When the University Training School for Nurses opened in 1907-08, the admission requirements included “a good common school education, good moral character and a sound physique… .” No tuition was charged for the three-year program, and students received free board and lodging. During World War I, some nurses from the school joined the University’s Base Hospital 21 unit in France. The school reorganized in 1924 (above) as the Washington University School of Nursing, with the addition of a program leading to a bachelor of science degree in nursing. From 1929-1936, a program in public-health nursing was offered. The school closed in 1969.