The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-03
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL
Annual Meeting Of the Corporation
Held Yesterday.
A FAIRLY PROSPEROUS YEAR RE
PORTED BY DIRECTORS.

The Interesting Report of President Webb
Detailed Account of What Has Been
Done by the Observation-Disclosures Con
dillon of the Hospital Finances-Elec
ton of Ofhcers for Ensuing Year.
The annual meeting of the Maine Cen
eral hospital corporation was held yestef-
day afternoon at O'Clock at the Office OF
the secretary, Franklin R. Barrett. The
reports were presented and ordered on
file.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS.
The Directors find nothing in the his
tory Of the last year important to be sub
uiitted to the consideration of the Cor
porators. The year has been fairly pros
porous, although as usual the demands
upon the treasury have always been quite
up to its resources, and 1t has often been
necessary to postpone or wholly omit
many Expenditures which seemed urgently
called for. 1t iss cause of regret that
the income derived from collections of
Hospital Sunday in churches and re-
ligious societies throughout the State has
considerably fallen of, This in part may
DO accounted for by the establishment of
other msritofious institutions to supply
whose wants contributions may have been
diverted from this hospital. 1t Is, how
ever, believed that the decrease is rather
to be accounted for by the tendency to
overlook and neglect all institutions
whose charitable work is silently and
steadily performed. Only constant re-
miIder Of the value Of the hospital to all
the people of the State is likely to keep
alive their interest in it and to secure
their aid in its support.
The Directors trust this suggestion
will stimulate renewed activity and re-
store the receipts from Hospital Sunday
to the former amount, If not to increase
1t.
During the year larger number of
patients have been admitted and treated
average Of patients has in come years
been exceeded.
While actively engaged in his work,
DR.. William Lawrence Dana, one of the
Q lrgical staff. suddenly died. The high
sitimation Of this Board of the personal
and professional character of DIR. Dana and
their sense Of the loss of the hospital BY
his demise will appear from the follow
ing extract from the records of the Direc-
tors:
"On the morning of May the 9th, dur
irg the period of his special assignment
to actiye duty as surgeon Of the hospital,
William Lawrence Dana died suddenly at
his residence in Portland.
"A thrill of surprise and sorrow, a
heavy sense of general public loss, at once
pervaded the community. 1t was pain
ful to think what fair prospect OF life
was SO quickly obscured, what brilliant
hopes persisted with him. Ancestry,
which gave him as If by right of inheri-
tance the traditions of worthy past, a
beautiful boyhood, noble youth, the en-
thusiaam Of early study ripening into the
habit Of severe professional labor, a true
ideal of private and professional life, not
only cherished, but realized in nis own
career, the first heights Of his profession
won, the promise of a great future of USE
fulness and honor before him, his mind
and heart open to the best influences and
pursuing the highest aims, in the lead
and In advance, he fell at his post. This
was his life; this was his death. The
noble curve rounded to fullness and per-
fectness of outline during its brief course
In this world passed onward and beyond
our sight;
deeply in the common sorrow, impressed
by sense OF Its own peculiar loss, set
ting his name among its NEST sacred
memories, directs that this minute in
msmory Of hfm be entered of record, and
REQUESTS the secretary to send a copy OF
the record under his own hand, to the
distinguished father of DR.. Dana, that he
may know that the institution upon
which for nearly O quarter of century
he has freely iayished the resources of his
learning and skill, would draw near to
him II it could in sensitive sympathy,
under the shadow of his heavy sorrow
and loss.
DIR. Henry II. Brock, of Portland, one
OF the Adjunct Surgeons, has been elected
Dr.. Brock made vacancy in the num-
Der Of adjunct surgeons, which has been
filed by the choice of DR.. VIM. L. Cousins.
As usual the House Doctors of last
year, at the close Of years service, re-
tired, receiving the usual certificate of
ndelity and satisfactory service, signed
py the President of this Board, the Score
tary, the Superintendent and all the at
tending physicians and surgeons DR..
George ID. Woodman. of Westbrook, Dr.
Charles NJ. Leighton of Portland, and
Dr.. N. P. Butler, also of Portland, sue
Deed as house doctors.
Nrs. Emma A. Pitcher on the tenth
Of May last. after a highly satisf aotory
service of fifteen months as Matron, ten
dered her resignation. The Directors
received that resignation with regret.
To succeed her the Board made choice of
Mrs. Hannah E. Rogers, who at once
assumed the duties of Matron with energy
and intelligence.
Eor inform alton in detail of the work
of the year, reference is made to the ac-
oompanying report Of the Resident PLY
sician and Superintendent. Other inter
esting particulars are shown in the report
Of the Matron submitted herewith The
Treasurer's report exhibits the receipts
and expenditures for the year, also the
resources Of the corporation and how the
funds are invested. To all these reports
careful attention Is invited.
NATHAN WEBB,
President.
October I, 1897.
TREASURER'S REPORT.