The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-04
GRADUATE NURSES MEETING
YERY SUCCESSFUL REUNION HELD
1T TRAINING SCHOOL.

Reception and Business AIeeting-History
of the School Read-Onicers Elected for
Ensuing Year-Everybody Gratified ut
Success of the Association.
The annual meeting Of the Alumnae
association of the Connecticut Training
School for Nurses was held yesterday
afternoon at the Howard avenue dor
mitory of the school.
The association holds regular monthly
meetings, and once year entertains
all the graduates of the school whether
members of the association or not. For
several years the association has led
struggling existence, but to-day 1t Is
large and strong and firmly established.
That Is undoubtedly due to the reunions
of all graduates which are held annu-
ally.
Membership in the organization en-
titles nurses to certain privileges, as,
for instance, the loan of money or the
use of the sick benefit fund if in need
of 1t.
The gathering yesterday was very
gratifying to the ladies of the commit
tee in charge of the reunion. They
were Mrs. Newton Cox, Miss Frances
Flagg and Mrs. J. H. Townsend. 1t
was eminently an informal social gath
ering, replete with pleasant remin-
iscences and all that goes to make a
reunion enjoyable, and everybody APP
peared to be gratified at the success Of
the gathering. Every class but one
was represented or heard from by let
ter The exception was the class Of '76.
Miss Elder of Hartford represented
the first class graduated--that of rs.
The total number Of graduates is 1863,
and invitations We're sent out to every
one whose address was known-257 in
all. Replies were received from about
one hundred, coming in from every Sec
ton of the country. About thirty-ive
ladies were present.
There was brief business meeting,
at which the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President-Mrs. ]. Wheaton Stone.
Vice president-Miss Ives.
Secretary-Mrs. Irene Gillette.
Treasurer-Mrs. Henry Flsischner.
After the transaction of business Mrs.
J. H. Townsend of the class Of '93 read
well prepared history Of the school,
giving the school statistics and telling
in an interesting manner the where
abouts Of the nurses, and, as far as pos
sible, something of their careers since
graduating. Messages from the absent
nurses were read, many of them bring
ing greeting from far western countries
and some from Europe, news Of sew
eral having come from Germany and
Sweden.
Following the business meeting DR..
Lucy Peckhan, the retiring president,
and Mrs Fleischner received and Mrs.
Wheaton Stone served the tea. The
parlors were tastefully decorated with
palms and wild carrot blended with
potted palms furnished by Moore.
Among the ladies present were the
following, but all the names could not
be learned:
DR.. Peckham, Mrs. F1eischner and
Mrs. Stonesof this city, Miss Emma Ball
Of Bellows Falls, VT, Miss Elder of
Hartford, Miss Washburn Of New York
city, Mrs. Wilcox of Pine Meadow, Miss
Kirk of Waterbury, Miss Benham of
West Haven, Mrs. Ethel T. Smith of
Tarrytown, N. r, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs.
Burwell, Mrs. Woodward, Mrs. M. ]
G. Smith, Mrs. DR.. Kellogg, Mrs New
ton Cox, Miss Payne, Miss Hubbell
Mrs. Wakely, Mrs. Reilly, all Of this
city, Miss Heavren, Miss Nicholson and
Miss knight, also of this city, Miss
Moore of Bridgeport, Miss Cheney, Mrs
j. H. Townsend, Miss Ives, Mrs Irene
Gillette and Miss Henry, also of this
city.