Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-04-04
BOARD OF CONTROL SPRINGS SURPRISE BY ELEcTiNG AN
 OUTSIDE MAN.
BECAME EFFECTIVE APRIL 1
pr. R. F. DsrneII, Who Was Assistant Superintendent Under Drs. Greene, Young and Bledsoe, Appointed
 Assistant Superintendent.
Little Rock


 The State Board of Control sprung surp-:-o when, passing up the can didates who have been mentioned in connection with the superintendency of the State Hospital for Nervous Dis. eases, it elected Dr. c. c. Kirk, assist ant superintendent of the Ohio State Hospital for Insane, at Toledo, O., who took charge April 1. 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. Eyman. secretary of the American Medico-Psychologic 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 Gen. tral 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 is No. 1 on the Ohio Civil Service list for superintendents of state hospitals He will remove to Little Rock April 1 with his wife and take active charge of the hospital April 2.
 pr. DarneiI Assistant.
 Dr. R. F. Darnell who was assist ant superintendent of the institution under Drs. J. L. Greene, F. B. Young and E. ?. 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 It's 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 a 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 Fl Dorado, who has been acting as assistant superin- tendent since December and who has been with the hospital since February 1, 1916, was appointed a senior physi- clan, and Drs. J. c. Davis of Harris burg and E. T. Ponder of Walnut Ridge, who have been in the hospital for severr months, serving part of the time s.s senior physicians, were ap- pointed junior physicians.
 pr. Moore Dropped From Staff.
 Dr. J. R. Harvey of Scott county was appointed interne, and Dr w. P. Moore of Newark, who succeeded Dr. Pat Murphy as interne following Dr. Mur- phys resignation last year, was dropped from the staff.
 The salary of the superintendent was fixed by the last legislature at S4,0O0 a year and the term is indefi- nite He can be removed only upon the statutory grounds of inattention, neglect, misconduct and inef1ciency.
 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 MT. 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 civil service list can be obtained, and vacancies on the staff filled from the list.