RT Journal T1 NEws and comment JF American Journal of Diseases of Children JO American Journal of Diseases of Children YR 1929 FD November 1 VO 38 IS 5 SP 1071 OP 1071 DO 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930110170023 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930110170023 AB UNIVERSITY NEWS  Appointments and Promotions.—Among the appointments and promotions of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, are: Dr. Charles L. Joslin, professor of clinical pediatrics; Dr. John H. Traband, Jr., assistant professor of pediatrics, and Dr. Clarence E. Macke, assistant professor of pediatrics.The University Faculty at Vienna announces the courses for the year of September, 1929, to August, 1930. Among the prominent men who are giving courses in pediatrics are Drs. Hecht, Hochsinger, Lehndorff, Leiner, Nobel, Wagner and Zappert.GENERAL  Maryland School Children Examined.—Conferences were held throughout the counties of Maryland during the summer for the examination of children who would be admitted to school for the first time this fall. Over half of these children had not been vaccinated for smallpox, which the Maryland state law requires before entrance into school.Children's Health Consultation in New York.—The New York state department of health