Parkview Methodist School of Nursing - Lamp Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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3.5. ..... 33,2 47 ' M ........ ...:Z.:tV....Y .... J L.. ............ Hz'5t0ry of the Fort Wayne Methodist Episaopal Hospital N the minutes of the North Indiana Conference of 1918 appears the record of a motion made by Rev. VI. A. Beatty to appoint a committee to consider the matter of a Methodist Hospital for Fort Wayne. The district superintendent of Fort Wfayne, with the pastors of First Church, Hunt- ington, Bluffton and C. U. Wfade were on this committee. A meeting was held with the trustees of the Hope Hospital, who agreed to turn over their assets and to co-operate in securing pledges for necessary funds. The matter was then presented to the Methodist Hospital Association of Indiana, and a committee composed of three persons from each conference in the state secured details of the proposed hospital, and made recommendations which were adopted and the present building was purchased. The hospital was managed by a graduate nurse who served as superintendent of the hospital and training school, and students from Indianapolis Methodist Hospital were sent here for a part of their training. In january, 1921, Dr. M. F. Steele was appointed superintendent of the hospital and in june, 1922, this school was made a separate one, thus saving the transfer of student nurses from Indianapolis. Many changes have been made in the management, equipment and building and many more are contemplated. Oat ofa Small Acorn a Mzghgf Oak Grew In 1899 the International Epworth League Convention met in Indianapolis and at its close 54,750.00 remained unused from its entertainment fund. At a meeting of the executive committee the Rev. C. C. Lasby, pastor of the Central Avenue Methodist Church, suggested that this money be used fwith the consent of the donorsj for the purchase of ground for a Methodist Hospital. Thus was the beginning of the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Indiana, of which this one is a part. The Methodist Hospital Auxiliary Association was organized in 1925 with an enroll- ment of forty members, which has steadily increased. This organization has been most loyal and helpful to the hospital, and School of Nursing, and is known as a good-will organization. 'Tis the human touch in this world that counts The touch of your hand and mine. Which means far more to the fainting heart Than shelter and bread and wine. For shelter is gone when the night is o'er And bread lasts only a day, But the touch of the hand, and the sound of the voice Sings on in the soul alway. ,.,,,-.,,::ll ,,.,,. ,,..:...s..-.., ....... - ..... . .... .. ..... ..,.....192Q',,,,,,,,, 2, 2. Page Tun

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.........,..... y...... - --H' :.:: : '-17-lilf' H051D1'ial fbwzlz Through Ministry of Love When voices lift from out the throng, In lonely hour of need Thy Church through ministry of love Turns prayer to Christ-like deed. To little children, all bereft, Thy sheltering walls provide A refuge warm with hope and love, A home whate'er betide. The maimed and sick, on beds of pain, Thy servants shall employ In healing touch of practiced skill That these may life enjoy. When life's late sunset pales to dusk, And days afar seem near- The faltering, lingering empty hours Are filled with love and cheer. Taught by Thy Son, the Christ we love W'e serve Thee through Thine own, Thy Church for Thee heeds sick or old Or Childhood's stifled moan. -RALPH Wares KEELER ff 19 29 .... . ....... . i.... -- ....,.. 1