The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-04-17
Free Scholarships In Nurse Training

The Philadelphia School for Nurses
has purchased large properties nj
22l9 % Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
and will extend the benefits of the
free course in nursing To Young wo-
men Of every rural community and of
the smaller towns aud cities through
out the entire country.
The course IL two Years, but may be
shortened to eighteen mouths by SIX
months reading and study ut home.
The school provides room, board,
nurse uniforms, gives full instrue-
ton, aud pays the students fare home
at the end of the course
A special short course il provided
for those who cannot spend two years
III the study but who wish to quickly
prepare themselves for self support.
The object of those who are provid-
ing the funds for this work is to ulti-
mately extend tho benefits OF skilled
nursing 10 every village and township
in the land
Nearly two hundred free scholar
ships will be available this year
In accordance with tho above pro-
vision three free scholarships in the
two years course have been assigned
to Ilunterdon county. A class is
forming to begin April Both.
Applicants must be over eighteen
years of age aud adapted to the pro.
fession Of nursing. The young wo.
men readers Of this paper who desire
to avail themselves of this opening
at once by letter.
The Board of Education Of Phillips
burg has decided to purchase caps
aud gowns for the y members Of the
High School graduating class. This
action il taken with view of pre-
venting the intense rivalry in dress
between graduates and also to enable
the poorest student TO appear equally
as well as the richest,
This il n cold stormy April, but no
more so than April, 1862 forty five
years ago. Dir. isaac s. Cramer's
dinry shows TINT snow began falling
on the 9Th of TINT month and coniln-
ned until the night Of the 10th, at
tanning II depth of two feet, with the
weather ffeezing cold. The Doctor
remembers that he drove III n sleigh
for several days in visiting his pa
tients on that memorable occasion.
Democrat Advertiser.
A large bear escaped from its train
ers in Camden the other day 10 the
con sternation Of n street full of women
and children, who scattered in every
direction. Among the number were
dozen or more members Of the
Young Women's @. +. L., aud by
strange coincidence, the most convent
ont place Of refuge happened to be n
saloon, into which they nil rushed,
frightening the bartender so that he
hid under the counter III anticipation
Of the Carrie Nation hatchet.
The Serg eantsville correspondent
OF the Democrat Advertiser says: Hon.
A. Il. Law she, who was recently APP
pointed third assistant Postmaster
General to succeed the Hon. Edwin
q. Madden, resigned, il the son Of
Henry D. Lawshe, who was born in
Amwell township, now Delaware,
July II, 1916, on the farm now owned
by William }. Fisher, Jr. His pa
ternal ancestors settled there IN the
early part of 100. Ills early educa-
ton was obtained in the "Moore
School, the building at that time
standing about half mile east Of the
present building, on the road leading
to Ringoes. In about 1910 he went
West aud settled In Somerset, Wabash
Co., Ind, where he married. and
where the new Postmaster General
was born Oct 8, 1860. Mr.. Lawshe
gives up ~, 800 job as auditor fos
the PHILIPPINES to take 81. 500 job as
third assistant Postmaster General.
| He was cousin of the late Hon.
David Lawshe, of Stockton, who
represented Hunterdon county, in
the New Jersey Legislature in 1896 9S:
also cousin to Cyrus Van Dolah. OF
Sandy Ridge, and second cousin to
our village postmaster, Joseph G..
Moore, who was for while postmas-
ter at Rosemont.