Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Sister Mary Louis, O.S.F., R.N., M.S,. director of the St. Joseph ' s unit of nursing Since its foundation in 1897 as a project of the Poor Sisters of St. Francis Seraph of the Perpetual Adoration, the St. Joseph ' s unit of the school of nursing has come to its position of wide recog- nition and respect largely as a result of an abundance of sincere and devoted effort. The school has grown alongside the hospital itself; since 1928 it has functioned as an integrated part of the university as well. In an age when nursing is becoming increasingly a highly skilled science as well as an art. the basic three year course required for qualification as a registered nurse demands hea il of the time and energy of the student. Classes, practice, and study combine to offer a formidable schedule. St. Joseph ' s unit of the school of nursing is under the direction of Sister Mary Luois, O.S.F.. who also holds the aca- demic rank of assistant professor of nursing. Yet whether it be the traditional inter-class competition of Stunt Night, the monthly birthday parties, or the more solemn events of capping and graduation, there is another side to the students ' life as well; a side evidencing a spirit of co-operation and common participation which, all agree, is invaluable. Capable training amid wholesome surroundings constitutes the key to a distinguished record of service. Facuhy of St. Joseph ' s unit of nursing 29

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St. Catlte Ute ' i. Si i.r Mar K.-nIii. R.S.M.. K.N.. A.M.. .Iir.,i, St. (ialht-riiir ' - unit i f niir-inj; Since ils fi)Uiiilitig ill I ' JiO by the Sisters of Mercy St. Catherine ' s hospital has c hil»ilc«l that spirt of selflessness which (listing;uishcs the members of the nursing profession. I iiselfish aid to inaiikiiurs sick has been the inspiring thought in the hospital ' s operation. It also has been the guide and ideal of the school of nursing. By agreement in January. 1929. the Creighlon university established its school of nursing in St. Catherines. This agreeincnl was patterned U|)on a similar plan completed with St. Josephs in 1928. By it both units of the school of nursing became integral parts of the university. Sister Mary Kc in. K.S.M., has been the director of St. Catherine ' s unit since 1934. Having graduated from St. Catherine ' s in 1922 she later attained her degrees of bachelor and masters of arts from Creighlon. In 1917 she was promoted to the academic rank of assistant professor of nursing. Meeting the need for relaxation and a break between studies the social agenda of this ear featured two fonnals. the winter formal given bv the seniors and the spring formal presented by the junior class. In addition the trainees had the oppor- tunity to attend such gatherings as parties offered by the doctors ' wives and the alumni, coffee forums, and sodalitv picnics. r til Faculty of .St. Catherines unit of nursing 28

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jUe Qnxiduate ScUool A paradox uf aii ( i ili .ati(.ii iiia I).- (lisccnifd in the fad lliat ils ullural levrl advancrs .n a wide front largrly as a result of tl ' .p individual, srcminglv unionnrded endeavors of nutnrrous devoted sperialisls, earh struggling uilli tin- proMeins of his own particular field. It is to the training of such specialists, to the .-xi.ansic.ti of inquisitive learning that the Creighton Graduate School is directed. As a di.stinct unit of the IniversitN. the (;raduate School .l)ser ed this past November its twenty-fifth year of service, an event marked hy a Silver Anniversary Dinner as well as hy a special round tahle discussion on current American trends held in the Moot Court of the School of Law. The space of these twenty-five years has witnessed a steady expansion in hoth the size and the s( op - of the Graduate .School. The enrollment during the first semester. 1951-1952, sto..d at ll() students; of these, many were working for advance degrees in departments so varied as to range from English and history, on the one hand, to nutrition, biological chemistry, and radiology, on the other. With its administration under the dire tion of the Rev. Henry W. Casper. S.J., Dean, the Creighton Graduate .School manifests an awareness of that judicial uniting of a specialized with a previous general education which must characterize any true university. Council of the graduate school 30