The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-16
THE ELEVENTH
COMMENCEMENT
Of Ohio Sanatorium Train
ing School.
THREE NURSES GRADUATED
DR.. Beebe, Class Speaker De
livers Helpful Address
Julia Ellen Fergus, Margaret Brown
and Sophia Banning Equipped for
Life Work-Dancing Follows Reg
ular Program.


The privilege of having an instItu.
tion of such excellence as the Saw
yer sanatorium was never better
realized than last evening Mhen
friends and patrons assembled for the
eleventh annual commencement of
the Ohio Sanatorium Training school
1t was a living. breathing example of
twentieth century civilization that
spares no effort to care for the sick
and weary traveller along life's high
way.
Commencement guests were receiv-
ed in the main hall by DR.. and Mrs
c. II. Sawyer and ushered to the as.
sembly room by the freshmen of the
school. Here tall vases of LaFrance
roses and spray bouquets of shaded
pink carnations were effectively ar.
ranged against a background of
greenery. In the foreground, facing
the audience of interested friends the
three graduates, Miss Julia Ellen
Fergus, Miss Margaret Brown and
Miss Sophia Lucretia Banning were
seated with the faculty, G. II. Saw
yer, NJ, D.: j. w. Adair, A. b., NJ. ID. !;
Carl Walker Sawyer, B. s., NJ. D.;
Sarah l.. Hoag, domestic science, and
Myrta A. Harris, Clara Hecker,
Portia Grace Fielder and Vedith
Babb, graduate nurses.
The program opened with an or
chestral selection by five artists di-
rected by Mr.. l.. b. McNeal Rev
erend Richard McClelland Brown, of
st. Paul's Episcopal church, gave the
invocation filled with appeal for the
success and happiness o. the young
women who had chosen as their life
work the alienation of suffering Miss
Shay played two brilliant instru-
mental selections as preface to the
class address, delivered by DR.. II. Il.
Beebe, of Sidney. DIR. Adair intro
duced the speaker in a few hattering
remarks to which the eminent ply
scian responded by pleading that he
was only a "plain country doctor" In
the course of his address, through
which ran a rich vein of humor
touching almost every phase of life,
DR.. Beebe found 1t advisable to en-
phasize that as one of the first quail
ihcations for the popular and sue
cessful nurse. He eXpatiated upon
| the inestimable value OF silence, a
force he believed to be far more po-
tent than mere words. The necessity
OF keeping the faith in friendship and
its attendant condolences, of holding
in sacred trust the condolences of pa
tients, of radiatng happiness, weep.
ing seldom and laughing much, all
| these and many more valuable ad,
| monitlons came i'm for their share OF
the doctors wit and keen insight. As
one of the most widely experienced
physicians in the state and for years
a member of the state board of eX.
aminers, considerable value attaches
to his thrust at healing by menta
suggestions or any one of the new
school of impressionable cures DR.
Beebe's mission Is to rid the state oi
quacks and falsely pretentious prac
titioners, the cults evidently qualify
Ing under this latter head If the
speakers hint at a mentally deficient
religion may be taken as significant
In closing he asked the graduates Il
continue I'm the search for knOwledg,
and skill and to be worshippers o
the rising sun. The address was on,
of the plainest and withal the mos
forceful possible, free from technical
tiles and Understandable to all.
ribboned sheepskins, representing thu
result of many days and nights o
duty. He spoke eloquenty to tn,
trio of graduates, complimentint
their services and giving them God
speed wherever their work might call
selection by the orchestra, "Vision
of Salome,' closed the program.
Dr. Adalr invited the guests to tn,
Tally Wag hall where dancing wa
enjoyed and dainty refreshments sery
ed. Blue and white, the sanatoriun
colors. were festoOned across the bal
cony rails and class pennants gave I
schooly air to the occasion.
The eleventh annual commence
ment of the o. S. II, S. fingers a
present monument to the efficiency o
the faculty and the merit of the in
stitution.