The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28

sournaL read It. write for 1t, place II IN
! all libraries. Tie journal upholds the
ideals OF the association; only one
third sof the members new subscribe
for it; third, to raise at once me-;
mortal fnnd OF $3.50 900 to equip a
S hospital at Bordeaux France, in
{ memory of Miss. Jane Delano and the.
sssoIher american nurses who died in
eFEance:: fourth. publicity; fifth, in
3 crease membership by finding oue
why other nurses are not members;
s.sixth. hold conference OF several state
ssassociations::;; .seyentf1.; to encourage
sssUusIger enemhers to take offices and
seaaize their responsibility in the as
:aseeiadon, and, eighth, private duty
section Of state. associations have
meetings. and discuss problems; ninth,
1 worka,for compulsory laws.
Miss Eldrege emphasized that every
nurse must forget herself in devotion
lste her Mark and for the elevation of
fne profession. This may be said to
{ be the keyHote OF the convention; -ev
J cry speaker has touched on it in some
avzy and urged it npon the nurses.
Miss McKenna, in her address as
spresident Of the association, mention
ed thats this was the Ie8th anniversary
sof Florence Nightingale's birth. She
1tald of reorganization of the associa-
ton, spoke Of the place for small hos
pitas IN training school work and ad
!Nacated asshorter day for nurses in
training. Her Recommendations; which
svills be xeted9on tomorrow were:
First, the association should create
"a State inspector for hospitals; Sec
ond. cunncil of education to work
with Inspector; third, committee to
regulate uniform rates and fees for
fourth, to have school for public
heaath nursing. and, fifth: central
school where pupils might get pre-
lffhinary training during probation.
Miss McKenna told of the good ac-
nDmplished by the committee OF five
aarpointed and paid by the State as
8seciation which worked with the
State Board of exaniiaers.
Ex-Governor Manning paid a heart
felt tribute to the 20, 900 nurses that
had volunteered for work, 700 OF
! "
lima. He spoke of the scant attention
the State had paid to her own history
nl fhe past: and said that this d,ae
Soafh. Carolina nr11s1 rot let it go un-
recorded that she had sent $4,000 men
overseas, of whom $500 were casualz
ties, a greater per centage than any
other State, and had given $4,000 900
an money. Appropriate addresses of
welcome were given by DR.. e. r. Will
SON, Mrs. Horace Hardy, president Of
the Civic League; Miss Mary E. Helm
rich. president district nurses. re-
:sEonse TO (which ssas made by Miss
Jane Frazer, Of Columbia
DIR. Sophia Brnnson of Sumter en-
tertained the nurses with q paper on
the healing qualities of waterain tlls
treatment of disease, showing its su-
Deriority over drug stimuiants, and
tracing the use Of water iu> this way.
from the time of Hippoerates. Miss
Sadie Gulledge of Columbia read a
short but interesting paper on Lab
oratory Work for Nurses
An shonored guest OF the convention
is Miss Jane Van De Vrede of Allan
a, A.
r. c. She spoke morning and after
noon. discussing Public Health Nurs-
ing" in the afternoon and in the
morning "Elevating the Profession and
the Present Day of Education" She
stressed the fact that the character
and responsibility of the nursing pro-
fession is changing. The cry is not
only for more nurses. but for better
nurses and better educated nurses.
The public health session. which
was held in the afternoon, was pre-
sized over by Miss Jane Frazer. of
Columbia. There was much >entf1us-
iasm displayed and their experience
in public health work was related by
several such workers, among them
Miss Virginia Gibbs, of Charleston.
Miss Trenholm, of Florence, and Miss
Palmer, of Florence: Miss Benedict,
OF Clarendon county and Miss Brice.
of Carhardt Village at Rock Hill.
from all Of whose remarks it was seen
that these women We're very far in
deed from the type they described as
the nurse who came into the home to
be waited on. Mrs. Ruth A. Dodd.
director of the child welfare bureau
\ ofsfhe State Board Of Health, made
enGkpfendid address on the qualifca-
~ is af the public health nurse, of
eh there are ROW so in the State
tire demand for them that can
supplied.
Weed, a negro worker sent
AIRS. Dodd's department. gave
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