The official organ of the Royal College of Midwives then goes on to appraise its educational program and the manner in which it is carried out. Pertinent questions are raised about the possible coordina- tion of training schools, the educational prerequisites for ddwifery students, and improvement of the qualifying examinations.

There is every reason to believe that British midwifery will find the answers to the questions it raises. Its reference to possibly “lively competition in these affairs” from the United States and elsewhere suggests that we are on the right track to developing a program of education for nurse-midwifery that will compare favorably with that of other nations.

Certainly it is an indication of the vitality of nurse-midwifery that its practitioners are themselves taking the lead in critical appraisal and improvement of their education and the search for more effective methods of cooperation with other professional groups and agencies working in the field of maternal health.

THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS

Since the last issue of our Bulletin was printed, 23 more nurse- midwives have been admitted to membership in the College. Their membership number and names are:

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126.

127.

128.

129.

130.

131.

132.

133.

Sister Maryclare Jilk, S.Sp.S., Holy Ghost Convent, Techny, Illinois, will leave for Africa soon to be in charge of a nurse-midwifery program in the Gold Coast. Miss Elizabeth S. Beale, Escuela Agricola e Industrial Evangelica, Preston, Oriente, Cuba, Health Teacher and School Nurse, Board of Missions, Methodist Church. Miss Helen Lois Fisk, 318 Woodbourne Ave., Baltimore, Md., Chief, Division of Public Health Nursing, Maryland State Health Dept. Miss Gabriela Olivera, Hacienda Picalqui, Tabacundo, Ecuador, Director of Nursing Service, United Andean Indian Mission. Miss Betty Berryhill, Hacienda Picalqui, Tabacundo, Ecuador, Director of Public Health Nursing, United Andean Indian Mission. Miss Christine Hofman, 434 W. 120th St., New York 27, N. Y., Staff Nurse-Midwife, Maternity Center Association. Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Lanier Dunaway, Baptist Missioxi, Okuta via Shaki, Nigeria, West Africa, Missionary Nurse-Midwife, Southern Bap- tist Foreign Mission Board. Miss Lucille Woodville, Division of Indian Health, U.S.P.H.S., H.E.W., Washington, D. C., Maternal and Child Health Consultant, Indian Health. Miss Myra S. Driver, 2425 Terrace Way, Columbia, S.C., Consultant Nurse in Maternal and Child Health, South Carolina State Board of Health.

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134.

135.

136.

137.

138.

139.

140.

141.

142.

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144.

145.

146.

147.

Sister M. Camillus Healy, S.C.M.M., Holy Family Hospital, Berekum, Ashanti, Gold Coast, B.W.A., Administrator of Holy Fafnily Hospital. Sister M. Patrick Shean, S.C.M.M., Holy Family Hospital, Berekum, Ashanti, Gold Coast, B.W.A., Staff Nurse-Midwife. Sister M. Paula D’Errico, S.C.M.M., Holy Family Hospital, Berekum, Ashanti, Gold Coast, B.W.A., Staff Nurse-Midwife. Sister M. Patricia Patton, S.C.M.M., Holy Family Hospital, Berekum, Ashanti, Gold Coast, B.W.A., Staff Nurse-Midwife. Sister M. Brigetta Leier, S.C.M.M., Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, West Pakistan, Supervisor of Gynecological and Medical Services. Miss Ethel M. Russell, 31 North Emily, Pittsburgh 5, Pa., Educational Director, Visiting Nurse Association of Pittsburgh. Miss Mary-ellen Doyle, 160 W. 73rd St., New York, N.Y., Instructor in Obstetrics, Lenox Hill Hospital. Miss Minnie Lee Hobbs, P. 0. Box 408, Beaufort, S.C., Public Health Nurse, State Board of Health, M.C.H. Division. Mrs. Paulette C. Holly, 205 Martissant, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Staff Nurse-Midwife, Division of Public Health. Miss Mary E. Nichol, Lombard Rd., Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, Director of Nursing Education, Canadian Presbyterian Church. Miss Alicia Roca, Av. Presidente Aleman 239-5, Mexico, 7, Distrito Federal., Supervisor of Instructors in Nurse-Midwifery, National Uni- versity of Mexico. Rafaela Concewion Rivera, No. 608 Villamil Street-stop 18%, San- turce, Puerto Rico, Instructor in Obstetrics, Department of Health, San Juan, h e r t o Rico. Miss Fern Kingham, P. 0. Box 53, Davenport, Florida, Public Health Nurse, Polk Co. Health Dept. Mrs. Ellen Moore Hopkins, P. 0. Box 12, Harbel, Liberia, West Africa, Nurse-Midwifery Director, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO MEET The Board of Directors will meet in New York during October.

One of the items on the agenda is a long-ranqe plan for the Bulletin. Suggestions from other members of the College would be most helpful to the Board members. Very few comments about the Bulletin have been received by the publications committee. This is an appropriate time for you to express your wishes to Miss Hemschmeyer in writing!

VERA KEANE, M.A.C.N.M., IS AUTHOR AGAIN Miss V&a Keane. for the past four years an instructor to parents

at the New York Hospital, has produced in collaboration with her co-author, ,Miss Marion S. Lesser, M.A., an intensely interesting report of a study made of the “relationship between the functions of pro- fessional nurses and the services desired by patients in a hospital maternity service.” The report is entitled Nurse-Patient Relationships in a Hospital Maternity Service, and published by The C. V. Mosby Company in St. Louis, May 1956. The price is $4.25. Pages 301.

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This issue of the Bulletin was prepared by: MARY CRAWPORD SARA FETTER HATTIE HEMSCHEMEYER AILEEN HOGAN SISTER M. THEOPHANE SHOEMAKER ERNESTINE WIEDENBACH

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The International Confederation of Midwives will meet in Stock- holm, Sweden, June 23 to 29, 1957. More about this program will appear in subsequent bulle- tins. We hope that many mem- bers of the American Association of Nurse-Midwives a n d t h e American College of Nurse- Midwifery will plan to attend.

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