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Duke University Medical Center, InterGom
From
The
Auxiliary
by Peggj" H. Warner
The Duke Hospital Auxiliary
o|)e)ied 19(i4 -witli tlie installation of
new offieers, Tuesday, January 7, at
tlu‘ Elen’s (Iraduate Center, iu addi
tion to the officers shown in the ae-
(•oiuj)anyiug photo?raph, 1964 board
members were announced as follows:
ilrs. Alan iJanchester, Chapel
Committee
^Mrs. Julian Kuffin, Wayx and Means
*Mrs. \V. Glenn Youn;, Jr., Projects
ilrs. John S. Warner, Publicity
ilrs. Robert Colver, Finance
^Irs. Eugene A. Stead, Jr., Inter('o)n
Mrs. 0. E. Esval, Nominating
.Mrs. Franklin Bowers, Membership
At this meeting plans for the
annual Orientation Program for new
and interested old volunteers were
in’esented. With its purpose to intro
duce prospective volunteers to various
job opportunities open to them at
Duke Hospital, the Orientation Pro
gram opened Wednesday, January
29, at 2 J*.M. at the Auxiliary office.
Mrs. Leach highlighted the Auxil
iary’s aims and objectives, and Mr.
Frenzel addi'essed the group on the
objectives and the operation of Duke
Medical Center. At the second ses
sion on Wediu\sday, February 5,
course nuMubers heal'd Miss Lelia
Clark discuss the nursing service with
a guided tour of au operating room,
recovery room and premature nurs
ery.
The Orientation Program will con
tinue each Wednesday afternoon
through March 18. iMembers assem
ble at 2 P.M. at the Auxiliary office.
The schedule includes various facets
of Duke Hospital such as the X-ray
Dejjartment’s ('obalt Tliiit, Medical
Illustration, Medical Records, Physi
cal and Occupational Therapy, the
Housekeeping and Dietetics Depart
ments, and the Brace Shop. Also on
the agenda is a tour of the “new'
building” dedicated in November
and a study of the Medical Center’s
building program. The course con
cludes with an evaluation of the total
program offered at Duke Hosi)ital by
Miss Clark.
The Auxiliary is anxious to have
as many old and new volunteers as
possible enrolled in this Orientation
Program. JMrs. Leach remiiuls every
one that it is not too late to join.
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1968 of the Diagnostic and Treatment
Building, the first decentralization
occurred. The patient care program
as well as office and research space for
Allergy, ENT, and parts of Endo
crinology, Gastroenterology, and Re
nal Disease, are now housed in this
new area.
With the practice of medicine grow
ing ever more complex, its changing
character is reflected in a more di
versified professional staff. A variety
of talents are needed to maintain a
high h'vel of performance. No longer
can the ti'aining of all physicians be
alike and their skills iiiterchangeabh'.
Some staff members see large numbers
of patients; some spend more time
on research or special projects; all
teach. One strength of the Private
Diagnostic Clinic is its ability to ac-
co])t and foster siu-h differences in
distribution of time, (‘iiergy and
sj)here of influence.
“As an over all policy,” Dr. Hart
has written, “the private clinics are
operated with the primary objective
of developing a better medical school,
emi)hasizing at all times that wdiat is
best for the school is also best for the
individual and recognizing that a
happy and industrious staff of out
standing ability is the greatest asset
the institution can have.”
New Auxiliary officers combine pleasure with business at their first meeting of 1964.
Left to right are; Mrs. S. K. Heninger, Jr., Social Chairman; Mrs. N. F. Conant, Recording
Secretary; Mrs. Henry Emerson, Historian; Mrs. Lawrence Monk, Vice-president; Mrs.
Richard Leach, President; Mrs. John Halderman, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Shelton
Smith, Treasurer.