The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-26
NURSES SHOW
|. In I E R EST IN
WAR w @ R K
Big Attendance at Annual Con-
ventiOn of Association
at Fargo
JUDGE YOUNG SPEAKS
Miss AIDA Eldridge Of American
Association Gives Story
or Organization
JUDGE YOUNG SPEAKS

ASSOCIATION 'ilves story
Of Organization
The North Dakota State Nurses
association affiliated with the Ameri-
can Nurses association opened It's
sixth annual meeting yesterday at
Stones auditorium in Fargo. In the
absence of the state president, Miss
Ethel Stanford, who is engaged in
Red Cross nursing at Mare Island,
Cal, second vice president, presided.
DR.. D. T. Robertson of the First Pres.
byterian church gave the invocation.
Alex Stern, president of the city
commission, gave the address OF wei
come for the city and Major James
P. Aylen welcomed the nurses in be.
half of the Cass County Medical as
sociation. Each of the speakers spoke
highly of the work of the North Da-
kota nurses in the great world war.
Major Aylen urged the nurses not to
60 backward fro mthe high standard
they have attained.
Greetings From First President.
Miss AIDA Eldredge, interstate sec.
retary of the American Nurses asso-
citation, gave short address and
brought a message from Miss Bertha
Erdmann Of Colorado, who was the
first president of the North Dakota
State Nurses, association. VI,
Addresses were given in the after
noon by Judge N. c. Young, state
chairman OF the Red Cross on The
American Red Cross Miss Robert
Clendenning, president Of the state
oVtes for Women League, on THE
New Responsibilities" and Mrs. R.
NJ. Pollock, president of the Fargo
NV. C. T. u, on the NV. c.. T. eU."
miss Eldredge gave the principal, .ad
dress, taking as her, subject, Nurses
Organizations" Part of Miss Ell
dredge's address was in the form Of a
memorial to Miss Jane A. Delano
head of the American N:lIscs ass ,
citation who died recently III France
Last evening, Miss Eldredge met the
nurses of the state at her rooms at
the Gardner hotel and informal dis
cussions were held. r.
The entire morning session of the
North Dakota State, Nurses associa
tion in session at stones audi
! IOAluAl WdS ucSOICu " S0uAS
discussion of routine matters, CHIEF
of which was the matter Of revising
the constitution and bylaws of the
association to conform with that Ol
the American Nurses association, and
the advisability of ,districting the
state. Miss AIDA Eldredge, q repre-
sentative of the American Nurses as
s0ciatiOn, gave short address at tne
session on 1.-The Policies of the Ameri
can Nurses Association preceding 9
general informal discussion.
DR.. Axel Oftedahl, who was to have
spoken at this session, gave his ad
dress, ",The Problems of the Army
Nurse From a Medical Officers
Viewpoint" at the afternoon session
Miss Jennie Mahoney, former mem
| ber of the state nurses examining
board, will be the other speaker this
afternoon and will talk on 'Impres
si0ns of Overseas Service" Miss
| Mahoney has recently returned from
overseas and while away spent ssiA
. months in the front line hospitals
two months in Belgium and the re
mainder Of the time in France. The
closing feature of the session viii
be the presentation of the service
flag to the nurses of North Dakota by
Mrs. Paul Boleyn, corresponding
secretary of the association. The
election of officers for the ensuing
year and the choosing of the mex
meeting place will also take place
this afternoon. The convention viii
close with banquet at the Gard
ner hotel at o'clock this evening.
\ Many of the nurses in attendance
at the convention took advantage O
the occasion offered them by Miss
Eldredge, Thursday evening. and call
ed at the Gardner hotel to discus!
with her their nursing problems.
j Young Addresses Meeting.
i Judge N. C. Young, state chair
man of the North Dakota Red Cross
. was the first speaker at the meeting
! of the North Dakota Nurses ass0cia
tion Thursday afternoon at Stones
auditorium. Judge Young spoke il
1 glowing words of what the state hat
accomplished since it took up tn,
that the nurses and the women whit
had taken special training in order t.
qualify for nurses aids, had done dur
ing the past few years The work o
the Red Cross will not cease with tn,
4 coming of peace, declared the speak
er, but it will continue to be the or
4 ganixation which will have as its chic
work the spreading of better measure
for health and sanitation all over tn
civilized world.
}, Miss Eldridee Speaks.
j Miss AIDA Eldridge. . representa-
/ tive OF the American Nurses associa
Il ton, gave . brief resume Of tn
history Of the association, how an,
Why It was organized and how It ha