The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-05-26
Sixteen Nurses
Graduate At
Local Hospital

You have chosen a very ancient
profession "a knightly profession, and
in 1T would charge you to achieve
the honorable said Principal James
9. Moore of the High school, at the,
Bridgeport Hospital Training school
commencement exercises held last
night in the United church. ''Y on
may do this by many different ways,
foremost among which are cheerful
ness, earnest endeavor and the pow
er God has given you for service
ITO give and to radfate happiness
is not a hard task, but yet it means
SO much to the one to whom it is
cheerful greeting or encouraging
word may be of more benefit to a
poor sick mind than all the medi-
cines in the world. Have a song in
your heart forever, and you may be
sure of a successful career. The
highest type of nurse should dream 11
songs and should seek the beautiful
not in jazz or brassy pleasure, but
in the loneliness and pure gold of
THE quality of earnest endeavor
may be attained as easily as that
of happiness for it consists only In
being thorough and serious in your
work and not careless" he continued
Mr.. Moore gave several illustrations
to prove that while work done in a
slovenly. half heared way, viii show
forever.
by the following report recently
made from the examination of 20,
100000 school children in the United
States, you may easily see what may
be done with the power which the
nurse holds in her hand. OF the
above number of children, one per
cent have been found to be mentally
deficient; little over one per cent.
trouble: five per cent. have had tu-
herculosis; five per cent. have de-
fectiVe hearing which in some cases
has caused them to be unjustly plac-
ri deficient class
cent. have defective eyesight; 25 per
cent. are suffering from mal-nutri-
ton; 10 to % per cent have adenoids;
from 10 to 25 per cent. have sprinal
or Joint disorders and from SO to rs
per cent. have defective teeth. These
statistics prove that 100000 school
physical defects. which are detri-
mental to health. What field for
the nurse to work in.''
This is truly your commencement.
1t is the commencement, the begin
ming of your journey along the great
road of service. Do not spend all
your time in relieving pain but in
preventing pain and in teaching men
and women 10 lead better, saner
Iives.''
In conclusion the principal said:
Il congratulate you because of youth;
I congratulate you for the divine pur-
poses which you shall strive to attain:
1 congratulate you on consecrating
your lives to q great work and con-
graduate you for graduating from
Hospital Training School which may
be said to be the finest between New
York and Boston,"
Albert f. Lavery of the Board of
Directors of the hospital presided at
the exercises. After Mr. Moore's ad-
dress the diplomas We're presented by
Mrs. Charles H. Armstrong, a mem
Der of the staff of the Children's ward,
and Miss Kimmick, the superintendent
of the school, pinned on each gradu-
ate, a hospital pin. DeVer H. War
ner, also a member of the Board of
Directors, to show his appreciation of
the work of the class, made a gift of
a solid silver case, containing a silver
pencil and thermometer to each nurse.
Mr.. Lavery, acting for Mr. Warner,
made the presentation.
An especially fine report of the
work of the Bridgeport Hospital
Training school was read during the
early part of the exercises by Miss
Kimmich. The class graduated last
night was the last to take the three
year training course as the time has
now been changed to two years and
four months. The superintendent told
of the great care which is taken of
the health of the student nurses by
the hospital authorities so that they
may be ever efficient. II was inter-
esting to note that the schools were
Instituted by Florence Nightingale in
London in 1858, and the first class was
graduated from Bridgeport hospital
in 1889 Seventeen years previous
the very first class in America was
graduated from Bellevue.
The greeting and benediction were
given by Rev. William Horace Day
and during the exercises several con-
traFo solos were sung by Mrs. Flor
ence Legere Hayes. accompanied by
Mrs Elmer Beardsley, organist-
The graduates were Cleora Barnes
Burr, Margaret Nora Reilly, Gene
We've Gertrude Hv1and, Margaret
Mary F>laherty. Elizabeth Agnes Ly-
man, Elsie Francis Keane, Alvera
Bowen, L. Florence Baker. Svea Anna
Wilkman, Florence Mabel Knapp,
Signe Jennie johnson, Eunice Cairns
Emma ANTI. Mary Theresa Gavigan,
Cora Mary Martin. Gladys Warner.
After the exercises these nurses
and their friends enjoyed a Com
mencement dance in the Nurses
home. Early in the afternoon they
Were the guests at a SlrDriSe marty