New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-17
MALE NURSES GRADUATED.
.o,,,,rNCEMENT OF THE TRAINING
SCHOOL AT BELLEVUE.
lazy FRIENDS or THE INSTITUTION PRESENT

,,,xy FRIENDS or THE INSTITUTION PRESENT
AT TIE EXERCISES.
MIA eighth annual commencement Of the Training
go, for Male Nurses at Bellevue Hospital took
-, las. evening in the Bellevue Hospital Medical
pnol building \ large number OF friends OF the
a,,aung class and % The school assembled to hear
t,nxercises and TO congratulate those who received
diplomas
,rssers presided at the exercises and presented
.ss dI.lomas. On either side of him sat number OF
~ whose names have been prominent In the his
,v OF the school. Among them were Dr. William
~ 1nsk and Dr. Walter T. James. of the Board of
Managers: d. o. Mills the Rev. Dr. II. 81. George
ynng chaplain OF Bellevue Hospital; Commissioner
Iosn p Faure. Superintendent Murphy and Mrs.
willard superintendent; OF the school.
THE exercises were begun by prayer offered by the
psv Dr. Young. Dr. Fowler then briefly addressed
.ha graduating class. He congratulated them upon
Nn,sh!ng their course Of study and also had some
hing 10 say Of the future that lay before them in
,sa calling they had chosen. You will remember"
NJ said that told you of the hardships YOU
vrouN have to meet and OF the difficulties you would
encounter IN adapting yourselves TO your several
aelds Of labor. OF the circumstances that would sur
round you from time 10 time and of which YOU
had never dreamed. You have come In contact here
with all sorts Of illnesses and you have mnstered 70
al sorts Of patients the ignorant and uncouth as
well as the cultured and refined And you have
passed the ordeal You have a great deal to be
proud Of. but OF You have such cause for self
congratulation as has the gentleman who has made
# possible for you to enjoy the advantages you Rave
had. He ought feel, we do. that he has been
great benefactor 10 the human in giving you
these opportunities. There is one thing that all of
you should do and that is 10 stand up and declare
yourselves in favor OF such philanthropy as YOU
have yourselves received"
Dr.. Fowler reminded the class of the trial
arwh .fnh had
heated term last August. and commended it for
the in which it had faithfully discharged
the toilsome duties of that time.
The seCreta-y's report showed that the school
had graduated l3S pupils. When it began its ex-
Silence it had FIVE medical wards in the hospital.
and il has the entire male department ex-
ctptng the Sturgis pavilion The report recorded
the facts that during the last year the dema for
male nurses had largely increased and that J. X.
Cumming who had been attended by one of the
nurses. had presented 10 the school handsome
gift OF books In the report the managers Of the
school expressed their gratitude 10 the Compis-
sOners Of Charities. the superintendent and deputy
superintendent of Bellevue Hospital, for the kind
ness and attention they had extended to the school,
10 Drs Brown and Goldberger for their medical
services and also expressed Mrs. Willard their
appreciation of her services superintendent.
Dr. Fowler then presented the diplomas 10 the
members Of the graduating class. The following
young men received the diplomas: Elmer o. Thomp-
H. B SrsSs Hdg& draeS George Wilson, Frank "
Foley, Timothy D. sullivan. ]; J. Coakley, Edward
" brown. Ralph W. Ellsworth, Austin l.. Braden'
Hodges, Frederick }. Hurley, Ernest A Eggers.
Edward V. Auger Milton e. Brayman, Egbert L.
Dr. CHARLES Benedict Chief Of the division of
contagious diseases Of the Board Of Health. then
hcstions Of the successful nurse were Of two
technical and personal and he considered the last
by no means inconsiderable The successful
male nurse. he said. must be a manly man, clean
IN person neat in attire. punctual in keeping APP
never drink while on duty, never carry tales from
one family 10 another, and should thoroughly
understand the nature Of the confidence reposed in
Commissioner Faure was next introduced. Mr.
Faure also had something TO say of the experience
OF the during the excessively hot fortnight
Of last August, and said that in those two weeks,
when the nurses cared for hundreds of unknown
sufferers. they helped TO make history. Mr.. Faure
~ superintendent. whom he called the angel of
Bellevue Hospital grounds and his sentiments were
nurses
Yes you're fond OF her" said Mr.. Faure land
affection for Mrs. Willard by any man here"
whereat there was much laughter and more
applause. Mr.. Faure closed by promising that
anything the Commissioners of Public Charities
could consistently do for the school would be
promptly and gladly done.
Dr. Fowler then had word 10 say about what
the reform administration had done for Bellevue
Hospital Il want 10 20 on record as saying" he
said. that the transformation that has gone on
yellops. and the reform administration and the
Commissioners of Charities should be credited with
their successful management. In the old days the
management OF Bellevue was hodge podge Of ig-
norance and nonsense 1t was insult the in
teligent man 10 oblige him to come here to find
out anything about any patient The credit for tho
great Improvement belongs mainly to Superntend-
ent Murphy and to the Commissioners of Public
Charities"