M. D., Medical Deputy in Charge of the Bareau of Deportation. Mr. FRED J. MANRO, Manager, Willard State Hospital. Mrs. A. D. MILLS, Manager. Binghamton State Hospital. Mr. JAMES E. KELLY, Manager, St. Lawrence State Hospital. Dr. R. LEIGHTON LEAK, Manager, St. Lawrence State Hospital. Mr. ANDREW J. SHIPMAN, and Dr. WILLIAM D. GRANGER, Managers, Mr. CHARLES E. TEALE, Very Rev. JOHN C. YORK, and Mr. ALEX- Mr. HENRY R. CHITTICK, Manager, Long Island State Hospital. The CHAIRMAN: The second quarterly conference of this year meets at a time of unusual interest, not only for people of the State,-for the reason that it is at a time when a Constitutional Convention is being held-but of especial concern to those who are interested in such a large Department as the State Hospital Commission, for questions concerning this Department are very apt to come before the Constitutional Convention, and you will all of course be greatly interested in seeing that the welfare of the Department is not adversely affected. That matter will come up for discussion to day, although it is not the first subject on the program. The first is a report of committees. Is the Committee on Standardization prepared to make a report? Dr. HUTCHINGS: At the last conference the Committee on Standardization had its report prepared and the conference discussed portions of it and disposed of them. These were matters which had been brought to the attention of the members as likely to create some discussion, and the remainder of the report, on motion of Dr. Harris, was held over to this meeting in order that the members might have an opportunity to study it more carefully, and each superintendent at the last conference was given a complete copy of this report; there is nothing further that the Committee |