Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-01
TRAINING OF NURSES
FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF sU-
PERINTENDENTs TODAY.
First Session Of the Organization to Be
Held in Washington-Busi-
ness Program.


American Society of superintendent of
Training Schools for Nurses was called to
order in the banquet room of the Shoreham
Hotel this morning at 10 o'clock with the
president of the society, Miss G. M. Nevins
of the Garfield Memorial Hospital in the
chair. This is the first convention the So
ciety has ever held in Washington, the last
meeting place being in Pittsburg.
After the president had raped for order
the Rev. Ulysses Grant B. Pierce Of All
Souls Church pronounced the invocation.
The president then introduced President
Charles w. Needham of the George Wash
ington University, who delivered the adj
dress of welcome, taking the place Of Mr..
Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court OF
the United States, who was unable to be
present. Mr. Needham welcomed the nurses
to the city, and after speaking of the work
they were engaged in. hoped that they
would have pleasant stay while in the
capital city of the nation. Miss Nevins
then made her address as president of the
society. in which she gave detailed his
Dry of the organization and the work that
Is being done by it.
Following Miss Nevins' remarks a recess
was taken for five minutes. and the reports
of the council and treasurer were read.
Upon motion they were adopted as read.
The reports of the various committees were
then called for, and Miss M. A Nutting OF
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, the
chairman of the committee on publication.
made the report for her committee. as did
Miss Maude Banfield of the committee on
hospital economics, Miss Sophia Palmer or
the committee on legislation, Miss NJ A.
Nutting of the committee on education,
Miss Anna Goodrich of the committee on
constitution, Miss Jane Delano of the COM
mittee OF Incorporation and Miss Anna
Maxwell OF the memorial committee.
Nominating Committee Appointed.
At the conclusion of the reading of these
reports the president announced the names
of those who were to compose the nominal
ing committee. They were Mrs. Hunter
Robb of Cleveland, Ohio; Miss Anna Max
well Of the Presbyterian Hospital. New
York city, and Miss Agnes Snively of the
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Miss Amanda Silver read a paper on
Nurses Homes and School Buildings"
Miss Silver is the superintendent Of the
New York City Hospital, Blackwells Island,
and read the paper in place of Miss Mary
Gimour of the same hospital who was I'M
able to be present at the meeting. The next
paper read was one on Economy in Hos
pital Work." by Miss Mary Samuel of the
Roosevelt Hospital, New York City. Fol-
lowing her address the meeting adjourned
to meet at o'clock pm, when Miss Anna
L. Alline of the Teachers College of Co
two papers. one upon Training School LII
braries" and another upon Scholarships,
Loan Funds and Tuition Fees"
The other papers to be read during the
afternoon embraced: THE Introduction of
Salaried instruction Into Training Schools"
by Miss Anna L. Goodrich of the New York
City Hospital, and THE Results of Estab-
fishing Preparatory Instruction in Training
Schools" by Miss NJ. A. Nutting of the
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
Program of Tomorrow.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the So
ciety will reassemble at the Shoreham,
when the officers will be elected for the
next year, and from to in the afternoon
reception will be held by the Ladies' Aid
Association of the Garfield Memorial Hos
pital at the residence of Mrs. John NJ Har-
Ian.
At o'clock the society will again go into
session at the Shoreham, to hear papers
read by Miss Mary L. Keith of the Roches-
tie" City Hospital, Rochester, N Y; Miss
Mary NJ Riddle of the Newton Hospital,
Newton, Mass, and Miss Clara D. Moves
of st. Lukes Hospital, New Bedford Mass
At this meeting the announcement of the
time and place Of the next meeting will be
made and the newly-elected president of
the society will be indicted into office.
Society Officers.
The present officers of the society are:
President, Miss Georgia NJ Nevins, Gar
field, Memorial Hospital, Washington, D.
c.; first vice president, Miss Ida F. Giles,
Homeopa thic Hospital Pittsburg, Pa: Sec
ond vice president, Miss Jennie Cottle
Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburg,
Pa: secretary. Miss NJ. A. Nutting, Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md treas
urer. Miss Anna L. Alline, 400 West 124th
street. New York city: auditors Miss Annie
w. Goodrich. New York Hospital New
York, and Miss Mary Samuel Roosevelt
Hospital, New York; councillors, third year
MISS Lucetta Gross. Buffalo General Hos
DltaI. BuffalO. V and Micc I1ar.
ton, Homeopathic Hospital. Rochester, N.
Y; second year, Miss Mary Gilmour. New
York City Training School, BlackwelIs Is
land, N T.. and Miss Martha NJ Russell,
the Sloane Maternity Hospital. New york:
first year. Miss Sophia Palmer PAT Rruns-
wick street. Rochester, N. Y, and Miss
Isabel McIsaac. Benton Harbor, Mich.