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Show Logan Doctor Reviews Nurse's School Growth More than 200 Nurses Graduate In 40 Year Period ' -a. Importance of nursing in wartime war-time and ' its value to the civilian population were graphically portrayed por-trayed by Dr. D. C. Budge, Wednesday Wed-nesday evening at the annual graduation exercises for student nurses of the William Budge Memorial Mem-orial hospital training school. Reviewing the advancements and accomplishments of the nursing nurs-ing school on its 40th. anniversary, Dr. Budge revealed that more than 200 nurses have graduated in that time. He cited briefly the history of the hospital, pointing out that it was established under difficult circumstances cir-cumstances and met with much opposition from every source. At that time, he said, people generally gener-ally were not familiar with its many advantages and there has been much prejudice and superstition super-stition which has taken a long time to overcome. The Budge hospital, third oldest in Utah, first was situated in a small dwelling on west center street. There were four rooms and seven beds under the supervision of a graduate nurse and three student stu-dent nurses, both of whom were graduated in 1905. In April, 1905, it moved to the old Amussen residence on First West and Center streets. The building build-ing was cleaned and renovated and at that time the training school was affiliated with the old Brigham Young College where nurses took anatomy and physiology physi-ology classes. After nine years the hospital was moved to the present modern quarters, now having 100 beds. The training school, too, has kept pace with the growth, he pointed out "We now have 40 student stu-dent nurses, under the most competent com-petent supervision in history. For this I congratulate Superintendent A. George Raymond and Miss Joan Barber, for it has contributed materially ma-terially to our low death rate, now an average of one-half of one per cent as compared with three to 7 per cent in other institutions." "The hospital which has been examined by the American College of Surgeons has been placed in Class A. Likewise, the nurses training train-ing school also has been examined and as a result the school has been accepted and our graduates are fully recognized. "We have taken the lead, by way of advancement, being the j first training school in the state, or the west, to require high school J (Continued on page Eight) Local Doctor Rnin Nurse's School GroMk (Continued from graduation before l1lV ing. We gradually h','"' the personnel of our 1,. ." uUy and we now a""! having the best qu , ,. '. ' faculty of any or the west." Pointing out that Uu, , statement, lie coining "" lug that ''our supm nurses has n A. B I". instructor of nursea lu,',' degree; our laboratory y ' has a B. S, deBreo; , operating supervisor U , degree and all have t,, , tificutes. Tins set up u leled in the west." IPralsing the work of eat sUUf, Dr. "Our hospital may bt it is in a small clly like but that does not p:,,; ciency." Declaring that u,,, 1, . doing its part in the tc Dr. Budge announced t.. members of the medic n officers in the arm; ; nurses are in the an:,j. :, the navy and more are , "Nurses who graduate !: school are recognized he continued. "One Is 1.:, pefvisor of the LDS In Idaho Palls, Idaho; one : supervisor of the graml In Pocattllo, Idaho; oi. surgery supervisor ol t.v post graduate hospital ar.i has been head of Ik vi division of a hospital In ton, D. C." Outlining the rc;i..: Dr. Budge explained : nurses spend three jut. hospital, equal to a Ik lege course. They hours of study in all p-medicine, p-medicine, under the be: pervision and Instruct:'. |