The Monticellonian., 1917-04-05
DIR. &C. KIRK NAMED
FOR HOSPITAL HEAD
BOARD OF CONTROL SPRINGS
SURPRISE BY ELEcTiNG AN
OUTSIDE MAN.
BECAME EFFECTIVE APRIL |
Or. r. r. DarnelI, Who Was Assistant
Superintendent Under Drs. Greene,
Young and 6Iedsoe, Appointed
Assistant Superintendent.
Little Rock.


The State Board Of Control sprung
a surprisc when, passing up the can
didateE who have been mentioned IN
connection with the superintendent
Of the State Hospital for Nervous Dis
eases. it elected DR.. G. c. Kirk, assist
ant superintendent of the Ohio State
Hospital for Insane, at Toledo, o., who
took charge April l. DR.. Kirk was IN
Little Rock recently and made thor
ough inspection of the institution IN
company with members of the board.
When H c. lyman, secretary OF the
American ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Asso-
citation. was asked by the board to rec
ommend capable men last winter. DR..
Kirk was among those he endorsed, To-
gether with DR.. M. 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 SO years old, graduate
of the University OF Ohio and the uni
versity's Medical Department, and is
No. on the Ohio Civil Service list for
superintendents of state hospitals. He
will remove to Little Rock April /
with his wife and take active charge
of the hospital April 2.
Or. DarneII Assistant.
DR.. r. F. Darnell, who was assist
ant superintendent of the institution
under Drs. ]. L. Greene, F. B. Young
and e. p. Bledsoe, was appointed as
sistant superintendent.
When, following 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 It's
power in removing DR. Bledsoe from
his position, DR. Darnell. with other
members of the superintendents stah,
resigned Since leaving Little Rock
DR.. Darna1l has taken postgraduate
work in Philadelphia
DR.. c. Arkabeauer, who was senior
physician under DR.. Bledsoe and who
has been acting superintendent since
DIR. 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. II. 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 FL 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. ]. c. Davis of Harris
burg and E. T. Ponder of Walnut
Ridge, who have been in the hospital
for severel 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 inferno, and DIR 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 indefi-
mite, He can be removed only upon
the statutory grounds of inattention.
neglect, misconduct and ineflciency.
Ashton Vincenheller, a 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 ali doctors in the
state BY this method a civil service
list can be obtained, and vacancies on
tie staff filled from the list.