The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-19
Babies IN BASKETS

In one Of the wards of this Pavilion there
is little girl who has fought death In every
form for months The sun parlor in this
part Of the Hospital colony is one Of the
sights worth going miles to see Along the
southsid Of the parlor there is a long bench
and on this bench are many baskets, lined
with pink or blue or white. In these are tiny
infants, huttering their hands in the sun.
Just now there is one negro baby there
black as can be, and no bigger than doll
They are ensconced in these baskets like so
many little birds in their nests
There is room for twenty-five babies in
the Pavilion" said the lady patroness, ''and
all the room Is taken at the present time /"
AS nurse piloted us through the place
carrying on her arm golden-haired laugh
ing little girl, she stopped at one little
room, and in hushed voice said: Here is
where the infants are taken, when II is
thought they are to die In this room the
mother may be alone with her baby as 1t
breathes its last"
| And this little room was the only one
that seemed to have any sorrow connected
with 1T, even IL every child In the place
was suffering with some ailment or other
There was no sound Of fretting or crying.
The patient little things gazed out Of big
eyes and made no complaint They were all
clean and comfortable and seemed to know
that everything that kindness science and
care could do was being done for them
Sympathy and tenderness ruled the place
and 1t seemed to have been sanctified by
suffering.
NnrSeS' Training School.
This interesting philanthropy was
founded as far as back as 1882 by Mrs
Julia f. Porter, In memory Of her son
Maurice Porter. The Training School for
Nurses is one of it's most notable and dis
tinctive features OF the Hospital This school
was organized in August, 1908, and now has
eighteen pupils. The Nurses Homes are
situated in the grounds, few yards south
OF the hospital buildings. and afford quiet
restful place while the nurses are Off duty.
The course OF instruction includes two years
at the ChIldren's Memorial Hospital and
one year in general hospital work. This
meets the requirements OF the Illinois state
law relating to nurses. and graduates OF the
school are eligible to state registration.
b Girls and young women who wish 20
enter the Training School for Nurses are
received between the ages of 10 and 80
years. High school or college graduates
are preferred but the young woman who
comes with at least two years OF high school
training or its equivalent is accepted Each
applicant Is put on two months probation.
and deposit of SOS is asked, to cover the
course in domestic science. This amount Is
returned upon graduation. Each nurse re-
ceiyes SIS per month during her period OF
training and is under no expense for living
except that for clothing.
Special study In pediatrics, and I'm the
feeding of infants is furnished and when
the nurse graduates from this hospital she
is well equipped for her life's work. This
school in open and afffliates with recognized
training schools. and offers special courses
In children's diseases, extending from three
to six months.
The committee IN charge OF the training
school for nurses is as follows; Mrs. John
j. Borland Mrs. Edmund Burke and
Miss Martha Wilson. Miss Muriel Gregory
is superintendent Miss Anne Sutherland
assistant. Miss Helen Hunter head of