New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-15
NJIRSES READY FOR DUTIES.
TRAINING COMPLETED AT BELLEVUE.


.~rSTy-FoUE eRADUATEs-sUCcEss OF THE
sCHcoL--GooD ADVICE GIVEN.
The graduating exercises of the class of 1886
ne Society OF the Training School FOR Nursesattached
=, peavne Hospital held last evening at No 426
r.st Twenty xthst The twenty -four graduates with
cht exrectant facesn blue and white strir
,nowy arrOns and jaunty white cars looked neat an
r,,y and seemed happy that their studies ended
and the PRACTICAL work Of life about begin. There
Gas iarre attendance OF ladies' and nearly all the
.yers we're present, while among the gentlemen
ORA Hudson, wyie. Dennis. Wildman, Lusk, Polk, and
Professor Greener.
william L. Dodge presided. and said upon taking the
chair tina: charm OF life is the possibility OF doing
GOOD and that few people have the opportunity which
nurses OF bringing happiness into homes that are
couded with misery and despair The assistant secie
tary read the annual report, which was attenhvely
ustaned to, and announced the managers for 1886
follows: Mrs. William Preston Griffin. president;
Mrs. VIM. H. Osborn. Vice President; Mrs
Theodore Cuyer, secretary; George Montague, treas
urer; Miss E. P Perkins, assistant treasurer: Mrs.
Alexander Hamilton, Mrs. Joseph HObson Mrs. John
A. SWEET Mrs r. M, Adams Mrs. James W. Pinchot-
Mrs Robert Woodwork. Mrs. whtelaH Reid, Mrs
Henry Taylor, Mrs. Robert Huntington, Mrs. Custer,
Mrs Dickerson, Miss FelOwes. Miss Cunningham. and
Miss Young. The officers Miss T. p. Perkins.
superintendent; Miss Agnes Brennan assistant supern
tendent; Mrs c. Clarkson. matron; Drs. Austin Flint
Stephen Smith, w. Gill; Wyhe, f. s. Dennis, and George
1. Peabody, committee on examination Of nurses;
George Montague. william II. Osborn and Alfred Pell.
committee on finance. The report OF the treasurer
sho we'd that the total receipts Tor the year were
sol GA 30, and the disbursements $4,000 10.
After Mrs Griffin had given to each graduate diploma
and gold medal, Dr. T. L. Keyes delivered All address
10 the class He said that while 1t might be pleasant to
praise the ana the managers for the good work
they had DONE he felt eonstrained TO talk OF the duty
courage. honesty and the disposition of nurses.
nurse should obedent the iers OF the physician
She should have theories OF her but should do
she directed She should be loyal To patient and
not be lured into inactivity by any circumstances There
ahould complete selfabnegaton in nurses who desire
TO successful They have to face scenes at times that
are toying Moral should he cultivated, and they
should never finch doing duty. however
pleasant. They should show whims, or anger, but
every patient no hater how Irritating they might
be- with kindness II their duty to bring AN air OF
contentment and happiness into the sick-room. He
cautioned them not to be pulled up with success.
The report OF the Board OF Managers began by express
ing satisfaction that the OF the Training School
had grown in the publics appreciation In answer to
question many times repeated as TO the origin of the
school, reviewed its history, purposes and work sub
stantially as follows:
hospitals felt the necessity of more efficient
the of the Medical Board OF Bellevue Hospital
and the authority from the COMMISSIONER OF
Charities ana C1rreetlon 70 take charge OF ne nursing
for the nurses was obtained aud sister Helen Tor many
years attached to the Unyersi College Hospital OF
London secured a. superintendent II is largely
Que to her extensive knowedge OF hospital work and
that the framing School was thoroughly organized
and Is efficient Not the least of the difficulties
OF the number of applicants for admission.
of the widest usefulness opened to the un
employed edu ated OF county who were de-
pendent upon their eXertious fer support ana who.
by uadsT anS sSS
assured means Of support And yet at the opening OF
sion but at tao OF year the
ported the work most successiui-hat the most intel
lcent OF nurses the most cheerful workers.
that they ghy appreciate the bedside instruction gwen
by the hyseians aud surgeons ana know that Inc pro
fesson they acquiring wlbe as lucrative as t Is use
full and honorable In 1877 the managers reported hIty
nurses receiving their training H. Bellevue Hospital one
and eleven persons uursed private houses,
and FIVE OF the graduates heads OF training schools
Instrons In other hospitals II years since the
FIRST class consisting OF six, graduated. and
humber ga graduates. Bellevue Training School being
aSs @ o h ana Vie fruits " ne
Canada. England. Ireland Germany, aud twenty OF
the States represented IN the school The snPern
tendent has prepared list OF ell the graduate win
present occupations and residence and from IL
physicians aud others can easily ascertain II nnree
who claims TO have been trained here, holds diploma
eight hold responsible positions In hospitals as heads OF
number still continue to practise their profession in
are connected with the 81. PsuI's Home Trained
Nurses IN Rome Italy where Miss Nsrtn graduate OF
ttee OF the State Chares Aid Association resolved 70
try experiment OF introducing trained nurses into
the Insane asyiums. Arrangements were made WIN
DR. shaw superintendent OF the kiags county Asy!um
for the Insane. at Fatbnsh TO receive such nurses ana
to give them practical and theoretical instruction III the
The NUMBER in the school past years
been sixty all that be received with pres
sued year has been tho same usual combating OF
class teachngevery week by the assistant supernend
emit who is always graduate of the school, lessons on
cooking for the sick by the and the
lar of Lectures In the winter by Dr. Wylie
Obstetrlcs DR. +. s. Dennis. Anatomy and Emergen
cies. DR.. Grswod. on Diseases. and Dr. Biggs.
Physiology and Hygiene. Blu; we depend more upon
the practical acquired by for the large
number d" patients 10 the hospital than upon the hest
our school that the teaching gwen here goes too deeply
laio physiology, anatomy and the IKE
own profession, they will aim to be doctors
Bat facts disprove these assertions.
services would not be much request; the calls
through the registry this yeaI being than 500.
the graduates reference TO he lat sho US that Of the
244 graduates only five hold TIE OF a. d. The managers
do desire to give the nurses high education the
time and circumstance admit believing that without
superior class OF women require for school could
hot be retained and sustained through the necessary
drudgery OF training TO be a nurse.
The graduating class was composed Of the following
young lsdiesi
HF P EgSs; 1Sn i J 6s%sf. MARY Scasias
n B s s A sas Sec o@ nn. Nc Ass
MseSa WEIR A sn:e MoSsn Kssn Mard Weber
IL this class eight States gn countries
represented. Misses butcher. Douglas Mcdowell, Mont
from NewJer,sy Miss Cameron from Cape Breton Miss
6hapn and aud gss Hopkins from Mss'sehusstts Miss
Canada Miss Owens from Ireland, Mas Hall from Lou
hse Mss AND and a SRstF rom aoR 9s @
Mccormick from the District Of ColumbiS. Miss Sehin
dell from Maryland, and Miss Woodwork from Missouri
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