The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-01
GRADUATE NURSES
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Miss McIsaacs. Of Michigan,
Delivers Address TO
Students.
MRS. MANN HAS SCORED HIT
Her Address on Temperance Has
Distanced OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Session To-day.
MRS. MANN HAS SCORED HI

BY way of encouraging the graduate
nurses OF Virginia in their work as
women, Governor Mann told them last
night, in his address Of welcome, tina,
in his entire career he had never re
ceived such widespread recognition Of
his oratorical powers as he had come
within the past few days past to Mrs
Mann. The many letters Of commcnda-
ton received by the mistress Of Nir
Sfnias executive mansion are the re-
suit of her first effort at public speak
ing, when she said that she had never
served intoXicants since she has been
in the mansion and that her entertain
mcnts are as much enjoyed without
them .t.
The Governor got safely through tho.
salutation by saying 1t SO quickly that
the audience could not tell which he
said. lie spoke on tile dignity OF
service. and said he doubted if any
class is doing more good, rendering
more unselfish service. than the nurses.
lie made ono possible mistake when
lie said all the nurses looked alike to
him. but made amends promptly by
saying that ali were SO pretty that
the hospitals would soon lie filled 10
overflowinG with patients
l.nrEc Crowd Present.
The initial meeting OF the annual
conference OF the Graduate Nurses AS
ISOLATION of Virginia was public, and
the audience filled the assembly hall
of Murphy's Hotel. Palms and ferns
decorated the room.
DR.. Beverly Randolph Tucker intro.
duced the speakers. He commended
the organization, and spoke Of train
ing for the profession. The time Is
coming. he predicted when nurses will
specialize.
lie divided trained nurses into four
classes-thosc who wear false hair
ana gossip about their patients and
about each other: those who arc too
much trained and too little nurse. and
Who enter family TO boss ii and make
themselves disagreeablc: those who are
too much nurse and too little trained.
and who smooth the wrinklcd brow
, but not the wrinkled sheet" and, last
~, the real trained nurse, the Florence
! Nightingale, who mikes efficiency with
human Kindness.
Rev. Landon X. Mason offered the in
vocation, Governor Mann delivered the
address of welcome. and the response
was by Miss Ethel smith, Of Norfolk.
| the president Of the association. Her
remarks were very brief and she mere
~ said some Kind things about Rich
| mond
Address 10 Pupils.
Miss Isabelle McIsaacs. OF Benton
Harbor. Mich then addressed the
pupil nurses. She is a director of the
American Journal Of Nursing and is
/ interstate secretary of the Nurses
Alumnac Association OF the United
states. Her plea throughout was for
the highest standards In nursing and
in the personnel of the profession.
After hard Struggle, thirty nine Of
the States have registration laws
This, however. Miss McIsaacs said.
IS insufficient. The law must
he enforced She urged every
nurse 10 become registered, even II
she is living at her home where she
and her family are we'll known The
menace of the times, she asserted is
commercial training schools and com
mercial hospitals. where the only idea
is to make money. Women are trained
without system and with little regard
10 ethics.
Undesirable Nurses.
Good nurses have to bear tile oduin
INFLICTED on the profession by the pro-
ducts of these institutions In this
conservative section, she said, the peo-
pie have no idea of the things which
go on elsewhere, especially in the West
The young women turned out Of schools
because their character is not Of the
right kind drift TO Chicago 20 ST.
Louis. to Denver. to San Francisco She
asked q nurse friend out there what
becomes Of them when they reach the
Paciic-if they 20 in the ocean The
reply was: ~ wish they would"
She argued, therefore. that the pub
| lie has the right TO know the record
of every nurse. Her credentials should
show that she is n good nurse and
good woman.
Miss Mcfsaacs then told the students
| they should keep up their studies. and.
after they enter the profession. to keep
In touch with the times. Otherwise
they Will soon become back numbers.
She thought conservation of ability bet
ter than a bank account and pointed to
herself. after twenty-five years work
as nurse, as living rcfutation OF
the saying that the life of nurse is
only ten years.
Lecture on China.
DR.. Harry Taylor, 81 medical mis-
sionary in China, put on a Chinese cos
tune and lectufcd for some time on
the customs and dress and physical
| peculiarities Of the people of that king
dom. His address was Illustrated with
colored pictures.
~ business session Of the association
Will lie held this morning at 1890 In
the afternoon there will be another
! address BY Miss McIsaacs. and papers
Will be read by others, follow cd BY dis
cussions from the floor.
| Al the Elks' Home Tonight there
will be reception rendered by the
| Richmond nurses to The visitors
|