, 1881-06-19

| To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO. June 1G.--At the last regular meet.
| ing Of the Board Of tho Illinois Trimming ~Schoo
] for Nurses, 1eld June :, it was resolved thar it
| was ngain time to report to tho public on the
| progress made in establishing this tnuch- needed
| institution. and the President was requested to
prepare Il statement for publication thut should
| give the necessary informa ton to those Inter-
| estcd in its welfare.
| Since our last communication to- the public
! the school has been opened and the pupil nurses
| are at work iu TWO Of tho wards Ut tho Cook
County Hospital. AS they have only been there
four weeks, which have been weeks Of probation
for them. it is too early to make 1y criticism on
what has bec u accomplished in the character ut
their work. They hive been there On trin Ouly,
hut tue Lady Superintendent will Soon deter
mine how many Of thcm she will retain fur tho
prescribed tuition.
She herself is all We hoped for anl expected.
Coming to Chicago tho lst OF May. she brought
with her Us aids two head nurses, graduates Of
the Dellevuc School. and ladies, accustomed to
training and nursing i'll the wards Of hospital.
From tho thirty applications that were received
the tirst class. Four OF thuse were pt,lccd in
each ward, with a lady graduate at their heAd to
reach and tr,tln,-tie Lady Superintendent hav-
ing Charge OF the whole enterprise, and assnn-
Ing I'LL responsibility fur It's SUCCESS.
i house has been reutet and furnished in tho
ent home of these nurses aud their teachers, it
having bceu found imperAtiyc1y necessary to
make the hospital the intlcld of labor only. The
fumify as at present constituted numbers thir-
teen persons: the General Superintendent, two
head nurses, eight pupil nurses, and TWO sery-
ants.
Cook County pays to the trainfDc-sch0ol
corporation the SAME sum whsck ther have paid
heretofore for individual nurses taking charge
Of these same waros. As they are unusually
crowded just now. there being overti fifty patients
in each. instead of the forty we we're lcAd to ex-
pcct 1t becomes necessary for us to increase our
number of nurses; therefore. application for
admission arc i'll order. Any one wishing to
avail herself OF the course OF Instruction given
at this school can apply at once to Miss Brown 10
tfournoy street, Chicago, who will give liume-
diate attention to such application.
outlay, for everything has had to be purchased
for furnishing and starttng the Home. The SUN
Of $l..1s. al has been expended tor this purpose,
but the managers curly decided that hc homo
for these young girls must be n home In the
best sense Of the term, and everything to pro-
the arduous profession OF nurse. In the cou,-
ing Summer the Board of Managers will direct
their best efforts towards finding permanent
home for this institution. Whe her they buy a
house or decide to build will depend upon the
opportunities offered and advice given BY the
experience, i'll whom they have eutire cunfl-
dence.
In conclusion, tho ladies wnuld like to express
their thanks for the kindness and courtesy OK
tended to them b. the Bourd OF Commission
erS the hospital authorities. and the lncdicu
staff attached thereto. All have been kind and
eonsiderate, and we do not sec why this enter
prise, so ausplclously begun, should not 70 on
and prosper until it becomes of the most
successful Of our fraternity OF charities.
MRs- T. B. LAWRENCE, President.
MRS. EDWARD WRIGHT. Secretary.