The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-23
NURSES Of
STATE ARE
in Session
Seventy-five Are in Attendance
at Meeting
Judge Amidon Delivered Ad-
dress Of Welcome
Miss Bertha Erdmann Gave
Splendid Address

Seventy-five nurses and a number
of visitors were present this morning
at the opening. sessions of the second
annual meeting of the North Dakota
State Nurses association at the Civic
Centre and Club house. The state
president. Miss Bertha Erdmann of
Grand Forks, presided and called the
meeting to order at 1 o'clock. DR..
]. M. Walters of the First NJ. E.
church, gave the. invocation.
In the absence of DR.. Creegan, Judge
Charles F. Amidon gave the address
of welcome. He paid a splendid trib-
ute to the nurses and told of the ne
cessiy, for well equipped nurses and
competent training schools. Three
points which he emphasize were or
ganization,. Standardization and public
health. The nurses is an organization
whicfs was founded by a woman and
will be carried on by women who are
of wonderful service to the nation. He
dwelt upon. the necessity for rural
nursing and the care of the women
on the farms, where medical aid is
in many cases lacking, and the result
Is the insane asylum. He spoke par
ticularly for the need for organization
and registration and of the encour-
agement. of high standard, for nurs-
es, advising that the nurses enlist the
cooperation of the Rockefeller insti-
tute and others which are working
along the lines of hig Standardization
of doctors. .....,
DR.. C, A. Carpenter offered a cor
dial welcome to the nurses from the
Medical society in a clever way, say
ing that the doctors were very much
pleased to have them here for with
out the nurses the doctors are not
complete and visa versa. He talked
for a short time along the line of the
need of we'll equipped and up to date
training schools and the organization
and registration of nurses. He an
nounced that the nurses had the CO.
operation of the medical fraternity in
their efforts to have a bill before the
next legislature requiring all nurses
to become registered nurses in this
state. He especially emphasized the
necessity of higher education and
more thorough preparation of nurses.
Miss Louise Hoerman, superintend-
ent of nurses at the Bismarck hospi-
tai, gave the response in very capa-
bic way. She thanked the Medical
society for it's courtesy and stated
that 1t was a pleasure for the nurses
to look forward each year to these
gatherings and the growth and
strength of their organization. The
meetings are of highly educational
order and the meetings always thor
pressed the appreciation of the nurses
in the cooperation Of the doctors IN
their efforts toward organization.
Presidents Address.
Miss Bertha Erdmann, state presi-
dent and director of the course for
splendid address as follows:
Members of the North Dakota State
Nurses association: We gather to-
gether this morning to celebrate the
first anniversary of the birth of this
association. This ''yearling" of ours
has grown to be a, "live, lusty and in
dependent child" leading a pace for
those who foster it. 1t is well to be
on the alert that We may not lose
our opportunities in assisting in this
somewhat phenomenal growth.
We also meet to learn to know each
other better, to understand more fully
each others needs and difficulties. to
receive new inspirations and courage
to carry on the work begun a year
ago. That we may go forward brave
ly with the work, that we may find
an incentive to greater exertion; a
heartier enthusiasm in understanding
new and arduous tasks, an unfalter-
| ing trust in the power of the associa-
LiOlA LOT 6OOu anu SISdJ pGDST6SS, IL
seems we'll for few moments to re-
view some of the work accomplished
thus far. Let me here commend the
| officers and members of the various
| committees for the faithful rendering
of the tasks entrusted to them The
manner in which they co-operated
with each other, has made easy some
| of the problems that confronted us
May the same harmony and ideals OF
purpose exist between those that sue
ceed us. for it is only thus that we
grow, live and pass on to others the
best that is in us.
Immediately after organization ap-
! plication was made for affiliation with
the American Nurses association. Al
the convention of this august body ir
| Chicago June 81, 1912, .the North
Dakota State Nurses association
was received into membership with
its charter members of 156. Besides
| the two delegates three other mem.
/ bers represented your association and
very proud were they, sitting under
the bower with North Dakota printed
in large black letters. 1t was the first
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