Evening star., 1921-03-13
BY MISS CLARA ID. MOVES.

III MISS LLAMA -. No1 tS.
~ URING the war. the task of
providing qualified nurses
for the Army and Navy and
Red Cross service demanded
constant application and twelve out
Of twenty-four hours work daily.
Since the signing of the armistice the
readjustmcnt of the American Red
Cross organization from a war to
peace basis has required thoughtful
consideration. In this manner four
years have slipped by before an op-
portunity presented itself whereby l
could make an inspection tour Of
ties in Europe. So it was not until
six months ago that I felt free to
relinqush my responsibilities at ma
! tional headquarters and for time
! sea.
Two substantial reasons prompted
| this tour. which extended over a Pc
| riod of four months. First-That
might make general inspection of
I
! order to determine the character of
work being done by Red Cross nurses
and their relation to the present
| policy of American Red Cross health
| units in Europe. Second-To make
! study Of the modern schools OF nurs-
/ ing which have been organized with
| the cooperation of the American Red
Cross to instruct native women III
various countries heretofore without
! a modern system of nursing: also 10
; consider requests for assistance with
| the organization of schools in'other
countries.
| Owing TO these activities being
! scattered the length and breadth OF
! the continent upon landing in France
! on September 81 found my itinerary
{ to include France. CZechosioVakia
! Austria. Poland. Serbia, Bulgaria
Turkey. Greece. Albania. Montenegro
! Dalmatia and Italy.
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WHILE, the ma ajority of nurses were
w withdrawn from Europe upon
: the signing of the armistice. approx
mately 12O now remain engaged IN
constructive work such as pubic
health nursing and organizing mod :
ern schools of nursing for native
fwomen. Deeply impressed by the
/ splendid American women VINO served
as nurses during the war. convinced
! that they had lost nothing socially DE
! choosing this profession as career,
aided by the changed social and eco
! nomic conditions of their countries,
many young women OF the better
! classes in Europe are now LOOKING
! forward to nursing as LIE work and
are entering the schools which Amer
! ican Red Cross nurses are organizing.
Quite generally, nursing in Europe
has not been regarded as profess
! sion or as one suitable for the edu.
Gated classes, but rather as menial
; occupation, the pursuit of which was
| for the servant class.
i Four schools have already been
started with Ame an Red Cross CO.
operation in Prague. CzcchosloVakia ia
/ Posen and Warsaw. Poland. and Con-
stantinople. Turkey: while Athens.
! Greece, and. Sofia, Bulgaria. have sent
formal requests to the Red Cross for
| assistance. If these institutions are
permitted 10 develop uninterrupted
they will ultimately set up modern
systems of nursing in their respective
countries.
The first of these 1 visited was the
one at Prague There in that old
town of bridges and arches, in one of
Europe's most eminent seats of cul-
ture. the school of nursing has been
esta blished IN connection win the
state hospital
This new project for CzecnoSlovakia
owes its being largely to the initia
tive of DR.. Aice Massaryk. daughter
of the new republics president. who
was instrumental in securing the CO.
operation of the American Red Cross
for it's establishment. Aside from
being a brilliant leader in the social
and political development of her
country, DR.. Masaryk has a delight
full personality.
While discussing the future of the
school with her and the president
over after dinner coffee in the gar
den of their summer residence. Hubos.
they talked freely of the construc-