The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-09-09

and American governments Of great
! system Of inland waterways from the
/ Great Lakes to the Atlantic seabOard
would make seaports of Chicago, Du-
luth, Cleveland and other large cities
on the Great lakes; that it would
| bring the cities of the middle west
| 800 miles nearer the Atlantic sea
board. The Great Lakes TideWater az
sociation is planning to lay the whole
project before congress at the earliest
possible date, and at the same time
it proposes 10 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 n
canal The department advised the
legislative body that such a water
way could be constructed, but it did
not 90 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 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 adj
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 IL
his advice had been acted on the coun-
try would not have any such trans
pOrtatiOn problem to deal with as 1t
has today. There is PROFESSIONALLY
a revival of what may be called the
Roosevelt sentiment in favor of maxi
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,
profession fundamental in the life
Of 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 NurSng-together with the
American Red Cross, have arranged
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
tions in the locality suggest.
How Recruiters viii Work.
The committees will secure from the
state boards of examiners lists of ac-
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 be urged TO put
this very vital subject before their
congregations.
superintendent Of training schools
will be asked to present the plan of
recruiting student nurses TO their own
students. and to enlist their assistance
tive schools. Alumnae associations
also will be urged 70 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
in every advantageous location-high
| schools, railroad stations, stores and
| other buildings-and the newspapers
/ ly. to o.,