Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-10-14
Training School, of Nursing.

/ been a weary road from the stone axe &c
/ the Damascus Blade from the floating
| piece of bark 20 the floating palace But
J by his own industry man has wrought his
own destiny lie has roamed over all
/ lands and over all seas He has pierced
/ the vault of heaven and filed the universe
/ with worlds Across the stellar dep,Ps be
! has compelled the sun and stars to give up
/ the secret of their constitution, and has
| proven that all the heavenly bodies have
the same elemental structure as the earth
/ ] he lightning, which was the bolt of lupi-
ter, has become mans messenger and SER
want. and may yet enable him To- commun-
lcatc with other planets From single
nerve. each one ofus has reached nervous
development in which 600 GOO. 600 cells are
concerned in the physical and phychical Of
our being
80 man or woman can be a nurse or
even Christian vino is not Industrious
consciousness appears in the child at
about three years OF age and il never seems
to disappear from some people But the
nurse viii le SO absorbed with her patient
and a love of her work, and so DESTROYS to
anticipate the needs strengthen the hope
and soothc the suffering of those for whom
She cares, that she will entirely forget her
self. By her gentle hrmness. her winning
lorcefulness and pleasing manner she will
interest her patient and turn each Of their
thoughts away from selfhood and suffering
into useful, pleasant channels
The urselfsh, llindhearted nurse will
have or viii cultivate gentle voice
which has more power than a medicinal
seditive TO calm the nerves and quiet
the heart beats of man, and the world
tempests. Such Il voice has more force
than all stentorian tones and strident
nasal twangs or teeth notes eXtant.
Our organs of tone and speech can be
cultivated, developed and controlled TO
a marvellous degree. The most wonder
full musical instrument created by God
or invented by man is the human voice.
Who has not heard the sweet mellow
notes of loving Mothers voice singing
her lullaby for by-low-land to "mamma's
little baby boy" in her soft grading
arms and ever failed to note the soothing,
calming effect on the fretful weary little
one and not realized the persuasive
power of the human voice. We are all
children Of larger growth and equally
susceptible 60 soothing sounds. If a
nurse cannot sing, she should cultivate
her voice daily, and develop this power
of music which will often sooth the sick
and suffering to rest and sleep better
than an opiate. The world moves 10 the
music Of the spheres, but the human
heart TO the music Of the human voice
Your Christian spirit will engender in
you all the small sweet courtesies of
life, 10 does not take great deeds TO make
great men. YOu will be the embodi-
ment of politeness rs was the kinder
garten teacher. The little fellow was so
gentle and considcrate about the home
that his mother noted the change and
asked Miss Smith teaches you to be
potter" mo" said the boy, she never
says word about IL. - "Well, said the
mother, of Miss Smith cos su' say any
thing. what docs she do" "She doesn't
Go auythiH e" por sto the boy. "Sho
just walks around and we feel polite
We feel just as polite as anything"
dapo,.. subuie influence ina the sick room
gore 10 the patient than all
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