The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-11
PUBLIC TO SEE
HOSPITALS ON
VISITING day
City Institutions to Open
Doors to SightSeerS
Saturday.
NURSES TO BE GUIDES
Equipment and All Rooms
to Be Shown Guests
at Open House.

Indianapolis citizenry will be CIV
Ell an opportunity to study munich
pal disqualification at first hand
Saturday. The day has been set
aside as National Hospital Day.
Plans have been made by the sew
eral hospital units here to hold open
house.
Former patients, patrons, grad
uate nurses, members Of the medical
fraternity and all interested citizens
are invited to come and inspect the
institutions. Special programs have
been prepared to entertain visitors
at some Of the hospitals.
Student nurses will act as guides
through the corridors, wards and
rooms. All the modern surgical
and therapeutic equipment will be
displayed and explained. Operating
rooms will be visited and babies
may return with their mothers to
inspect their birthplaces.
Program at M. f. Hospital
Hours from $50 to 5 p. m. have
been set aside for visitors at Meth
odist Hospital.
AT 2:30 p. m, special program
will be given in the lobby. Presi-
dent Arthur v. Brown of the insti-
tuition will preside. Short talks will
be given by DR.. L. II. Murlin, De
Paw University, and Fred Hoke.
The Methodist Hospital Nurses
School is now affiliated with De
Paw.
Student nurses chorus will sing
under direction of Miss Anita Scott,
hospital hostess. After visiting the
various floors, the diet kitchens,
newly constructed laundry, power
plant and nurses home, guests will
be taken to the roof garden where
tea will be served.
Plan Roof Garden Tea
Mrs. Fred Hoke is chairman of
the hostess group in charge of the
tea. Members of her committee are
the Mesdames w. d. Springer, Ar
thur Wolf, Brandt Downey, George
M. Smith, F. A. Steele, John Carey,
F. 9. Johns, E. F. Kiser, Frederick
Taylor and Jean S Miner.
Patronesses will be C. II. links,
William r. Clevenger, M. J. Mckee,
Lowell Patterson and Fred l..
O'Hair.
A harp ensemble will feature the
tea. under direction of Mrs. Louise
Schellschmidt Koehne, member of
the De Paw University Music
School faculty. She will be assisted
by Mrs. Alberta Mccain Gaunt and
Miss Margaret Call
Welcome SightseerS
Robert E. Nef, administrator of
the Indiana University hospital
group on w. Michigan St. said
large crowd is expected there Sat-
urday afternoon. Nurses from the
training school and students from
the Indiana University School Of.
Medicine will escort the sightseers
through the various institutions.
The State university group in
cludes the Robert w. Long general
hospital, James Whitcomb Riley
ohildrens hospital, and the William
H. Coleman hospital for women.
At st. Vincent's Hospital no spe-
cial program has been arranged for
the day, but authorities there an
nounced that they are always glad
to welcome visitors and conduct in
spection tours of the various build
ings.
They will assign special guides to
this work Saturday, expecting more
than the usual number on Hospital
day.
DR.. William A. Doeppers, superin-
tendent of City Hospital, announced
open-house there throughout the
day. From morning until night
there will be many nurse-guides on
hand to show visitors through the
large city institution, he said.