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Entered as Second-Class Matter June 12, 1909. at Sound Beach Post Office, under Act of March 3, 1897. 



Vol 



time 



X 



DECEMBER, 1917 



Number 7 



The New Hospital at Greenwich. 



Commodore E. C. Benedict's Magnificent Gift. 



The beautiful new Greenwich Hospi- 

 tal, erected and equipped through the 

 munificent generosity of Commodore 

 E. C. Benedict, is now in deed and in 

 fact the property of the town of Green- 

 wich and the Greenwich Hospital As- 

 sociation, the key and title having been 

 formally and finally turned over to. 

 President Edward Brush, of the Hos- 

 pital Association, by Commodore Bene- 

 dict, at an interesting function held in 

 the Hospital building Sunday after- 

 noon, October 14th. About 150 persons 

 were present, invited guests of the 

 Commodore, President Brush and offi- 

 cial boards, to witness the simple but 

 impressive ceremony, listen to the 

 speeches of presentation and accep- 

 tance, and inspect the building, which 

 is said to have cost about $600,000. 



The assembled company included 

 many of the best-known people of 

 Greenwich who are interested and ac- 

 tive in the promotion of good works, 

 and their expressions of admiration and 

 approval of the new Hospital and its 

 perfection of equipment were spon- 

 taneous and cordial. 



The formalities of the affair consisted 



of the delivering of the key to Com- 

 modore Benedict, by Thomas Hastings, 

 the architect, in a brief but fitting 

 speech ; the transfer of the key to Presi- 

 dent Brush, by Commodore Benedict, 

 with remarks appropriate to the occa- 

 sion, which are printed elsewhere in 

 this issue. Commodore Benedict's 

 speech was received with intense and 

 attentive interest, and elicited appre- 

 ciative applause. 



In accepting the key, President 

 Brush spoke for the Hospital Associa- 

 tion, as follows : 



"Commodore Benedict, Ladies and 

 Gentlemen : With this most pro- 

 pitious occasion, your responsibility 

 is ended. From this time, our respon- 

 sibility begins. If we can live up to 

 our opportunity as you have done, we 

 will be most happy. 



"The limited space of this room, and 

 your insistent modesty, have not made 

 it possible for more of your friends and 

 ours to be here today, in order, one and 

 all, to express our heartfelt thanks for 

 this magnificent gift. 



"Our critics say that the American 

 people lay too great stress on the finan- 



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