graduates. The curriculum of the school is arranged for the
three-year course, to meet the requirements of the State of
Pennsylvania.
The hospital is fortunate in having a very fine staff of
surgeons and physicians. Not only do these men take an
active interest in the welfare of the hospital and their patients
but also in the nurses. The training school is indebted to
them for the unlimited time they have given to lectures to
the classes on the various subjects of the course coming un-
der their supervision, and the professional service rendered
during illness. A $110,000 nurses’ home is being erected at
the present time. This will be ready for occupancy July 1,
1929.
Board of Directors: John E. White, president; J. W.
Stephenson, vice-president; Frank U. Bert, secretary; S. C.
Hookey, Geo. H. Dickey, J. F. Trees, W. F. Detwiler, Earl
McGraw, Walter Brinton, Thomas C. Conroy, Fred Laufer,
C. K. Nichols, Paul F. Voigt, James Green, J. R. Rudert.
Cora B. Lash, R.N., is superintendent and Margaret P.
Reed, R. N., superintendent of nurses.
BELVEDERE GENERAL HOSPITAL
The Belvedere General Hospital, located on Paulson ave.,
East End, Pittsburgh, was founded by Dr. G. Alvin, the pres-
ent medical director, in 1921. In 1922 a charter was secured
under the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, making it a com-
munity hospital, a charitable institution with a free dispen-
sary, affording medical and surgical aid to the sick, injured,
and disabled. A board of directors was appointed and a wo-
man’s auxiliary organized..
The hospital is well equipped with an X-Ray department,
with a competent radiographer in charge, a drug department
with registered pharmacists in charge. The operating room
has all facilities for performing operations of any nature. In
connection with the operating room there is a complete and
most modern sterilizer.
The development of a perfectly functioning hospital hav-
ing been made, the most urgent necessity remains to be faced,
that is, more room to house those requiring admission. A floor
