filled out and returned, accompanied by a physician's certificate of sound health, constitutes a formal application. Those who have already received an Information Circular should state the fact, when applying for a blank, to prevent our sending another circular. The circular is always sent in the first instance. Applications are considered in view of the organization of the next class, never in view of a “vacancy.” "2 Applicants having been notified of acceptance may declare themselves ready to enter in advance of the organization of the class for which they have been accepted, should the withdrawal of some member of the school, from sickness or other unavoidable cause, make possible the immediate admission of another pupil. Pupils so admitted will begin their probationary term immediately, and, if accepted after probation, become at once regular members of the school, though their time will date from the organization of the class for which their applications were originally accepted. No uniform is worn by those on probation. They should come provided with dresses which may be washed, but not with any outside garments they expect to use on duty after admission to the school. The school uniform often renders such articles useless. This uniform must be worn by all pupils when on duty, and is obtained at the hospital at the pupil's expense. If a pupil leaves for any reason, before the expiration of her term, she will not be allowed to take away any part of the school uniform. Candidates should remember that the acceptance of their applications is for a probationary term. Their acceptance as pupils will depend wholly upon the developments of that term, regardless of the peculiar circumstances of any particular case. The decision, when rendered, is final. This uncertainty as to result must, necessarily, attend every trial, and applicants should consider it carefully, that undue disappointment may not follow an unsuccessful venture. They are summoned for their probationary term in the order of their acceptance, those late on the list coming after the earlier ones (sometimes several weeks after), but the official time of all is the same, regardless of the actual time of entering. All, however, accepted for a given class, will, without exception, have a trial, on probation, in that class. Under no circumstances (unless by voluntary withdrawal on their part) are they ever omitted or referred to a succeeding class. Those entering late and those who have lost time during the course will be required to remain, after graduation, and their diplomas will be withheld until the full period of three years is completed. Personally addressed communications received by the Hospital authorities respecting a candidate will not be given to her, either before or after the probationary term, without the written consent of the writers. The Hospital will not give reasons for its decisions, either as to applications for admission or as to candidates on probation or trial. Inquirers who find they cannot comply with the conditions herein set forth should not write further, as NO EXCEPTIONAL CASES WILL BE CONSIDERED.1 When writing, avoid the use of postal cards, as they interfere with the filing of correspondence. Write on consecutive pages of a sheet and always in the same direction. Place date distinctly at the head of the letter, and address exactly as follows (carelessness in this respect leads to confusion and delay) : SUPERINTENDent, NEW YORK HOSPITAL, FORM OF APPLICATION BLANK. 1. Candidate's name in full and address. 2. Condition in life, single or a widow. 3. Present occupation or employment. 4. Place and date of birth. 5. Height. 6. Weight. 7. Where educated. 8. Are you strong and healthy, and have you always been so ? 9. Are your sight and hearing perfect? 10. Have you any tendency to pulmonary complaint? 11. Have you any physical defects or blemishes? How are they provided for? How old ? 13. Are you otherwise free from domestic responsibility, so that you are not likely to be called away? 1 Ineligible applicants will favor us by accepting these statements as literally true and refraining from pursuing the matter either by call or correspondence. 2 Next class March, 1901. 14. Where (if any) was your last situation? How long were you in it? What was it? Name and address of employer. 15. Names in full and addresses of two persons to be referred to. State how long each has known you. 16. Have you ever been connected with any training-school for nurses? 17. Are you now under engagement to or negotiating with any other school? I declare the above statement to be correct. CHAPTER XII. THE NURSE'S LIFE WORK. THESE are the women who carry, wherever they go, an atmosphere of noble labor and unselfish enterprise, which brings to this work-a-day world a gleam of the glory to come. "Westminster Review." Don't start out with the mistaken idea that a nurse's career is a serene, beautiful, and easy one. The calling of nurse is a noble one, but remember she has many hardships to bear, many obstacles to overcome. Frances Eaton Pope, Graduate of the New York Hospital. No more honorable or lucrative employment for women is open at the present day than the comparatively modern profession of the trained nurse. - Report of the Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis. For success, there should be a sense of congeniality, and an earnest devotion to the work, with a broad love of poor and sad humanity. Anne A. Hintze, Superintendent of Training-School and Hospital, New York Infirmary for Women and Children. If you enter the profession merely for financial profit great will be your disappointment. There is so much more in nursing than the mere measuring of medicines and ministering of food as the patient's needs are often quite as much mental as physical- that unless you can supply these wants you will be a disappointment to yourself as well as to others. Nurses must be ministers in every sense of the word. - Frances Eaton Pope. You will find loyalty to your doctors a most important factor. While in your hospital career you may have worked with one or two doctors, outside you will find yourself the aid to many. The true nurse faithfully indorses and carries out the orders of each, no matter how much his methods and ways may differ from those of his predecessors. Frances Eaton Pope. The various requirements and privileges offered by the different training-schools would seem to make the choice of a school difficult; but upon this choice much depends, and the school offering the widest experience should be selected carefully and intelligently. - Anne A. Hintze. Cultivate absolute accuracy in observation, and truthfulness in report. Dr. Joseph Bell. The reason firm, the temperate will, A perfect woman, nobly planned, Wordsworth. The career of such women as Miss Pattison shows clearly enough that of all occupations nursing calls the most imperatively upon the greatest human qualities. "Athenæum," London. The very large schools offer, apparently, more advantages to the pupil; but often the schools connected with |