The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16
PROBABLY ABOLISH
TRAINING SCHOOL
Superintendent Davis Of City
Hospital Thinks it a failure.
PETITION COMMITTEE ON POOR
Brought Out During the Meeting Last
Night That the Statement of Miss
Cabaniss Had Not Been Put in
Record Of Proceedings.
PETITION COM MlTTEE ON POOR

At the suggestion of Superintendent
George B. Davis, of the Almshouse and
City Hospital, it is quite probable that
the Committee on Relief of the Poor will
recommend to the Council at its next
meeting that the training school which
was established at the City Hospital last
June. and Of which Miss Sadie Heath
Cabaniss. president of the Nurses Asso-
citation Of the Nurses Settlement, Is at
the head, be abolished. The matter is
now in the hands of subcommittee for
consideration, and there is little doubt as
to their action, In which event a report
will reach the Council without delay.
The suggestion from Superintendent
Davis came in the nature Of a cummuni-
cation and occasioned no debate at all
among the members, Mr.. Miner alone
having anything to say, recommending
that 1t be referred to a subcommittee.
He made this motion sitter move to pass
1t Immediately. It would seem that all
Of the members were we'll aware as to
the request from the Superintendent.
A FAILURE.
The communication follows:
After an experience of nearly four
months endeavorng to organize train
ing school, in connection with our City
Hospital, through the medium of e plan
adopted by your committee, and after
looking into the general demands and re-
uuirementz to make It a success in order
that it would iaure to the welfare Of our
department, in Its general arrangement
and the financial interest of Richmond.
and upon consultation with our surgeon,
Dr. John S. Trevilian, and the resident
physicians, I am thoroughly convinced
that it would be best to discontinue the
training school, and I would recommend
that the position of chief nurse be Gre
ated, at cost not to exceed 5000 per an
mum and board. and that the salaries of
the four nurses in the white and colored
hospitals, respectively, be increased from
SO to 500 per month and board, and that
the said nurses shall be subordinate to
the general rules, as adopted by the City
Council governing the Amshouse, said
change to take effect January. 1903.
Respectfully,
GEORGE B. DAVIS.
Superintendent.
We, the undersigned, heartily concur
with the above.
]. T. TREVILIAN, Surg. in Charge,
E. SANDIDGE, NJ. D.,
G. T. MORRIS, NJ. D.,
WIN. FLEGENHEIN1ER, Jr., NJ. D.
Cloves, Minor, Russell
It will be remembered that at a. recent
meeting of this committee, which was
held at the Alnshouse, Miss Cabaniss.
the person who will be most affected In
case the Council accepts the recommen-
dation Of Mr.. Davis, appeared and made
a few sensational remarks about the In
stitution, after which she modified them
to a certain extent. Her statement at
that time created some excitement in the
committee.
No record of the remarks made by
Miss Cabaniss in her statement to the
committee at its last meeting will be con-
tanned In the record, it, being the sense
Of the committee to have the clerk leave
them out. inasmuch as they amounted
to nauGht.
1t was not decided until last night; in
fact, 1t was not known until last night,
that no record had been made of them
by the clerk, and he was the one TO call
attention to the fact. He said that he
had a copy of what had taken place in
the Almshouse meeting, but had not re-
corded It, as he did not know whether
it was the desire Of the committee, in
asruch as Miss Cahaniss retra acted her
statements. Some one moved that they
be not recorded, and the clerk said that
a motion to this effect would have to go
on the books. and the motion was with
drawn, the matter being disposed of by
general consent Of the members.