ABSTRACT
The woman who would be a success as a nurse or in fact in anything, who would possess the quality of thoroughness in its fullest sense, needs the combined qualities of a trained mind, capable hands and body—and all must be dominated by the soul. Certainly no form of education can make for thoroughness or can fully fit for the business of life that does not recognize an equal training in this great trinity—mind, body and soul. Specialized efforts, such as the preliminary courses for student nurses, have already accomplished something directly and indirectly and are doing an immense amount of good, inasmuch as they have emphasized the necessity for similar education in all forms of work. Moreover, the preparation must be such an one as shall be a fitting preliminary training for their future occupation in life, whether it be that of the trained nurse, the physician, the house-keeper, statesman, artist or artisan.
