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science, most of them will be primarily interested in the
types of training especially suitable for women.

Rep Cross Courses. Four standard Red Cross courses
have recently been established at the University and are
open to women students, as well as to women of the city,
who can qualify for admission. The usefulness of these
four courses, which are described below, will be obvious.

Nurse’s Ares. Three hours credit. Open to women in good health
between the ages of 18 and 50 years. Time required: Unit I, 34
hours class room lectures and demonstrations, 2 hours daily, 5 days a
week; Unit II, 45 hours hospital demonstration and practice, 3 hours
daily, 5 days a week; Unite III (First Aid), 20 hours total, 2 hours
daily, 3 times a week; and finally, 150 hours practical experience in a
hospital approved by the American College of Surgeons and the
American Medical Association.

Obligations of candidates: they must agree to finish the course,
give 150 hours of volunteer service each year to maintain their cer-
tificate and serve whenever they are called.

A certificate of Red Cross Nurses’s Aide is given upon the satis-
factory completion of the training.

The teaching is done by accredited graduate nurses; and the di-
rection of the course is in the hands of Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, di-
rector of the University Health Service.

Home Nursinc. One hour credit. Open to women over 17 years of
age. Lectures and demonstrations. Minimum of 24 hours for basic
course; 6 hours additional recommended. No service obligation.
Teaching to be done under the supervision of Dr. Florence Sherbon
of the University faculty, with the help of volunteer graduate nurses.

First Ar. One hour credit. Open to both men and women over 17
years of age. Lectures and demonstrations. Minimum time: 20 hours
in basic course, 10 hours additional recommended. No service ob-
ligation. To be taught by physician members of the University staff,
under the direction of Dr. Canuteson.

Nutrition. One or two hours credit, depending on the election of
20 additional hours. Open to both men and women. Lectures and
demonstrations. Minimum time: 20 hours for the basic course; 20
hours more may be taken, but by women only, in canteen training.

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