The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-06
$4,000 is WAYNE
QUOTAF0R RILEY
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

wayne county's quota has been
liked at $4,000 in the statewide cam
paign for the raising of a 50. 600 600
building fund for the James Whitcomb
Riley Hospital for Children. To he
erected in Indianapolis to fill long
felt need for state institution for
me correction of the deformities of
youth and to commemorate the men,
DRY OF Indlana's beloved poet.
Inc announcement of Wayne coun-
Tvs quota was made by John B. Rev
holds' general secretary of the Indian
apoils Chamber of Commerce and di-
rector OF the campaign for the cree
uon OF the Riley hospital. Mr.. Rev.
holds expressed the hope that the
county Will oversubscribe its quota
ne campaign is Just in its prelfmi-
nary stages and quotas are being as
signed every county in the state. In
indianapolis, nearly $500, 00G already
mas been contributed, despite the fact
mat the active campaign there has
not been opened.
Although James Whitcomb RiIey's
lips are mute and his pen lies idle on
the desk at which he sat in his Lock
ero1e street home in Indianapolis. to
one who reads his poetry, and it is
universally read-there comes be-
tween the lines a plea in behalf of
the manned and the crippled, especial
ly among the children Statistics com
piled by the United States Public
Health service reveals the startling
fact that there are ten thousand chill
dren in Indiana seriously in need of
medical or surgical hospital attention.
Undertakes Task.
II is to fill this need that the James
Whitcomb Riley Memorial association
mas undertaken the task of raising a
fund of 100000 for the erection of
the Riley hospital for children. Re
Dalizing the importance and the need
for a children's hospital in Indiana, |
the Indiana general assembly, at its !
last session, and at the request Of the |
Riley Memorial association, enacted a |
law providing the nucleus of fund |
for just such an institution as was
contemplated The memorial associa- |
ton has now undertaken the task of |
completing the raising of the fund to |
$2,000,000, to make the project sue |
cessful.
AS planned the hospital will provide I
between 300 and 400 beds, although |
the law covering the project only |
provides for not less than 200 beds /
Gnder the act authorizing it the hos |
pital must give medical and surgical /
attention to the children of Indiana
although in the case of parents who
are able to pay for the services rem
dered their children, they will be re-
Quired to do so.
Open to All Children.
Although the hospital will be erect
ed in Indianapolis, it will be open to
any child in any part of the state
under the age of 16 years, and ac-
cording to the law, afflicted with
defect, disease or deformity, presum-
ably durable or improbable by skilled
medical and surgical treatment"
Among Richmond men who have ex-
pressed their willingness to aid in
the Riley campaign are Ray Robinson,
president of the Rotary club of Rich
mond, William Dudley Foulke, George
H. Eggemeyer, Thomas B. Jenkins,
Robert E. Heun, William H. Rooney
and Joseph H. Mills.
DR.. Samuel E. Smith, superintendent
of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for
the Insane is a member of the state
finance committee for the Riley move
inent.