Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing - Appendix Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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TOP: E. C. MOELLER, Business Nfllllllgff. LOUISE ROLF, Mairon. LOXVER2 CLARA ANWEILER, Technician. C. E. MILLER, Pburzrmrixl. A few months ago MR. E. C. MOELLIIR accepted the position of business manager of the Fort Nvayne Lutheran Hospital. Since he is displaying his commercial ability the more tedious business matters are managed favorably. We wish Mr. Moeller a successful career in our Alma Mater. Our faithful pioneer worker and friend is MRS. LOUISE ROLF, who has been the respected matron since the very beginning of this h0spital's existence. Her best years have been spent in the interest of this institution. Respected and admired she ever showed her deep interest in the welfare and happiness of patients, associates and nurses. May God bless her for her service given willingly and faithfully! MISS CLARA ANWEILER has been with us the last four years and such active and successful years they have been. As technician she energetically served her profession and her winning personality has won her many friends. She is always ready to assist and never lacks frindly encouraging words. The pharmacy is under the supervision of MR. CHARLES MILLER. His pharmacal ability is demonstrated by his rapid filling out of prescriptions and his knowledge of drugs. His sense of humor and speed are rare attributes. Page Tzvcwzly-rural:

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REV. E. W. WEBER, H ospifal Chaplain The example of the Son of God sheds immortal honor upon all honest labor. Jesus spent the greater part of His life as a village carpenter. But he came to save that which was lostf, and so quitted the carpenter bench to devote Himself to preaching and healing. Than these two-preaching and healing-there are no callings more honorable, the one ministering directly to the soul and the other to the body. The commonest work well done is honorable. Yet, every kind of work is not of equal honor. There are some eallings in which zi far more direct and ample con- tribution to the welfare of our fellows can be made than in others. The nurse, by virtue of her professional training, is an expert in caring for the bodily needs of her patient. Her careful attention to details, besides providing comfort and ease for a wearied body, hastens under Cvod's blessing the desired cure. The Christian nurse is more than an expert in the care of the body. She knows that in a sense it is true of the patient, the Lord took him aside from the multitude. These are the golden moments when sickness may prove a blessing above measure, and the Christian nurse, by manifesting the graces of za Christian character, revealing a cheerful, hopeful dependence upon the Lord and pointing to the Redeemer of the world, is able to render n service that may tell for time and eternity, for the healing of soul and body. Many a sick room has been transformed into a doorway to heaven. Nurses are referred to as angels of mercy. The Christian nurse may become an angel especially in the original sense of the word, which being interpreted is messenger, a messenger of the comfort and courage, truth and hope that is found in the gospel of Christ. Golden opportunities for real Christian service! Page Trvrrzty-six

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C34 Short Hz'story of the Lutheran Hospz'taI REV. PH. WAMBSGANSS, Prvsin'ent Desire to serve is a mark of Christianity. Sympathy for the sick is essential to a true follower of Jesus Christ. It was quite natural, then, that the Lutheran Christians, living in and about the city of Fort Wayne, should seek to establish an institution of mercy. As early as 1878 they gave practical expression of their desire to do good in this way when they purchased a number of vacant lots on South Wayne and Packard avenues for the purpose of erecting thereon a hospital. These Lutherans were members of St. Paul's and Emmanuel congregations, the only Lutheran parishes existing in Fort Wayne at that time. When several years later the opportunity presented itself to do hospital work by means of the old Hope hospital, then located at the corner of Washington and Barr streets, these Lutherans sold the property which they had acquired some time pre- vious and used the proceeds toward strengthening the Hope hospital. - In conjunction with a number of citizens of Fort Wayne, they formed the Hope Hos- pital association, which conducted the hospital referred to, then an institution of approxi- mately forty beds. In the course of time, the hospital became overcrowded and the question of enlarge- ment pressed for an answer. Having carefully surveyed the situation and taken into account especially the downtown location of the Hope hospital, the Lutherans resolved to build a new hospital in a location better suited, in their opinion, for the purposes which such an institution serves. Having been encouraged by the Allen County Lutheran pastoral conference in a meeting December 15, 1901, at once to proceed with the effort of erecting a new hospital, the Lutheran Hospital association of Fort Wayne and vicinity was formed and on May 11, 1903, a constitution was adopted and oflicers elected. The high hope to own and to conduct a hospital was soon fulfilled. On August 10, 1903, the member congregations of the association selected for a hospital, for the price of 510.000, a plot of ground 235x446 feet, on which stood a large house of 21 rooms. known as the old Ninde homestead of South Fairfield avenue. On Thanksgiving day, 1904, the necessary renovations and alterations on the Ninde dwelling had been completed and a large congregation was present on that day to dedi- cate the new building to the service of suffering humanity and to the glory of Almighty God. Such were the humble beginnings of the Fort NWayne Lutheran Hospital. It would require more space than is allotted to this brief sketch to write about the various stages of the development of this institution from that time to the present day. In 1906 the first wing extending to the south from the Nindle building was COIT1- pleted and dedicated. Last year another large wing was added to the west, increasing the bed capacity to 200.1Every modern equipment such as a laboratory and x-ray depart- ment, a childrenls clinic, and other features which make up a modern hospital have been installed, and the Fort XVayne Lutheran Hospital ranks among the foremost of its kind in Indiana. ' The small acorn sown in 1901 has grown to a sturdy oak, a splendid monument to the Lutheranism of Fort Wfayne and vicinity. Soli Deo Gloria. Page Tzwxxiy-eigbf