The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
NURSES OF THE STATE
FORMED 4 STATE ASSOCIATION
 FESTERDAY.

beFs-Meeting Held af the New Haven Hospisal-Sarsss from Aii Over ths
 State Attended.
 A meeting of graduate nurses of the state of Connecticut was held at the New Haven hospital yesterday after noon to form a state association, with the end in view of securing the passage of a bill by the legislature for the .sRegistration of Nurses" Such regis tration will give to the nursing profess sion legal status. and will enable the public to distinguish between the nurse who is educated and the one who is not; in other words between the trained and the untrained. It will not prevent any woman from caring for the sick, nor will it prevent the public from em- ploying untrained nurses if they choose; but it will prevent an untrained woman ] from posing as a trained nurse or from using the title "R. NJ with inpunity. Such was the definite statement made | by Miss Sophia F. Palmer of Rochester, N. Y., as to the cause of the call of the meeting. Miss Palmer is editor-in-chief of ''The American Journal of Nursing. There are associations in North Caro- lina-which is the pioneer-New Jersey, New York and Virginia, and Massachu- setts, Pennsylvania and Colorado are agitating the matter. Mrs. Martha J. | c. Smith of this city was appointed | chairman of the meeting and Mrs. E. L. Foelker of Bridgeport, secretary. A committee to draft a constitution for | this organization was elected. viz. Miss Alice A. German, Miss Martha J. Will kinson of Hartford and Mrs. Emma L. Stone of this city. They reported and their report. which is as follows, was acted upon:
 1 Article 1. This association to be known as the Association of the Grad l uate Nurses of Connecticut" Adopted. i ?. Object. For the advancing of the ] educational standing of the regular graduate nurses in Connecticut. Adopt ed.
 l 3. The officers of this association shall be a president, first and second vice presidents, recording secretary, corre- i spending secretary and treasurer. Adopted.
 A committee elected to draft bylaws for the association was composed of the following: Miss Rose Heayren of New Haven Training school, Miss Louise Herda of Grace hospital, Miss Margaret Bramley of Hartford hospital, Miss Mary L. Bolton of Bridgeport, Miss Emma Fisher of New London, Miss May L. Love, Backus hospital, Norwich; Miss Emma M Corbin, Dan- bury.
 A nominating committee after full discussion was elected to represent the whole state and was al follows: Miss Emma l.. Stowe of New Haven, Mrs. R. Inda Albaugh, Grace hospital; Miss Alice German, Bridgeport; Miss Anna M. Lockerty, New Haven Miss Martha J. Wilkinson. Hartford.
 An invitation was extended to the as- soeiation to hold their next meeting in Hartford. This was accepted and the second Wednesday in May, which will be the seventh, was decided upon. It is to be an all day session. the place of meeting to be designated later.
 Miss Martha J. Wilkinson was ap- pointed chairman, with power to act in securing a place of meeting, and to in form the chairman and secretary of this meeting when such plans are per- fected It was voted to leave with the committee all arrangements in regard as to who shall address the May meet ing.
 I The meeting was remarkable for the spirit of enthusiasm manifested. There were over seventy-five nurses present. an intelligent, earnest company of cul- tivated women devoted to the ameliora- ton of the sufferings of humanity.
 Those composing the charter list of the association and registering yester- day were: From Bridgeport, the Misses A. Temple Newman, Bertha Holmes, Bessie M. Bartholomew, Elizabeth V. Suckley, May c. Newton, Eunice A. Smith, Mary Bolton, Helen A. Smith, II. L. Foelker, Sarah O. Johnston, Cath crime Sullivan, Jessica N. Decker, Az nes Cook, Catherine A. Broderick, Alice A. German. Elizabeth G. Collins and Mrs. Mary G. Curtis and Mrs Anna l.. Porter; from New Haven, Miss Emma l.. Stowe. Mrs Martha J. c. Smith, Misses Alice E. Bolton, Mary Lewis, Rose M. Heavren, L. Violet Powley Gertrude E. Rood. Eva M. Ceiling, M A. Demmi. Mrs. Anna M. Stone, Mrs Julia Mulcahy, Mrs. Bessie B. Slocum Misses Lititia A. Leighty, Sarah E. Flames, Emma J. Thompson, Eva A Castle, Mrs. Helen G. Kingberger Misses Harriet B. Mott, Elizabeth Payne, Grace Warrington, Mrs. Har- riet Benedict, Misses Mary McDermott Anna M. Lockerty, Miss Mary E. Walsh, Inga M. Anderson, Catherine M. Benham, Mrs. Isabella A. Wilcox, B, Louise Stephens, M. Ivies Burwell from Grace hospital, Mrs. R. India Albaugh superintendent; Mrs. Mary E. Moran Miss Louise F. Herder Miss J. B. Scrimgeour; from Waterbury, Miss Elizabeth A. Somers. Miss Harriet E. Gregory, Miss Mary A. Andrews; from New London. Mrs Emma c. Fisher Mrs. Minnie B. Gould; from Norwich, hfax r