Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1913 — Our Gilrs Also Succeed Just as Well as the Boys. [ARTICLE]

Our Gilrs Also Succeed Just as Well as the Boys.

Jasper county boys scattered oter almost every state in the natftm have brought fame to themselves and honor to their old homes by their accomplishments, but it is not the boys alone who succeed. The girls are also achieving success. A recent example of a girl who has made good is Miss Minnie D. Alter, daughter of Lewis S. Alter, of Carpenter township. She graduated as a nurse from the Home Hospital at Lafayette less than two years ago. She has had almost steady employment since that time and has given good satisfaction. Recently an assistant superintendent of the hospital at the state soldiers’ home near Lafayette, was needed, and unsolicited the place was offered to Miss Alter. There were a score of applicants btft Miss Alter was chosen. There are a large number of asslstantf nurses at thg hpspital and also a training class, in addition to 330 patients. She is proving her ability to handle the responsible posi-i tion. In a private letter Miss Alter wrote: “When I first Came here it seemed odd to have graduate nurses, much older in business than I, and old, gray-headed men report to me.” Miss Alter was offered a position in the Rensselaer hospital but declined it.