La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing - Nightingale Yearbook (La Junta, CO)

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1 as PASTOR SUPERIN TEN DENT FRIEND ALLEN H. ERB For the S011 of Man is not come to destroy lll6ll'S lives, but to save them. - 'l'he 1llll'SlJ in her study Elllli work 9l111li1ilSlZt S tl1e saving of life. 1'11ste11r. Lister 1111d Koch 2ll'i-' ivillllliitll' l12lll1l S s11ggesti11g victory over diseuse lllld 1-o11seque11t suving of life. When so inueh ilfiftlv tion is given now i11 the world to destruction tl1is saving 1l1'Ugl'2lll1 st11nds out i11 bold relief. It VVEIS i11 sueh il time JIS this lllill' Florenee Nigl1ting11le flllllld l1er great tJ1lllUl'illl1liY, No XVi16l'i-' is there 21 greater necessity for the saving of 111Pl1'S lives tl11111 on tl1e C1llll'l'i1 inission fields, fill the inission field tl1e lllldt-'1'llI'iVii6'Q6d elzlsses of H1611 2ll'9 Ctllliilkfiilll. It is i11 such groups of 111911 1l111t saving efforts 11re Silllllliilfl-ld. VVhen tl1e Bl11ek Plague YVQIS dev11st11ting Europe it w11s then th11t T196llSV011i1Ul'k described lJ2ll'fP1'ill lllld diseovered iililt they eould be killed by l1e11t. Thus Stlllle progress could be Illtlfii-' 2lg2lll1Si tl1e dev11st11tio11 of disease. ln t ollier's for April 12. 1041, the story is told of Dr, Douglas Ross Collier of the 'ClliC'l1f2fI11ill. Th:1il1'1nd. 1C'D1'0S2l1'ill1l1. XViltl developed tl1e 11ew Zlllll proinising f0X0id-ZllliifOX0lll treutinent for leprosy. Dr. Collier is working 11s il llllltilvill 11liSSl0l12lI'Y ill the P1'6Sllj'iPI'i2lll Mission in 'l'h11il1111d. lt w11s i11 this field tl111t lllillly lepers were Sllffftflllgi 1111d needing fl'0illi1H9lli, 111 line of d11ty till this inission field. Dr, Collier diseovered tl reinedy that gives proinise of giving relief froin tl1is dre11d dise11se. For sueh il 1111111-'df' men h11ve bee11 seeking 11ll iill'tlll2ll illllllilll history. He probably never Xvtlllifi l111ve bee11 :lille to il2lV0 served his God or blessed Luke 9 :56. his fellowinen ill 11s large 1,1 w11y outside the 111iS' sion field. To follow tl1e GXRIIIIDIE! of Jesus is to s11ve Zlllti not to destroy. XVe Cilll save tl1e niost where there is the niost destruction If we find mo1'e poverty 111111 disease illld suffering in one group tl11111 ill 11notl1er. then, 11Il things being Glllllli, our duty is tow111'd tl1e I1lO1'Q afflicted group. Soine one ex' pressed this i1'l1i11 ill this l1l2l1lllt'1' when spe11kingr of direct evniigelistic xnission effort. Every 1112111 1111s the right to hear the Gospel once before any other man has 21 right to hear it twice. The Chi-isti11n nurse may profit by this principle. In one plaee there Illilj' be f11Ul'lSillldS without, tl1e Hltlfii' 9l9I!1P11f:lI'y nursing serviee, ill another. hundreds who have 11v11i111ble tl1e best fl'2llllPd ser' viee, It should be ele111- illllt the duty of tl1e nurse would be to the underp1'ivi1eged fil0llS2ll1dS 1'11tl1er than tl1e highly privileged hundreds. 3 The mission fields of the Church are the large unoec-upied sec-tions of the world. To these ter- ritories our great Lord tllld Master Ufllllllltlllds 119 to go. Many nurses will find their largest opportun- ity for the i11VOSi1I1i-'Ili of their lives ill these fields. E11eh nurse is responsible before God to 1l92l1' the F2111 of the Master tllld give 1'-o11side1'11tio11 to the needs uf the souls of 111911 in these mission fields. She should be able to give tl reason that will s11t- isfy God why she is 11ot ill direet niissionary ser- vice. --Allen H. Erb.

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Q ee- DQGDNXINISTRATICDN D cl GJESCJ To -Hwe Welfare -Hue Siclc I N Cf me Fowler, 50m AHA Holy

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BRIEF HISTORICAL SURVEY In 1908 the Mennonite Church established a Sanitarium, west of La Junta, for the purpose of caring for tuberculosis patients. The work had a slow but steady growth, In the year 1921. the church leased the City Hospital in La Junta, which made possible the care of approximately forty patients, The work continued to enlarge until in 1928 it became necessary to build a new Hospital and Sanitarium. These buildings make possible the care of seventy to eighty patients. From its earliest beginning the liiennonite Hos- pital and Sanitarium was placed under the super: vision of the lklennonite Board of Missions and Charities. Under the management and di1'ection of this organization, the Institution continues to function. The Hospital is approved by the American College of Surgeons and is registered with the American Medical Association. Board of Directors Mennonite Hospital and Sanitarium Paul J. Hershey ,. E, E. Showalter .,.,. Clarence Ebersole A. IV. Rhodes ,,,,..r ,,,,..,.....,,.,President .. ..Vice President ...........Secretary ...,....Treasurer Allen H. Erb Magnor Hjelmstad S. C. Yoder Bert D. Snyder Jess Kauffman The Local Board of Directors meets once a month to organize and plan the administrative prograni of the institution. Routine business includes monthly reports of hospital census, finances, and the doctors' staff meeting. At these meetings the members of the Board discuss and make decisions upon problems of administration and related needs as they arise. I n Memoriam On July 2. 1940. Jacob A, Heatwole completed his tasks on earth. In his life he had served well in various capac- ities-as teacher. pastor. bishop. He was Widely known in the community. Since November, 1912, Brother Heatwole was vice president of the local board of the Mennonite Sanitarium, He was elected president of the board in September 1929. and served in this office lllltil his death. In these 28 years of official connection with the Menno- nite Hospital and Sanitarium he ,save wilfully of his time and effort, His prayers, his friendliness and loye will be remembered in the church and community,