Evening star., 1934-04-22
NURSESOF NATION
GATHERING HERE
1000 Will Attend Biennial
Sessions of Three Or
ganizations.

Nurses from every State in the
Union, representing the three large
national nurses organizations, are in
Washington today for the national BIZ
ennial nursing convention which will
open tomorrow night at the Washing
ton Auditorium.
Before the convention ends next
Friday, a total of 1000 nurses and
exhibitors are expected to be in Wash
ington. guests of the Graduate Nurses
Association of the District of Co.
! lumbia, the Maryland State Nurses
Association and the Graduate Nurses
Association of Virginia.
The three hostess organizations have
arranged an elaborate program of
entertainment for the delegates and
with the three organizations holding
separate conventions in addition to the
joint convention. a busy week lies
ahead of the delegates.
Headquarters for the American
NURSES Association, largest of the
three organizations, was opened Friday
at the May1oWer Hotel. and already
several hundred nurses have regis
tered. The National League of Nurs-
ing Education has opened headouar-
tiers at the Willard Hotel, and the
National Organization of Public
Health Nursing has established itself
at the Washington Hotel
Three Smaller Groups.
In addition to these three. three
other headquarters for smaller groups
have been opened: Student Nurses. at
Wardman Park Hotel; Joint Voca-
tlonal Service at the Washington
Auditorium, and Midwest Placement
Bureau in the same building.
Among early arrivals were the Off
GERS and directors of the American
nurses Association. who held prepara
tory executive meetings at the Nav
flower Friday and yesterday. They
included Miss Elnora E. Thomson
portland. Greg, president; Jane Van
De Vrede. Atlanta, first vice presi-
dent; Mabel M. Dunlap, Moline, Ill.
second vice president; Susan c. Fran
els, Philadelphia, secretary; Emma M
Nichols, Roxbury, Mass, treasurer:
Mrs. Genevieve M. Clifford, Syracuse
N: Y; AIDA Eldredge, Madison. Wis;
Maj. Julia c. Stimson, Washington
A. Louise Dietrich, Ell Paso, Tex;
May Kennedy, New York, and Mrs
Elizabeth Soule, Seattle, Wash. di-
rectors.
Today they are holding their final
meeting before the convention proper
| opens tomorrow night.
At the Willard the directors of the
National League for Nursing Educa-
ton are holding their last prepara-
tory session, and at the Washington
Hotel the directors of the National
Organization for Public Health Nurs-
ing are making their final plans.
Those to attend the N L. N. E
meeting include Effie 7. TAYLOR. New
Haven, Conn, president; Nellie X
HaWklnson. New York, first vice presi-
dent; Julie c. Tebo, New Orleans
second vice president; Stella Coos.
tray, Boston, secretary; Marian Rott-
man, New York, treasurer; Claribe
A. Wheeler, New York, executive Sec
retary; Blanche Pfefferkorn, New
! York, director of studies, and the fol-
lowing directors. Elizabeth C. Bur.
CESS, New York; Katharine J. Dens-
| ford, Minneapolis; A. Louise Dietrich
/ El Paso; Shirley c. Titus, Nashville
Tenn; Isabel NJ Stewart, New York;
Sally johnson, Roston; Daisy Dean
| Urch, Boston, and Anna D. Wolf
New York.
n. o. p. ii. n. Delegates.
Those to attend the N. o. P. H. N
meeting include Sophie c. Nelson
troit, first vice president; Mrs c. E. A
WinsloW, Nev Haven. second vice
president; DR. Michael M. Davis, Chi.
cago. treasurer; Katharine Tucker
general director, and the -ollowing
members of the board: DR.. Eugene L
Bishop Nashville Mrs. Chester c
Bolton, Cleveland; AMI Dickie Boyd
Denver; Mrs. J. L. Brock, Bryan
Tex; Ravmond Clapp, Cle"eland; DR.
arine Faville, Cleveland; Amelia
Grant. New York: Mrs. Anne L. Han
sen, Buffalo; I. Malinde Havey
Wesh'ngton; Marion G. Howell
! Cleveland; Florence NJ Patterson
Boston; Gertrude Peabody, Cam
bridge, Mass; Miriam Van Waters
birmingham, Mass; Marguerite A
Wales, New York, and DR.. w. F
Walker, New York
Tomorrow the three organization
will open their separate conventions
the N. L. N. E. holding its first ses
sion at 9:15 am, the N. o. P. H. N
at IL am. and the A. N. A. at 2:3l
pm.
Tomorrow night the first joint ses
sion will be held. At this meetinI
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