The San Francisco call., 1905-08-02

The second annual convention OF the
CalifOrniI State Nurses Association
was opeaed yesterday morning at the
Cooper Medical College The morning
session, to which the public was in
giIed, was devoted TO addresses. and at
the afternoon session, from which out
sfdeSs were excluded. reports OF officers
and committees we're received. In the
evening the election OF officers was held
From all parts of California the dele
gates have come with large repFesen-
t3tions from the affiliated associations
IN the counties OF Alameda. Los An
geies and San Francisco. Single dele
gates from cities and towns are also
present as delegates at large and the
organization OF over zoe trained nurses
is represented by at least $50 delegates.
Besides the delegates are many visf-
tors VINO are extended the privilege OF
the floor during the open sessions.
Prominent among them il Miss Sophia
Palmer, president of the State Board OF
Nurse Examiners OF New York and edi-
tor of the American Journal OF Nursing.
Miss Palmer attended meetings at the
Portland Exposition and addressed the
-cipally on the. subject OF registration
OF trained nurses.
I The opening of the convention took
place at $3.50 with a prayer. by Rev.
Robert SesRon and an address of well
come by DR.. William Fttz Cheney OF
Cooper College. He told principally OF
the close working relation OF the work
of nurse and doctor and then adverted
to the requirements for the profession
Of trained nurse.
Miss Sophia Rutley, president ef the
association, followed with few re-
marks. showing. the intentions and en-
deavors OF the Organization and telling
OF the work accomplished tn the way
of advancing the profession. After the
address. of the president came the re-
wards for practical work in the sick
room. For the preparation OF fever
charts the heeChildren's Hospital received
the ar1t prize and the Waldeck Sana-
toTtunl the second. The first prize for
clinical charts was awarded TO ST
Luke'z Hospital and the second prize to
the Fabioia Hospital.
The following addresses were read
Care Of Tubercular Patients" by Miss
Catherine Caldwell OF Monrovia; Our
State Association Of Nurses, What It
Should Be and Accomplish" by Miss
Helen Scott Hay OF Pasadena; Use and
Abuse Of the Uniforms" by Miss Kath-
aFine Brown OF San Francisco; 'tCondi-
ton of the Training Schools OF Calf
fornia," By Mrs. ". Evarts Downing
To-day will be devoted TO ilIustra-
btOhN VI PtHNllG6l AOIA III the aRlDhl-
theater OF the college and in the even
ing there will be a banquet at the ST
Francis Hotel
The following officers were elected at
the evening session: President, Miss s.
Gotea DozieK, San Francisco; first vice
president. Mrs. Clara 8. lockwood, Pasa-
dena; second vice president, Mics Louise
4. Moore, Oakland; secretary, Miss
Teresa. 2. Mccarthy, San Francisco;
treasurer, Union Trust Company. San.
Francisco; counselloys, Mrs W H Pahl
OF Los Angeles, Miss Fitch of Oakland,
Dr.. Helen P. Criswell of San Francisco.
Mrs: w. E. Downing of Suisun, Miss
Courier Of Sacramento Miss Helen s.
Hay of Pasadena, Miss Conditt of Bak
ersfield, Miss Katharine Brown of San
Francisco, Miss Genevieve Cooke of San
Francisco.
Miss Dozier. the new president, is
well-known San Francisco nurse. Last
year she filled the position of vice presi-
dent. She was given an ovation when she
took the chair.
1t was decided to hold the next con-
vention in Los Angeles on the second
Tuesday Of August, 1906