The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-12
A PROSPEROUS YEAR
Hospital Directors Find Cause for Con
graduation in the Annual Reports.

The board Of directors of the North
western hospital celebrated the twentieth
anniversary of the founding Of the instl-
tuition yesterday afternoon. An Informal
reception was held and the building was
open to the inspection Of the guests. The
interior of the hospital has been re-.
modelled and greatly improved. Poinset-
ia blossoms and roses and smilax gave
holiday air to the rooms.
At 3 o'clock the annual meeting was
held. Mrs. T. B.. Walker had returned
from California to preside over the pro-
gram for the twentieth time. In her ad-
dress, Mrs. Walker said that the past
year has been one Of the most successful
in the history of the hospital. She re-
viewed the efforts of the board since the
beginning and spoke of the two new lots
which have been added to the hospital
property. the new dining-room for the
nurses and other improvements. She en-
phasized the Importance of the nurses
training school and suggested that a non
| resident male inferno be added to the staff
of the hospital She recommended the
building of an outside laundry with rooms
for the women in charge and other en-
ployes and said that a nurses home
would realize long deferred wish of the
board.
Miss Eleanor Weston, superintendent Of
the hospital, reported that 49l patients
had been received during the year and
pay patients numbered 424 and the rest
were charity patients. A new feature of
the year has been a course Of lectures by
the physicians of the staff for the nurses
Of the training school,
Mrs. s. G. Swift, treasurer, stated that
the receipts had been s2S,532. 65; disburse-
| ments. s27.S01.71; balance on hand,
| $1,000. The secretary, Mrs. S. w.
Melendy, read her annual report, which
showed that a private room had been
! added to- the number furnished by the di-
rectors during the year. II
| Mrs. w. L. Wolford, president of the
| nurses training school, said that 119
nurses had been graduated. The course
this year was changed to give further in
struction in surgery and bandaging. Mrs.
| w. l.. Ballard read the report Of Mrs. Belle
c. Darlington, president of the young
| ladies' auxiliary which was disbanded
| during the year, with request for recog-
| milton from the board.
| The election of officers resulted as fol-
| lows:
President, Mrs. t. B. Walker; honorary
vice president, Mrs E.. B. Barton; vice
presidents, Mines. II. H. Kimball, J. r.
| Tourtelotte, A. H. Rose J. M. Robinson:
secretary, Mrs. S. w. Melendy; assistant
secretary, Mrs. Hovey C. Clarke; treasur-
| err, Mrs. I. G.. Marsten; auditor Mrs. J. E.
Bell; superintendent Miss E. Weston;
| house physician, Mrs. A. ELLSWORTH; mat
ron, Mrs. Scribner. -" "5' -.
On the board of directors for the COM
ing year are Mines. II. c. Akeley, J. S
Bell, H. S. Bowman, Charles Morse, G. r
Blackmar. J. D. Blake, i. W. Ballard. J
E. Bell S. G. Campbell H. c. Clarke
D. c. Clinton, G. F. Clement, G. H. Dag.
gett. E. +. Elliott, J. B. Hudson, w. D
Gregory, Thomas Lowry, C. M. Loring G
| N. Lyman. l. G. Marston, G. R. Newell, C
. A. Nimocks, A. F. Pray, J. S. Pillsbury
F. r. Petit, James Quirls, Hiram Ross
Henry Side, F. B. Stone, Chester Smons
3. B. Townsend. Fred Van Dusen O. c
Wyman, Carlos Wilcox w. LsWolford. H
/ G. Webster. Austin Watson, F. r.. Wood
i ward. j. c: Young, Laura A. Day, sSamue
Morse, L. T. Soule, James B. Gilfllan
Herman Leighton c. w. Sexton and Mis-
Florence Johnson.