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Page 2 Duke Hospital, InterCom 'ilUi DON T BE A 1^1 LITTER-BUG (Cartoon by Bob Blake) Comet The retirement of Mrs. Burke Hob- •rood serves as a forceful reminder that after twenty five years Duke Hospital is having the painful ex perience of entering into its second generation. The passing from the scene of ac tivity of an increasing number of our first generation is a repeatedly pain ful experience. Mrs. llobgood’s retire ment will be a paticularly painful one. Perhaps no one other person has literally meant “Duke Hospital” to so many thousands of ))eople as Mrs. Hobgood. Her unvarjang sympathy, courtesy and luiderstanding has been extended unstintingly to all-comers and has been repaid by the affection and gratitude of the multitude of peo- j)le she has served so warmly and so well. Our hospital owes her a great debt for never allowing its tremen dously rapid growth to temper her ac tivities with any diminution in the keen sense of personal interest in every patient. There has been no sense of impersonality or institutionalism in the conduct of her office. “Miss Reba” often likes to tell jokes about her size. We have to admit that she is a big woman—big in manj^ ways other than physical stature, but she can never be as big as her heart which has been big enough all these years to hold all of us and all of our patients too. # # ^ # Announcement of a Ford Founda tion grant of $250,000 for the expan sion or improvement of our services to the public is no longer a matter of news. It continues, however, to be a stimulating challenge to us not to take the easiest way out in quickly apply ing these funds to meet some of our most obvious current needs which might possibly be met some other way. The way in which these funds were granted in support of the voluntary non-government institutions is a far sighted recognition of the importance of privately supported institutions in the perpetuation of our Democ racy. Such vision in giving deserves Duke Named To National Defense Program Duke University Medical School has just been named to the Medical Education for National Defense pro gram, Dean Davison has announced. The MEND program seeks to in troduce into medical teaching subjects which will help graduates to serve more competently in the armed forces or as civilians in time or na tional emergency. Auxiliary Meeting A general membership meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary is set for 8 equal vision in application. It is our fervent hope that the best thinking of all of us will go into and result in a use of these funds which will be com mensurate with the inspired benefac tion of the donors. p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Men’s Graduate Center. Speakers will be Miss Mildred Sher wood, pediatric nursing supervisor, and Miss Marian Batchelder, operat ing room supervisor. Auxiliary By-Law Change Official notice is hereby made to the Auxiliary membership of a proposed change in By-Law 7 of the Auxiliary Constitution and By-Laws. The By-Law now reads: ‘ ‘ The fis cal j’ear of the Auxiliary shall begin on April 1.” It is proposed that it be changed to read “The fiscal year of the Auxiliary shall begin on Janu ary 1.” The change in date, to be voted on at the annual meeting in April, is in the interest of convenience and effi ciency in the bookkeeping and in mak ing annual reports and the audit.
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