The Harrison times., 1917-04-07
BOARD NAMES KIRK
FOR HOSPITAL HEAD
DR.. KIRK RECENTLY MADE A
THOROUGH INSPECTION OF
INSTITUTION.
DOCTOR DARNELL ASSISTANT
Or. Harvey Of Scott County Was Ap'
pointed Inferno and Or. Moore Of
Newark, Who Succeeded DR.. Muir
ply, Was Dropped From Staff.
Little Rock

l@llllC INONh
The State Board OF Control sprung
a surpr1Ic when, passing up the can
didates who have been mentioned in
connection with the superintendency
of the State Hospital for Nervous Dis.
eases, il elected DR.. c. c. Kirk, assist
ant superintendent Of the Ohio State
Hospital for Insane, at Toledo, O., who
took charge april /. Dr.. Kirk was in
Little Rock recently and made thor
ough inspection of the institution in
company with members of the board.
When II. c. Eyman, secretary Of the
American Medico-Psychological As.,J
citation, was asked by the bcaid TO rec
ommend carab'e men last winter, DR..
"a was among those he endorsed, to-
gether with DR.. NJ. B. Heyman of Cen
trail Islip Hospital, Long Island, N. Y.
DR.. Heyman, who was offered the posi-
ton and who accepted it tentatively
last winter, has accepted the superin-
tendency of an asylum in New York.
DR.. Kirk is 3S years old, a graduate
of the University Of Ohio and the uni
versity's Medical Department. and fs
No. on the Ohio Civil Service list for
superintendents Of state hospitals. He
will remove to Little Rock April l
with his wife and take active charge
Of the hospital April 2
Or. Darnell Assistant.
DR.. R. F. Darnell, who was assist
ant superintendent Of the institution
under Drs. J. L. Greene, F. B. Young
and e. P. Bledsoe, was appointed as
sistant superintendent.
When, following a long contest
through the Pulaski Circuit Court and
the Supreme Court, a final decree was
handed down last December that the
Board of Control was acting within Its
power in removing DR.. Bledsoe from
his position, DR.. Darnell, with other
members of the superintendents staff,
resigned. Since leaving Little Rock
DR.. Darnall has taken postgraduate
work in Philadelphia.
DR.. c. Arkabeauer, who was senior
physician under Dr. Bledsoe and who
has been acting superintendent since
DR. Bledsoe's removal, was appointed
senior physician. Dr. Arkebauer is
native of Crawford county and has
been connected with the institution for
16 years. w. H. Hall, chairman of the
board, said that the board is very
grateful to DR.. Arkebauer for his serv-
ices during the recent upheavals.
Dr. R. E. Rowland Of Ell Dorado, who
has been acting as assistant superin-
tendent since December and who has
been with the hospital since February
|, 1916, was appointed a senior physi-
clan, and Drs. j. c. Davis of Harris
burg and f. T. Ponder of Walnut
Ridge, who have been in the hospital
fo- several months, serving part Of the
time as senior physicians, were ap-
pointed junior physicians.
Or. Moore Dropped From Staff.
DR. ]. R. Harvey Of Scott county was
appointed interne, and Dr. w. P. Moore
of Newark, who succeeded Dr. Pat
Murphy as inferno following DR., Muir
phys resignation last year, was
dropped from the staff.
The salary of the superintendent
was fixed by the last legislature at
$4,000 a year and the term is indef-
mite. He can be removed only upon
the statutory grounds Of inattenton,
neglect, misconduct and inetiiciency.
Ashton Vincenheller, member OF
the board, said that DR.. Kirk would ex-
ercise entire authority over the insti-
tuition will be directly responsible for
the members of his staff. The board
plans a civil service system for the
hospital and Mr.. Vincenheller said
that promotions would be made on
merits alone. When the system is ar
ranged, examinations will be held at
stated times open to all doctors in the
state. By this method a civil service
list can be obtained, and vacancies on
the staff filed from the list.