Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-09-14
it would initiate against the


system of inland waterways from the
Great Lakes to the Atlantic seaboard
would make seapcrts of Chicago, Du-
luth, Cleveland and other large cities
on the Great Lakes: that it would
bring the cities of the middle West
1900 miles nearer the Atlantic sea-
board The Great Lakes Underwater as
ISOLATION is planning to lay the whole
project before congress at the earliest
possible date, and at the same time
it proposes to do what it can to inter-
est the Canadian government In the
project.
The Lake Michigan-Lake Erie ship
canal project is not new. Such wa
terway has been advocated for the last
ten or fifteen years by industrial in
terests in northern Illinois, northern
Indiana, northern Ohio and southern
Michigan. Several years ago congress
ordered the engineering department OF
the war department to make a prelim-
mary survey and submit a preliminary
report on the feasibility of such
canal. The department advised the
legislative body that such a water
way could be constructed, but it did
not go so far as to advise the govern
ment to undertake the project.
Atlantic Coast Project.
The Atlantic coast inland waterway
project is also an old one. Congress
has from time to time invested money
in it. and as a matter of fact there
is now an inland channel along most
of the length of the coast. There is
TO be renewed agitation in favor of
completing this work.
Persons who have given the trans
portation system much thought are of
the opinion that the time is ripe for
the extensive developments of the
natural waterways of the country, wa
terways that can be used for transpor-
tation purposes. When Theodore
Roosevelt was president he was an ad-
vocate, in season and out of season,
of the development of the navigable
streams, but public sentiment did not
sustain him. 1t is evident to stu
dents of the situation Of today that if
his advice had been acted on the coun-
try would not have any such trans
portation problem to deal with as it
has today. There is unquestionably
a revival of what may be called the
Roosevelt sentiment in favor of max
ing larger use of the streams for
transportation purposes, and it is rea-
sonable to assume that the subject will
loom large in the next congress.
Recruiting for Nursing Schools.
Young women, potential nurses,
are turning away from nursing, a
profession fundamental in the life
CT the country, to take up work in
other fields which promise less OPP
portunity for service and advance
ment." This statement is made by the
American Red Cross.
To aid in solving the problem, the
three national nursing associations
the American Nurses association, the
National League of Nursing Education
and the National Organization for Pub
lie Health Nursing with the
American Red Cross, have arranged a
concerted movement to recruit nurses
for hospital training schools by insti-
tuting a live campaign of publicity
which will give young women infOrma-
ton relating TO nursing education and
the many opportunities open to gradu-
ates of the nursing profession.
That this program may be put into
operation in the most effective way
the formation of a student nurse re-
cruiting committee in each community
is planned. These committees will con
sist of representatives from various
groups, Red Cross chapters, governing
and auxiliary boards of hospitals, hos
pital and training school superinten
dents, physicians, the chambers of com
merce, women's clubs, the press, the
boards of education and the local med
ical and nursing organizations, and
will try to meet the situation as cOndi
lions in the locality suggest.
How Recruiters Will Work
The committees will securc from the
state boards of examiners lists of &C.
credited schools within their terrific.
ries to which young women DESTROYS OF
becoming nurses may be directed
From these local accredited schools
they will also obtain information and
statistics setting forth the acute need
for nurses, and use this to urge young
women to take UP the nursing profess
sion.
They will enlist the interest of prom
inent speakers. who will talk to young
women In high schools and colleges
and at Y. w. c.. A. rooms and to
groups of girls in societies and clubs
Clergymen also will he urged to put
this very vital subject before their
congregations.
Superintendents of training schools
will be asked to present the plan OF
recruiting student nurses to their own
students. and to enlist their assistance
in securing recruits for their respec-
tive schools. Alumnae associations
also will be urged to bring the oppor-
tunities of nursing to the attention of
the young women OF their acquaint-
ance. Motion pictures, dealing direct
ly with the question of the nurse
shortage, will be shown on every pos
sible occasion; posters will be placed
ia every advantageous lOcatiOn-high
schools, railroad stations, stores and
other buildings-and the newspapers
will be asked to contribute space for
articles on recruiting nurses. Public
meetings, pageants and plays also will
be inaugurated to assist in a wide
campaign of publicity.
It Makes Him Feel Big.
The word ''obey" is put in the mar
riage ceremony merely TO fiatter the