The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-01
TRAINED NURSING
MODEST Bill ST CALLING
Df. Cadisch Pays Tribute to
Profession i'll Closing
Address.
FIFTEEN GET DIPLOMAS
Final Exercises OF Memorial
Hospital Training School
Held.

IN the presence OF their friends and
reiatives, and OF many of those inter-
ested in the work of the hospital, tif-
teen nurses of Memorial Hospital
training School for Nurses received
thelr diplomas and pins in the audi
forum OF the, John Marshall High
school last night. The graduates, with
their arms filled with red roses. took
up position between the undergrad
yates ranged on either side. Behind
them were banked ported palms, and
7 he scene was pretty in the extreme.
Or. Christopher Tompkins presided
at the exercises, and announced the
speakers The Invocation was deliv-
cred by Rev. James w Morris
DR.. Cnlisch Speak..
Then DR.. Tompkins introduced Rabbi
Edward y. Calisch, PHI. D.. who deliv-
cred the principal address. DR.. Calisch
PAID high tribute TO the profession.
which he declared TO be the noblest
calling which any woman could fol-
low. 1t was for them, he said. to
soothe the spirits of the sorrowing. to
comfort those who were passing be-
yond the brink OF death. and TO aid in
the suppression of disease. "Iier pres
ence, he said, speaking OF the trained
nurse. lis at once d protest. an in
SEPARATION and lesson" 1t was pro
test against the conditions which lead
TO disease, an inspiration for higher
and better things, and a lesson in SAM.
tation and health.
He said that few people realize how
much good is continually being done
oS the visiting nurses. who go about
among the poor to nurse the Ill back
10 health and strength. and their work
should be rewarded by more sympa thy
and by more appreciation of the hard
ships they undergo.
Nursing. he continued, is essentially
womans calling, and one in which
she naturally excels. In conclusion. he
said that nurses must expect not only
sell denial, but also self-control and
maintenance of confidence and trust
Then all standing, each graduate
repeated in unison the solemn oath
which all graduate nurses must take
swearing always to do their best, to
work In harmony with the attending
physician to keep inviolate all family
secrets they may hear. and to conduct
themselves uprightly and with dig
nifty
novel feature. not placed on the
program. was the singing of a solo by
MISS Annie Lewis, one of the under
graduate nurses. 1t was such an agree
able surprise that she was forced by
repeated encores to sing again.
Diplomas Awarded.
DR., ], Shelton Horsley sent
cd the diplomas and the pins.
which are the gift of the Alumnae AS
ISOLATION. Then were announced the
names of those who had made more
than 30 per cent. in their examinations
and been placed on the honor roll
They are Misses Frances Bell Hunt.
Edna Linton Triplett, Amelia Coleman
Ratliff, Addie Moody. Bledsoe and
Myra Eliza beth Stone. The prizes for
the highest efficiency in bandasing,
given by Miss Van Wort, superintend-
ent. and by DIR. Lewis C. Bosher. We're
awarded to Miss Rosa AIcDonough and
Miss Edith Rainey. of the junior class.
Miss Van Wort read her annual re-
port. which showed that the eighth
year of the existence of the training
school had seen seventy-nine graduate
nurses enter the ministration field.
The benediction was pronounced by
Mr. Morris, and the exercises were
over. The graduates are as follows:
Addie Moody Rledsoe, Eugenia aIae
Crump. Rena Harwood Collins, Hattie
Coe Crist. Carrie Mae Copenhaver,
Katherine Pearl Flintof. lillian May
Greaver. Frances Bell Hunt, Lillian
Jane Irving. Rosa Louise Deech. Anne
liza Coleman Ratliff, Myra Elizabeth
Stone. Edna Linton Triplett. Martha
Louise Wingo Weber Abilene Zim-
norman.