New-York tribune., 1903-01-14
NURSES GRADUATED.
Dr. Mabon Says School at Bellevue
Mdy Haze Ne1c Home.


York Training School for Nurses, attached TO
Bellevue Hospital. was held last night at the
Nurses Home No 42s East Twenty-sixth-st Al
the time the annual graduation exercises were
held. TRINITY clad in their uniforms of blue and
white with snowy linen caps and aprons, twenty
nine young women marched into the room to re-
ceive their diplomas-the little parchments. tied
with blue ribbon. which the visible sign OF
years of hard study and toll
The dining of the nurses home was cleared
for the occasion of its tables. AT the further END
was a platform. decorated with palms and bouquets
Of cut flowers. Distributed around the room were
vases filled with caas and other flowers, while the
chandeliers were wreatbed with ropes of green
A small orchestra, in adjoining hall. played
lively music.
On the platform the speakers of the evening.
Dr. Stephen Smith, OF the State Board of Chari
ties; DR.. L, Emmett P-lt, DR.. William Mabon, the
superintendent of Bellevue and Dr.. John W. Bran
nan president OF the board of trustees of Bellevue
Facing them were the graduates, and the rest OF
the room was filled with friends of the nurses.
The Rev. Mr.. Dwyer opened the meeting with
prayer, asking for aid, support and guidance for
the nurses who Were about to go out into the
world of service
Then came the reading of the report for 1902.
There were many important changes last year
Under the provisions of the Revised Charter, which
went into effect February 1, 1902 the four large
public hospitals in the city-Beevue. Gouverneur,
Fordham and Harlem-were separated from the
Department of Public Charities. and became sep
arate department known the Department or
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, governed by board
Of seven trustees appointed by the Mayor.
In noting these changes the report said:
The great reorganization OF methods in Belle
vue due to the Intelligent and conscientious efforts
of this board Of trustees, and its president, DR..
John Brannan, has produced much needed
form The superintendency Of the nursing of the
entire hospital, and the training Of all nurses,
male and female, have been placed in the hands
of the superintendent Of school She has be-
hT nT rfy-ra- daVT -
the Mills School for Male Nurses also. and Will
hereafter bear the relation its board that
she does TO ours, except that her appointment and
removal made by board, subject to the
approval Of the board Of managers of the Mills
School and Of the board of trustees.
In February. before these radical changes were
ton to the board Of managers For twenty Years
and for The last fourteen years had been its super
tntendeDt The standing Of the school and the eff
monument to her and a source of the greatest
OF o6Igation and gratitude for her long years or
Jane Delano graduated in 1856. who for six years
Tania HospitsI training School in Philadelp6a and
assistant superintendent Of the hospital. She as
The Nurses Home had been oceupied rent free @
LOT many years ana IN FenruaFs @ aST became am In, sHe
Mrs. William H Osborn The dining room kitchen,
adequate for the arger number of nurses now
quired its ground floor was altered and eonnee- &c
been altered and furnished. The expense of these
The dining room. pantry and kitchen facilities are
now ample, but in spite OF the twenty-five new
bedrooms IN the rented building and the adequate
paror ONCE we are obliged to rent the top moor or
the Coffee House, No 4I6, to afford bedrooms for
probatiopers and the class and lecture rooms
still ina adequate.
The great facilities for thorough training at the
school were detailed. and public appeal for con-
tributions made
the revered and beloved secretary OF the society
Mrs. William H Osborn, who died on February
acter, her unobtrustve generosity her e1ecutiEe
ability, wise counsels and tender sympathy with
all forms Of sorrow and sickness" had endeared her
TO the managers and all who came into contact
with her lovely character.
The report of the treasurer. James Stilnan,
showed a sound financial condition
could recall in Bellevue. within fifty years
remember the three greatest reforms in the his
hospital in 1851 an8sthesa was just being talked
about He told of the difficulties Of operating be-
fore that discovery, and compared the present
The greatest change. however he said. was that
from the regime of nurses from the island-ten
days drunk cases-to the present trained nurse
quiet careful educated DR.. Smith told many in
teresttng recolections Of the early period of the
Nurses Training School
Dr. L. Emmett Holt, in addressing the nurses
gave them much advice. how to act toward the
physicians their patients and the families.
Dr. Mahon advised the nurses that there might
be postgraduate classes, and as further induce
nent 10 return said: We may have new home IN
a year. I can't say certainly, but plans are be-
Then Mrs Griffin, the president and member
of the original Board of Managers. distributed the
diplomas to the class, which included:
Miss Lu Jones. Mrs Nellie Hendr1ck
Mabel Wells. Miss Florence Opdyke
Miss Anna Mary smith.
Miss Frances Detwiier Miss Carrie HeekeL
Smell Miss Florence Derthick
Miss Emily Niernsee. Mrs. Elizabeth Bowyer