The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-05-13
FITTED FOR THEIR LIFE WORK
Exercises ut the Graduation Of Marion
County Hospital Nursea


Those who have labored years in
the cause Of maintaining a public hos
pital in Ocala were agreeably surpris-
ed to see 50 large gathering of per-
sons who were present last night in
the woman's Club to witness the con-
ferring of diplomas on three grad
yates the first the institution has sent
out Mrs. McMeekin, the capable ma
iron. was mistress of ceremonies
Mrs f. Fl. Mote sang delightfully."-
and Miss Marguerite Porter played
with a touch and finish that was
icredit to her school of instruction.
Brenau College. Gainesville, Ga
Rev. J. ". Bigham, pastor of the NJ.
E church. offered up a very beautiful
and touching prayer, about the great
phi ysician, the greater healer known TO
earth
Mr.. T. 7. Munroe, one OF the direc-
tors and whose unselfish labor Of love
has continued since the project start
ed in 1896 to the present time, read a
very interesting and complete report
Of the work of the hospital from its
inception to date Of receipts and ex-
lpenses and the work done for sweet
lcharity's sake and which we append
and trust every reader Of the Star will
read with care and consideration, and
then when they hear any one knock
ing the hospital, reply in a way that
will spike that gun for all time.
After Mr. Munroe came Major L. T.
iIZlar, who was impressed at the
Eleventh hour to say a word about the
noble calling of a trained nurse and
made a very suggestive. interesting
Ion tai ma al tod is
audience. Its true, in thought the gal
liant major traVersed a long distance
but he set UP such beautiful milestones
of human progress and human de-
velopment in the guise Of the milk OF
human kindness that many verba
bouquets were thrown at him at his
Iclose. He told of how the creator pre-
pared the earth for Adam and noting
his lonely and forlorn condition. he
, Isent him he1pmeet in the divine form
of Eve, to soothe his sorrows, pick the
|, ithOrns from his travel stained fee
land the splinters from his hands, HI
, gathered in building the stake ant
, rider fence around Paradise, boil hi:
goats milk and become to him thu
first nightingale of earth. He referr
ed to the graduates as not only train
, ed nurses, but by the superior know
, ledge they had acquired in their cours,
, actual physicians. So skilled had they
, become that in the sick room the!
, could act in all emergencies with a.
, perfect a knowledge Of the disease ant
, Iapply remedies as we'll as the docto
, himself and by this knowledge ha,
saved many lives. He humorously re
ferred to the persistency with which
women sought to discover their spher
. whatever that was) but he noticed
l one thing they did not clamor for t,
lay brick on skyscraper building o
climb a 400-foot steep1e to paint it,
Judge w. S. Bullock was called Oh
at a late hour to take the place of Nh
D. S. Woodrow on the program and t
illustrate his position told a story tina
greatly amused his hearers, but on
thing was certain, it was not a case II
which the wrong passenger was "wok
up for none could have presented tn
diplomas in a heater speech than tina
made by the judge.
The Judge emphasized the fact tina
y while he knew there was such an in
stitution in our midst as a public hos
pital, he did not realize it's importanc
and benefit to the suffering public a
he was made to feel after havin
: heard Mr.. Munroe's splendid and con
vincing business statement and hi
surprise was that there were not NOR
i business men of Ocala present to re
ceive this enlightenment. He the
presented to Miss Emma Washburn O
Ocala. and Miss Elizabeth Gerard o
: St. Petersburg, their diplomas. Mis-
Wyette Leslie Of Center Hill, was ais
a graduate and came up to receive he
,diploma, but was taken sick and cou1
not be present, which was greatly re
GREETED by all
| Mrs. McMeekin then read her ad
4 dress and pinned the badges to tn
waists of the graduates, after whic
Rev Brigham pronounced the benedic
ton. which was followed by a recep
ton to the graduates and the matror
during which delicious punch wit
l. waters was served by Mrs. D. w. Da
Wis, assisted by several members G
the Junior Civic League. Mrs. f
Carmichael received the visitors a
they entered the room. The occasio
: was a most pleasing one and the hou
spent did much to arouse renewed in
terest in this deserving institution
| Address of Mrs. McMeekin
|. We are assembled here tonight
: order that me may, in part. cOnside
the value of the school for trainin
: women to become professional nurse
r That We may arrive at more jus
$ conclusion than passing though