Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-06
HOSPITAL NURSES
GET DIPLOMAS
Nurses Training School OF The
Emergency Hospital Sends Forth
Two More Graduates
MISS RANN AND miss GRIFFITH
Ceremonies In St John Gymnasium
DR.. Murphy Presents Diplomas
Prof. S. S Handy Delivers
Grafton

Prof. S. S Handy Delivers
Grafton.
Suggestive of the Red Coss Nurse
and all she stands for, especially dur
war were the decorations last eve
ming in ST. Johns College gymnasium,
where the graduation exercises of the
Nurses Training School of the Emer-
gency Hospital were held.
Throughout the gymnasium were
strung signal flags of all sorts and
kinds that seemed to wig-wag in the
code of army and navy Good Luck to
You, Young Women, Who Go Forth
to Minister Unto the Sick and Dying"
Above the rostum were four hand
some United States flags, between the
two central ones of which was the
Red Gross insignia. Autumn leaves
banked the front of the platform, and
on it rested the numerous beautiful
| flowers presented the two graduates.
Music was furnished throughout the
evening by an orchestra from the Ma
val Academy band, and after the over
ture, the participants in the progrom
marched in and were seated on the
platform.
The Board OF Managers occupied
front seats The program was opened
with invocation by the Rev. Father
Murray, C.SS.R of St Mary's Church,
after which Dr. j. j. Murphy, Chief
0e 81 h. N1 SnrofnoI Sfaff nf
the Emergency Hospital, made a
brief address before delivering the
diplomas.
DIR. Murphy's Address.
ID. Muphy said in part:
I'VE are assembled here tonight to
participate in the graduating exer-
cises of the Emergency Hospital
Training School for Nurses. These
two graduates who will receive di-
plomas tonight have finished the
course, have kept the faith.Aaua5 a5their
reward a diploma, has been con-
scientiously and deservedly won"
Addressing the nurses he said:
"You have looked forward after long
hours of waiting to this occasion when
your Alma Mater sees fit to bestow
upon you its seal in the shape of a di-
ploma, as your reward of efficiency
| and faithful duty well performed
Il would suggest to you that you
| hold before you as your guide the
motto Charity, Justice, Brotherly
Love and Fidelity and that you look
to these for help along the line of
work of you chosen profession.
Charity, not in the possession OF
this worlds good, but that charity
that lends helping hand to fellow
men. lifts up the fallen. cheers and
| helps those who are all in, to whom
life holds out no ray of hope, those
who have lost ambition, to these the
nurse should come as ray of sun
shine in the darkness, and through
charity restore faith and hope"
The Doctor then dwelt upon JUS
tice as an important adjunct in a
nurses life. Justice to the patient
| that would cause the nurse to lock
| within her breast the secrets of the
sick room, those mental, moral and
physical secrets that often cucumber
| the sick
Brotherly Love is essential in the
nurses life, said the doctor. The
nurse in the sick room should be in
| spired with brotherly love, that which
/ not only lends a helping hand in the
| administration to the wants and needs
| of the sick one, but that which teaches
them to lean upon God, to look up to
higher power and to bask in the
sunshine of His Almighty Love.
Fidelity, the last of the attributes
necessary to the success of the nurse,
vas touched upon by the speaker. He
admonished the nurses to be faith
| full to themselves and then they were
sure to be faithful to others.
In closing. he told the graduates
they were about to launch their
barque upon the sea of life, where
they would meet derelicts, detectives,
and all sorts of craft in the way OF
humans He advised them to steer
clear of those rocks and shoals that
would besmirch their character
| DAciAASu lhSlI tSputdliOh, oboAn NAACAA
honor By faithfulness in perform
.ance of duty by using as their guild
ing star charity, justice, brotheriy
love and fidelity, the nurses were
sure. he said, to anchor in the harboI
of eternity. and the Master will re-
ward you for work well done and
duty well performed
DR.. Murphy complimented the
Training School for Nurses at the
Emergency Hospital, whose gradu-
ates, he said, had passed an examina'
ton before the State Board 100 pei
| cent in efficiency. He felt sure, h'
said. that the graduates of last nigh
would keep up the standard, for theii
success means the success Of the
hospital. their Alma Mater.
Hoping they may reach the highes
pinacle of success and efficiency II
their chosen profession = nursing =
DR. Murphy presented diplomas TO
Miss Marione Irene Ram, OF New
port, Vermont
Miss jeanette Viola Griffith. o
(iu-nns Anna ArundaI Couufy