The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-05
MIR CONROY'S
FINE SPEECH

Editors Note:-So inclusive, en-
tightening and interesting was the
speech made by Attorney Joe Con-
oy on the occasion of the first
graduating class of nurses from st.
Margarets hospital, that 1t Is print
I'd here for the bene1t of the hum
Ireds of friends of the hospital who
we're unable to be present Wednes
s.ay at the Chamber Of Commerce
exercises.)
The Golden Rule still lives. This
occasion IS another milestone in the
development of society which be-
speaks the benehcence of the prin-
ciples OF the Golden Eule. No branch
of society, no form Of activity. pro-
fame, secular or otherwise, has any
degree Of permanency unless based
upon the doctrine, DO to others as
you would be done by"
Life is a battle. 1t Is well that II
has been so ordained that life is 4
continual contest. TO that battle.
the individual must come prepared,
physically, mentally and morally.
DR.. oliver Wendell Holmes has said
somewhere, that the human body is
nothing moro or less than the We
hicle of our ancestors. In order that
this vehicle, the human body, may
be one like the proverbial "one boss
shay" II must be cared for. 1t IS
not my province as a layman to en-
ter into any dissertation or Discus
sion as to tho technical necessities
to vouchsafe the full functioning Of
the human body, as that belongs to
the medical profession and to the
trained nurse. but / do know that
the alienation of pain and suffer
ing. the touch of a kindly hand up
on fevered brow. the gentle word
Of kind nurse, the patient and
watchful attention OF the Sisters or
st. Francis and the Graduate Nurse.
has an influence equal to none other
to bring society nearer and nearer
TO the acme of civilization-Fatne
rood Of God and the Brotherhood of
Nan,
St. Margaret's Hospital OF Ham
mona cares for the needs OF a popu-
alton embracing practically one
hundred thousand people We all
snow the needs OF such a hospital
not only for the relief of physical
suffering, but as one Of the needs
n complex society to advance that
community to the station that II
should occupy in society. While We
ave all known the needs Of such
an organization as st. Margaret
hospital, SO engrossed have we all |
been. in commercial and material |
prosperity. that we have been ,.d !
7ractically away from this great |
asic principle that und all So |
iety. the Golden Rule, that IT has |
evolved upon only few that have !
oonsecrated their life to the sacri-
9ce, and a loving sacrifice it is, TO |
the exempli1cation Of the old prin-
iple OF the Golden Rule.
HOPE
It may not be amiss, therefore, at |
his time. at the first graduating |
Nxercises OF the Nurses Training |
School. for Nurses OF ST. Margaret's
Hospital. to remind you that four |
indy spirits. IN 1898. quietly. with
mt the sound of tinkling brass and |
Tmbals, without tho blare of trum-
It's from the house tops of their |
ming. these four beautiful char
ters, Sister Records. Sister Ger
srda. Sister Edwarda and Sister
iarcellina. came in our midst and |
ounded st. Bfargaret's Hospital. |
sister Marcellina is still with us.
and for over twenty-four years she
las labored and sacrificed and has
demonstrated to us all that sacrifice
ward. the splendid monument OF
what that great institution is today.
today in establishing a
permanent training sc h Oh for
Nurses.
The Hospital first consisted of a
residence frame building and three
small houses, the patients number
ing for the first year from Is to 20.
At that time the Sisters visited the
homes OF the sick and afflicted and
then. as now, gave their services
without pay tc the poor. In the fall
Of 1898. these frame buildings we've
replaced by a brick building that
was completed in 1899, that accom-
modated 65 patients.
At that time the doctors in at
tendance at the Hospital were Doc
.ors Clark. Kelly, Campbell. Howatt.
Pannenburg and two cub doctors at
that time. Doctors Oberlin and
sharrer.
HARD WORK
In 1908, the east wing OF the hos
oital was added and finished and
ready for occupancy in July, 1909.
There is now room for $50 patients,
having 80 beds for surgical cases:
so beds for medical cases. and 10
beds for cases in obstetrics. Last
year over 1900 patients were treated
and cared for at St Margarets Hos
oital. and of this number. one-fourth