Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-13
-FOUR NURSES GET THEIR
5 DIPLOMAS At EXERCISES
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to make up a world and the part
played by each of these in advancing
or retarding the progress of a coun-
try. After enumerating such types
as the soldier, educator, jurist, far
mer, manufactures. merchant, pro-
lessor and laborer he came to the
nurse, physician and surgeon.
The health of q race, Rev. Nj. Hi
lis declared, determines whether or
not it Is to make progress. 1T Is
| possible to trace everything back to
the health of a people," the speaker
said, illustrating this statement by
showing what great advancement In
institutions, morals, religion, social
life and business is to be found
where a healthy community exists.
That uccess is largely ~dependen.
upon health, was brought out. by
DIR. Hills, who added that the great
ness of a nation is measured by the
individual and that the health of
each person Is an important factor
in determining the success which
a community or nation might &C
quire.
DR.. Hills took his audience back
100 years and told of conditions ex-
listing then which long since have
been remedied as the result OF ef-
ficient and heroic work of doctors
and nurses. Average life of a per-
son in 1900 in this country was from
eighteen to nineteen years, yellow
fever was prevalent in this section
of the country and large number OF
small pox cases were to be found,
the speaker said.
Today the average life is forty-two
years, thanks to the great strides
made in the practice of medicine,
surgery and nursing, DR.. Hills de-
clared. Dwelling upon the laws of
nature, and the n in which
persons are automatically made to
suffer for the sins Of their ancestors,
the speaker said that many babies
are damned rather than born into
this world" He explained this by
saying that many innocent babes
have not a nance in the world upon
birth because of the evil doings of
an ancestor generations before, ow-
ing to the failure of ancestors to
obey the laws of health and because
Of abuse to their bodies. their crimes
being paid for at compound interest
by the baby, an innocent victim.
Rev. DR.. Hills said he often has
been asked: Are the people Of to-
day growing better or worse ?" to
| which he replied: 1.-THE good people
are growing wis :, better and ealth-
Ter from day t. day and the bad
| people are daily growing worse. The
latter will continue along these lines
until completely exterminated."
The speaker gave an inspiring
description of the human body, COM
| pairing it with the most delicate ma
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tive of the highest principles Of sci
ence and yet cared for but little by
the great majority of people. q
1.-THE life of the average person
today" DIR. Hills said, 'is marked
with speed and excitement" He
pointed out the severe strain on the
human body of the drastic life now
led by thousands, of the exhaustive
effect II must have on the mind and
body tissues despite the fact thai
the human body is the greatest
piece of machinery ever perfected
"Men and women today refuse tc
take time to sleep, they eat in q hur-
ry and do everything else as though
their life depended upon speed" thu
speaker declared, likening the life
OF an ordinary business man to &
ship burning to the waters edg'
a few miles from shore for the en-
tertainment of the people on thu
wharf.
There was a time not so many
years ago, DR.. Hills said, when q
man, upon reaching q fairly old age
contented himself with spending
few months in California, a few tr
the north, a few in Florida and Their
returned home willing to wait peace
fully for the end. Today, he said
the man of the same age will bt
dead five minutes after you have lef'
him, he having dropped dead while
hurrying to a directors meeting.
The desire to speed things up ant
constantly be in a rush is not at
fected in the least by this man
death, DR.. Hills said, After tn
body has been buried in a cemetery
his friends are not satisfied to rid
twenty miles an hour in an automo
bile but must take the subway an
rush back TO their work at six.
miles an hour SO that they, too
might drop dead.
DR.. Hills emphasized the fact tina
he did not believe elderly mel
should discontinue their activities
pointing out the remarkable dis
coveries and work done by wha
might be termed "'old men," but h
advocated a policy of less speed an
longer life for these men.
There is no reason why we SHOULD
not live to be 100 years old" Dr
Hills said, telling of incidents Il
which many had lived to extrem
old age. The time Is coming, h
asserted. when a means Of keepin
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will be discovered. and then longe
life will be possible.
DIR. Hills made an urgent pie
for the study OF the laws of health
for clean living and less speed
our daily routine. The speaker toll
of the increasing number of case
of nervous breakdown and of the bi
gains being noted in the number c
inmates sent to the insane asylum
Quoting a statement made by a
eminent Englishman recently, d.
Hills said that if the number c
insane people in England continue
to increase proportionately durin
the next $50 years as in the pas
$50 years, the insane will have SUI
icient numbers to break out of tn
asylums and put the sane ones il
In closing Rev. DR.. Hills told G
the importance of the profession {
nursing, the need of more nurse
and the high esteem in which thos
who follow it are held by those VIII
have known what sickness is. II
then congratulated the four grad
yates . amid the loud applause of a
appreciative audience.
The presentation of diplomas wa
made by DR.. Charles !. Silk, VIII
made several suggestions to tn
graduates as to the ann in whic
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