Show S 8 DAY DAYTO TO JO 8 DE KEPT i v. v l LOCALLY CAll i Statement Issued as as' as to Proper Method of Observing Observing Observing ing Occasion in V Which All Citi Citizens Citizens' ens' ens Are Concerned IN rk Keeping ep ng with the general ob- ob h jL servance throughout the thc coun- coun h Salt Lake City will celebrate cele- cele bra brate e National Hospital da day shay May 1 12 Doctors and others interested themselves vin in the I program pro am of ot observance which wilt will be ca carried led out here y 1 Dr Dri L. L A. A Sexton president of the Hospital day committee has has has' the following statement JJ The movement for observance of ot ofas ta as t N National Hospital day is meeting with hearty approval The need for this observance seems to have been long felt j The Th purpose of the movement nt la is that the community may know its r hospitals We e believe that an individual sert ser ser- t r Ice ln educating the public to the 1 eal functions of ot a hospital can be feal f. f b by an organized effort to focus oci ocus s attention on institutions for tor he he treatment and care of the sick rand and nd unfortunate it abATE ATE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE 1 May 12 has been selected as the most suitable date for National Hospital Hos Ilos- pital day as it is the on one hundred and nd first anniversary ersary of ot the birth of ot Florence llorence Florence Nightingale pioneer in modern modern hospital and nursing meth- meth meth k if National Hospital day it is hoped will i be the me means means ns of ot showing the public the human side of ot the hospi- hospi r tai l- l lof of of its varied aried services of ot its 1 for expansion and last but not least Its It's needs Many Man who are not acquainted with hospitals lt ls regard them with sus- sus pica sus-pica and dread and it is with the hOM of ot dispelling these ideas and of bf educating the public to the full tun appreciation of the advantages of ot a hospital to the community that this I movement has been started SUGGESTIONS OFFERED Here are some for observance observance observance ob ob- ob- ob servance of ot National Hospital da day In in every every community Invitations should be extended through the local press to the pub pub- lIe to inspect institutions Sm Small ll leaflets should be prepared distribution containing a des description description tion of ot needs of ot the hospitals I 1 Wherever possible arrangements f should be made to have the graduating graduating class exercises of nurses' nurses training trainting train train- ting ing schools held on this day graduating classes daises of ot high schools should be Invited to visit these nurses' nurses training schools with the idea Interesting of off f them in this work ork Rational National Hospital day will ulti- ulti mean that the collections from g all the churches over the country on the the Sunday previous will go to the institutions jn their respective re- re communities HARDING APPROVES Ina In a a recent letter from l President resident Harding giving his approval of ot the movement he says It is especially a pleasure at this time to express my interest in the he work of ot the National Hospital day dar which seems to arouse the largest possible public interest In the work worle of the country's hospitals and similar simi simi- lar lar institutions You have most properly chosen May M 12 the anniversary of ot the birth of Florence Nightingale as the day dayto to to be celebrated as National Hospital day Must C Just at this time th those these se of ot us who are concerned in the administration of of national affairs are having our attention at- at forced to fo the very veo great need ot of exp hospital facilities by reason of ot the requirements of disabled disabled dis- dis soldiers I I can most heartily extend my good wishes for the most useful re results re- re suIt subs from your efforts t National Hospital day should become become be- be come corne just as much of a fixture in inthe inthe n the the minds of the public as Thanks Thanks- giving The greatest blessing any community can have is a well regulated regulated regulated regu regu- hospital F- F i I L Iv A A. SEXTON chairman chairman chairman chair chair- DR DB man of the National hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital day committee who stipulates how day should be observed I I I r-i. r |