The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1935, Page 3

Formal Observance to Be Held ‘Next September, Sister - Boniface Announces Attractive Year Book Issued by Institution Gives Data on Activities Formal celebration of the golden Jubilee of St. Alexius hospital and school of nursing, one of the oldest institutions in Bismarck, which will On September 15, visitors will be ‘entertained at an open house by the institution which was founded and j tirst opened in the year 1884. In ac- tive charge of the Golden Jubilee ob- “ servance is Sister M. Boniface, O. 8. B., who is the hospital superior. Due to the special nature of this year book, more space than usual is « Gevoted to the history of the hospital since it was bought by the Benedic- tine Sisters of St. Joseph, Minn., as the Lanborin hotel, which had just been built by Alexander McKensie and Richard Mellon. The building still is standing today as one of Bis- * | marck’s foremost “landmarks” on “4e corner of Main Avenue and Sixth St. State ‘Wild and Wooly’ ’ ‘When the present superior came to \ Bismarck 40 years ago, the hospital stili was located in the hotel building and there were five Benedictine sis- ters and five doctors available to eerve a daily average of four or five «patients. North still was “wild and wooly” and Sister Boniface frequently relates the great excite- ment when the first telephone was installed. Small sheet-iron stoves »” served as heaters, and the only meth- od of taking patients from the first to the fourth floor was the “human ele- vator.” heating plant was a necessity but there was little money. One of her friends expressed confidence that the people of the city would help and so she launched a public solicitation. In half a day she and a friend had Pledges for $700 “and more if neces- sary.” The young city was proud of its hospital and everyone donated. Plumbing Work Delayed ‘There were no plumbers in Bis- LL. ENTERTAIN VISITORS]. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1935 t. Alexius Hospital Plans Big Celebration To Commemorate Its Golden Anniversa ek Institution of Mercy and Its Venerable Head ST. ALEXIUS HOSPITAL Pictured above are Bt. Alexius hospital, which annually treats thousands of patients, and Sister M. Boni- face, its superintendent and directing genius for the last 40 years. Sister Boniface estimates that, for ‘every out-of-town patient treated there, two other persons come to Bismarck, frequently remaining here _Until their relative or friend is discharged from the institution. beautiful edifice which still serves it was built ‘at Ninth St. and Thayer avenue, a site further removed from the disturbances of the city. That year marked the installation of a which can accommodate 150 patients. In 1927; the spacious nurses’ home was built, this being a five story structure situated east of the hospital and facing Tenth St. Today, St. Alexius ranks as a Class “A” hospital, recognized by the Am- erican College of Surgeons, having a staff of 26 members and maintaining @ nursing school acknowledged by the National League of Nursing Educa- tion. X-ray departments and the ‘Pathological laboratory add to the services available for diagnosis and tment. Sister Boniface decided » central] trea marck and the work was awarded to]. ® man at St. Cloud, Minn. He prom- ised faithfully to have the work done by November 1 and Sister Boniface sold all but two of the stoves. It was Christmas eve before the heating sys- tem finally was put into operation and in the meantime, Sister Boniface * recalls, both the sisters and their pa- tients nearly froze to death. Included among the patients at that time were a number of men from the county poorhouse, which had burned down. Nearly all of thent were old and feeble and the hospital contracted to care for them for 40 cents a day. These men lived in a sort of dorm- itory and had one of the stoves, the sisters enduring the cold that their charges might keep warm. New Building in 1915 The hospital finally outgrew its quarters and in January, 1015, the Concluding the brief history of the hospital, Sister Boniface and the sis- ters extend their most cordial thanks to the attending physicians for their many and patronage and readiness to help at all times, and extend the same appreciation to all who have aided the hospital in any way or who have shown their good will and friendship toward its work. Nursing School Rated High Serving as.a prospectus for the school of nursing, which was estab- Ushed in 1915, the book outlines the equipment, requirements for admis- ;|lish, Rumanian, Scotch, and Syrian. -|tist 70, Catholic 1,230, Christian 17, "1357 students, 347 “at home,” sion, expenses, hours of duty, course of study, extra-curricular activities, library equipment and advanced standing of the school. It also gives ® list of lectures and the complete Toster of students and alumnae from the classes of 1918 to 1934, inclusive. The school of nursing is under the direct charge of Sister Mary Mark, R.N., B. A. Of interest in statistics for the year, contained in the volume are the facts that 2,647 patients, 1,188 male and 1,459 female, registered and Spent 37,922 days in the hospital. On the average 103 patients per day were treated. In the year, there were 48 ambulance cases. | The nationality of 2,194 patients ‘was given as American, 241 were Rus- sian, 48 German, 28 Norwegian, 23 Hungarian, 18 Swiss, 17 Candian and 10 Austrian. A sprinkling of other nationalities included Bavarian, Bo- hemian, Danish, English, French, Greek, Hollander, Irish, Italian, Po- Denominations Varied Denominations of the patients were equally varied, being as follows: Bap- Church of God 2, Congregational 62, Episcopal 22, Evangelical 59, Greek Catholic 6, Jewish 12, Lutheran 484, Methodist 152, Mennonite 3, Nazarine 5, nonprofessed 335, Pentecostal 11, Presbyterian 137, Reformed 11, Sal- vation Army 11 and Seventh Day Ad- ventist 18. The 734 housewives lead the list in occupations of patients. There were 235 farmers, 163 laborers and 195 babies treated, also 35 clerks, 17 clergymen, 58 domestic laborers, 10 engineers, 21 housekeepers, 25 managers, 16 me- chanics, 11 miners, 32 nurses, 36 teachers, 17 truck drivers, 34 with no occupation and 83 who are retired among the patients. Game wardens, musicians, news agents, blacksmiths, collectors and cream buyers and a few score of workers under other: oc-, cupational listings went to make up the grand total .of 2.647. Book ¥s Attractive Among illustrations for the 44-page booklet, which is attractively bound in orange, brown and gold are pictures of the hospital seal, the hospital and nurses’ homes, each photographed from the front, the chapel, a cut showing the oxygen tank in use, and illustrations of a corner in the office and the annual banquet of the hos- pital staff. 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