New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-01
FAMED NURSE GRADUATES.
FORTY WOMEN RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
FROM THE NETWORK CITY
TRAINING SCHOOL

The New-York city Training School for Nurses
held iJs twenry-hcth anniversary yesterday 4
o'clock n tle chapel al Blackwe's Island The
island steam launch took large number OF Wis
trors from the city during the early part Of the
afternoon that the seats reserved for the
al dlled- An orchestra supplied music.
g whose inspiring strains the members Of the
hospital star marched n at o'clock First walked
a number o. young in white duck coats, with
red rose boutonnteres. These were the mems
class OF student nurses. They followed by the
women students and these by the graduating class
al IN striped seersucke- gowns and dainty white
caps and aprons Lastly the postgraduate
nurses, N white. All wore sprays Of rose leaves
with deep red rose the shoulder. and presented
Al exceedingly attractive appearance.
Dr. Edward s Peck, chairman Of the Board OF
Examiners. chairman OF the day, and intro
duced first John ". Keller. president Of the De
paT-ment oi Charities who made a witty and inter
esring address Re began by saying that as there
IS fellowship in all earnest work he spoke them
Official but with them in that
fellowship OF work for humanity II which they
were al engaged
II were asked" he said ''in what profession
one could 90 most 10 help humanity. think I
should say IN that Of trained a minister
asked N a meeting Il there were perfect
present No one responded. He asked II a
perfect woman were there. stil one arose. He
then inquired Il any there hal ever known a
perfect man, but with the result. TO the
question Il any one had heard OF a perfect woman
~GL4e4tl ana WOrrlt- looking woman n z corner
arose and said: have heard Of one, sir. but
she's dead. she was my husbands first WIFE
We may not KNOW OF any perfect women, but
among trained nurses We shall ind some who
pretty close 10 perfection a.. -,
al Bellevue having been established first. and he
congraruIared the graduating class On the con-
slant improvement IN methods that had given
them the benefit OF the most advanced Thought
n their profession. he impressed the value Of
earDestness UDon them, saying that every success
every failure that he had suffered might have been
ayerted 1y properly directed effort
me slperilltencent, Mss Mary :; Gimour then
read TIE report IN i she gave brief history OF
years ago, contrasting the inadequate resources
The often unsuitable food. the exhausting work OF
az--- . -~.F.- - N < To WIS ls col T by
characterized as Of greater value. Miss Gilmour
also spoke Of the aid and interest of Mrs. Cad
waIader Jones chairman OF the Advisory Board
Of the school Mrs Jones, she said, had betrayed
scholastic course, Tor which there We're not sufh-
5 v ET 5f eb 9 T 23an T BS fbs
Eev. Parker Morgan, rector Of the Church of the
ne aa-1sfi9s OF nurses life ana the immense
.-hey. TAX OF the men behind the guns" he
sac The aErses are the men behind the guns N
meG-cine- The woman beside the bed is the help
heet y me doctor. without whose devotion MS
ahl- might 20 Tor naught"
s- y As7Eaa ta5 the class that ten years ago he
l-e ,eit deep interest in trained nurses. he
I2olght mar they were doing the noblest work
greater, as he has FOUR uteces the profession
s4---ssI girls. who adopted II because, OF
-TI- expressed Il they did intend 10 sit
s-1-l4 waiting 70 be married when the world
--l OF work 10 b. done"
-1.---- -'-ceF made most effective address en-
t-9s-1-t2 me spiritual side Of the work in
10y" 5-2 me Great Teacher, who Went about
~ re GiF- o-'7as we're then presented by Mrs Cad
-l--7l Zones 70 ne nurses. The graduating class
consisted OF the following.
anna 2 F5arcw-ck- P--yI r~ru
Jessie L Slawsou.
49, - ~ Frances p. Meyer
--1 1I-rF-son May Rose Ward.
Teresa L Hines
.----y---- Anderson Margaret ". TeahunrY
--'-s- 'i-rragTe Alberta Beatrice Jameson
.tr Katherine 4 Panton.
-----tr--@- Ezer-nine Oechslin
80 o -e Ter K
Ash r5ls-
-- ----F-et- Edith Y. .. Smith.
So e. IEre May Mari
--- graduates Of tho postgraduate course were:
--zrE Lucas z White.
Fsfe e. t5I1-1cux Ness
$500. -I--naur Elizabeth A. Gr-ener
-.-l ErFIgics F.
---e ~ E--c--l F1or1ds L Croft
80 Lex --a--eG1e- Martha E Boue--nan.
-t-eC II Patterson.
-1e president. M Keller. presented individual
class. --S
Al then Went over 20 the Nurses Home a most
~ me p-oruson u flowers Delicious rerreshrepfs
Hfte served. Inc postgraduate class acting az