Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-29
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SWEET GRADUATES
SECURE DIPLOMAS
AS TRAINED NURSES
Brilliant City Hospital COM
menCement.

a1munr threnR Of relatives anti
friends Misses Alta Cheshire. Iona
HeherlE and Mahle crawford vera
formally graduated Thursday night
after spending the required number
Of years in study at the city lIos-
pitals Training School for Nurses.
The commencement exercises took
! place at s o'clock III the main audi.
/ torium Of Trinity Methodist Bpis-
copaI Church South. which had been
prettily decorated for the occasion
and ia addition to the splendid talks
of the evening brilliant musical
! program was presented.
At thc appointed hour. preceded
t by members OF the faculty who had
/ previously marched to the church.
the three pretty graduate nurses,
! dressed in pure white. the accepted
badge Of their exalted profession.
came into the church. They were
in charge OF Miss blanche Young,
superintendent OF nurses, and at
Companied by ten Young ladies' still
in training. who sat on either side
Of the graduates. the latter occupy
| ing the center OF tho rostrum and
| the younger nurses the choir lofts.
As prelude Mrs. Elizabeth Liv-
ers. who presided at the pipe organ
/ during the evening. exauisitely
played 'FinIandia." Sihelius. Mrs.
! hivers also effectively accompanied
the various singers and ut the con-
clusion of the exercises artistical.
! ~ rendered Andantino, & Minor
/ symphony, Gade. The other musi-
/ cal numbers were exeelently sung
! solos. 'I.enore,' by Miss Stella Tre-
nary; "Duna." by Mr.. Arthur Glover,
and Loves In My Heart and 81
Know u Lovely Garden" by NJ iss
Frances Watson
Mr.. ]. II. Poland. who was master
+ Of ceremonies. made n few remarks
in which he highly commended the
young graduates not only for the
close application TO their studies
but upon choosing this honorable
/ profession for their careers. IIe
then introduced Rev !. r. Jacobs,
the chief speaker OF the evening. Mr..
Jacobs said he was proud to adj
dress them. proud Of the class be-
cause he had helped instruct them.
The speaker then briefly but elo-
gently discussed the problem Of SUI
ferHe that has been the most ab.
sorbne question confronting man
since time began
Ever since the fall OF man. be-
eaIse or sin and the subsequent
banishmcnt from the Garden nf
Eden, man has been IRVINE in fail
10 find a solution. IN tine dlrkeuad
ages man strove 10 Zpiercc tho
obscurity and even today the bright.
est minds are graphing with tha
problem. The idea OF the hospital
for the relief of suffering and SER
vice TO humanity has been evolved.
Men have given w their lives. uni
yersities and Institutions have been
founded, but the only one to conquer
sin. suffering and death was Christ.
lie only conquered when he took
the form of man and submitted to
the will of God the Father In this
He tauPht the world that there was
something bigger and better. n no
bier vision, md by His example
TAUGHT us 10 overcome sin and suf-
fering
As to the trained nurse. how no
bic il is TO dedicate ones life to
real uneellish service TO the unfor.
tuuate OF the earth IT Ia a grip
on the divine life itself. In her eff
forts To relieve suffering she iB real
~ getting down under the worlds
burden Nursing IS one OF many OF
the divine callinRs aud is near to
the heart Of Jesus. The pay ia not
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