The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-04
Many Local Nurses
 Await Conferences
Waterbury to Send Large Delegation to State Asso-
 citation Meetings in Hartford Beginning Tomorrow

Converting tomorrow at the Hotel Bond, Hartford, for its thirty-second annual meeting, the Connecticut State Nurses Association begins three days of sessions including banquet and evening speakers. Since revision of courses offered in train- ing schools for nurses, now under way the country over, is 0 special feature of this years program 1t is felt by officers and program corn- mittee that nurses will wish to at- tend meetings of the educational section devoted to this topic rather than limiting themselves to their own sections. Programs of the pri- vate duty and public health nursing sections have been curtailed to make this possible.
 The opening session of the con- vention will be called to order by Rachel Mcconnell president of the association and Hartford hospital superintendent of nurses, at 10 o'clock tomorrow. Following com- mittee reports, Mary E. Beard, asso- ciate director of the Rockefeller Foundation will speak in general as- sembly on "Where Do We Stand in Nursing To-day" Miss Beard organ ized and for some time directed the work of the Visiting Nurse Asso- citation of Waterbury.
 Red Cross Meeting
 Returning to the city where she received her nursing education, Ida P. Butler, graduate of Hartford hos pital, thirteen years @ head nurse and supervisor in that institution, will speak at @ Wednesday luncheon for all groups. Miss Butler is now assistant director of the American Red Cross Nursing Service. She will also speak at an open meeting of the state and local Red Cross nursing committees Wednesday aft- ernoon, Maud E. Traver. state Red Cross chairman. and directress of the School of Nursing, New Britain hospital presiding. The speaker for the general assembly tomorrow aft- ernoon will be Mrs. Jacob Riis of New York city with the subject, Professional Women and Their Money" A large audience is expected to attend the evening meeting when Dr. Hornell Hart, professor Of social ethics, Hartford Theological Semin- ary will discuss Ethical Standards Mid Social Change" At this meet ing Miss Traver will present a me- morial tribute to the fifteen members of the association who have died during the past year.
 An alteration of plans brings the meeting of the school nurse division of the public health nursing section on Thursday afternoon instead Of Friday morning, with pr. Charles Q. Wilson, director of health and physi- cal education, Hartford board of education, speaking on "The Rela- tions of the School Nurse" Margaret J. Barrett of New Haven, chairman of the division, will preside. Thurs day morning will be devoted to a general session with two speakers. Helen Mickey, instructor in psychi- atric nursing, Bloomingdale hospital, White Plains, N. r., will present in- formation on. "Post-graduate Courses in Psychiatric Nursing" and Ruth Hubbard, general director of the vis- ting Nurse Association, Philadel- phia, will speak on "Post-graduate Courses in Public Health Nursing. Mrs. Edith Valet Cook of New Haven will be the luncheon speaker, talking on "The Social Security Act"
 Local Nurses Active
 Representative nurses from various parts of the state will lead the six round tables Thursday afternoon on curriculum revision. The subjects to be studied are, Pediatrics. with Ha. gel Bowles of the Yale School or Nrsing, New Haven, as chairman; two groups dealing with the Nursing Arts led by Irma Reeve and Eliza beth Melby of the New Haven Vis- iting Nurse Association and the Yale School of Nursing respectively; Basic Sciences. led by Faye Crabbe or the Hartford hospital Obstetrical Nurs- ing, led by Mrs. Edythe Kistler of Waterbury hospital, and Medical and Surgical Nursing with Mildred Rich- ardson chairman. World War nurses with Victoria Liebreich. commander presiding, will meet Thursday after. noon at l:30 at the hotel.
 The annual banquet will take place in the ballroom Thursday eve ming, Dr. James J. walsh. physician and author, speaking on ''The Psy- chology of Laughter" The state membership trophy granted annual lv tnfkha aIurn,aae aes0cinkinn show