The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-12
Appreciation of Day is
Given in Paper Read by
Young Nurse at Recent
Club Meeting in Ardmore.

National Hospital Day. May IL. was
ium, where open house was maintained
throughout the day.
Many visitors called throughout the
hours and We're shown over the insti-
tuition where 30 many people Of Carter
county-and throughout Oklahoma for
that ,matter-have been restored to
health.
The recently installed radio instru-
fnents attracted favorable attention and
1t was at once recognized that me
Hardy sanitarium keeps abreast with
all Of the latest improved methods in
all departments, including as it does
the aerQplane ambulance in addition
to all of the very latest equipment in
the care Of the sick.
a appreciation of National Hospital
Day, the following, the subject Of which
u Throw Me the Life Buoy" given
by Miss Jessie Young. pupil nurse. at
q recent club meeting, will be of in.
terest TO all.
This is the title Of my subject, and
my reason for my intrusion on your
hour is because OF an effort we are
making to establish through the country
a National Hospital Day. This is a new
movement, May IL last year being the
first day commemorated. This move
ment IL supported by President Harding
and last year in some states many gov
ernors and mayors issued proclama-
tions calling on the public to cooperate
with the hospitals-so ! have come
among you in my little white cap to tell
you my story and SOW the seeds per
haps of interests other than are grip.
ping the minds OF the business man
your minds. As good citizens you are
interested in the upbuilding Of all
things that lead TO a city's good. You
take pride in the good things that come
to you and accrue mostly from your
work.
All the clubs of this city are working
some good cause. but l venture &c
there is not a thought given &c
at a hospital means to you. until
day-that day in your life grea'
lmity overtakes you; and then you
B., panic.stricken. Throw me the life
oy." And what IL there was not .
, buoy! But there somewhere around
,hc corner, or out by the next block
wherever 1t is, it stands a monument
perhaps TO some surgeons skill-his
ambition, his service to mankind-ol
again peoples gift to their commu
nifty. but there it is-its doors oper
and its trained army ready and alert
and always at your service!
Some OF you in this room have told
what your business means to Ardmore
and you've told it with pride. and il
has been heard by your fellow citizen!
with pride. but has any told You wha
q hospital means 10 you? You've fel
II no doubt a great asset. A hospita
IL necessary, OF course - and what
would you do without It? Every shil
life buoyl
From east to west. from north Il
south, people are thrilled from tim,
TO time with the wonderful exploits o
one and another, and now our pulses
are quickened to the music that rushe
across u continent through the air Z,
greet our ears and fill us with wonder
Every age has its contribution Of grea
discoveries - and looking backward
through the long history of the scienc,
OF medicine ! see a great procession
OF men who have marked the page
by their labor for the welfare OF hu
manity-and sometimes by their sacri
fiCeg In SDitp Of what Is dOna In IN,
air. OF the achievements OF Marconi