Kings County Hospital Training School

Clarkson st Brooklyn Daily Eagle 17 June 1904 Nurses Graduated The fifth annual commencement exercises of the Kings County Hospital Training School for Nurses were held last night in the chapel of the institution on Clarkson street. The ceremonies were interesting and impressive and were conducted in the presence of an audience that filled the chapel. There was a profusion of floral decorations and everything about the big Flatbush institution appeared to be in a gay and festive mood. The class this year was somewhat larger than usual, consisting of nineteen graduates. The young women had successfully passed the various examinations and who have consecrated themselves to the noble work to which they will be called are: ALLEN, Fannie Louise BRENNAN, Margaret DOHERTY, Anna Gertrude FINCK, Minnie Florence JOHNSTON, Margaret Grace NASH, Maude O¹BRIEN, Cecelia RIPLEY, Sarah Marena TREADWAY, Lucy Denison WARNER, Harriet Mary Wakefield ANDREWS, Mary Vianna CAVANAUGH, Mary Philemena DETLEFSEN, Emma Helena GARVEY, Margaret Irene KORN, Irma Bertha O¹CONNOR, Mary Elouise PEACOCK, Marion SLATTERY, Nora THOMPSON, Minnie The exercises were presided over by Dr. John J. FITZGERALD, superintendent of the Kings County Hospital. Seated with him on the platform were Commissioner James J. TULLY of the Department of Public Charities, Second Deputy Commissioner James J. MC INERNEY, Dr. A.T. BRISTOW, the Rev. Father J.T. WOODS, pastor of Holy Cross Church, and Mrs. J. BERGEN. The presentation of the diplomas to the graduates was made by Deputy Commissioner MC INERNEY and brief addresses appropriate to the occasion were made by the other guests. At the conclusion of the exercises officials, graduates and their friends adjourned to the nurses home where a reception and dance were given. An enjoyable musical programme was rendered by the Hungarian orchestra. Transcriber: Mimi Stevens RETURN to PROFESSIONAL MAIN

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