The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-11
YATES In CAPS
Christ Hospital Nurselets
Take Diplomas at
Hasbronck's.
ARCHDEACOE JEEVEY TELLS STORIES
St. Mary's Guild Receives the
Guests and Serves Refresh
ments.
ARCHDEACON JENVEY TELLS STORIES

The first public graduation exercises of
the Christ Hospital Training School for
Nurses We're held last night in Hasbrouck
Hall. Invitations had been sent tc people
all over the city. The hall was well
filed. The ladies of st. Mary's Guild,
who acted as a Reception Committee,
stood at the entrance and welcomed the
guests. Each lady wore a silver hospital
cross with sSt. M. G." on it. They were:
Mrs. Augustus Creveling, Mrs. H. J..
Cook, Mrs. John S.. Menagh, Mrs. James
II. Noe, Mrs. Robert Riddick, Mrs. S. E.
Darling, Mrs. T. H. Spring, Mrs. George
s. Bennitt, Mrs. o. J. Weidner, Misses
Ada Thomas, Mary Collard, Maud Butler,
William Harrison, Anna Trip and Made
leine vultee.
On the platform were seated DR.. George
>. Bennitt, President of the Council; Sec
rotary Crawford, Archdeacon William r.
Jenvey, Rev. DR.. Warren, Rev. DR.. Cam
meron, the graduates, Miss Carrie E.
Rosebrook, Miss Annie E. Thorne, Miss
Louise Shepherd, Miss Margaret
M~acNaughton, the Superintendent
of the Training School, Miss
johnson, and about fifteen of
the undergraduate nurses. The chap
lain, Rev. Daniel F. Warren, prayed. Mr..
George Stehl, v~iolinist, played, accom-
panied by lMr. Cranmer.
DR.. Bennitt made a short address in
which he told of the progress of the hos
pftal. He said when Christ Hospital was
first started it was the determination of
the Council to make it second to none.
rms determination they are carrying out.
The Training School is characterized by
the same principle. Its nurses are well
trained. They v the best methods;
they listen to lectures from the best
physicians of the city. Years ago trained
nurses were unknown. Then if a nurse
was necessary some one who was known
TO nave nursed people at one time or an
other We're called in. Now the public has
learned the necessity of having Christian
girls trained in gentleness and kindness,
as well as in the best methods known to
physicians; girls who with their charts
and their good training save you from a
long illness and materially help your
physicians" DR.. Bennitt urged the audi
ence to send to Christ Hospital when a
nurse was needed and not think it neces-
sary to go across the river.
Mrs. Talbot r. Chambers sans Autumn
and Spring with a violin obligato by Mr..
John Holland. Miss Jessie Marvin was
a-ccompanist- AS an encore Mrs. Cham
bers, again accompanied by Miss Marvin
and Mr. Holland, sang Dreams"
Streleski.
The address to the graduates was made
by Archdeacon Jenvey. who presented the
diplomas. DIR. Jenvey said:-"It is a
most embarrassing situation in which 1
find myself. I am expected to speak to
Won after tho xyor alon,,o,+ lJ,1.o -
DR.. Bennitt and the beautiful trio we
have heard. I shall have to talk to you
about moralities for I have noticed that
is one thing Jersey City parsons never
touch. Thy are like what a man said of
Episcopal clergymen, "he liked them be-
cause there were two things they never
spoke of, religion and politics." Jersey
City parsons never speak of moralities.
When they need that done they send to
Hoboken and l come.
Christ Hospital has a very fine staff
of physicians and surgeons. They are
marvellous. A short time ago we had a
lady in Hobcken who was very i'll. She
had been doctoring for years with a New
York physician without success. Finally
as all sensible people do, she decided she
must come to Christ Hospital. She was
taken there and the physician who was
to perform the operation and who, | hear,
likes nothing better than to get at people
with a big carving knife was delighted to
find he would have to cut her half up.
Now, he was a good friend of the New
York physician and l knew it, and I was
afraid it would be enmity between them
for ever more. But no. This wise
surgeon at Christ Hospital wrote to the
NTAxr Rn,.1y ~ cfa ~ md old htr,- rrfaf a
beautiful case it was going to be and
invited him over. He came and the re-
suit of it was an invitation for our friend
to go cunning. Our doctors are not like
the doctor they had in the place | came
from out West. It's the same place they
had the prize fight. You see there was no
morality LETT when came away. Well,
this doctor hadn't graduated from a medi-
cal college-he didn't nave a diploma. The
doctors have a Protection Association
there, not high tariff, and they make
every new doctor show his diploma and
license to practice. This mans case they
took to court and found he had neither.
He said to the judge, You see, l have
come to the conclusion hat every illness
is caused either by the liver or the kid
neys. / have a medicine that acts on
both. When patients come to me | give
them the medicine and in nine cases out
of ten it kills them" Our doctors are
not like that.
..And our training school isn't like that.
We don't turn out Sairey Camps to sit by
their patients and drink tea and stronger
than tea. Miss Johnson doesn't spend her
time drinking tea and stronger than tea,
and 1 give her warning if she takes to 1t
we'll turn her out and put in one of the
nice nurses we graduate tonight. Thus
far, what / have said has been serious.
Now I am going to say something else. I
think these nurses ought to be praised
for being willing to graduate. If l We're
a girl and had such a pretty blue and
white dress and such a becoming cap 1
wouldn't graduate. Why, l should think
the young men of the city would be
standing outside Christ Hospital all the
time just to see the, nurses.
81 had forgotten one of my duties.
am to present the diplomas. If I had
remembered that I wouldn't nave spoken
all think me their enemy DR.. Jenvey
mas tied with the cords Of the school, pale
blue and white and presented one to each
graduate. He cautioned them to always
be worthy the diploma and do nothing
that would reflect discredit on the Hospi-
tai. He said to remember three things
the end, the helping of humanity, as well
as a living, and an honorable living; the
means, the best methods and the best
teachings that they have received; and
the effort, that without effort the end can
not be accomplished with any means. This
is no age for billiards or laggards. Work.
ers alone succeed. DIR. Jenyey took his
seat amid great applause, and the medals