RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

52 THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
land, and Istanbul. The School of Nursing of the
University of Lyon receivedfinalpayments during
1935 on a total grant of #198,196.99 for
building costs and equipment, and the School for
Public Health and Social Welfare Nurses at
Prague received $100,000 for the same purpose.
The sum of $18,333.33 was granted to Vanderbilt
University for maintenance of the School of
Nursing in 1935. A grant for maintenance was
made to the School of Public Health Nursing at
Zagreb, and further payments were made on an
appropriation to the general expense fund of the
East Harlem Nursing and Health Service, New
York. An appropriation of $262,000 made to the
University of Brussels for the endowment of the
university School of Nursing is discussed on
page 110.
New
projects in public health nursing were
initiated in 1935 in Rumania and Greece. Aid to
various former projects was terminated with the
assurance of continued local support.
One purpose of fellowships in nursing granted
by the Foundation is the preparation of teachers
for schools of nursing with which the Foundation
is cooperating. Travel grants have been
awarded to experienced nursing executives for
the purpose of breaking down national barriers
in nursing thought: two grants of this type
were given to representatives of the Maternity
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