Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1917 — For Red Cross Service. [ARTICLE]

For Red Cross Service.

Jane A. Delano writing in the St Nicholas of the field for service in the Red Cross nursing staff, states: “I would not advise any girl to enter a training school until she Is at least twenty years old, but younger girls in advanced schools or colleges can now be preparing themselves with special studies for the work to come For such girls I would recommend extra chemistry courses and advanced courses in arithmetic (because of th« need for strict accuracy in preparing mixtures according to formulas), and special attention to physiology and anatomy, while a knowledge of Latin makes it easier for student-nurses to learn surgical and medical terms. Then, too, I w'ould emphasize the study of voice training and expression. It is surprising to know how many otherwise competent nurses cannot read aloud entertainingly to their patients.”