New-York tribune., 1898-01-12
rwrNTY-NINE IN THE CLASS.
,,,vxCENENT OF THE NEw-YORK
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES.
-,r ,wsxrY-rIrTH CLASS oRADrArEn-ExER-

--,-rx-,y-rrrTH CLASS oRADUATED-EXER-
,rs ur1p AT THE NURSES HOME. IN
-,sr TWENTY Y-sIXTH-sT-INTEREsT
~, REPORTS REAp-THE ADDRESS
rr1IvERED By DR.. A JAcoBI.
~.--.york Training School for Nurses gradu-
- ,,s twenty-hfth class last evening az the
-, Home No i26 East Twenty-sixth-st lts
=. lass consisted of three young women WINE
~. Oere twenty-rine who received o'p'o'nas aS'
~ For many years the number OF pupils al
''7' -.,,,v S,hool for Nurses has been limited
tnf -, c,oa ,itv Of the school Last year more
o. ,on,een hundred applications for aonis
7,,-e received from all over the country ou'
.,i-tv-thrce could be admitted Ihroushou'
-, quarter OF century or us eAls'7"Ve ."e
ma usca the building n which IL was
=. d,d not come into existence without
W -os,tior and for several years. aI'houeh
.Ao,l was widely advertised pupis came "
- -, -,,r,,,ers As the importance OF speCi", 80 -"
,,- those who were 20 care ror me SIGN
.'-,., recognized the applicants io' au ,nS .
So IN number Until row Il IS impoSs'"ae "
,o-a than one applicant II ao"u' "''
seyen. .,.,,v s>,ool for Nurses was
~ " GIL Wyle. now visiting p''s :,
r2s,,e,ne Hospital. was sent aoroau -
- methods OF nursing. Inc hoaiu % -
io'-s .,a s,sool also put themselves ih'o oo-'
res -, Florence Nightingale ana '"'
- ,,~ssr her direct guidance Al het s"e
w .,A seoara,e building for 'he 'i"'. s
80, ,.a f-st N the United states, was .he
o,o-,er o. century of acu'e - -,
,as graduated so nurses OF "no'" ,ara
tel nositions i0l have married. % 10"
Hod n0S'-.@- ,,.~t,, nurses among the poor are
&C. - ,u-ses-l in Turkey. IN Chihs ~
ms while most o, the rest are P,
:. - TeyS-York and other large cices "a so-
,-lv 4 few have given up '"o
s.., .-sv were lifted at the scnool' n, were
VT" ,,s, YEAR twenty o; me nurses ""V ,,'.o
III .7 80 - school have been obliged 10 'l'7
s'''' -. hama but Mss Agnes s. brennan 90, ,.
.s.,. saws that annex VIII Oe
&c 10 necessary funds can oe o0'"''
PRESENT AT THE EXERCISES
-,o,.er,aut exercises Of Las; evening w.
III" ,r,nher OF the men ana women WI"
g. .oan most actively identined VI" .. tna
- "a school and by many o. ZIG
nurses. u,cb. we're Mrs William
A'''o'. ,er vrs Robert Huntington MIS-. " IL
r'es.v- - Ms lanes " P!nchot. MIS-. J""e9
I1'-. ..,., Mrs Theodore Bronson NJ
:, 60. Mss Fellowes Miss ENzApe'n - -
n ciu Wvle Dr. Stephen smith ,..,,,sr ~
-,,~,s Justice Francis VI. S'o''. ca,,s,s
L,eue- Dr and Mrs. Robert j. Cai''s.'
JON o.po,.rse superintenden; o. beHeFue
"-.'.' ~, r,k7-5o3 and Mrs. John heah
H'Sl'.~. -, -s,ep,ion was held IN The library pc
.4o-o ne exercises began. A''er 'le -,
-, .,e,- seats the graduating nu'SeS'
nine IN number. hlei into ne 7ooin az w.. raa.
..s r-s,b Young woman was cressFu 4' - -,
=. .-.-,. uniform % the hospital win i's ""..e
.,.,ass ao-o, The Rev. Dr.. Joseph -
-. ,-es,5e, over ne exercises. ana lh'ro4u''.
.. pav Dr George c. Houghton' OF 'he NJ - -
-. r--s-sNr,rat ion who offered prayer. INC
,-e o., the sec-e-arys report foio"eo' - .o-,
- statistics o, interest with regard 20 '4, W
= which nave di'"'-- 49,
Tho secretary reported upon one phase OF '''s
activities OF the school that IS rarely ui'oe 80
- s,nrec,a.ed That IS the graduate WORK ON
- ,..~s-a,-a,-o,,slv graduated from theinsu-
&c, have during the last school year re'u'"eu
ts,r,ursue the graduate course. The managers eH
~ssess ,neir particular satisfaction with 'ne "
done by the graduates. as well as 'he ueSi'7
g. more OF the graduates Will from Time 10 'iie -
low the example set by these six IL Is regarueu
ss exca-1ingly desirable that those who have been
erraged in the active work OF their vocation seau
clrsfor some years after graduation shoulo return
-s,~ress!6le for year 70 familiarize themselves
oo+,--be advances and the latest progress tha'
ss,-- has made in their field Of labor The secre-
-, -a~o--ed that the Edith Home for Tired
Nurses had been open from July 20 October i and
during nat period tan training-scnools had Uesi.
rar-csa--ed in its ftty-two guests The hnahciai
s,--s--.r- showed that the receipts for me year
be5 been So 10 % OF which s24 s66 had been re-
cs,vAs fo- he services OF nurses. The disburse-
,s-.s SLIGHTLY exceeded the receipts and were 70
po--ed 20 be S2s, ,s9S 81
AWARDING THE DIPLOMAS.
NJ. William Preston Griffin the president Of the
Board OF Managers awarded the diplomas each
Young woman Stepping forward 20 receive neT
sh-rskin as her name was called Inc names OF
tho Graduates as follows
v.- rN,v> KUHN New-Jersey Mrs MARID CLARK:
1s'.,>;1l * ye-,l6, lii.s II YBEIE tAN METIR
MARY kEAlING NS"-Je!rrl -
J--l-, u-rGn~ N'.,-Yors ~ EMMA PArIDNG
2ct.s- usvfs pernsyiSaaa. Mss MARY MORGAN
,.,I ,s ~ e11lsss - M "a, M.s -. 6sIE SPEAR maine
s --i rH HplriH Nofl4 - s 1Nps ~ ~ Tsr Y *
,..-' -tIr.- - Mi TcN Ne,~-Ie-sey Mis- ELIZA
T,.fi S., IT. V.rr ia " IS CAsSIE SHEl-DoN ES,TYr
YoMrs emo, NJ ANN Pi4eisra FiAEfH5,N Nv.
sVr.1N w 5.5oS &. NJ Ms; May Y6os,Ey
c1Irfr<, RiGDoN KENTUCKY: Mss LOUISE HAY
$3.50, Contributed the largest number OF
graduates. hc- contribution being seven: New-Jer-
So, came second with Eve and Pennsylvania third
vln four Three came from Kentucky, while
o.so-s ,ar-4 from. a. far north Maine. far
e,..h as Florida and as a. West as Minnesota
DR. Jacobs ADDRESS.
n- 1 Iaeohi was then introduced by Dr. Duryee
- s.i,,e- ,,e annual address 70 the members OF
the graduating class. Dr Jacob referred 10 the
fac, tsa. he had been instrumental in the estab-
Nsn-.er- of the school and reviewed the opposi-
ton t.a, rs establishment met at first His
homes fo- is success however, he declared. had
tse- amply f1lAned and the institution had fulhled
al ,ae aims its projectors had in MIND "nen tney
founded .,
'-. e--aker referred 20 the NUMBER OF professions
arl ovrnen,s that had been opened UP Tor
women % late aad declared that rsSafe me 4res Isat
49, r,i,d of study had not been Intend a 70 teach
hen everything that could "a oe se gogndation
Pam, nd broad foundation. but only io4hoatloh
81: for fGture knowedge II this haG II ygen ia,
cCrf-ir he'd tne!r time would have been Wen speI''
h.,, ~. -,ler remember there would always De
kn0Hirdge % be acquired about nursing 70 Ig % ia 6
rc.,.- ~, ttc daiIv round OF experience in the