The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-24


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Il b.-lia, that the visiting -tf ~ a
hospital du.sS better work for ~ patients
and that IL members are kept more up
10 dat" u they inclrId. t-lChIug IN CON-
Junction With their duties than otherwise;
that the hospital and patients directly
benefit thereby. th" former through at
tracing better class II int"rn.'s and
attendants because 1T the teaching faCll-
tiles. the latter through receiving more
careful attention and the latest methods
III treatment realize that one "f the
Presbyterian Hospitals greatest n.c,ls in
its new hn-pItal plant Is a surgical pavilion
supplying ampl" bed facilities and en-
bodyinG modern appliances
After saving that he will be glad la
furnish tn. necessary money for such u
pavilion MIR Hardness writes
1t Also gives M. pleasure Ia offer to
the hospital ON behalf at a donor who's.
name ! am not now az liberty To mention
money and securities which | estimate
To he Of tn" value 81 81 Jn.I.sI IN trust for
endowment. tn" principal To h- kept
separate from other funds and the income
to be used exclusively toward the. support
of the scientific and educational work
connected with the hospital and referred
TO in this letter. A. | withhold the nam.
Of the donor | guarantee TIA" payment or
transfer of tins -nduwm -nt To the hospital
This donor and would hk.. III" prIyi.
lege of placing appropriate. tablets IN IN.
new pavilion stating IN who's. memory
the building j. erected and the work .n-
dowed. and | should wish m. privilege. Of
approving any building plans that may Nv.
determined upon ami To haN" "a voice ia
the selection Of am arChG"ct. although l
do not urg" thus last point
Mr. HariSn.'-- has land down s.vera
Understandings ami conditions IN IN.
presentation Of ho'h Of the gifts r.for..
he suggests that ~. hospital maxi. tn.
allianc. with Columbia I nIV.rsitv he.
says thar tn educational institution
concerned NAV make nominations to- all
positions on the hospital star medical
surgical and special that the PERSONS
occupying for the tim" eng fh, rant ing
or foremost pruf.~snrShp- IN m.-ii"iu-
and surgery III tn. educational In-ittu-
tion concerned shall ALWAYS he. nominated
- appror'Iai" positions on the stan 81 the
hospital and thai - long a.. they hoiu
such Offices ia ia. hospital they shall
have no official connection with any other
hospital. to the intent that Ind.r this
Arrangement the hospital viii secure
In tn" treatment of it, patients Ia" greatest
degree Of medical AMI surgical - al which
can b" furnished hv th. school
IL Is specified that m" departments Of
pathology and baCtar'nlpgy NAV give
teaching To students IN the hospital A
director ~ the -IrgIcal research labora-
tory will he appointed he will teach in
the hospital and viii ALWAYS h- activ.
on the teaching star OF tn" college
This r. what Mr.. Hardness wrot. CON
corning the selection Of Columbia:
That IN. Collage 81 Physicians and
Surgeons the medical dep rtment Of
Columbia University, b" the m-dica
school with which the hospital make thu.
arrangement so long ~ II IL in "A position
tn carry ont ~ shar., of these conditions
and complies herewith. should ~ not
be i'm such y position. ar fail To comply
Herewith. another medical school OF Jh.
first rank may b" selected 10y the hospital
If tn" hospital shall NOT comply with
the conditions named in this letter" he
wrote, and should such Noncompliance.
continue after notice and rea-ona hl..
opportunity To fulfill the same. the hospital
shall forthwith pay and transfer Ia me or
tn the donor whom represent a. | may
request the Who'll. 81 TN. endowment
fund herein referred TO II this nom
compliance occur after INV death the. To-
payment shall he made 10 any person
or Institution de-I gnatst for that purpose
in my will. After such default and until
such payment the endow mant fund shall
he held by IN. hospital IN trust solely 10
make such payment
Mr.. Hardness concluded nv saving that
the conditions imposed IN this letter NAV
from time To time b- changed by mutual
agreement His own consent II living.
and that 81 the hospital shall be necessary |
to such change.
.WhI.i the medical school will benefit /
from the gifts herein made and this IL :
expected and desired. ~ only right 20
such benefit must come. through agree !
ment with the hospital, tn" school itself :
having nn right h.r,.unl..r- he. -lII an I
DR.. ". Gilman Thompson made a state
ment in which he said that the cIty il To-
be congratulated on the contamination
of such an alliance. for h" b..li-ves thar IL
will stimulate the creation IL similar Goa
litions elsewhere. II has long existed
in the University 81 Michigan and ~ Johns
Hopkins and Pennsylvania. and NOR. re- |
Gently in university schools nf medicine {
and hospitals IN 81. Louis. Chicago Cl.v.-
land. Montreal and Toronto.
DR.. Walter Il James considers IN.
alliance distinct s'.p. forward IN m"
81 New York Clrv. not
only OF medical education but of hospital
Only one of IN. trinity Of medicine.
tr"atm research and ,-lu
cation. has been adequately performed
in this city. laid DR. Joseph \ Blake
Research ha- been entirely neglected
he said. and education has b.-..r carried
on in a loose. haphazard manu- - aus.
OF the precarious unsatisfactory arrange
rnents existing between the hospitals
and our medical schools The tim. has
come when tho realm ~ hospital work
will he pushed from IN" narrow lImI'-
Of the philanthropy u the present to the
limitless field 81 broader philanthropy
which lays ia emphasis upon RI. futtIr.
and which clearly rs~ognIzes our re-
sponsibiliTy for coming generations