The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23

member the late Maria Johnson win
gratitude and affection TO have her
memory perpetuated in a like manner
by Mrs. Victor Grainger's gift.
For the Annex furnishing we are
also indebted TO Mr.. G. II. Hutaff, !
Mrs. ". E.. Bridgers, Mr.. ". Jacobi,
Mr.. 2. Pearsall and Mr.. I'll. c. Nc
Queen. The interior Of the sun parlor
has been made more comfortable and
attractive by the ministering circle of
the Kings Daughters, whose maine IL !
significant Of their goodly acts. Mrs |
Wise. Mrs. Sarah Kenan and their |
friends have kindly provided the fur
niture for the nurses sitting room.
1T is gratifying to know that both
our handsome hospital building and
this annex. with their complete equip |
ment, have beer provided by our w
people and should remind us of the JOY
that VIC may have in making such il
gift, and it should stimulate US to
share in such blessings during u life
time, not waiting TO have our inten-
tons made known by our Wills.
This floor, as is doubtless well
known, is set apart almost entirely for
the care of the Colored race-seyeral
privaterOoms being provided for those
able to pay for thessame-it being the
earnest desire of the hospital authori-
ties not only to cure the body, but in
every way possible to encourage clean
Illness and protection from the diseases
so common, where fifth and improper
morals prevail and while none are too
depraved to share it's advantages, yet
! the desire is to bring the patients to- a
higher conception Of life and make
better citizens of them. =
The second floor is intended for the
! home of our faithful nurses-who have
i devoted their lives to this noble calling.
! May each one of them who abides un-
! der this roof ever prove faithful to her
! duties and true to her ~womanhood.
ut is we'll to mention hat this
building was constructed by colored la
horerS and contractors, and it seems
most fitting that this should LAY been
so. We are much indebted to Mr..
Charles McMillen, the architect and
supervisor, and to our building com
mittee, composed of Messrs. w. G.
MacRae, NJ. S. Willard, Samuel Bear,
George r. French, and DR.. W. J. H.
Bellamy, for their wise II economical
management of the funds at our dis
pOsal.
Nov, in behalf IAN d by direction of
those in authority, l have the hone to
declare this annex formally opened for
the purposes for which it was intend
ed and may the blessings of our Heav-
emily Father ever abide upon the insti-
tuition, it's officers and attendants, and
upon all those who may share its ben.
efits."
The diplomas were presented by Nj
M. S.. Willard in a most appropriate
and happy speech. He said it was Gus
tomary. for an institution to presen'
the members of the graduating class
with diplomas and that those receivin:
them always priced them highly. N"
Willard said few realized when the.
saw the graduates receiving their di
plomas what they had passed through
to get them. Recently the speake
said he noticed in a paper where
monument was erected in Arlington
, cemetery, the national cemetery nea
Washington, to thirteen nurses WI
= died in Cuba where they went durin;
the Spanish American wal to nurse tn
soldiers. Mr.. Willard thought that III
nurses who went to the scene of wa
/ and nursed the wounded soldiers war
-, as deserving of recognition by tn
= country as the soldiers doing the fight
{ ing. He told of a recent visit to al
/ English hospital near Malta where h
: noticed that some of the nurses WOr
/. a small ribbon on one shoulder. H
inquired of one of the nurses WeaTin'
e a little bow what it was for and sh
o proudly informed him that it shoWe'
that she served as a nurse in SOuti
Africa during the war. The speake
e also referred to Florence Nightingale
t the mother of the profession of traine'
nurses.
r Diplomas were presented to the fol
lowing nurses: Miss Margaret Jan
Graham, of Pike; Miss Bessie Mae Nc
S Cord, of Charlotte; Miss Lola LIE
e Compton, of Wilmington; Miss Or
Lee Shepherd, of Whitsett; Miss Grac
May H~enegenheld. Of Sanford, Florida
Miss Roberta Cromartie, of Garland
e The class pins were presented by d
Pride J. Thomas. They were made !;
the form of a small watch with NV
enameled bars of white and orange an
S on these were 81 w. M. H." an
b 1906" In presenting the, pins d
e Thomas said it gave. him great pleasur
e to participate in this happy even
when the young nurses were startin
out in their life work. He said h
r knew every one present wished theI
n abundant success DR.. Thomas, in
r most graceful n pinned a p
on each trained nurse.
h EDUCATION.
The address of DIR. Alderman to tn
graduating. class was as follows:
|. According to one of the greatest {
L modern thinkers education is preparc
ton to live the complete life. One
the prominent educators Of our ow
state has followed up the idea by hoit
- ing that 10 one individual can hope
: become perfectly educated in the sens
referred to, so we must go beyond til
individual to reach the ideal of perfet
education and take the state and q
i the individual as the unit of the educ;
tional world.
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