To-day we are here to honor Miss Marguerite Andell who/
served for twenty four years in the dual roll of Director of the/
School of Nursing of the Medical College and Director of Nursing at/
Roper Hospital from 1924 to 1928./
Miss Andell came from a good family and I am pleased to present/
her nieces ______/
After graduation in 1913 from the Roper Hospital Training School/
Miss Andell served in general duty, private duty and public health. I/
think most of you know that the school of nursing has had eight names/
Medical College now the Medical University [for 100 yrs.]/
As a Red Cross Nurse Miss Andell served in the Army Nurse Corps/
in France for one year during World War I. Back in civilian life, she/
served at Roper Hospital as surgical supervisor and then operating room/
supervisor. until 1924./
Among her many accomplishments for the school Miss Andell/
established the first complete system of records. She taught a course/
in Ethics emphasizing right and wrong for ladies as professional Nurses/
Miss Andell was ahead of her time when she wrote a paper for the/
Alumnae Association in 1933 recommending the eight hour day to replace/
the ten hour day and the twelve hour night duty. She also recommended/
increasing S.C. High School programs from three to four years and/
then requiring the four year experience for admission to the school/
of nursing. These recommendations become realities in the 1940's./
In 1935 Miss Andell became the first President of the State Board/
of Nurse Examiners. She spend many evenings grading the licensing/
examinations after duty in the hospital./
In 1937 she recommended a staff education program for graduate/
nurses- a forerunner of our continued education programs of to-day./
Other activities included being President of the District and/
State Associations of Nurses. She was also active in civic affairs/
as Vice President of the City Federation of Women's Clubs./
Following World War II Miss Andell was awarded a certificate/
for meritorious service as an instructor of the Cadet Nurse Corps./
Miss Andell was one of the few who owned a car. She used it generously/
for hospital and school business at her own expense. No amount of time/
or effort was too much if the hospital or school would benefit./
In 1946 the students dedicated their annual to Miss Andell. Their/
trubute was, "Through the years she has been a friend to us all" --"She/
made us realizemore fully the meaning of our profession."
Under the leadership of Mrs. Kathleen Clark Hall, Miss Andell's/
former students are presenting her portrait, by the artist Alicia Rhett,/
to be hung in the College of Nursing Building./
Mrs. Hall ----"
Ruth Chamberlin Apr, 9, 1983
Marguerite Andell Collection, 1919-1946
