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Show MRSES 11E T8 BE ERECTED BR HOSPITAL A nurses' home in connection with the Thomas D. Deo Memorial hospital is to bo built this year, according ac-cording to an announcement made last night by Bishop David A. Smith of the presiding bishopric of the Mormon Mor-mon church, at tho annual commence' meni exercises of tho local hospital nurses training school. The bishop stated that tho decision to build the home, which Is to cost approximately $20,000, was made on May 10, at a conference in Salt Lake City between the first presidency of the chnrch, the presiding bishopric and Judge Henry U. Itolapp. The church is to appropriate appro-priate $15,000, provided Uiat the board of trustees, of which W. H. Wattls Is chairman, secures $5000. It was stated stat-ed by Bishop Smith that the latter amount had already been secured by Ogden subscriptions, thus assuring tho erection of the new building. The commencement exercises were held in tho Weber academy auditorium auditor-ium and a pleasing program was carried car-ried out. Seven nurses who have completed tho training course at the hospital wero given diplomas, the young ladles being the Misses Louise Owens, Clara Morris, Irene N. Swan-son, Swan-son, Phillppa Nelson, Dorothea M. Allen and Ell7abeth Snyder of Ogden and Mary L. Swan of Kaysville. Tho graduates entered the auditorium auditor-ium with other nurses from tho hospital, hos-pital, Supt. O. J. Stilwell and Miss oamsuury, neau oi uio training school, took their places on the platform plat-form in front of tho choir and loft, while a marsh was being played by Lester Ilinchcliff. On the platform with them, when they were seated, were Mrs. Thomas D. Dee, Mrs. R. B. Porter and other members of the hospital hos-pital board of trustees, officials of the Mormon church and a number of local physicians. Bishop David A. Smith offered the Invocation and Mrs. Agnes Warner gave a fine rendition of a vocal solo, j Dr. R. S. Joyce was tho fiist speak-i speak-i er, his remarks being relative to tho I purpose of the nurses' training school, I and Dr A A. Robinson spoke on ' The Training School Pin," showing its meaning as an emblem of ser-Aice ser-Aice for humanity. O. J. Stilwell submitted the annual report of the hospital, showing that it now had an enrollment of 30 nurses and students, instead of 12, a year ago, and that, financially, it was on a paying basis. A vocal solo was rendered by William Wil-liam H. Manning and this was fol lowed by tne administering of the Florence Nightingale pledge to the graduates, by Dr, Eugene H. Smith This was one of the most interesting features of the program. Miss Helen Hel-en Hunter played a violin solo and Bishop Smith made a short address, announcing the proposed construction ot the nurses' home. The closing features were the presentation pre-sentation of the diplomas by David O. McKay and that of tho pins, bv Miss Sainsbury. Following the exercises, exer-cises, the nurses and their friends passed the remainder of the evening in dancing |
