New-York tribune., 1885-01-13
TO NURSE THE SICK
THIRTY YOUNG WOMEN GRADUATED.
TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BELLEVUE school,
MUCH GOOD WORK DONE.

TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BELLEVUE scHoo,
MUCH GOOD WORK DONE
The members of the graduating class of the
Training School for Nurses sat In neat cambrc drcsse
white aprons and white caps in parlor Of the schooI
building in East Twenty last evening with their
friends and the friends OF the institution. II was the
twelfth anniversary Of the school, and the class was the
largest that has yet been graduated Among those pres
ent were Mrs. Morris X. Jesup, Mrs. John A. SWEET
Mrs. I. NJ. Adams, Mrs. James W. Pinchot, Mrs
Whtelaw Reid. Mrs. Theodore Cuyler, Miss H. d.
Fellows, Miss Cunningham, Miss Susan Traven Miss
Louise Lee Schuyler Mrs. William Preston Griffin Mr.
and Mrs. William II. Osborn, Mrs. Robert Woodwork
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Oakley, d. o. Mills, George
Montague, Mr. and Mrs. Henry King and Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton Fish. Mayor Grace presided. On his right
Rev Mr. Thompson. Of the Church Of ST. Philip. in sns
Highlands The graduating class formed strong con-
forth rom young aae boarding Schools and similar
institutions. There were no essays on the 1.-THE Good.
Ieth our Italy, but silent lips and Serious faces oS
that each realized that her life henceforth would be
asS;,S SSss Of %s. sss and q death
After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Thompson, Mr.. Grace
addressed , the GRADUATES, briefly: Then pr. Loomls
portuntes for good that would be theirs In the physical
e s .no d Of tSe hsp has s might Ss TO TIE a
School for Nurses and begged the graduates to be faith
they would assume
THE sEcRETARY's REPORT.
The report Of the secretary, Mrs. Robert wadsworth
read by W. J. Osborn. 1t in part follows: y
The record Of the work done by the Training choo for
little from its last annual report that 1t tells OF
constantly enlargng sphere OF usefulness. Since tho
pedn IN OF %sS - RR died. ns I
have married, have studied medicine are in sister
hoods are district nurses among the poor 10 remain in
their own homes, l3S arc engaged IN private
nn5 in smpd1ds n So.pa sa serslss GsTs
IN various States OF the Union In Canada and In Rome
Italy Of hs% p a. beads f Of
responsible posts where the experience and nursing edu
train and educate others One graduate has recently
been chosen from compettors 10 assume the head
The diploma received from this school carried such
weight with the committee on selections as to materially
the superintendent has received wentyOne applications
for women 10 either the heads Of training schools
only OF these could be supplied from the gradates
There are at present sxty;four pupils In the school,
wards in Bellevue the Sturges Marquand and Eryipess
1e bs Tear private 20
Three hundred and twenty-five formal applications for
these applicants were of higher grade than in former
years. and was with real reluctance the superintendent
was forced to decline many OF them.
In regard to the work done by the school In Bellevue
Hospital the report said
The presence OF superintendent who also matror
OF the hospita and OF conscientious and intelligent
tration OF donations OF clothing fruit delicacie and
comforts for the sick which accordingly are often seen
by friends to the hospital, while the Diet Kitchen,
tabished and maintained by the gcnero Kindness OF
lady, enables the superintendent to supply to feebt
patients many tempting bowl of soup pr other nolr-
ishing luxury which the hospital itsef cannot Afford
Nowhere in the city has little seed OF Christian SYM
pathy, sown amidst many anxleties and dis
couragements. but with faith and hope sprung up and
borne smore abundant fruit than In this work done In
and around Bellevue Hospital
the managers must again call attention to the fact
that training school for nurses, attached 70 great
city hospital ike Bellevue, is and probabynever
be sefsupporting Its income, adequate TO its
expenses derived solely from the wages paid by the
hospital and by private for the services OF nurses
and from donations and yearly subscriptions, and In
closing their report the managers venture to mako an
appeal to all those who approve their work and
the OF its doing. 10 strengthen their hands aud
enlarge their means of influence by increased sub
scriptOn list.
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