Evening journal., 1906-10-30
NURSES THREE
WERE GRADUATED
Interesting Exercises in New
Century CIub--Dr. Fred
eriCk'S Address

Century Club last. evening the annual
commencement Of the Homeopathic
Hospital Training schoo! was held and
.hree young women received their
iplomas emitting them TO go forth
nto the world and administer TO the
rick and the suffering.
The room was prettily decorated
with Southern smilax. cut flowers and
ootted plants. and Charles w. Pusey,
president Of the board Of trustees OF
tho hospital, presided.
The exercises began with the invo-
cation by the Rev. William Frederick
Dickens Lewis. followed by the report
OF the training school by the Registrar.
pr. Lewis w. Finn. He read an en-
couraging report. and said that during
the year they had had 22S calls for
undergraduates, and out OF that num-
Der only 20 could be. filled.
Dr. $. c. Frederick delivered the adj
dress to the graduates. In part Il fol-
lcws:
Mr. Chairman, members OF the
faculty. young ladies OF the graduating
class. ladies and gentlemen. Il falls
to my lot this evening to give the ad-
dress to the graduating class. But
before addressing them as class
would like to say that the faculty takes
great pleasure in granting these di-
plomas. These young ladies who are
about to enter one of the noblest pro-
] fessions IN the world have passed their
examinations and have done most ex-
| cellent work and we feel proud TO
/ recommend wherever they may be
needed, and, indeed they are always
needed where there is sickness Their
/ tender touch, their Very presence is of
benefit to the patientp Then their
| help to the physlciana the assurance
he has when he leaYes the bedside that
his orders will be carried out is a great
relief to him, b 1Iv
! Young ladies 6f the graduating class
| I address you for the last time as a
class. There Is little / can say per-
haps that you have not heard before,
but on this occasion want to make
some remarks that I trust you may
! remember and that viii stand you in
good stead. Tonight you see success
before you. You will and must sue
ceed. That fact seems paramount to
you. You have your diploma and that
is So but ii is not always the case.
You will have times in your career
when the path is not strewn with roses,
I assure you. Then it is that l hope
you will prove yourselves. ! implore
you TO be courageous, never faltering
the trust imposed upon you. Your
successes. however, l feel sure will
more than balance your .reverses. DO
your best at all times. be conscientious
and honest and you viii not suffer the
pangs Of regret, or think had I done
thus and so It might have been diff
ferent."
When you first see your patients try
at once to study them: take in tho
situation and make a good impression
at the beginning. Outlines the first
Impressions are lasting; be kind and
gentle. yet positive; gain their conf
dence and keep 1t.
When nursing be careful what you
say and to whom you talk. remember
ing ever that a still tongue makes a
wise head Avoid gossip. and when
leaving a home leave everything there
save your salary and experience.
BE exceedingly careful OF yourselves
when nursing contagious diseases; you
have been cautioned concerning that
There is one age in the seven ages OF
man that you must be exceedingly
careful of, for there Is a disease that
requires extra fertilization Many a
nurse has fallen a prey and agreed
that
We may live without poetry. music
and art.
We may live without conscience and
live without heart:
We may live without friends; we may
live without books,
But civilized man cannot live without
cooks
This is only a hint and a caution.
wish you God speed and in CLOSING
would add one couplet and that Is
this
Above all to thine one selves be true
and II must follow as the night. tn,
day, that thou canst not then he false
to any man.
DR. Edward r. snader, OF Philadel.
phia, complimented the medical staff
the nurses and the superintendent of
the hospital on their good work. Voca
solos were given by Miss Bertha Pyl,
and a violin solo by Charles e. Griffith
Jr. Rev. Mr.. Lewis pronounced tn,
benediction.