Telegram-herald., 1888-05-23
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large sadlsaos ssssmolst Tuesday
moruisz. Nay =. ct 10 O'Clock In tEe l.
L. O. rooms Ga shsldon-st 10 witness the
graduation Of The first clAss Of the L. b A.
Home and Hospital Training school for
Nurses. The stage Vas beautifully decor
stsd .ith poited plants banked in 'front.'.
On ths table we're two large vases one con-
taiainz Gala lilies. the other scarlet ssfsn-
ums.
TIE I've graduates % the school. DR..
shephsrd. aud Mrs. 5. l. Withey Presi-
dent Of tbs Board Of Managers OF the U.
B. A occupied the platform
The graduates we're dressed Ia their reg
ulation costumes Of blue and white striped
sssrsaeksF. white caps and aprons Their
nsat appearance and intelligent faces won
for them praises from ali present
DR.. shepherd called the meeting % order
and stated tho purpose Of the meeting
which vas 70 celebrate the graduating of
i've nurses Of the U. b. A. Rev. Kerr b.
Tu pper was ssked 70 open the exercises
with payer, which he did Ia bis usual iIa-
| pressiye manner.
Dr. Francis A. Rutherford read . paper
in which she gave . condensed but inter
sstiag History Of the school" The paper
/ Was as follows.
This Is new dsDarturs, q new form Of
work for women, and yet in the Old dress.
Last a. the Cross and first at the tomb !"
Since then, wherever ID ere tas been battle.
woman has followed closely TO heal the
wounds. until the Red Cross is her esteem
\ ed banner. Realizing that all mankind are
/ bat an army in which there are many
wounded, and American woman, quick,
| Ike her couEtrymen 10 catch an inspira-
ton and apply it 10 the larger use, began as
early as is6o 70 give practical training to
| nurses and organ lzed Nurses Training
School In connection with private hospl-
tai. The work grew. the demand for skill
Ell nurses 10 supplement the physician
was greater than the supply, and the
great improvements in surgery have been
made possible. in q measure. by scientific
nursing. The need of skilled nurses has
been greatly felt in our own city. The
| Board OF Managers OF the Union Benevo-
lent Association has long desired to add o
| Nurses framing school 10 their other
| benevolent work. for the need Is fel. by
rich and poor alike. A committee was ap-
pointed 10 investigate and make plans.
They were fortunate in being able TO visit
the succe ssful schools. both in Europe and
America. The nursing was satisfactorily
done at st. Thomas Hospital in London,
and the Fiorencs Nightingale Home. in
connection with the hospital was rsluve-
mating TO the nurses when off duty. The
schools in connection with the hospitals in
Boston, New York, Philadelphia Chicago
and Detroit had very much to recommend
them. All had separate houses for pupil
nurses, that they might have complete rest
while OF duty, and De removed from the
vitiated air OF the hospital. An
other item which interested the COM
mittee was the endowment fund,
which seemed ample fo- most needs. Two
years since the new u. b. A Home was
completed and a greater number of invalids
sought temporary homes therein. Its clean,
cOmmOdious rooms seemed 10 invite surgi :
cal cares as well rs serious medical cares
IL was difficult 10 have the patient properly
cared for. We must pay from So TO $40 per
| K
and none were anxious TO care for the most
unpleasant patients; frequently it required
two nurses to care for a patient. who felt
wrOnged because the Home charged him OIL
her 50 per week. The Home was built, 9
portion Of the rooms elegantly furnished
bat many necessary things were lacking
aud the burden Of debt large. The Hospiia
COMMITTEES at this juncture secured an en-
dowment fund, which was wholly of faith
| frfft fttsr - faff wff q
nothing The condition of affairs was ex
planned to Miss Stephenson, . lady highly
recommended az graduate of the Farrand
Training School of Hope Hospital She
came 10 Us November L, 1886 and within
the next fortnight five pupils. as proba-
. toners earnest and ready. came to form
the nucleus of the Nurses Training Schoo
Of the Z. b. A. Home and Hospital. Since
that each month has brought US more ap
plicants than could be accepted We have
been able to judiciously select from tht
numbers those especially fitted for ths woTS
Miss Stephenson proved an admirable or
; ganizer and ready la every emergency Il
lend hand Much to our regret We wer,
. obliged - accept her resignation At the ex
, pirAtion Of SIX months on account Of IL
health. She recommended 10 I'll be
vacancy her classmste, Miss Stone, who Ia
been With Us until the present time.
During these eighteen months past thir
.. teen pupils have been enrolled. Two lef
az the expiration OF the term OF probation
one on account Of illness two nave beeu
removed for cause and eight are new mem
berS Of the school. After six weeks Of pro
f, baton which each woman has served e
, prove her adaptsbility and general fitnes
for the vocation Of nursing she receives $
per month for the first SIX months. IS 10
the second and $40 for the third. this MONEY
u defrsy the expense of her uniform ans
incidentsls, not as FAY for services. for he
| Instructions are such that they viii prove
. / more remuDsratiys than a course IN th'
: / High school How to meet the expense o
their salaries required drawing on the Ea-
dowment Fund Of Faith. IL has prOvsC
I productive ia the following manner Be
fore the expiration of the second month on
: Ciufsns began calling upon as tor nurses Il
! cases of emergency. They willingly pat
/ into TIE Home treasury SO per week, "a
: ususl price for nurses services. When 0ui
: / plan vas explained 10 the physicians many
/ ef the most successful ones co-operstes
With the Hospital Committee and gave val
/ us6ls clinical Instructions on their patient
/ IN the Home. also fuA course % lecture
on anatomy. physiology, chemistry, ma
, terra msiica. obstetrics, surgery, hygiene
I diNnfsCtsntS aud Kindred subjects spplie'
/ 20 nursing Eight lectures we're given pe
2 montbs until june. 1857. snd the secon,
course began October. fSs7. since whics
tlme We have averaged ten lectures psi
month. We tsks this opportunity 20 cor