The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-19
Physicians Unite in Com
mending Efficient Work of
Miss Marsh and Her Capa-
BILE Assistant.
BOARD ROUSES IRE
Speakers Express Dissatis-
faction at Arbitrary Action
of Trustees-Marvel Out.
lines Changes Made.

night, at which the physicians of Rich
mond, were hosts in honor of Miss
Marsh, superintendent Of Reid hos
pital. and Miss Sands, assistant SUPER
intendent, who retire the first of Jan.
uary. that the toastmaster, DR.. Louis
F. Ross. arose and suggested that
they follow the advice of Lewis Car
roll and talk of "cabbages and kings
and pigs with wings"
This provided a wide latitude for
discussion but the speakers called up-
on confined their remarks to one
topic; their regret of the action taken
by the hospital trustees in dispensing
with the services of the hospital super
consulting the physicians
Women Express Regret.
Every physician who spoke praised
the Misses Marsh and Sands for their
highly satisfactory administration the
past two years and Mrs. E. G. Hill,
president of the Woman's Aid society
OF the institution, declared that every
member of that organization regretted
exceedingly the termination of the
present hospital administration.
There was no open censure of the
action taken by the trustees but there
was no misconstruing the fact that the
hosts of friends of Misses Marsh and
Sands were greatly displeased with
the impending change of administra-
ton.
Miss Marsh spoke briefly, thanking
the physicians, the members of the
Woman's Aid society and the public for
their kindly cooperation in her work
She said her two years at Reid hos
pital had been the happiest of her
professional career and she concluded
by inviting everyone present to at
tend holiday celebration at the hos.
pital on Monday evening. Dec. 2s.
Notes Changed Attitude.
DR.. X. ]. Peirce in the first of
series Of after-dinner speeches called
attention to the fact that only a few
years ago physicians experienced diff
ficulty in inducing their patients to
go to the hospital. but during the ad-
ministration of Miss Marsh, he said,
the public attitude toward the institu-
tion had experienced a marked change
and the popularity of the hospital the
past two years was attested to by the
great number of patients who had
been cared for. He said he regretted
exceedingly the termination of the
present administration.
DIR. J. Nj. Thurston. on OF Richmond's
veteran practioners. recalled amusing
incidents of Richmond's first hospital
old ST. Stephens. He said every room
was an operating room and kitchen
tables were found useful for operating
purposes. He then praised the excel
lent training the nurses had been re-
ceiving at Reid hospital under Miss
Marsh's superintendency and the SUI
pervision of Miss Sands and he also
expressed his regret that they were
to leave.
DR.. W. L. Misener told several witty
stories which. he said his audience
could interpret as they saw fit. Each
applied to the unpopular action of the
trustees in dismissing Miss Marsh and
Miss Sands and caused the guests
great amusement.
Ross Praises Condition.
The toastmaster. DIR. Ross, then
took occasion to declare that in his
seven years as a practitioner here he
had never known the hospital to be
so satisfactorily conducted as ii had
been the past two years. The i'm
pending change Of administration is a
source of great dissatisfaction to me-"
he said. land don't care who knows
it. 1t seems to me that the men most
interested in the success of the insti-
tuition. the physicians, should have
been consulted before this action was
taken.
DR. Charles Marvel said that the
first day Miss Marsh assumed her
office she told him frankly that she
understood he had been a troublemak-
er at the hospital and she wanted to
know what he was dissatisfied with.
He said he told her that the three
great sources of dissatisfaction to him
had been lack of sympathy with the
patients on the part of the hospital
staff. i'll treatment of friends of the
patients and lack of cooperation be-
tween the staff and physicians. Miss
Marsh said that there troubles would
terminate at once and they did, he
said. He said the physicians would
like to know the cause of her dis
missal. DR.. Roy Morrow paid a high
tribute to Miss Marsh and Miss
Sands.
List Of Guests.
Those who attended the banquet
were:
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Misener, George
r. Hays, E. II. Mendenhall. A. J.
Whallon, Charles Marvel, Richard
Schillinger. D. w. Stevenson, X. j.
Peirce, R. d. Morrow. William G. Huff
man, Mora s. Bulla. s. c. Markley,
James f. Weller, f. B. Grosvenor, w.
w. Zimmerman.
Drs. S. Edgar Bond, J. NJ. Thurston.
J. A. Walls, J. J. GrOsvenor, Louis r.
Ross, +. l.. Harold, w. w. Anderson.
Charles s. Bond. J. E. King, J. NJ
Wampler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Young, IL. NJ
Kramer.
Nesdames &C. Hill, George H.
Eggemeyer.
Misses Florence Bond, Frances
Marsh. Halcey Harold, Mary Vans,
Minnie E. Sands.
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