The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-14
Graduating Exercises of the Santa
rum Training School for Nurses.
Class Of 1890.

| BATTLE CREEK, MICH, Nov. IL, 30.
"Sairy Camp" and all her ilk have left
the stage OF the sick room, let us hope, for
ever and In her place has come the trained
nurse, self-possessed in emergency ard
trial for she knows what TO do under trying
circumstances; kind hearted, deft handed.
| quiet, untiring, faithful; not only of invalu-
able assistance to the physician but source
OF the most grateful comfort to sick and suf-
fering humanity in hospital and home. The
! field is wide for there are only about fifteen
hundred trained nurses in the United States
| although there are ninety thousand physl-
clans, and a strong, healthy, beneyolently
disposed young man or woman can hardly
put himself or herself in a field of wider
usefulness, where there are more OppOrtuni-
ties for doing good, than in taking up the
profession of the trained nurse. 1t is also q
profession which brings excellent pecuniary
rewards, twenty dollars week and board
being about the usual price. AS yet the
capacities of the training schools for nurses
are inadequate for the accommodation of those
who would gladly enter the ranks. In this
one it usually takes the services of one clerk
for few weeks ut this time of year to cOu-
duct the correspondence necessary to in
vestigate the merits of applicants, decline
the many and accept the few. So don't al
apply at once.
The class of go numbers twenty-eight, Of
which twenty-three are ladies. They came
from all over the country for the unequalled
advantages which this school affords. Mich
igan is represented by six members; Wiz
cOnsn five; Indiana four; Ohio three;
Kansas three; Iowa two; Nebraska one;
Oregon one; Kentucky one; New York one;
Pennsylvania one. Day after day for two
years they have kept step i'm work and
thought and aim; they have formed deep
and lasting attachments among themselves
and those to whom they have ministered as
well as among other associates; and now as
the goal is reached, they separate for most
part and go their divergent ways, and may
never meet again until they are called to
their rewards. Tears and gladness, good
wishes and regrets are all mingled in the
farewells. Some of them have had situa-
tiOns engaged ahead for some months, and
think all who intend to enter directly upon
the work have their plans. laid. Some re-
main in the institution and some will take
well earned vacation at home until spring
after their two years of almost unre-
mitting labor and study. One of the young
ladies is already matriculated az Ann Arbor
in the medical department of the University.
The Sanitarium has besides some six OF eight
partment.
The course of study covers the best uses
OF water, massage, Swedish movements.
electricity, dietetics, anatomy, physiology.
nature and cause of disease, the dressing OF
wounds and injuries, disinfectiOn, ventila-
ton, air and water contamination, general
nursing. surgical nursing, Obstetrical nurs-
ing, bandaging, calisthenicS, best modes OF
antisepsis and what to do in accidents and
emergencies. The students have two o.
more lectures each week and two regular
recitatiOns besides meeting for practical
drill. Two years of this pains-taking study,
coupled with the actual practical experience
gained in nursing i'm the sanitarium and
hospital and in giving the various kinds OF
treatment taught, insures for them a pro.
ficiency which well merits the title of train
ed nurses.
The graduating exercises took place Nor
day evening and consisted of an interesting
address by DIR. j. ii. Kellogg, superintend-
ent, and two amusing yet altogether in
structive series of tableaux with sufficient
conversation accompaniment for explana-
ton. The first was s.How to start an
epidemic" in which careless mother as.
sisted by gOssipy neighbors succeeded in
exposing large number of children need
lessly to scarlet fever. The second was
dosing the baby" 1t represented help.
less and inexperienced young father ant
mother with their first baby in the hands of
"Auntie Brown" an antiquated nurse who
gave the baby quantities of castor oil, worm
seed tea, paragoric, Mrs. Winslow's sooth-
ing syrup, saffron tea, etc., etc. The poor
little prosecuted mnocent.wa rescued by
doctor and a trained nurse Just in time to
save its life.
The diplomas were presented by Ed. l..
Mccoy in a.few well chosen words and he
also administered a modification of the Hyp-
pocratean oath to candidates. Music filled
the interludes, an original class song by
quartette of the graduates and the .'Swiss
Mountain CALL" by Leon Tieche and Paul
Roth, two young men from Switzerland,
being perhaps the most notable.
All honor to the worthy class of 30! l
have been with them the whole two years
of their course and know them for friends
tried and true who have ministered to me
in my helplessness with all possible tender
ness and assiduity, and the hour OF
separation costs many heart pang.
Very respectfully,
HELEN T.. MANNING.