Bishop Johnson College of Nursing - Stethoscope Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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'W The ClG55 if the 5 Utter 5 i. l , . ',,. f tw A Y 'uw iff:-TW f an 9' yu? ,X ffl' j ff tiff tl f ' y ' f . i -Q . -j . I y lgifhiv- H V1 EDNA HEDENBERG l' l Ol Also pictured on page 8l. After serv- ing many years as Director of Nurses T. 1. v I for the City Health Department she Pohl, Antoinette Spier, lcenter backl Sarah Caldwell. returned lo he' Glmg meter O5 C volunteer. CLASS OF l902 L R A Louise Nelson Pearl Mathews Gertrude Tobin, Fannie Wheeler, Nettie Kirby, Hertha The education program at this time was constantly changing. The probationary period extended from one to three months but the total program remained two years. Grammar school education was required for admission and students were accepted as there was a vacancy, or Mrs, Pahl had time to start a new probationer. A few of the Doctors helped out with the formal classes. ' ' ' h H 't l G duates entered the field of private duty but occasionally were called in to work at t e ospi a ra for one dollar per day. Our Alumnae were the first group to demand a minimum wage of three dollars per day for their private duty work. Prior to this their salary was fifteen dollars a week. The Alumnae also were instrumental in establishing a Registry, so that the nurses would not have to make the rounds of the Doctors' offices when available for work. Students, according to the minutes from a Board of Trustees' meeting in l896, were expected to at all times perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Superintendent, and at such times as the Hospital may be only partly occupied, Shflll assist in The household Work - - Although the training program was exacting, Mrs. Pahl's girls seemed devoted to her, as may be attested by a resolution adopted by the Alumnae Association, on April 17, l9ll, when Mrs. Pahl left the Hospital - WHEREAS: after working side by side and hand in hand with Mrs. Pahl ' ' ld th d through these fourteen years, we wish to express our appreciation for her unequal e wor an ability as instructor, advisor, manager and friend. 89 l i

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He own s he am re- can that sant 1linQ will ' w f 'X ' 'fain fllllw. J'-lcmailcf lllcxfllwo do 3 Of, Tm flrspimb l9lQ - 1932 Mrs. Walker became Superintendent a few months before the Hospital moved to its present location. ' f h Ori inally from Canada, Mrs. Walker had come to California several years before because o er Q husbands ill health. He died in l9lO, and when Bishop Johnson talked to her about our Hospital and his dreams for its future, she accepted the challenge and it became hers. Mrs. Walker, a graduate of the Toronto General Hospital, had already had experience in adminis- tration and she brought many talents to her new position. Through the years that followed a number of very fine nurses, some from Canada and others from our own School, assisted her with the ' ' ' ' ' rshi which is most vividly operation of the Hospital, but it is Mrs. Walkers dynamic leade p remembered. A arl earbook sums it up this way: The greatest contributing factor to the progress of the n G Y Y Hospital has been the ability, character and personality of Mrs. Walker, whose energy, iudgment, executive ability, persistence, loyalty and untiring devotion to the interests of the institution have made her an inspiration to all who have been associated with her work. Mrs. Walker confers with Miss Gladys Morphy, Assistant Superintendent-T922 1927. A