The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-11-01
PRAISE FOR LOCAL HOSPITAL
Rev. Taylor In Introducing Speaker of
Occasion Pays High Compliment to
Management of Kenosha Hospital
Miss Becker Sings.

Inc emcacy or the trained nurse
rather than the Nborn nurse' was the
theme of an entertaining address given
Sunday afternoon at Guild Hall by
Mrs. Northam in an attempt to arouse
interest among Kenosha girls in the
splendid opportunities for service and
advancement which are offered to
those who accept nursing not as an
adventure but as a calling. The at
tendance at the meeting was not large
but sufficient enthusiasm was aroused
to assure the directors Of the Hospital
Training School for Nurses that there
will be increased interest in the enroll
ment for the new term.
The meeting which was held under
the auspices Of the National Associa-
ton of Nurses is part Of nation
wide movement to persuade girls to
enter the nurses training schools of the
country and provide such large mum
Der of trained nurses that the older
ones may be released from their pres
emit posts and sent to take care of the
soldiers at the front The meeting was
presided over by Rev. o. w. Taylor,
who in introducing the speaker, highly
complimented the management of the
Kenosha hospital. CT have BEEN y
said Rev. Taylor, Tin many of the city
hospitals in the middle northwest and
[ have failed to find one that is kept
more clearly or better managed than
our own hospital in Kenosha.''
Miss Margaret Becker helped mar
velously to make the program more
entertaining by two vocal solos, both
Of which secured the marked applause
Of the audience. Her rendition of
" A Birthday" especially won favor
by its touching sentiment and
wonderful melody.
"Florence Nightengale did not be-
lieve in the born nurse, but in the
trained NURSE said Mrs. Northam in
the course of her address. Red Cross
nurses as well as all others must train
themselves to serve and the greatest
folly which the nation could commit
would be to send hundreds of half
trained nurses, no matter how willing
they are to serve, to fight with death
in the field hospitals of Europe. To
prevent this calamity Kenosha girls
were urged to enroll now and
prepare themselves to of infinite
service later.
Mrs. Northam, who has had unlimited
experience in the nursing field and who
IS at present superintendent of the
Milwaukee Training School at Wau-
Wautosa, marked out clearly the many
advantages which nursing offers to
girls above other vocations. She said
that a position, of recognized standing
Is waiting for every successful appi-
cant, upon the completion of her course
and that usually without taking her
entirely away from her own home.
Numberless opportunities are offered to
nurses to develop their own personality
in specializing in various lines of work
and there is every opportunity for adj
vancement. Mrs. Northam closed her
address with an excellent application
of the theme which she had developed
by citing the story Of the Babylonian,
who took the advice of every neighbor
when he was struck with the fever and
found death as the reward of his folly
all because there was no one trained
to minister to his needs.
The meeting of Sunday will be fol
lowed by others under the auspices of
she local school and it is believed that
they will have no little influence in
stimulating interest in providing Ia
borers for this plentiful field of mercy
and service.