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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1979
Legend says
Easter bunny
originally bird
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and bunny illustrations on today s
Easter cards have ancient origins,
says creative director George L.
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Legend says the rabbit originally
large and handsome bird.
pet of Eostre, Teutonic goddess of an( J rebirth.
spring. One day Eostre changed the
bird into a rabbit. That, supposedly,
is why the Easter bunny builds
nests and fills them with colored
eggs.
The egg was seen by Egyptians,
Greeks and Romans as a symbol of
the universe and a token of spring
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The Signature of Quality
By RUTH GRAVES
Battalion Reporter
A Texas A&M University philos
ophy professor was in Africa in
January and observed a landmark
occurrence in the medical work
started by Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
Schweitzer was awarded a Nobel
Peace Prize in 1952 for his medical
practice in Lambarene, a city in the
country of Gabon.
' Dr. Manuel Davenport was in
Gabon on Jan. 14 and attended the
dedication of a new, modern hospi
tal near the one built by Schweitzer.
Schweitzer worked in the hospital
from 1913 until his death in 1965.
Davenport first visited in
Schweitzer’s hospital in 1961, while
doing research on the physician’s
philosophy. He spent some time
talking with Schweitzer himself.
The old hospital was designed
“very much like an African village,”
Davenport said. Since the Africans
“didn’t trust people from other
tribes,” Schweitzer planned his hos
pital so the families of the patients
could have a place inside to cook for
the sick.
Even after a government hospital
was built nearby, Schweitzer’s hos
pital was preferred by many, partly
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because families of patients had to
camp outside.
Schweitzer’s hospital was also
preferred because it was the first
hospital, and the quality of care was
good and the reputation was good,
Davenport said.
Schweitzer went to Gabon be
cause the Paris Mission Society had
asked for help in that area. He had
a reputation as a theologian, but was
sponsored by the society on the con
dition that he wouldn’t preach his
philosophy in Africa. Schweitzer
believed that “Jesus wasn’t the
Messiah and never claimed to be,”
Davenport said.
Schweitzer decided when he was
21 to do what he wanted until he was
30, and then he would do something
to help others.
When Schweitzer was 30, he
chose to become a medical doctor,
Davenport said.
Davenport said Schweitzer spoke
both French and German. Since
Gabon was once a French colony,
Schweitzer was able to speak to the
patients in a common language.
Schweitzer was at first sponsored
by the Paris Mission Society, but
later became self-sufficient. He
built his hospital while treating pa
tients in a whitewashed chicken
coop, Davenport said.
Schweitzer used money he made
from giving organ concerts and writ
ing books to build the first hospital,
which could handle about 1,200 pa
tients. Davenport said the families
who couldn’t afford medical care
paid their debts by working at the
hospital. The hospital also accepted
contributions from around the
world.
Manuel Davenport, a professor of philosophy at Texas A&I
once talked with Dr. Albert Schweitzer and recently returaei ev<
from the dedication of a new hospital near the one he builtii
Africa.
Battalion photo by Jeanne Grik
Schweitzer, however, was
criticized by some because of his
method of running the hospital,
Davenport said.
For example, Schweitzer had
many pets that roamed the hospital
at will. Schweitzer’s philosophy was
based on reverence for life, Daven
port said. He thought all living
things should be given equal con
sideration.
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Schweitzer was the chiefadmi
trator of his hospital while hci
living, Davenport said,
wouldn’t allow any changes
made. When he died, however,!
hospital nearly closed beet
international funds dried up
The younger administrate
Gabon nearly closed the hosf
because they felt it wasn’t
enough, Davenport said.
However, Schweitzer’s sura
Max Caulet, got the U.S. gms
ment to give $1 million fora
hospital. He also convinced!
government of Gabon to ji
$500,000 and to guarantee tk
penses of the new hospital fal
years. Plans began in 1971
it.
The recently dedicated hospl
more modern than the
Davenport said, but it still Ml
the concept of giving the padti
relatives a place to stay, 8
Davenport.
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