The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-04
First Commencement Exercises
Of Kenosha Hospital Training
School Thursday Evening
DR.. D0DS0N ADVISES NURSES
Exercises are Followed by
a Banquet Given by the Directors
of the Hospital to the Class
and the Faculty

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day evening, and it proved to be one
of the most interesting events of the
kind ever held in Kenosha. A class
of four young women received di-
plomas as trained nurses, after which
the members of the class and the
faculty Of the school were entertained
at a banquet by the members Of the
Board of Directors of the Association.
In honor of the event the hall was
charmingly decorated. The stage
top of the stage. done in purple and
white flowers was the class motto:
"Lives Devoted"
The hall was filled to its capacity
for the Common cement and the crowd
showed the great interest that is be-
ing taken in the hospital by all classes
of people in the city. Quite number
of people came from other cities to at
tend the graduation exercises.
The program opened with music by
a trio consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. S. C.
Newman and Edward Stringham.
After the class had taken its place on
the platform the Rev. Harvey Dee
Brown offered the invocation.
Miss Elizabeth Robinson sang a
charming SOLO, after which z. G..
Simmons, Jr., President of the Asso-
citation, made short address, in
which he told of the work that was
being done by the Training School
and the great aid that it was giving to
the hospital. He spoke of the splen-
did work that had been done by the
members of the class and declared
that this fact alone proved the worth
of the training school. He spoke of
the plans for the new hospital and
stated that the directors we're con-
WINGED that the people of Kenosha
would come nobly to the front and
furnish all the funds needed for hos
pital which would be large enough to
care for the sick and injured of the
city. He declared that Kenosha was
destined to be the second city of the
Badger state, and that it was the in
tention of the Directors of the Hos
pital to build an institution which
would meet the future demands of the
city.
In closing he introduced DIR. J. NJ.
Dodson, Dean and Professor of Medi-
cine at Rush Medical College in Chi
cago, who delivered the commence
ment address. The address of DIR.
Dodson was an eloquent appeal for
the best things in connection with the
medical profession and the profession
of the trained nurse. He spoke of the
great development that had been made
in the science of medicine during
the past quarter of century speak.
ing especially of the discovery of anti
septic surgery and finding in this dis
covery the real i'm petus for the install
latlon OF training schools for nurses.
He stated that the trained nurse had
been a part of the development of this
quarter of a century aud that the
time was fast coming when every col
lege and university would have its
department for the education of train
ed nurses. He urged the highest
educational advantages for the young
women taking up the profession and
assured the mem bers of the class that
there was no calling for either men or
women in which there was so great a
chance to render a service to human
ity. He gave the members of the
class watch word for their life's
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In concluding his address DR..
Dodson spoke to the class and he gave
to its members number of decidedly
pra ctica1 suggestions in regard to
their profession.
Following the address of DR.. Dodson
Miss Robinson sang another solo after
which the diplomas were conferred by
President Simmons of the Hospital
Association. The following were the
members of the class receiving diplo-
mas. Miss Teresa Mooney, Carrie
Candlish, Grace Mueller and Belle
VanLiere.
Immediately following the close of
the exercises the graduates, members
of the training school faculty. mem
bers of the Board of Directors and the
few friends of the graduates retired
to the dining room where the banquet
was served. The tables set in the
form of cross were charmingly de-
corated with peonies and they pre-
scented very attractive appearance.
The banquet and merry making con-
tinued until nearly midnight.
The success of the training school
has been very gratifying to the mem
bers of the Board of Directors of the
Hospital and it is expected that the
work in other years will be even more
successful.
The attorneys for the Chicago Brass
Company have filed an answer to the