The age-herald., 1900-02-11
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES
The Noble Women of Kentucky De- flounce LaWIessness in Their State and Urge the Enforcement
 of Statutory Laws.

The sisters at St. Vincents hospital are veterans of the Spanish-American war. They were among the large number of the order of St. Vincent, who went as nurses to the army hospitals in Kentucky, at Portsmouth, at Montauk, at Huntsville.
 It was Sister Benedicta, the Sister Super for, home from the wars who was present at the first mass that was held in the little chapel in the temporary hospital of St. Vim cent in Birmingham. Later Sis ter Benedtcta was sent to another mission, and now the Sister Super for is Sister Chrysostom who, with the other sisters of the hospital, is awafti-g with natural impatience the completion of the magnificent new hospital that crowns an.eminence not unlike the site upon which the famous St. Lulxe's hospital was erected in New York; and that is today pre-eminently the most superb hospital in that great city or of any city in the east. St. vineer,t's, in point of completeness, will be the St. Luke's of the south. It is rearing it's head and by the late spring, the l4ttle grey-robed procession will go to mass in the new chapel.
 From almost every point in the city one
 
 from the main approach that one fully realizes the beauty of this massive and i'm posing building. The broad terraces along Twenty street lead directly to the main entrance, which, with its portico, ,lsup- ported by white columns, give the colonial front, that is alone so imposing. Beyond the whiteness of the columns rises the rich, red brick of the hospital, the open piazzas presenting a series of arches distinctly pie turesque. From the foundation of grey stone the main building, known as the ad- ministrat.on building, towers five stories The hospital will also include a large wing and the apartments formerly intended to be used as operating rooms are to be used as wards, and another wing is to be added that will include the operating rooms and an amphitheater for lectures. Between the two wings will be an open court. The am- phiteater will have seating capacity Of 1uliy two hundred students. The addition or this second wing will, of course, increase Ihe hospital accommodations in the admin astration building. The detached buildings Will include morgue and wards for the asolated cases. The completion of all build ings, together with the equipments, will represent total cost of $4OO,OO0
 The specifications have called for the best materials, from the foundation of the hos pitals to the dome. The cellar floors thfouShout are concreted with cement sev- eral inches thick, the outside foundation of the cellar walls being of stone. The walls exposed above the ground are faced with brown stone. Steam he at will be used in the hospital and in going over the building the past week l was much interested with the hea'ting and ventilation facilities to which so much attention is given and which should be considered with as much care in the building of private residences as in hospitals. 1 was told that there would be TWO registers in each room, one near the floor and one near the ceiling, and that these vent fues will be carried up and open into main vept ducts under the roof The large hues in the wing will be enlarged as they ascend, and take in the vents from the wards. on each floor and all the vent ducts will be connected together in the attic and carried above the roof by an oblong vent shaft The plan of the hosipatl is really so admirable that every room Is what is known as an .'outslde room," thereby mak- ing the ventilation perfect. As has been frequently stated the hos Dital accommodation of St. Vincent's will be greater than all other hospitals in this section combined. It will be great enough No accommodate all those seeking relief at it's hands. Should it become inadequate some day to do this new wings will be added to meet all demands. The hospital will be superbly equipped with modern sur gical appliances. A training school for nurses will be opened in September, the young women entering the classes on pro-