Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-22
THREE MORE NURSES
Add8d to VilmingtOn'S Staff by
Delaware Hospital
a PLEASING COMMENCEMENT
interesting Address by Presl-
dent Johnston.
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES
run OF Advice and Professional
Wisdom.
vas neiiverrd by Dr. Barton q. Hearst
'hi'ad". phlR-- Fresldent vtt,bm.,,
"'"n Ton Also Makes the Addres, "a ,t,,.
Graduating Glass. " ''''
interesting Address by Presl-
dent Johnston.
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES
run Of Advice and Professional
Wisdom.

D"9" " ara oil the hospital last evening
neie so impressive and inspiring as 10
make them memorable not only to the
graduates but TO the audience which
niied the room completely.
- Inc graduates were Miss Elizabeth
Jury, MISS Bertha Groves and Miss Alice
Nerkhelser. The walls OF the room are
painted a soft yellow. a charming back
ground Tor the iacquemnot roses the
IT'S, the 1ags, carnations and spring
blossoms arranged IN Jars and vases
/ ahout the platform and window sllls
/ some very beautiful musical numbers
lnteIspeised the more serious parts of
the programme
~ llighman Johnston, president of the
board OF trustees, presided On the
platform with him were the speaker of
Ihe evening, DR. Barton c. hearst of
Philadelphia, Dr. j. A. Draper senior
physician OF the staff; DR.. Jesse William
son, Dr. j. p. Wales Dr. Read j. Mckay.
William G. Pierce, VI d.; John Palmer.
NJ. d.; Rev. John H Bunting of Christ
S1hurch, Greenville, and Rev Father
Temple
At o.l5 O'Clock the three graduates and
II Undergraduate nurses marched in to
the accompaniment of piano duet
played by Mrs Ellwood G.. jackson and
MISS Lillian Jackson. Rev. John II.
Bunting OF Grenville made the invocation.
welcoming the audience Mr.. Johnston
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: We are glad
to welcome you to the exercises of the
graduating class of the Training School
! for Nurses, especially as we are able,
through the generosity of Mrs. Eugene
du Pont, to hold these exercises in this
auditorium for it is more pleasant and
brings us in closer touch TO be in our own
home.
The hospital has had useful year.
with enlarged work; it has especially been
improved by the installing of a patho-
logical laboratory and an X-ray apparatus
presented by Mrs. Alexis du Pont in
memory of her husband; the value of
this gift is well appreciated by the staff
and nurses
Like all charitable institutions, our in
come does not meet the cost of the SER
vices demanded; the work steadily in
creases, which is natural and inevitable.
On account of the call for assistance
from the sufferers of San Francisco. it
will be necessary for the public TO be more
than generous this year in their philan-
thropy, otherwise some of our home
charities will suffer; it will be necessary
for all Of us who are personally interested
to use diligence in interesting the public"
Mr.. Johnston quoted from ex-President
Cleyeland's recent speech before the
Conference of Charities in Philadelphia,
as follows: "My thoughts dwell upon
the duty of individual charity. In a
sense all that is done in discharge of this
duty, whether done by individuals or
through governmental agencies, repre-
senting us all. may be said to rest in per-
sonal responsibility, and may be traced
20 one source-a recognition of the fact
that in the field Of charity we are our
brothers keepers. At the same time,
we should by no means give entrance to
the idea that any action of public instru-
mentalities can absolve us from the ex-
clusively individual obligation we owe
to charity always present and never
escapable except through full, complete
and conscientious performance. The
field is so large and the labor is so delicate
that none of us can secure acquaintance
without personal service. President
Johnston then introduced as "the Flor
ence Nightingale of Delaware Hospital"
Miss Isabel B. Wales, who sang Speaks
"In May Time"
DIR. Hearst made a very forcible address,
brief but replete with valuable advice and
professional wisdom. He said that his
professional career included the inception
and development Of the trained nurse in
this part of the country and that he
could not place too great an Importance
on the profession He could remember,
he said. when the nurses IN the Pennsyl-
vania Hospital we're convalescent paupers
and that spirits could not be left un-
guarded, lest the nurses become intoxi-
Gated.
He pointed out some of the possible
pitfalls to be avoided by the trained
nurse. among them extravaganza. Her
professional career does not last as long
as that of other callings, owing to its
arduousness and her financial remunera-
tion 4 not as much as it should be. The
sneaker said he had observed a lack OF
thrift among members of the profession
thrift financially and thrift as to her
nhvrical resources and bodily health and
energy When occasion demands she
never hesitates to sacrifice herself.
Discretion he held to be equally inn
portant. Her lips should be unlocked only
for necessary conversation TO and about
her patient. A tendency to talk shop
10 the patient and display OF callousness
10 suffering will cause nurse TO lose IN
huence
The nurses relation to the physician
was brought out as an important phase.
The nurse should not be disposed to
criticise the ways and manners OF hos
pitals and physicians of which she does
hot anprove. She must carry out the
physicians orders in the most loyal
manner. DR.. Hearst most cordially con-
CIRCULATED the graduates on their choice oi
1rofession. "You viii, he said at
tract an increasing store OF admira-
tion and thanlxfulness. There Is no other
nroiession which so completely deserves
the happiness and peace OF mind ,which
comes from good work well done"
Miss Lillian Jackson played very
charningly minuet by Borowskl
In presenting the diplomas, PRESIDENT
Johnston said:
oIadies of the Graduating Class; In
presenting you with your diplamas, allow
me TO congratulate you IN the name Oh
the board upon the completion Of your
student life. You are now authorlzeo 70
enter your profession in public work, ana
/ hope you will enjoy great success IN
your individual work. IN
"Allow me to advise you TO carry WIN
that work the spirit Of the Master, 70
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