The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-29
Success Institution Has At
tanned Is Another Manifes-
tation of Woman's Execu-
tive Superiority.
TRAINING OF NURSE
LONG AND ARDUOUS
Profession Is Exacting and
Difficult - Don't Forget
that Saturday Is Tag Day.
for Hospital.
BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.
| Tomorrow is Tag Day"
In Richmond every one understands
that this means the day when every
denizen of the town has an opportu-
nifty to contribute toward the support
| of Reid Memorial Hospital
! The latter is not, as sometimes err
rOneOusly supposed, a heavily endowed
institution.
In this phase of it's existence it
bears strong resemblance to many of
Mr.. Carnegie's libraries
| Hospitals are one set of landmarks
that define the advance in the progress
toward the realization of the perfect
physical man. They are the outposts Of
medical science. They are an express
sion Of the enlightened humanitarian
impulse.
An Interesting Phase.
One OF the interesting phases of the
activities of the Reid Memorial Hos
pital Is It's management, which is vest
ed in the hands Of the superintendent,
woman, Miss Mary B. Sellers. While
there Is board of trustees and a med
ical staff entirely masculine in COM
plexion. the administration is feminine
and that it is successfully carried out
| is but another manifestation of wom-
ans executive ability.
Executive ability is possessed by the
average woman in greater degree than
In the average man. Witness her con-
duct of the household complex and
multiform accomplishment And, in the
main, on very small capital
Charles Dudley Warner once said it
ttook rteyc genp.ase,tAient to u x:or-
Ener grocery than to be governor of a
state. 1t also takes more brilliant
financial acumen to run the ordinary
/ menage than to conduct the average
business. Men don't admit this be-
cause they never stop to think about
| 1t. And then they possibly wouldn't
admit it. But it's true
! Women Best Nurses.
| That women, that is the normal
| woman. have steadier nerves and more
poise than men, is instanced by the
predominance of women in the nurs-
ing profession-one of the most trying
and nerve-wracking, one which calls
for physical and moral courage, forti-
tude and mental restraint.
Not the least important of the activi-
| ties of the Reid Memorial Hospital is
it's Training School for those who wish
to enter this arduous profession, main
tanned since the hospitals beginning
and regarded as thorough prepare.
ton for the duties of nurse, it's grad
yates being in demand as capable and
efficient exemplars of the profession.
Some of the requirements for en-
trance may be of interest to young
women in this city who have a desire
to become nurses and are not aware
OF the opportunities afforded here in
Richmond, this department of the Reid
| Memorial Hospital not being as con-
spicuous, very naturally, as its more
evident public uses. The following in
formation, therefore, furnished by the
hospital authorities will be enlighten-
ing:
| To Become Nurse.
The course of practical and theo-
retical instruction extends over a Pc
riod of three years
| Pupils who complete the course with
credit and pass satisfactory examina-
ton will receive a diploma under the
seal of the Hospital.
| Applicants are received at any
time during the year as vacancies oc-
cur, but preference is given for the
spring and fall months. ...1. H..
The requirements for admission to
the school are: Good moral character.
sound health, and unimpaired facul-
| ties.
Applicants are reminded that a
thorough English education is essen
tial, and that women of superior edu-
cation and cultivation will be preferr-
ed. The acceptable age is between
twenty and thirty-two years.
Applicants are received into the
school for a period of two months on
probation. during which time they
shall receive board. lodging and laun-
dry but no allowance, and may be dis
missed at any time if unsatisfactory
to the Superintendent or may leave
the school if they SO desire.
| IL at the end of the probation period
they have proven their fitness for the
work, they will be enrolled as pupils
of the school after signing an agree
ment to remain three years from the
date of their enrolment as probation-
ers and subject themselves to the dis
cipline of the Hospital and to be sub
ordinate to the management
| The right is reserved to terminate
the connection of any nurse with the
school at any time for misconduct, in
efficiency or neglect of duty.
! When on duty, the nurses are requir-