Calgary General Hospital - In Cap and Uniform Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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IN CAP AND UNIFORM” 7 TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1940 Messages to members of Graduating Classes seem to embrace two main ideas, congratulation and advice. First, I offer congratulations to each member of the Class upon attaining one milestone in life. The training you have received in the hospital will serve you well wherever your lot be cast. Continuing to stud} ' and grow mentally, you will scale other heights. Second, advice. In everyday life, this is easy to give and is freely offered, is usually irrelevant, costs the giver nothing in cash, and often little in mental effort, hence we all get much of it, often from well-meaning sources. Some sound advice is good for us all, therefore one has to carefully segregate the good from the bad if one is to profit from what is often a well meant effort, i will try to give some advice, which I hope is good, as a result of mental effort. For the ambitious to rise in her profession, further continuous and steady study and intelligent observation is most necessary. As the success of our efforts on this earth seems to depend to a large extent upon the direct or indirect assistance we receive from those with whom we work and live, the cultivation and practice of co-operative spiri t is essential, and the best way to obtain and exhibit it is by practicing the Golden Rule. In your contacts with others, you have already found that the pleasant personality, the ready smile with the proper reserve, willingness to assist in all reasonable matters, smooths the daily way, assists without losing respect, and nearly eliminates the clash of personalities. Study and observe intelligently. Be considerate and tolerant, and live as nearly as may be to the essentials embodied in The Florence Nightingale Pledge, and you will succeed. May success and happiness attend each of you. J. BARNES, Manager, Calgary General Hospital.

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6 IN CAP AND UNIFORM

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8 IN CAP AND UNIFORM TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1940 Graduation Day—The Day of Days—and it might be added, the Day upon which a real stocktaking of yourselves is most surely indicated. Three years of intensive training are now finished, and it is for each one of you to carefully nurse the essentials of your profession contacted during these three years, and ever build on them in the field of actual experience. Be students always. We of the Calgary General Hospital, your Alma Mater, always, watch your leave-taking with the deepest concern, wondering what your place is to be in the community, and if your success is to be as we wish it for you. The traditions of your noble calling have in large measure dictated the lofty ideals to which you must aspire, and your own school is justifiably proud in the feeling that you are each eminently fitted for the effort, in the con¬ tribution you are to make. And so we reach the time for farewell. May your path be always onward and upward in your noble calling, and may you each in your own individual way contribute your just share to the betterment of humanity. Every success, from. Sincerely, W. H. HILL, B.A., M.D.. C.M., L.R.C.P.. D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health and Medical Superintendent of Hospitals.