Columbia University School of Nursing - Yearbook (New York, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1951 volume:

dffl B THE LIBRARIES COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY [gfinJ[ ?u [fiHl[fug[iialfi faBn |51 tarch and pes ' Pnevfytenicut ' ZSotftitcd School o£ 7fwi4i ty NEW YORK, NEW YORK Stecuun ,ee ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR We, the Class of 1951, wish to express our sincere appre- ciation and gratitude to Miss Eleanor Lee who has acted as our director through the past year. Through the years, she has guided us and given us inspiration through her ex- cellent leadership and her desire to promote the standards of the nursing profession. To her we extend our grateful thanks. TO THE CLASS OF 1951: You are entering your profession at a serious time. Each of you should take her share of responsibility in the world of today. You have been fortunate in your many opportunities during your nursing course. Great things are expected of you now! In these uncertain days people are needed who can live peaceably together, exchange knowledge and ideas thus leading to progress. ELEANOR LEE ' Dedication . . . t 7%i4 Zttydfett, $M We, the Class of 1951, affectionately dedicate our yearbook, The Starch and Stripes , to Miss Elizabeth Gill. For three years, acting as our class adviser, she has been our counsel, teacher, and friend. With a firm hand and gentle heart Miss Gill has helped us — as students, as nurses, as people. For her sincere and gracious understanding at all times, we wish to show our appreciation. This can never be adequately and completely expressed. DIRECTOR EMERITUS SCHOOL OF NURSING, PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL HONORARY MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1951 TO THE CLASS OF 1951: The years ahead are going to be adventurous for you as you go forward in your chosen profession. HELEN YOUNG TO THE GRADUATING CLASS: It has been a real privilege and a great honor to be associated with the Class of 1951, and to partake in some of its activities. All good wishes and good luck (as though you needed it!) to the best class that ever graduated from the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing. DR. RUDOLPH N. SCHULLINGER Rudolf % Scfaetlutf i, 7H.V. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CLINICAL SURGERY HONORARY MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1951 ? acuity o£ tfo «v Standing: M. Maclntire, H. Delabarre, L. Kent, H. Wright, G. Davidson, B. Cameron, C. Cheston, R. Lynch, M. Cleveland, A. Bullick, E. Rathbun. Sirring: E. Gill, M. Peto, C. Covell, D. Wilde, M. Eliot, E. -Lee, A. Mutch, H. Pettit, H. Mantel, F. Vanderbilt. f f f? | f4 i| v i..i i«v $ u 1 ii I i t r . ' • - - . .. . 5 76e ' Ptedye I solemnly pledge myself before God and in die presence of this assembly to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will ab- stain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harm- ful drug. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowl- edge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and de- vote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. mm BETTIE JAYNE AUSTIN 743 Lakeshore Boulevard Lake Wales, Florida GLORIA BEACH 167 North Grove Street East Orange, New Jersey JANET MITCHELL AYLWARD 29 Hemlock Drive North Tarrytown, New York JEAN MILLER BENZE 63 Stockton Place East Orange, New Jersey 10 JANE ADAMS BISHOP New Canaan, Connecticut TROFIMENA ROSE BONITO 495 Chapel Street New Haven, Connecticut £ -}A i . 1 GRETCHEN LEEDS BLOSS Cox Mill Road Hopkinsville, Kentucky JOAN HOINESS BOUCHELLE 294 Bogert Road River Edge, New Jersey 11 LILLIAN H. BRADY 529 Watchogue Road Staten Island, New York PATRICIA MARIE BRISCALL 243 St. Peter Avenue Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada MARY MARGARET BRIGDEN 740 Watchung Road Bound Brook, New Jersey GRACE MARIE BROCKMAN 103 Garden City Avenue Point Lookout, New York 12 CYNTHIA L. BROWN 11 State Street Attleboro, Massachusetts . tev E . i ZELPHA B. CARD West Street Morris, New York RUTH J. BROWN 10 John Street Chatham, New Jersey LORRAINE MARIE CARDARELLI 1077 Virginia Avenue Park Chester, New York 13 MARILYN ANN CEPARANO 69 Elton Street Brooklyn, New York jF t m V y i RACHEL CONTENT 2534 Elisha Avenue Zion, Illinois GRACE DORIS CLAIN 42 Fifth Street South Naples, Florida ANNE MORRELL COOLIDGE 45 Pearl Street Wellsboro, Pennsylvania 14 ALICE MARIE DALEY 73 Harding Avenue Branford, Connecticut INES TERESITA De BAUN 7 Parkview Court White Plains, New York ROMELIA DANFORTH I Agate Avenue Ossining, New York EMILY ANN Di YULIO 71 Wilson Street Rochester, New York 15 VERONICA DOBIES 10 Glen Cove Drive Glen Head, New York ALICE ANNE FLEMING 2620 North Lefeber Avenue Wauwatosa, Wisconsin MARY BEAUCHAMP FLEETWOOD 74 Eastwood Street East Orange, New Jersey REBA HELEN FORMAN 4719 Avenue H Brooklyn, New York 16 RUTH ELEANOR FRARY Pomeroy Meadow Road Southampton, Massachusetts MARIANNE THERESE GOELDLIN 242 Rockingstone Avenue Larchmont, New York FLORENCE ANN GAUDLNEER 2642 Decatur Avenue Bronx, New York MARY JANE GRADY Pine Street and Raritan Road Roselle, New Jersey 17 PRISCILLA ANNE GREENOUGH 611 Hart Street Elmira, New York REAH IMOGENE GRUVER 5119 Bell Boulevard Bayside, New York PATRICIA ANNE HALL Lakeside Drive Katonah, New York PATRICIA BARBARA HALL 141-20 183rd Street Springfield Gardens, Long Island 18 VIVIAN EUNICE HAMILTON 340 Clemow Avenue Ottowa. Ontario. Canada MARGARET JEANNE HOLDEN 15 Elmwood Avenue North Hornell, New York H. ELIZABETH HOFFMAN Livingston and Cedar Crest Boulevard Allentown, Pennsylvania ISABEL DRURY HOLT Remsens Lane Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York 19 ARDYCE CHASE HOOVER 21 Franklin Street Port Jervis, New York BARBARA LUCEBA HOWE 6 Ridge Road Delmar, New York HARRIET CRENNELL HOUSTON 276 Pawling Avenue Troy, New York I |-g« g l K - V % • DOROTHY ERICKSON HURST 604 Wainwright Avenue Staten Island, New York 20 JEANNE ELIZABETH JEFFERY 4 Prindle Avenue Hornell, New York LUCY ALLEN JOBSON Manchester Depot, Vermont MARILYN V. JOHNSEN Lee Hill Road Andover, New Jersey ELIZABETH LEE JOHNSON R. D. 1 Glen Mills, Pennsylvania 21 ANN MARIE KEANE 560 West 175th Street New York, New York MARY ELIZABETH LEEDOM 27 Fairway Bloomfield, New Jersey AILEEN PATRICIA LEARY 50 Monument Street Groton, Connecticut CATHERINE A. LINDNER 47 Synott Place Newark, New Jersey 22 Q V ' i t I ROSALIE MAY LOMBARD 412 Washington Street Keene, New Hampshire FRANCES CLARA MacNEIL 168 Franklin Street South Braintree, Massachusetts FRANCES LEA MacMILLAN 101 Snyder Road Ramsey, New Jersey PENELOPE MANNING 2.32 East 72nd Street New York, New York 23 EDITH M. McALISTER 50-10 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, New York DIANA KATHERINE McEWING Upper South Street Port Jefferson, New York JANE FRANCES McCONVILLE 416 Washington Street Ogdensburg, New York JOAN CADMUS MIRANDON 179 Lincoln Avenue Ridgewood, New Jersey 24 BETTY RUTH MOORE 28 Ross Street Batavia, New York ELIZABETH CRANE MUCHMORE 44 Brittin Street Madison, New Jersey REGINA A. MROZINSKI 667 Myrtle Street New Britain, Connecticut DAWN MARIE NEWNHAM 56 Market Street Red Hook, New York 25 BETTY ANN NORDSTROM 30 Harwood Drive Snyder, New York JANET LUNGER OSGOOD 70 Myrtle Avenue Staten Island, New York ADRIENNE CECILIA OLLU Grove Street Monsey, New York ANN WHITEHEAD PAISH 307 Colfax Avenue Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 26 LILLIAN MARIE PICK 214 West Fifth Street Erie, Pennsylvania MARGARET K. QUARRIE 1100 Park Avenue North Winter Park, Florida JOAN GRAHAM PUGH 137 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey JOAN MARCELLA RAAB 90 Thorndyke Road Rochester, New York 27 EVELYN THERESA REANTILLO 82-15 164th Place Jamaica, Long Island VIRGINIA ELIZABETH ROGERS 1 West Campus Easton, Pennsylvania LOUISE BLANCHE RITSCHER 45 Park Avenue Bloomfield, New Jersey JEAN DOROTHEA ROPPS 170 Washington Place Ridgewood, New Jersey 28 DOROTHY E. SEBALD 20 Garfield Place Ridgewood, New Jersey ABIGAIL M. SMITH 101 Gedney Road Trenton, New Jersey MARY MILLER SENCINDIVER 15 Shirley Street Winchester, Virginia MARILYN DOROTHY SMITH 36 Cameron Street Southampton, Long Island 29 SARA RUTH SMITH 420 North Bowery Street Hartselle, Alabama VIRGINIA SORBY 1268 East First Street Fremont, Nebraska JANET ELIZABETH SNOW 90 Kenoza Avenue Haverhill, Massachusetts ANNETTE JOAN STORZ 89 : 10 63rd Avenue Rego Park, New York 30 JANE FARRELL SULLIVAN 340 Marie Street Johnson City, New York NANCY JANE VANDERBILT 840 Parkside Avenue Buffalo, New York JOAN M. VAYDA 5085 Broadway New York, New York FLORENCE V. VIDILE 139 Highview Street Mamaroneck, New York ■31 MARILYN H. VON FREUDEN 1342 Sterling Place Brooklyn, New York JOAN LEE WARNOCK 4411 Bergen Turnpike North Bergen, New Jersey VIRGINIA MARY WALSH 32 Dayton Avenue Toms River, New Jersey RUTH HASTINGS WASSON 119 East S4th Street New York, New York 32 ALICE ANNE WILMOT 546 Harrison Avenue Harrison, New York BARBARA ANN WHYTOCK 100 Hillside Avenue Chatham, New Jersey PATRICIA WRAY 8 Hathaway Place Glen Ridge, New Jersey MARIANNE E. WIESE 32 Beverley Street Newark, New Jersey ELIZABETH WRITER 119-12 194th Street St. Albans, New York Front Row: Dawn Newnham, Evelyn Reantillo, Aileen Leary. Back Row: Lucy Jobson, Lillian Pick, Ines De Baun, Joan Raab, Jane Bishop, Beth Hoffman. Stanch znd S Ufre Sfa 34 Editor-in-Chief INES DE BAUN Business Editor BETH HOFFMAN Associate Editors EVELYN REANTILLO I AILEEN LEARY Literary Editor LUCY JOBSON Art Editor JANE BISHOP Circulation Editors f DAWN NEWNHAM ( LILLIAN PICK Photography Editors .... 1 PRISCI LLA GREENOUGH 5 I JOAN RAAB Student (fov uwteHt BETTY ANN NORDSTROM President JANE McCOXVILLE Vice President JEAN FRANKLIN Secretary -Treasurer S Uo @Ute, O ccefU BARBARA HOWE President ROSALIE LOMBARD Vice President EMILY DiYULIO Secretary MARY JANE GRADY Treasurer Barbara Howe, Emily DiYulio, Mary Jane Grady, Rosalie Lombard. 35 £ W$jf «l etcu oj 1952 BARBARA WILLIAMS President CHARLOTTE LEVEY Vice President JOAN TROYANOS Secretary LINDA HALL Treasurer Charlotte Levey, Linda Hall, Joan Troyanos, Barbara Williams. 36 :©. ,o. , a r£ . 9 r o © .o «, o r r o o r W v f w v f) V o t J PATRICIA NUTTER President AUDREY MASON Vice President PATRICIA FRICK Secretary-Treasurer gkl44 oj t953 Patricia Nutter, Audrey Mason, Patricia Frick. 37 W 70 Ui cutd VeafrUHMt We, the Class of 1951, being of unsound mind and broken spirit, solemnly make and execute this, our Last Will and Testament: To Miss Rathbun, we leave an autographed copy of New York State ' s Vehicle Code and a one year ' s supply of free tickets for passing red lights — compliments of Governor Dewey. To Mrs. Delabarre, we leave the last of many ninety page case studies which have long been overdue. In case this be too much of a shock we had better throw in a Stryker Frame. To Miss Lee, we give a wire recording entitled Good Morning to be used at morning prayers; and as a consolation prize we leave the last of the remaining Wangenstein Suction machines to com- plete the Florence Nightingale Collection. To Dr. Schullinger, a freshly starched cap to be worn on graduation day with the other members of the class. To Miss Eliot, we leave a six month ' s star bill- ing on Can You Top This. To Miss Morrison, our early bird — a standing invitation to have breakfast with the night nurses. We know Miss Cleveland will appreciate the clock at the Biltmore to be used for her time saving experiments. To Miss Allanach ' s apartment, we leave an adult size Davidson bed, complete with ice cooler. To Miss Shaw and Miss Wright, our guardian angels from the Eye Institute, the geniuses of the Class of 1951 have devised a mechanical robot which will put the correct drop, in the correct eye, of the correct patient, at the correct time. This will save much of Miss Eliot ' s time. We save Miss Keefe, in the labor room, for future reference. To Johhny S. Parke, we leave the architectural plans for a tunnel to be constructed between Bard and Maxwell Hall. To Miss Hamon, for revision, we leave the sanitation code of Ancient Rome. Due to the increase in the use of explosive an- aesthesia in the O. R. we find it advisable to leave Miss Langmuir an engraved drag chain ; we were going to leave her part interest in Kugleman ' s Con- ductive Shoe business but discovered she owned the whole works. Conductive shoes? That ' s ridicu- lous, who ever said nurses weren ' t conductive? Dean Rappleye, we would like to bestow upon you the chairmanship of the Social Committee for the purpose of fostering friendships among student nurses and medical students. This is to be in con- junction with Mr. Parke ' s project. To Miss Vanderbilt, we will leave jet black bird- cage covers for the front porch lights. To Miss Young — a chamois cloth and a large economy size bottle of Gil (or Hycol) for the pur- pose of polishing the Florence Nightingale Lamp. To Miss Morgan, we leave our mass Oedipus Complex. Since we have been introduced to baby Chase in Pediatrics, we find it most essential to bequeath a Mr. Chase to the Nursing Arts Department. To Miss Petit goes an automatic cap adjuster. To Gee Harriet, Mantel i.e., we leave our shatt- ered battered and crumped out Nervous Systems. To Miss Peto go our excuses for being late to enlarge her collection of fairy tales. In an effort to cut the teaching time in B. H. in half, we leave Miss Kent two kegs, not of Mil- ler ' s High Life, but of 5% Sodium Sulfadiazine Solution already mixed. To the switchboard at the front desk, we leave a Bell Telephone Operator. To the kitchen down in Maxies, for the food we love so well: Soda Bicarb. Upon graduation, we will leave ninety-seven pairs of black shoes and stockings to the V.N.S. of the Belgian Congo. To the underclassmen we will leave our ways and means of getting in and out of Maxwell Hall — and there are many. And to all the head nurses and supervisors of CPMC, we leave the Sunshine Biscuit Company. As for Miss Gill, we can ' t afford to leave her behind so we ' ll just take her with us. But the best of all, we just fade away. LILLIAN PICK MARIANNE GOELDLIN JEANNE HOLDEN =J (Zone Study II Social History Age — from 18 up. Home — from Chile to Canada, from Cali- fornia to the Bronx. Education — all have had some and some have had more. Marital Status — unhappily single. Number of Individuals in Family Group — 109. General Level of Intelligence — for the most part the patients are intellectually able to understand and cooperate in the carrying out of nursing measures. Occupation — before this syndrome set in the class occupation ranged from students to self -supporters. Effects on Physical Condition — probably negative but not to be ruled out as causative agent of future complications. Home Conditions — families questioned eti- ology of disease and encouraged prescribed III Medical History A. Prior to Admission This is the first PH admission of the Class of 1951. Well nourished, well developed, they come in with the chief complaint of a burning desire for a nursing career. Duration of this afflication is, for the most part, bathed in mys- tery. Aphasia and mental block were noted at the time of pre-admission interview and they appeared to be strangely garbed in sen- sible shoes and hat. Profuse apprehension was experienced while executing Miss Rathbun ' s mechanical aptitude test. Patients unable to assemble spark plug. They were warned at this time, by Dr. G. Jones to build up during summer before admission. B. At the Time of Admission The signs and symptoms of the patients cor- responded with the textbook picture of the typical victim in the early stages of this dis- ease. The etiology is vague but is frequently attributed to the modern movie and romantic novel. All patients had tans, rosy cheeks, and optimistically carried tennis rackets. They ap- proached the therapy with entiiusiasm until they saw the grey hospital gowns they were to wear. On their day of admission the pa- tients sipped punch, unloaded cars, and shyly approached others with similar condition. All patients appeared pleased to receive plants from big sisters. Big sisters are said to have had same syndrome exactly two years before — treated and cured after three years of therapy. Clinical diagnosis — tentative: Acute idiopathic inflammatory disease of the grey matter with delusions of grandeur probably affixed to Florence Nightingale. 39 IV Medical Therapy and Nursing Care A. Aim of Therapy The aim of therapy was supportive and fin- ally curative. Supportive therapy consisted of conditioning the minds and bodies of the pa- tients for their cure, namely graduation. This was done by walks across the bridge and down Riverside Drive on torrid September afternoons. Museum tours and boat trips around Manhattan Island helped toughen the feet and spirits of the patients. This was the last fresh air they were to breathe for some time. Their course of concentrated study in preparation for their cure was to begin. B. Therapy and Nursing Care Many hours each day they were exposed to the damp and odoriferous basement amphi- theater of the College where they underwent the famous narcoleptic treatment of Dr. Rogers. Nursing care consisted of bed baths, massage, and bandaging on the much too comfortable beds of the fifteenth floor. Many more hours were spent in the dissection room and chemistry lab testing their ability to re- main conscious. Two weeks after their PH admission the patients were exposed to the wards. At this time they presented strange symptoms of tremors, diaphoresis, and general insecurity. Much time was spent hovering in utility rooms, cringing from those in white, scrubbing various types of receptacles, chart racks, shelves and closets. One patient even boiled twenty thermometers. This intense therapy was interrupted for one week at Christmas time. One month follow- ing readmission, those that had survived were capped by Miss Conrad. Blue and white stripes were happily substituted for the pre- vious grey attire. This measure resulted in an exacerbation of the existing inflammatory pro- cess with notable hydrocephalus. Because of the addition of this new manifestation to an already complicated syndrome, the patients quickly realized the only assurance of a per- manent cure was — a two year consultation with Miss Elizabeth Gill. This has proved to be a commendable move for, although it is felt that a blow has been dealt her own prog- 40 nosis, that of her patient ' s has been consider- ably brightened. The patients strived to acquire a sterile conscience , to pour the right amount of ether without anesthetizing the doctor while doing a dressing, and to keep the enteric coated pills from bouncing out of the bottle cap. Having mastered these arts, they were put on relief and night duty. Veal cutlets for breakfast, coffee strained through four by eights at 4 A.M.. eggs three time a day — this was their dietary regime. Others suffered through cheese souffles, corn fritters, grizzleburgers. and gum on the plates. The snack bar became a favorite Friday haunt for those craving the basic seven (anything but fish). The more serious complications of that year ' s treatment included boils, infectious mononucleosus, and several appendices. Yherever possible con- servative medical treatment was maintained but an occasional normal appendix succumbed to the knife of a fanatic surgeon. An amaz- ing number fell victim to these complaints. Suddenly suburned noses and salt tablets meant that a months convalescence at home approached. The j unior class was readmitted to the eighth and ninth floors of Maxwell Hall. On physical examination they showed a notable ptosis during lectures, weight gain of ten pounds after the D.K., an epidemic interest in cross-word puzzles and canasta, with an additional complication of starryeyetis result- ing from summer friendships . Class therapy was reinitiated with the somewhat prevalent symptom of a discharge from the left ear in some way related to information instilled in the right ear. Patients were transferred from P.H. to Babies, Sloane, Clinic, Neuro, and Psych., where their most dreaded therapy was the monthly case study. Then interior decor- ating! The operating room staff showed an abnormal predisposition for the geometrically correct placement of six shiny thumb tacks, three standees, and one senior on call. An occasional patient was able to give a vivid account of what it felt like to pass the speci- men basin to the surgeon. Unpredicted out- bursts of energy were noted when three types of therapy were instituted in the form of a square dance, the Red Cross drive, and the half way part) 7 — further proof of the import- 41 ance of occupational therapy in the maintain- ence of mental equilibrium. Several patients calling themselves the cyanotic seven (more or less) spent evenings conquering the art of close harmony and the wails of those on night duty. Others gathered for the nine o ' clock glass of tea, and still others disappeared into the famous five sitting rooms for five hundred females until the wee hours — twelve mid- night. Many sparkling growths appeared on the fourth metacarpal of the fourth digit — left hand, of the latter group. With only a year of their therapy left to go, the threadbare faded blue and white striped 97 greeted their little sister class. Therapy was cut down to a forty hour week. The late pass was no longer a scarcity item. A new treatment known as group dynamics was still in research stages, and the senior patients began plans for rehabilitation in the form of career studies. The efforts of all were joined to make the bazaar a huge success and the end result was donated to the Grenfell Mis- sion. A few of the nearly cured eased the pain of comps and orals by spending their weeks vacation honeymooning. Others chose to take their week terminally — poor things! Thoughts of Cooperstown, Memorial, or V.N.S. proved sufficiently palliative to pull everyone through the ordeal of orals and last minute case studies. To insure their final cure, the patients en- tertained the faculty at the Senior Banquet, where a few kind words and good food made the last three years look pretty fine after all. After two years of writing letters to the N.S.O. and donating funds to multiple worthy agen- cies in appreciation of services rendered above and beyond the call of duty of one Miss E. Gill, the patients finally upset all precedent and presented her with a gift for which she could find no plausible reason for refusing. So far the N.S.O. has overlooked the matter. The climax of the three year nursing course was the dinner and dance at the Hotel Pierre, sponsored by the already cured Alumnae As- sociation. All the patients were ' lovely to look at and with many more kind words became convinced that they .were the best class that has ever graduated from the Pres- byterian Hospital — in 1951 . 42 On June 5th each and every surviving patient received her final medication — a gold pin and a diploma. These were accepted eagerly. The main lasting manifestation of this measure were broad smiles, proud parents, and permanent pallor of the lower extremities. THE PATIENTS WERE AT LAST CURED!! Bibliography Canasta and Bridge in 10 Easy Lessons How to Live Alone and Like It How to Raise Guppies Plant Life in the Home Pointers on Keeping a Budget Recipes for the Hotplate Household So You Date Medical Students Student ' s File of Old Case Studies Ok ' Duty ftEuA - 6 To Go 1 9 Rtf H HOUA , , . ' nauttcL t c dock 45 7 t6e S Uoxa, . As you are preparing to leave home it would be well to go over your professional hope chest to see that all is in readiness for the future. Unlike the usual hope chest in which you lay aside many lovely things for a happy future, and which if unused grow yellow with age and if used wear out, your professional hope chest has in it things that need constant use to make tlxem more beautiful and vital and they never wear out. Again unlike the usual hope chest, very few of these things are gifts from others — you have been shown where they are, but they have been collected entirely by you. Let us look at what you have assembled in this hope chest. You arrived here with some very wonderful things with which to start it — youth- ful enthusiasm, a great capacity for friendship, a sincere love of people and the desire to serve and help those who need you. However, you soon found out that these could not be effectively utilized by themselves and you needed to add many other things. So, you started to collect knowledge. Knowledge proved to be pretty elu- sive. You found that once you had it within your grasp, it changed and you need to discard some bits and add others. It needs constant revision and your store of it is never complete. Early in your career discipline was added. For the most part this was a gift from others and not always a welcome one. Nevertheless you accepted it and soon began to collect for your- selves something far more valuable — self-disci- pline, which in turn enabled you to add a keen sense of responsibility. You still haven ' t enough — none of us have — and you need to constantly add to your collection. You put into your hope chest some resource- fulness which has grown into the ability to meet and competently cope with changing situations. Some of your choices were not always wise, but perhaps they were not completely without value. Into your hope chest went some discour- agements, a few fears, frustrations and disap- pointments, but your self-discipline made it pos- sible for you to thrust these aside before they could damage and spoil the good things. Mis- takes also went in — some hazardous and serious. Some of these errors you took out and remodeled, making something strong and enduring of them. Others you were forced to discard, but you did so with the determination to develop more dis- crimination and a better sense of values to en- able you to make wiser choices in the future. Out of all that you have assembled in your hope chest, you are accumulating some things which you do not yet fully appreciate, but which will in later years do much to enrich your life — - strong, enduring friendships; deep satisfaction — satisfaction in c ontinued professional growth, in being secure in a tremendously worthwhile pro- fession, and in being able to contribute to society a talent not given to all persons. You are in- creasing in self-confidence and self-reliance, and are developing an ability to distinguish between the things that can be changed, and upon which progress can be built, and those which must be accepted as inevitable. The story is told of the lady poetess who was given to rather extreme flights of fancy and closed one of them with the remark I accept the universe to which Thomas Carlyle replied, Well, Gad, she ' d better. Miss Elizabeth Gill ' s Speech to the Class of 1951 SENIOR BANQUET— MAY 23, 1951 46 47 48 • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ■■ ) r ■■IIP