Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-05-30 | Page 5 | Nine Nurses of Dee Memorial Hospital Are Given Their Diplomas by Supt. Rawson

NINE NURSES OF DEE MEMORIAE j HOSPITAL ARE GIVEN THEIR DIPEOMAS BY SUPT. RAWSON i Nine nifrsps of the Dec Memorial hospital training school graduated last nlfcht at the commencement exercises held in the Weber Normal eollege. A dance and reception was given in the BerChana following the commencement, commence-ment, nr. J. Pwight Harding delivered deliv-ered an address in which he eulogized the calling of the nurse, saying her work Is of the inot noble character j In human affairs Apostle David O. McKay also de I llvered an address, comparing th-nurse th-nurse with a mother, and placing her In third place from Godhood, motherhood mother-hood being given the second place of i I hono.v The graduates of the class of 1919 ! I arc as follows : Signd Helton. Salt Lake City; Mary Bvertsoh, Ogden; Virginia Fontaine, My ton, rtah; Pearl Denning Den-ning Malad Idaho Mona Nichols. Ogden; viola Critchlow, ogden n ,,atha Nooilander. Ogden; Luella Owen Idaho Falls. Idaho, Esther L. Hartwell, Park City. Utah. Music was provided by the Lillian Thatcher orchestra and a violin solo ! was beautifully rendered by Marcellus Smith Following the address of Dr. Harding Hard-ing a quartette made up of Walter Stevens, Gerald Klomp. Douglas Bryhn and Jed Ballantyne, sang a selection, se-lection, which was well received , Apostle David O McKay deluered 'an address based on the sacredness of the nurse calling. Their work is the work of humanity and their aim In life is to alleviate human suffer mg Throughout the great war, he said, nurses have demonstrated the;r unselfishness in assisting wounded and broken men and many have even given their lives while trying to offer succor 10 wounded soldier-. Irrespective Irrespec-tive of race or creed. theo nnded so! diers were always treated by the Red Cross nurses, he stated. Apostle McKay .-.poke of the accomplishments accom-plishments of tbe graduating class at the school Many had prepared to enter en-ter the service of the Red Cross, but the signing of the armistice did away with the necessity of their joining. He spoke of the great need for nurses and told how great numbers of Individuals were necessarj in this par ticular profonon Miss Stella Peterson, superintendent' of the nurses, also gave a talk She spoke of the difficulties experienced by the girls at the nurses' school dur ing tbe influenza epidemic. They seemed tireless In their efforts. Bhe stated, and one of their number, Miss Alice Collins, sacrificed her life as bravely as did any American doughboy In France. The nurses' school at ihe E'ee hospital was the first in tre in-termountain in-termountain country to offer a nursi unit, consisting of eight nurses, for the Red Cross service, some in France, others in hospitals in the United States. Letters of congratulation wen extended the local hospital for fur nishing the first nurses' unit of the intermountain counry. according to Miss Peterson The administration ot the Florence Nightingale pledge - given by Miss Peterson Presentation of diplomas wa- bv Superintendent W. W. Rawson. Bishop E A Olsen offered benediction