New Britain herald., 1918-07-20
$4,000 women ARE
WANTED TO ENROLL
Connecticut Called Upon to Fur.
niSh 400 Student Nurses

Hartford. July 20.--Connecticut has
been called upon by the Council of
National Defense 10 enroll $50 women
between the ages of nineteen and
thirty five years in the United States
Student Nurse Reserve. Those wo-
men who enroll will agree TO hold
themselves in readiness to enter hos
pital training schools as student
nurses. \ total of $4,000 student
nurses is to be enrolled by the various
states
The campaign for this enrolment
will begin July 18th and continue un-
til the evening of August l1th. Every
community in this state is to be can
vassed thoroughly under the supervi-
sion Of the Woman's Division Of the
Connecticut state Council Of Defense.
Great Demand For Nurses.
The War is creating an unprece-
denied demand for trained nurses
Only those Who have taken the full
training course are eligible for ser
vice with American forces overseas
These nurses are being drawn largely
from hospitals here at home. Their
places must be filled by the student
nurses enrolled for the full training
course Of from two to three Years.
Every young woman who enrolls in
the United States Student Nurse Re
serve is releasing a nurse for service
at the front and swelling the second
line Of hospital defense. Upon the
health OF the American people will
depend largely the spirit OF the ma
tons fighting forces
The Womans Division of the State
Defense Council has created a Con
Decticut Committee for the Recruiting
of Student Nurses. which will have
charge of this campaign. Mrs. Joseph
". Alsop of Avon is chairman Of the
! division. All other members arc
! either trained nurses or physicians.
Qualifications for Recruits.
! At the Office of the Woman's D-
| vision Of the State Council of Defense
| today. the following information con-
| corning this enrolment was given
! out:
Age-The call is for women be-
tween the ages of 9 and 50.
Qualitica tions-Intelligen respon-
sible women of good education and
sound health are wanted-the pick Of
| the country.
Women will be given
i an opportunity to enroll in the United
| States Students Nurse Reserve either
! Il preferred or q deferred class.
| The enrolment card will indicate
| two classes of observation-disclosures
and deferred. The preferred class will
be those who are ready to accept as
Segment to whatever hospital the
| government directs them. although
! they may state what training school
! they prefer to be sent to. Those who
! register in the preferred class will be
/ assigned first, and all possible con-
! sideration will be given to their pre-
! ference as stated The deferred class
| is composed of those who limit their
| pledge of service, that is, who Will not
! engage to go except to certain hOSpi-
| tails. This class is intended largely for
! those who, for family reasons, cannot
| accept training at a distance from
| their homes. Those who register in the
| deferred class will be assigned only
after the preferred class is exhausted.
! The government relies ON the pa
| triotism of those who enroll TO fill out
| preferred cards if they possibly can.
| thus volunteering to go where they
| are most needed.
NOBODY Will De OSSlSnGu 10 any
| schools whose conditions Of training
are not approved by the State Board
Of Nurse Examiners.
Terms of Trainin2-The term of
training varies from two TO three
| years.
Finances. The student nurse gets
! her board lodging and tuition free at
| pra ctically every training school, and
| in most cases receives IL small re
! enumeration to cover the cost of books
| and uniforms. After graduation she
has an earning capacity Of from 500
{ to $500 Il month.
An honorable servicc.-IIVer since
the days Of Florence Nightingale the
! nursing profession has been one of
! especial honor. 1t Was never SO
! honorable as it is today The army
| needs every nurse il can get to keep
I'D with the draft The United
| States Student Nurse Reserve is the
! equivalent for women Of the great
national army training camps for
| soldiers. The government will rely
| upon the student nurses to fight dis
! ease at home, TO care for those in
| iured and dsa bled in our hazardous
! war industries, and to make them
| selves ready to serve when the time
| comes as fully trained nurses, either
| abroad or at homo. Enroll at the
! nearest recruiting station established