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Also, in 1930, the educational requirement for entrance to the school was raised from 2 years of high school to graduation from high school.  Students worked a 52-hour week with classes given on off duty time.  In those days, after graduation, if you were hired as a staff nurse, part of your salary was a room in the Dunn and 3 meals a day.  The financial part was $50 a month, increasing to $60 a month after you passed State Boards.

 

In the 1940's, with the war years approaching, enrollment in the School increased and with World War II declared, the government became interested, for the first time, in nursing education.