The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-28
GRADUATING NURSES.
Fosr from, tho Hon.eopst! School Go
TIhrourh THAR Excrrjses,

Four from tho H0nseopst! G School Go
Through Thsir Exercises.
Miss Anna ]. Short, Miss Susan b.
Slaughter, Miss Elsie Moore aud Miss
Jennie M. Rutan graduates of the Will
mington Homeopathic Hospital Training
School for Nurses, went through their ex.
ercses at the New Century Club last
night. The graduates wore the dress of
the hospital and punches Of chrysanthe-
| NUNS.
Rev. Il. A. McCurdy opened the exor.
cises with prayer. Then Miss Blanche
| Weldin, Frank b. Ayers, Miss Virgie
| Jones and Leonard e. Walls sang.
Superintendent Miss May White read
the annual report of the training SCHOOL,
1.-The call for nurses for ouside work
have not been quit 50 numerous as in PIE.
| vious years. think that Is owing to tho
fact that there are more graduated nurses
In the city
1--WE have sent nurses to q number of
charity oases Il few hours day, till the
patient could got along without special
care or till the nurse was needed in the
hospital.
In u low cases we have sent beef tea and
Cruel and such nouridhment as could not
be prepared at the home. We were glad
to have the opportunity Of doing u little
district nursing and know some of our
graduates who have done considerable
work on that line"
The address to the class was delivered
by Or. Druslla q. Barlow. She said:
"Ihn best trained nurses unite the
native gentleness, sympathy and tact Of
their sex with the knowledge, skill and
self control that can only come from pro-
tessional education and experience. Neat,
kind, cheerful and trustworthy, and al.
ways tasteful IN attire the professional
nurse of to-day Is everything that Sarah
Camp" Of Dickens fame was not
"One of the first requisites for trained
nurse Is a strong constitution and good
health. Coordinate in importance with
good health Is II good disposition. All
nurses should be truthful, trustworthy,
punctual, cleanly and orderly. Only those
succeed who bear rcproof accomplishing
ly even when 1t may not DO merited, who
can forget self and have unlimited pa
thence and fortitudo under the most try.
ing circumstances Happy the nurse who
Is endowed with naturally bright man.
ner and pleasant voice. However, II she
does not possess these, IL she be earnest
and progressive she will make an effort to
show her enthusiasm for her calling by
cultivating these graces
Another qualification of the ideal nurse
is strict obedience TO the physician S order.
Every command must be obeyed unhosi-
tatlngly and without question Thus en-
aiding all to trust her ut her post. cool.
trained, answering in her abs dilute obedi-
ence TO all, IN the struggle for life or death
There Is steady and Increasing demand
for trained nurses, They commend them.
selves to those whom employ them so
thoroughly that II II family has ever had
trained nurse they donot think they can
get along without them. The dearest rel
atlve cannot serve patient as tendcrly as
Il trained nurse because they haven't the
requisite skill
The question Is often asked is 1t nee
essary for nurse to have n college elucA.
tionf' "A common school education, COM
Dineu with common sense is sufficient,
though the benefits OF the higher educa-
tlon are often clearly apparent
We are living in an age Of rapid and
progressive thought and education Is
G "at cNilizcr. through education in its
Jrbades sensc are we to look for The high
est happiness of the race
Meyer in .he history of human life has
scientific research drlNed so far and
brought 10 light facts sOrapldly as during
the lust few decades.
The human family Is coming up out of
tho depths, on 10 the heightI-out of dark
ness into the light--Out Of ignorance into
knowledge.
Each new fact evolved is another drop
to swell the great ocean of truth.
And in this growth and dcvc lopment
one attain5 the highest usefulness.
TO you, who graduate tonight /
would say: We expect much from you We
expect you to carry with you 10 the fields
of labor the principles we have taught you
here. l wish tonight to take you by the
hand and say that ! have confidence in
you. For Two years have watched you
by the bedside Of human suffering.
have noted your bearing under the most
trying circumstances | have observed
your tender soliCluln N The pulse grew
weak and the vital spark [ckcrlow, And
again have seen your faces light wi h
Joy, as hope returned, and the sufferer
was called buck from the very borders Of
shaduwland.
Professor PembCrton Dudley told how
much patients life depended on careful
nursing, and how trained nurses brighten
ed and made comfortable Il sick room.
Trained nurses, he said, could oniy be
compared to angels.
After the singing of Nov Autumn
Slrews," by the quartette, c. w. Pussy
presented the diplomas The Misses Pier
son played 'rhr Hungarian Dream :" and
the Rev. 4. A. McCurdy pronounced the
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