Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03
Nurse Recruiting
Drive Underway

The campaign for recruiting
students for the hospital training
schools of Delaware is going into
full swing, it has been announced
by Miss Sara F. Gibson, chairman
of the Student Nurse Recruitment
Committee of the Delaware State
Nurses Association. All during the
month, directors of nursing from
the hospitals are speaking before
special assemblies for girls in high
schools in Delaware and surround
ing communities. The women who
are now engaged in this phase of
the campaign and the schools they
will visit during the month are:
Mrs. Alberta Trunck, directress
of nurses, Delaware Hospital, P. S.
dupont High School in Wilmington,
Newark High School, ElktOn, Mary
land, High School, North East,
Maryland, High School.
Miss Anna Quay, directress of
nurses, Memorial Hospital: Ken
nett Square, Pennsylvania, High
School, Alexis I. dupont, Whining
ton, High, Conrad High School,
Richardson Park.
Miss Jane Smith, directress of
nurses, Wilmington General Hos
pital: Regional High School,
Pennsgrove, N. j., Salem, New Jer-
sey, High School, Wilmington High
School.
Mrs. Mae Smith, directress of
nurses, Delaware State Hospital:
William Penn High School, New
Castle, ClaymOnt High School, Mid
dletOwn High School.
Mrs. Alice Stevenson, directress
of nurses, Milford Memorial Hos
pital: High schools in Milford, Har-
ringtOn, SeafOrd, Laurel, Green
wood, BTidgeville, Delmar and Eel
ton.
Miss Frances Bayliss, directress
of nurses, Beebe Hospital: High
schools in Georgetown, Lewes, Re-
hObOth, Selbyville, Lord Baltimore,
Milton, MillsbOrO.
Sister Herman Joseph, directress
of nurses, st. Francis Hospital
Ursuline Academy Upper School,
st. EliZabeth's High, st. Peters
High School, New Castle, MOylan,
Pennsylvania, Catholic High, Ches-
ter, Pennsylvania, Catholic High,
st. James High School, Penns-
grove, N. j., st. Agnes High School,
West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Also, Miss Mary Klaes, of the
State Board of Health, will be re-
spOnsible for arranging programs
on the nurse recruitment drive, and
the "Calvalcade of Nursing" at
Wesley Junior College in Dover,
Dover High School, Caesar Rodney
High, and Smyrna High School in
Delaware.
In their talks to high school
girls, these various directors of
nursing in the Delaware hospitals
will describe a hospital training
school, they will discuss the quail
ificatiOns necessary for the appli-
cant, and will outline the course
of study followed by the student
nurse. They will stress the advan-
tages enjoyed by the graduate
nurse, and list the many and var
led fields of endeavOr now open to
the fully qualified nurse. They will
also outline the plans for the Cav
alcade of Nursing" planned as a
climax to thisS month long cam
paign to enlist student nurses. and
invite senior girls in the high
schools to be the guests of the
State Nurses Association, at this
production.
"Cavalcade of Nursing" a spec
tacular pageant depicting the his
tory of nursing, and its influence
in modern life will be presented al
The Playhouse in Wilmington, on
Monday evening, December 6, at
$3.50 p. m. The cast and chOruses
will be drawn from the hospital
training schools all over the state
Script for the Cavalcade has been
written by William Penn Frank
and production is under the direc-
tiOn of Mrs. c. Robert Kase of New
ark. J. German Walsh of Radio
Station WDEL, is to be the master