Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-23
BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETS.
Election of Officers of a Local Insti-
tuition.

Election of Officers of a Local Insti-
tuition.
Ar the meeting of the board of governors
of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital, held Monday evening, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Bishop H. Y. Satterlee; first vice
president, Mr.. VIM. D. Baldwin; second vice
president. Rev. Charles E. Buck; secretary,
DR.. E. Oliver Belt; treasurer, Mr.. M. M.
Crenshaw. The members Of the finance and
executive committees, with a single eXcep-
ton, were reappointed. Lieutenant Com
mander F. A. Miller was appointed on the
executive committee in the place Of DR.. c.
H. Alden resigned.
The assistant attending physicians were
reelected for the ensuing year and DR.. J..
B. Nichols was elected pathologist.
The twenty-five lady managers. whose
terms had expired were reelected for three
wears, and the following new members were
chosen: Mrs Alexander L. Pope, Mrs. r.
f. Bernard, Mrs. C. p. Williams Mrs. Spen-
Ger Watkins, Mrs. Charles Parrish, Mrs. F.
A. Miller, Mrs H. Y. Gibson, Miss Ellen
Champlain, Mrs. J. X. HaWley ana Miss
Resale Thornton.
Amendments to the bylaws were made
increasing the number Of lady managers
from rs to 100 and changing the date of
the annual meeting Of the corporation to
the second IQuTSudy III
Bishop Satterlee presided at the meeting
of corporators held week previously,
when the following were elected to fill va
cancies on the board: VIM. Stone Albert,
DR.. George N. Acker, Thomas Blagden, H.
c. Bolton, Gen. ]. r. Hawley. Herman
Hollerith, Lieutenant Commander F. A.
Miller. Mrs. A. D. Van Dervier, Lyman
TIFFANY, Harry l.. West, w. c. Whittemore,
John B, wight and Harry Williams.
The report Of the attending medical staff
showed that there were 9751 visits made to
the hospital during the year by 1924 pa
TENTS, of whom 9S1 were white and 943 col
ored This was an increase in the number
of visits of 1916 over the previous year:
221 patients were admitted into the hospital,
over 300 operations were performed. 1t was
stated that sincest the opening of the hospi-
tai, in April, 1897, 26,14S visits have been
made to the hospital ny o,467 patients and
S94 operations have been performed. The
medical staff called attention to the fact
that quite a number Of patients were unable
To he admitted to the Mspital, owing to lack
of room. and noted the importance of tax
ing steps at an early day toward providing
a more capacious sbuihing.
The report of the treasurer, NJ M. Cren-
shaw. showed that the receipts during the
year were s., 90 and the expenses were
In Bishop sattsriee's report as president
he said the SUCCESS 0f this new hospital
had far surpassed ali his expectations AND
that he knew of no Institution Of the kind
anywhere where so large an amount Oh
work ia done at So small cost.
The non.sectarian character of the work
was shown by the statement of the num-
her of representatives OF the several de-
nominations treated, the principal being as
follows: Baptists, 535: Episeopalians, 475
Methodists. 1894: Roman Catholics. 2o8
Presbyterians n; COngregationalists, 49,
Lutherans, 80, etc.