Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-06
INDIANAPOLIS
NURSE SEEKS
PRESIDENCY
Has Opposition From South
Bend in State Association
Meeting Here.

Miss June Gray, instructor in the Red
Cross teaching center Of indianapolis is
one Of the two candidates for president
Of the Indiana State Nurses Association,
whose names head the ballots distributed
today at the opening general business
session Of the State convention in the
Pain room of the C1aypool Hotel Miss
Margaret Parker Of South Bend is the
other candidate. The remainder of the
nominees include Miss Lucie Louman of
Bt Wayne, Miss Della Ing1e Smith of
Evansville for first vice president Clara
Brook Of Indianapolis and Miss Anna
Medendorf Of Lafayette for second vice
president; Mabel Scott Higgins and
Norma Coates AIDE Of Indianapolis, for
secretary; Allean Gress of Fl Wayne
and Esta ricketts, of Franklin, for treas
urer; Mrs. C. D. Fansler Of Indianapolis,
MISS Fannie Thomas of South Bend.
Catherine Hoar of Indianapolis, Sister
Lena Braun Of Evansville, for three years
directors
Mary A. Myers, president Of the asso-
cation opened the meeting with a brief
talk. She urged the nurses to work
toward gaining bigger membership
1--WE are too weak" she said. 1--WE have
not enough members. There is a great
group Of fine women in the State every
one OF whom shonld belong TO our asso-
citation. The quality Of what we have
Is fine, but we lack quantity now and we
must all work together to gain fresh
MATERIAL
Rella MUIR of Muncie talked on How
and Where Scholarships May be OBJ
tained.'
NURSES NOT TAKING
HIGHER EDUCATION.
She declared the nurses are not taking
mold OF higher education as they should
ana urged that the association bend its
enorts to encourage the nursing recruits
% acquire higher education and to ar
range for them to attain this education"
Miss Nina Brown declared, I'VE must
bring our young women in a cultural
way. For good nurses must be cultured
We must see that in Gur schools the stu
dents gain general culture and poise, as
well as efficiency in nursing"
Reports of various officers and district
secretaries were read and general routine
business conducted.
Following the session a luncheon was
held in parlor B of the hotel, Ina Gaskill
OF the health board acting as toastmis-
tress. Responses were made by Mrs.
Grace Cook, chairman ofsthe Nurses Cen
tTal Registry of Indianapolis, whose topic
was "old-Time Nurses" Frances NJ. OFT
OF Pymu0th who discusses Modern
Nurses Lillian Gerard of Fl. Wayne
who spoke on the "Probationer;" Mrs.
Paul Scott of Franklin, whose subject
embraced The Ford and Public Health
Nurse and Mrs. D. Pirie Boyer of New
York, in charge Of the Colgate dental
clinic, who did overseas work for four
years. -
COL. HARRISON
GIVEN PRESENT.
During the luncheon hour Miss Ina Gas
kill presented a brass desk clock to Col
Russell G. Harrison on behalf of the
nurses of Indiana with an engraving in
grateful appreciation 10 Colonel Harrison
by the Nurses of Indiana" Colonel Har-
rison fathered the nurses bill passed by
the last Legislature. During the after
noon a down comfort was sent to Mrs.
Peter Brice, or F.Mother 3rice' as she is
known to the nurses, who was the first
superintendent of nurses at the city hos
pital. Mrs. BFiee IS i'll at her home and
the gift was sent in appreciation If her
lifelong service for the nurses.
The program this afternoon was com
posed of reports from central directories
end in charge of the private duty section.
Grace Cook being chairman. Tonight
get-together party for ex-serv.ce nurses
win be given by the Berry Copeland post.
American Legion at Ma-lO, which is to
include chicken mess" army style.
Business will be continued at . o'clock
tomorrow morning, when the election or
officers VIII take place after which the
session Will be taken over by. the public
Health section. The convention will be
closed tomorrow evening by an address,
Beyond the Farthest Camping Grounds
and the Last Tin Can by Paul Hawortn.
explorer and mountain climber, to ba
held on the eighth floor of the Cham
Der of Commerce
Special clinics will be conducted for
the nurses, Saturday morning by Wills
D. Catch, DR.. John w. Sluss, DIR. Carl
McCaskey and Dr.. w. +. Hughes.
Miss Annette B. Cowles, superintend-
ent of nurses at the city hospital, was
chosen as president of the Indiana League
Of Nursing Education at the league SEES
sion held yesterday afternoon in the
Claypool Hotel in connection with the
nineteenth annual convention of the In
diana Nurses Association. Miss Mary N.
Peterson of the Robert Long Hospital
was eleeted-vfee president, and Miss L.
i. GOepingeE- eft the -Deaconess Hospital.
secretary treasurer.