Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-21
RYBURN HOSPITAL
NURSES COMPLETE
TRAINING COURSE
FIVE STUDENTS OF SCHOOL RE.
CElVE DIPL M AS AT COM.
MENCEMENT EXERCISES HELD
LAST NIGHT IN 0. II. S.

Five young ladies received their di.
plomas from the nurses training
school Of Ryburn hospital last night
at the annual graduation exercises
held at the township high school, The
commencement was attended by a
fair sized audience. who gathered to
witness the beautiful exercises.
The platform whore the members
of the graduating class, the members
OF the hospital board and the spcak'
ers were seated was decorated WITH
flags and was banked across the front
! by numerous bouquets Of yari.colored
summer flowers,
An unusually beautiful program was
given The program opened with a
piano solo by Miss Leila Petit, who
also furnished the closing number.
Miss Pettits playing was greatly On.
| joyed.
The invocation was given by Rev.
IJ. +. Vonckx. He prayed for the III.
ture welfare Of the graduating class
and for the accomplishment OF great
amount OF good work by them.
Miss Sophia Gunderson OF Ottaw'
gave negro dialect reading which
won much applause.
Following Miss Gunderson, George
Welsh sang group Of songs. His Sc.
lections were Homing," by Del
Riego; "A Memory" by Edna Rosa.
lind, and "A Prayer" by Starr. Mr.
Welsh who has one Of the finest
voices in the city, was enthusiastically
applauded by the audience, who re-
fused to be quiet until he responded
to an encore.
Miss Evelyn Johnson of Senecr
gave musical reading, June Among
the Twilight" accompanied on tn
violin by Victor Swain Of Wisconsin.
She won great favor with her hearers.
Miss Sadie Kenny sang a group of
Isongs, Jean by Spross, and
Springs Awakening" by Sanderson
greatly delighting the audience. As
an encore she sang the Cradle Som,
| by Brahms
The address of the evening was de-
liyered by DR.. Eva NJ. Wilson of Man
haitian. chairman of the health de-
partment of the Illinois Federation or
Womens Clubs and state president of
the household science department or
the Illinois Farmers Institute Dr..
Wilson, who has given addresses in
Ottawa on several previous occasions,
gave a brief but fOrceful talk filed
with much practical and beneficial
knowledge of the nursing profession
She spoke on tomOrroW's outlook or
vision of the nursing work, asking
whether it would become a trade or
profession. She urged the develop.
ment of the work into a profession
by developing the inward vision ct
the work rather than tn" outward or
material vision Of nursing.
She urged the members of the class
to sacrifice their present pleasure and
the present help to the development
of their work and not to think entirely
of the high wagse their work could
command.
She spoke on the development of
the profession along public health
lines This work, she stated, was only
twenty years old any place. and was
younger than that in the United
States.
Second, she urged greater perEcc.
ton of management Of institutions OF
the country through the medium Of
the nurses in charge, and that a |
greater care be manifested in the |
treatment of patients and inmates Of
the institutions until the nursing WORK |
is recognized on its desired plane.
The third phase of development In
the profession of nursing she declared |