Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital School of Nursing - Aeneid Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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We, the Seniors of 1957, do proudly dedicate the 1957 AENEID TO YOU - OUR PARENTS In sincere appreciation of your untiring efforts and faithful, sympathetic understanding as we ven¬ tured along life’s pathway, we, the Seniors, humbly express our gratitude. We feel that the verses found on the following page express our feelings, and although written by an unknown author, they express our sentiments toward you.

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One of the outstanding undertakings of our Senior year has been to produce a book of memories, a collection of events, ac¬ tivities, and accomplishments; a book of honor and satisfaction. We have tried to compile all the hap¬ penings of our Senior year so that in years to come when the memories of our Student Nursing days have become dim, may this book wherein we have endeavored to im¬ prison the spirits of our alma mater, revive in our hearts once more her ideals and bind all together in a common love and loyalty to her. May The Aeneid” always serve to re¬ mind you of happy days and always signify a job as one of honest effort and stability.

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Our Parents Mother. . . The stretch of the years is now long past Since I was your baby girl The years when you mended a broken doll Or smoothed down a straying curl. I ' ve come since then to a woman ' s place To my graduation day. I ' m a nurse - and the dream of my childhood hours Stands achieved - and my heart is gay. But mother, I know I could never have won If your love hadn’t helped me along. I who was always so weak on the way You who were ever so strong. Dad... To-day I’m a nurse - it seems only a dream I can hardly believe that it ' s true. My training is done - I have come to the end And my first grateful thought is of you. You, my father, who helped me so much on the way; You whose love and whose faith was so strong. Yours the kindness, the courage, the praise that was there In times when the way seemed so long. Your love and your help, and your kindly praise These followed me through the years. A million thanks well up from my heart God bless you - your joy and your tears. You are my model - you my ideal Yours - ever the love that was true. God couldn ' t be with me all of the time So He gave me a mother like you. And mother, if ever around my neck The arms of a baby twine I only ask God to be like unto you. You - little mother of mine. I know that you ' re proud. Dad, to-day as you see Your nurse - just so late your wee tot But my pride in you, Dad, rings as strong in my heart God love you - and bless you a lot. This is only a verse - just a thank you in rhyme But its accents are happy and glad. For it tells of the love that in gratitude comes From a graduate nurse to her Dad.