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    "ocrText": "N\nD\n6\na\ne\nL\ne\n5\nphanning flan-\nL\npoo\"\n+\nInformation obtained from credentials submitted by Joint Vocational Service, New\nYork City regarding Miss Lavenia I. Beck, address 537 W. 121st St., New York City,\nFeb. 1930:\nMrs\nL\nP\n1923-1925 - Wheeling High School, Wheeling, W. Va.\n<\nen\nWheeling Public Schools, Wheeling, W. Va. CHARLES H. KEESOR, M.D., Medical Director,\n2/24/28, \"It is indeed a pleasure to be permitted to say a word on behalf of Miss\nLavenia I. Beck, R.N. During her two years stay in Wheeling she not only won the\na\nconfidence and respect of those by whom she was employed but also by those with whom\nshe came in contact; one can very frankly state that she was cultured and refined in\nall of her ways and always exhibited what we sometimes call good common sense. She\nwas always interested in her work, and sympathetic with those to whom she might minister.\nThe boys and girls teachers and all in the high school felt that they could always get\na\nhearing when it seemed necessary. Miss Beck not only carried out the work laid out\nfor but wasprogressive in spirit and effort and always had good ideas in promoting her\nwork. Her attitude toward others was very kindly and always with a spirit of coopera-\ntion and fair play and yet as an executive and supervisor she was firm but fair. Her\nwork here was of a very high character and very satisfactory to all concerned. As to\nher moral attitude, would say it was of very excellent standing, and again I may say\nthat I would gladly recommend her to any institution or person.\"\n1925-1928 - instructr in history of nursing and child care, and director of infirmary\nat Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.\nSkidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, HENRY TO MOORE, President, 2/9/28. \"I\ntake great pleasure in making a statement on behalf of Miss Lavenia I. Beck, who has\nserved for three years as the head of the infirmary at Skidmore College. Miss Beck\ncombines admirable training with a thoroughly professional attitude and sympathetic\ninterest in her patients. She seems to me to have almost the ideal qualifications\nfor a college infirmary head, and it is a source of the greatest regret to Skidmore\nCollege that her professional ambition takes her away from us at this time. I have\nevery confidence that she will go far in her chosen field, and she will always carry\nwith her the unqualified recommendation of this college, where she has served socon-\nscientiously and effectively for the past three years.\"\n1929-30 - Staff nurse East Harlem Nursing an Health Service.\nEast Harlem Nursing and Health Service, N.Y.C. GRACE L. ANDERSON, Director 2/7/30\n\"Miss Lavenia Beck began her service with us on January 1, 1929. She is a woman of\nunusual intellectual ability but apt to take her work a bit too seriously, which may\nbe more apparent than real. The organization of her work is excellent, technique good\nand work finished. She has good teaching ability, gets good cooperation from her fami-\nlies and is well liked by members of the staff. She has more than good ability in\nfinding social problems and seeing them through. She is in good physical condition, is\ndependable and loyal to the organization. I think her special ability lies in the field\nof teaching."
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