Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-22
Training School For Nurses.

preciatiOn-Efncien and Usefulness
 The Past and Futures
 The annual meeting of the Connecticut Training School for Nurses was held ycster- day afternoon at the chapel of the State Hos pital, Mrs. Noah Porter presiding and Miss
 Betts secretary. There was large attend
 ance, chiefly of ladies. A wide circle of in
 luence and benevolent effort was, as usual,
 reported. The following were chosen as the
 management for the ensuing year:
 Committee of Administration-President Mrs.
 Presid mt Porter vice presidents, Mrs. T. D. WSor s
 Milford Mrs. Samuel Colt Hartford Mrs. Dr. J. s.
 Butler, Hartford; Mrs. George M. Bartholomew,
 Treasurer-Mr. Samuel Hemingway.
 Secretary-Mss Emily Betts.
 Auditors-Mr. Wilbur F. Day, MT. Arthur D. os-
 Committee on Finance-samuel Hemingway, Jere-
 miah A: BishoR, Henry Farnam, Wilbur F. Day. E1-
 Executive Oomnittee-Mrs. William Fitch, Mrs.
 Francis Bacon, Mrs. william Gale. Mrs. s. H. Chap
 man, Mrs E. wayland, Mrs s. Wells Williams Mis- Miss
 Miss Emily Belts, Francis Bacon, M. D., Moses Q;
 White, M. P, George B. FaEns%, M. D. Leonard Mrs
 Noah Porter, Mrs. D. 0. Eaton.
 Mrs. President Porter's annual address was
 as follows: ''The Executive Committee of
 the Training School for Nurses are happy to
 inform it's friends that it's work and success
 have been greater the past year than any pre-
 vious one. The pupil nurses have come main
 ly from class which supplies good character
 and sufficient previous training to render them
 adaptive to their new circumstances and en-
 able them to prosecute their work intelli-
 gently.
 Those who have seen them for months with
 overtaxed strength and loss of sleep continu-
 ing their arduous labors, with faithful care
 and untiring patience and courage, cannot
 speak too highly of them as nurses and indi- viduals, and all who need and can procure their services in the future may consider themselves exceptionally fortunate.
 They have been directed, encouraged and sustained by head nurse of whom it may be considered too personal to express ourselves freely, though the school and it's managers owe her debt of gratitude which we all feel and are glad to acknowledge.
 The number of patients requiring extra la borious and incessant care had become so large that it was found the nurses could no longer bear the burden, and the hospital au- thorities considerably allowed us to increase the number, which enables them to work without serious danger of breaking down, and also to prosecute their studies, which had for a time been unavoidably suspended The school is not wholly sef-supporting, and the fund on which it draws is quite in sufficient to meet it's demands. We hope the time is near when the citizens of New Haven will so realize the value of an institution from | which any of them are likely to need assist ance, that public spirit will be aroused and money given sufficient to enable it to continue | it's useful work and not be compelled to dis band nor go to begging"
 The report of the secretary opens with ref
 erence to the general appreciation of the value of trained nurses, and many gratifying | evidences to that effect, indeed the | organization commenting itself at once to ! every mind, and speaks of there being ne- | cessity for funds without which this benef- \ cial organization must suffer. The report proceeds to say: When the school was first projected fund was raised by personal apph- | cation which enabled us to defray the expen- ses incident to it's organization, and also to in- | vest 8 sum from which we receive interest I semi-annually. We need a larger invested fund, or more yearly subscriptions, to enable
 us to meet the many demands of such 8 ' school. Will not those who have suffered, or ! seen their loved ones suffer for the want of | skillfu1 nursing, and also those who have ex- perienced the advantages of having trained nurse in the family, and those who intend to send for one as soon sickness bids them summon aid, cheerfully contribute something every year towards the support of school in | tended to supply this demand ? Annual sub | | fully received, and may be sent to the sub 1 treasurer, Mrs. G. B. Day.
 The nursing in the hospital was formerly done by conyalescents and hired assistants many of whom were indifferent to suffering | and incompetent to minister to those placed
 under their care. Six years ago we assumed
 the charge of that department, and were al- l lowed board and washing for six pupil nurses ! Within two years the number was increased
 to eleven the necessity for having a larger l school being fully recognized. During the past year the work to be done in the hospital ! has been too arduous for one corps of nurses; many cases required special and continuous care, and although all worked with most | commendable diligence, we were obliged not only to keep in the hospital graduated nurses who might have been sent out to private prac- tice, but also to have extra nurses in times of emergency. This has caused great pecuni- | ary loss to us.
 In November we applied to the prudential \ committee to allow to increase our num- | Der of nurses. They very kindly acceded i'm | mediately, and offered to give us board and ! washing for fourteen pupil nurses The hos | pital authorities cannot afford to be generous | toward us unless the public is generous to- \ ward them.
 We have now twenty pupils connected with the school. Six are ready to take cases in | private families, and fourteen are pursuing in the hospital the studies required during the | ! the general plan of study:
 First quarter-General directions the of the patients and room bathing; giving medicines; ! secoid quarter-study of symptoms; nursing sick
 children; in special diseases; dsinfecting reel | tations in anatomy and physiology.
 ! Third quarter Anatomy and physiology and \ monthly nursing.
 Fourth quarter-Oare of of accidents and of | emergency; hygiene.
 'The Handbook of Nursing" published by \ this training school, is used as 8 daily class book, and Is also in use in the training schools ! of New York, Boston, Washington and Hart l ford. In the State Normal School recitations | are made from it, and the High School of this | city has adopted it as book of reference. Seven pupils have graduated during the past ! year and received diplomas, and as most of them reside in this State, we hope their ser | vices may be easily obtained when needed in ! this city, and that with our increased number of pupils we shall be able to meet more fully
 the demands for trained nurses which come to ! the hospital from physicians and all who have ! tested their qualifications.
 | The report further says that 42 appli- | cations have been filled and as many declined from lack of nurses, and requests | a statement as to nurses capacity from those | for whom they serve. Of the graduate nurses | two are filling high positions in hospitals, and \ their number is represented in many different | States. Good reports are heard. Thanks are | given the superintendent Mir. Starkweather, the matron, Miss Gleason, and to the visiting physicians and surgeons, and to the house staff, and especially to Drs. White Carmalt,
 Bronson, Chapman, Bradley, Tyler and Wake
 man. A personal observation of the work ! done by the pupils is the privilege of the pub | lie.
 The treasurer's report shows expenditures ! of 2,275.91; receipts. $2, 1O1. .69; balance to | new account $754.6S. Also on hand the proceeds of the sale of $2, 900 United States bond, amounting to $2, ,O39.OO
 The Hayden Case. Already about $12,oOO of the expense of the Hayden trial has been paid by Mr. Os- borne, of the Superior Court. It is now esti-
 mated that the expense will run up to $25,- 900 and perhaps $50, o,ooO. The jurors re-
 ceived something over $2oO apiece. It is im-