Moreover, and embarrassingly,. Just then came a reprieve. In , as if on cue, the infirmary received two highly significant contributions that would have major consequences for its near future. The first was yet another gift from the Du Bois family— children William A. Platt, came from his family—Mrs. Evelina C. Bliss, Miss Ida E. Bliss, and Mrs. Adele Stafford—to build a pavilion for the long-requested quarantine ward for patients suffering from contagious eye.