Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-16
TRAINING SCHOOL
NURSES GRADUATE.


petty jeaIousies. He advised holdingj
all with like esteem and and TO nur-
ture in your heart as flower kind
ness and consideration for all. In the
long days that are come after leaving
the protecting walls of their Alma
Mater. he said nurses viii be beset by
frivolties Some viii tempt you TO
leave your profession for another. but
il is not wise or expedient TO do this.
Let their be no parting of the ways
that YOU have taken along life's path
way for the healing and help of SUI
fering humanity. / do not believe
YOU will forsake your calling, said DR..
Murphy. / can see you walking along
life's pathway with a sure read,being
loyal TO your profession and yourself
you will find pleasure in assuaging
pain. in helping mortals who have
dropped into the abyss of mental an
guish You will help them and you
must accomplish this with the help OF
God the GiYer of strength.
In closing DR.. Murphy said: In
presenting you these diplomas, / hope
you will have a long and happy life,
and successful professional career"
Dr. Spears Address.
The orator of the evening was Med
zeal Inspector Raymond L. Spear, u.
S. r., member of the surgical stan
of the Emergency Hospital In his
remarks DR. Spear paid glowing tri-
butte to the nurses and the splendid
work accomplished at the hospital.
He said in part: Tonight you have re-
ceived your diplomas and are well
coined into the profession, the noblest
in the world. Everybody envies you.
You are better fighters than men. You
not only save one or two lives, but
many DR.. Spear referred to the Su-
perintendents OF the local hospital
who had given the graduates the ben
eft of their professional skill during
their training, and the benefits they
had derived from instruction by the
medical stan.
DR.. Spear punctuated his remarks
throughout with compliments for the
local hospital and its efficient corps
of nurses. He said he had seen many
hospitals in his life, but in the last
two years he had spent much time
day and night with cases at the Emer-
gency Hospital of Annapolis.
He had watched the nurses here
taEe charge OF cases, hands with skill
typhoid cases, pneumonia cases and
save the life of patients When the
case was a desperate one. l have al
so seen you handle surgical cases
with skill. He cited an instance of a
cOlored man who had been brought
in with gun shot wound inflicted at
the hands of a friend" Realizing
that the nurse in question would soon
go to the front with the Red Cross
and would need experience, he hand
ed her the knife and watched her
skllfully probe for the bullet She
made one cut and the bullet dropped
out, said DR.. Spear He said patient
after patient had told him they re-
ceived more care and better treatment
at the local hospital than at any
other they had ever been as patients.
He cited by way of example the case
upon three times, the last at the
local hospital She was so pleased
with the treatment she received here
at the hands of the nurses and doc
tors, she said if it became necessary
to have a fourth operation this and
no other hospital would find her a
patient
DR.. Spear said American women
are doing a wonderful work in this
war, but none a greater, more noble
and self sacrificing work than the
nurses. They were in the fields be-
fore the troops. The horror of war
has another side, the side of Right
1t is on the side of right that is sure
TO win that men, women and princi-
pies will be brought into play and the
nation will be made better and
stronger He referred to the gradu- |
ates. one of whom will become at
once Red Cross Nurse. He said the
work in the field would be education
al The country needs you. he said
you may go forth with the assurance
that you have won the hearts of |
everybody in Annapolis. and you can
come back here at any time and call
1t home In closing Dr. Spear said:
We all wish you may have joys and
sunshine in your life and we wish
you success"
The exercises closed with the Ben
ediction by the Rev. DR.. H. w. Bur
gan, pastor of the First NJ. E. Church.
and the "Star-Spangled Banner"
A dance followed.
STATE GUARDSMEN'S
SOCIAL SESSION