The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-06-21

the Deaconess hospital in Glasgow BY
a representative Of the Courier. I'll
there the same struggle between the
narrower interest and the larger one
and is the family quite satisfied with
itself when it dissuades the girl from
joining the service? ?"
"Your question points out a condi.
ton which too often exists" said Miss
Clarke" The very same kind of peo-
pie who would not think of trying to
hold back the boy from his patriotic
duty r not incapable Of discouraging
the girl who wants to enter the train
ing school for nurses"
"Do you think that their objections
are mainly against the hardships and
dangers of the work, or is it the same
old attempt to keep the girl under
the parental roof until she is marched
forth to her next refuge of safety into
a home of her own? 1t is not one
affectionate tyranny refusing to let
60 until it can deliver it's object to
some other approved and reliable ty-
rant?"
whatever you call it," replied Miss
Clark, ut is an influence which ought
to yield in many cases to the needs of
the country. It should be understood
that the moment that a capable young
woman starts training as a nurse, she
is rendering her country a distinct
and patriotic service"
as the girl in training a member
of the Red Cross or is she connected
with the army in any way? the Cour-
Ter reporter asked.
"She has no connection with the
Red Cross or the military forces" said
Miss Clarke. "She is simply going
to school in a profession. earning her
board and part of her other expenses,
and learning one of the most dignified
and helpful occupations open to wo-
men,"
"What's necessary for a girl to be
a Red Cross nurse ?" vas asked.
"She must graduate from a recog-
nized training school and be fit in
every other way for the SERVICE" said
Miss Clarke.
"What next after graduation-does
she stay with the Red Cross or can
she get into the army or navy hospi-
tails"
"The army and navy draw upon the
Red Cross for a large number of
nurses" said Mis- sClarke." Their de-
mands will increase as u part in the
war increases. We are enrolling
thousands Of private duty nurses and
may later on take many nurses from
the civilian hospitals. Every girl who
goes into training now is preparing
herself to release some more exper-
fenced nurses for the heavier duties
of the military hospitals and if she
proves capable and learns rapidly she
may, Of course, get into the army
service"
apart from the conditions facing
US because Of the war;" the reporter
asked, "what is the outlook for nurses
in the future? Does the growth of
social work and preventive medicine
offer a field large enough to employ
the increased number of nurses trained
because of the war;"
"The profession of nursing as part
of the business of keeping people we'll
instead of merely helping them to re-
cover from illness has hardly begun to
expand" said Miss Clarke. "How far
we shall go in that direction nobody
knows. Already we have visiting
nurses, public health nurses, public
school nurses, corporation nurses, life
insurance nurses. Every corporation
and social body which sees it's inter-
ests attacked by disease or physical
inefficiency is coming to the profess
sion of nursing for protection.