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Three Young Professional Nurses
Receive Their Diplomas

Three Young Professional Nurses
Receive Their Diplomas
Miss Lillian Clarkson. Miss Ruth
| Dreher and Mrs. Grace Johnson have
| completed the course as required by
! the Marion county hospital and on
! Tuesday night at the Woman's Club
were publicly awarded their diplomas
and their nurses pins and they are
now recognized as professional nurs
eS.
! These three nurses have done splen-
did work and embark on their chosen
career with the thorough confidence
of the physicians of the city and the
officials of the hospital association.
| A very pleasant program was ar
ranged in honor Of this class by Miss
Marshall, the members of the Won
ans Auxiliary of the hospital asso.
citation, the members of the health
committee of the Woman's Club and
Mrs. Clarence Camp, formerly presi-
! dent of the Womans' Auxiliary and
who still retains deep interest in
everything. pertaining to this hospital.
| The stage at the club house was
made unusually attractive Monday
night by the use of several hundred
Easter lilies in vases and jardeniers,
asparagus plumosa was also lavishly
used.
Miss Marshall. Mrs. John Taylor,
Mrs. H. C. .Dozier and Mrs. ClarksOn
received at the front door and there
were quite number present to en-
| Joy the exercises of the evening.
Mr.. T. T. Munroe, president of the
hospital association presided and the
address to the graduates was made
by Rev J. j. Neighbor, of Grace Epis-
copad church, Mr.. Neighbor spoke
quite interestingly for about twenty
minutes, lauding most highly the pro.
fessiOn OF nursing, which is one Of
the greatest of all professions. He
gave short sketch of Florence Night
engale and her magnificent work in
the Crimea and urged these young
graduates leach one in her sphere
Nightingale" to some extent) to
think of the Angel of the Crimea"
and the Lady of the Lamp" as she
was lovingly called as their patron
saint.
The musical part of the program
vas furnished by Miss Marguerite
Porter, who sang French and neg
no folk song; Miss Elizabeth Bennett
and Miss Ruth Chatter, who played
a piano duet and by Messrs Nat Mayo
and Jack Williams, who gave violin
duet.
| Misses Margaret Hooker and Mary
Carolyn Logan danced a very pretty
! little Dutch song clad in quaint
| Dutch costumes including the wooden
shoes.
DR.. j. w. Hood, the oldest of Ocala's
practitioners, was selected to present
to the nurses their pins and he per
formed this duty in way humorous
and pleasing manner.
| Mr.. Munroe in few words present
ed the diplomas to the three gradu-
ates.
| The exercises opened with a prayer
i by Rev. w. F. Creson, of the Presby-
terrain church. and closed with the
/ singing of the Star Spangled Banner
/ by the audience led by Miss Porter.
| Following the program an enjOyab BILE
/ half hour was spent with the nurses
and the hostesses of this entertain
ment, delightful punch and cake be-
! ing served.
The nurses of the hospital assisted
by Miss Marshall and Miss Mary
Burford, who took the nurses course
in hispital in Cincinnati during the
| war, presided at the two punch bowls.
Piano Recital Tonight
! Tonight at the Womans Club the