El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14
BRENT IS
MADEPRESIDENT
Delegates to State Nurses
Association Convention
Elect Officers.

By a majority vote Of one, the Grad
uate Nurses association OF Texas, in
1.-THE closing session OF its annual con-
Iventlon. Wednesday morning, decided
Ito have the 1920 convention meet az
Austin. Texas. The other city con-
testing for the meeting was Dallas
Besides a paper on the Cloudcrott
sanatorium By Miss T. ID. GIssIi .
Wednesday morning was devoted TO
the election Of officers, the adoption
Of resolutions and final reports Of
Officers Elected.
The officers elected were Miss Lou
Use BRENT. san Antonio, president;
Hiss Airline MCDONALD. Temple. vice
president: Miss Lucille Dahne, Calves
ton. second vice president Miss ~ C.
Smith, Dallas, third vice PRESIDENT
Miss Rerta Johnson Houston, secre-
tary and treasurer; Miss A Louise
Dietrich, FL Paso, and Miss Hedwig
Sprain. Temple. members OF the coun-
ell: Miss Jessie E s Mcdonald Fl
Paso, delegate. and Miss Matte Rut-
ledge. Dallas. alternate.
A list Of names was submitted TO
Red Cross headquarters, southwestern
division. st. Louis for appointment on
the state Red Cross committee
Ask for Rank.
The committee, consisting OF Miss
II Rutledge. Miss A Louise DIETRICH.
Miss F. d. Greene, Miss F. $. BRENT
and Mrs. Grace Engblad, on resolu-
lions for rank for nurses Of the re-
serve corps, asked in It's report that
the resolutions be adopted and that
the state association pledge its sup
port It also recommended that the
association send kilograms to senator
Chas. A. CulbersOn and senator Morris
Sheppard asking them 10 support Ne
measure when Il IS brought before the
senate and that kilograms be sent
representatives from their congress
sional d districts requesting their sup
sort in the house.
Both the report OF the committee
and the resolution on military rank
for army nurses were adopted Action
along this line was the outgrOWth OF
treatment Of nurses on duty in Europe
with the American eXpeditlonary
forces and their lack OF authority in
hospital wards which proved detri-
mental TO the wounded Of the army.
A copy Of the resolution viii be for
warded 10 secretary OF war Newton
D. Baker. chief Of staff Gen Peyton
@ March, president OF the United
states army war college Gen Lyle C.
Brown surgeon general NJ W ireland
and all members OF the senate and
house Of representative
Like This City.
The report OF the convention com
mlttee on resolutions. consisting o.
Mrs. Grace Engblad. Miss ~ c. smith
and Miss Jessie Gass. was adopted In
this resolution the nurses expressed
their appreciation OF the entertain
ment rendered them while in Fl Paso
at their annual meeting. Their ap-
probation was especially extended to-
the Fl Paso Equal Franchise league.
the FL Paso Woman's club and the RI
Paso Federation OF Women's clubs for
The luncheons; 20 the Fl Paso Rotary
club for the automobile ride down the
valley: the Medical association for the
dinner: the FL Paso Automobile club
and city officials for the trip 20 Jua-
reZ; the chamber OF commerce. the
hospitals OF the city and the neWspa-
GERS for their courtesies. and 10 Miss
Helena Huffaker and Miss Dura Gill
bert. T. W c. A. war work secreta-
ries. for the entertainment Of We'd
nesday evening. II was pointed out
by Miss Louise DIETRICH that the Grad
uate Nurses association IS the first
Woman.s organizatiOn ever enter
tanned by the Rotary club. the cham
Der OF commerce and the Automobile
club in this city.
Endorse Educational Bill.
MIS- Robert Townsend, at the close
or the meeting. presented to the or
the TOwner education bill
which was endorsed
Entertainment for Wednesday az
ternoon consisted OF an auto ride ten
dered by the Automobile club 10 points
Of interest in Juarez, a short visit 10
Providence hospital Hotel Dieu. Fort
Bliss principal residence districts OF
the CITY. ending at Rolston hospital at
5 o'clock for a reception.
In her paper on Army Nursing Its
ADVANTAGES and Disadvantage. Miss
Edyth GIL. chief nurse at the base
hospital, Fort Bliss. told how the army
nursing corps was an outErowth OF
he volunteer nurses OF the Spanish
American war and how. when the call
% the colors came in 1917 and 1918.
there arose a stiu greater need for
nurses and the criticism has become
an outgrowth OF the emergency. army
nursing and the discomforts attached
thereto.