Grace General Hospital - Our Days of Grace Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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“To every Man there openeth A High Way and a Low And every Man decideth The Way His Soul shall go.” John Oxenham You are now stepping forth, Class 1961 — to put to use what you have learned during your “Days of Grace.” As you do so, may the road that each one of you chooses to travel always be the High Way for you. Congratulations — and may God bless you. (ft- 15 BERYL SEEMAN Director, Nursing Education

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GLADYS McGREGOR (Major), Director of Nursing. The Psalmist David voiced a great and noble determination in the 103rd Psalm when he said, “I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.” The heart is often likened to a citadel and this being so it requires a foundation, a character. We have endeavoured during your student days to strengthen the pillars of your character which must form the basis of a successful career, namely integrity, compassion, loyalty, obedience, industry and faith in God. May these pillars continue to support and promote the growth of your professional career. My sincere congratulations and best wishes go with each of you as you leave the school. Wi 1 Vo the Cjraduatincj C lass of- 1961 ■ i 1 1 1 14

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■x o ur yyaclucites of 1961 I take great pleasure in extending my sincere congrat¬ ulations to each member of the Graduating Class. As you leave Grace Hospital School of Nursing as professional nurses, remember that your first consideration should be the welfare of your patient whose spiritual and physical comfort has been entrusted to your keeping. May God bless you, and guide you in the pathways of your chosen field. JANICE Y. LYON, Assoc. Director of Nursing Service. Sir William Osier, the great medical practitioner and teacher, was devoted to his code of living one day at a time. As a youth he read a book of Carlyle’s which included the passage: “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies closely at hand.” From that time on, he de¬ termined not to worry about the past or the future but to live each day thoroughly. Each day of his life was organized, he put everything he had into it. The result was a full life charged with outstanding accomplishment and service. In the years ahead in doing “what lies closely at hand” may you find the real joy of service and accomplishment. ny - Lillian Pettigrew, Executive Secretary, Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses. It is with a great deal of pleasure and reminiscing that I present this brief greeting from the alumnae to the 1961 graduating class of Grace Hospital. On their behalf, I sincerely congratulate you on achieving this thrilling climax to your three years of training. They have been years of much work and study, and years of many varied experiences, happy and otherwise, all leading to this wonderful day — your graduation day. In the years to come as you turn the pages of this Yearbook, you will revisit the hospital in memory and renew the joyful friendship of training days. The foundation of your nursing career has been laid during these past three years, and your graduation opens a door through which you will further pursue this vocation. May the spirit of the hospital go with you, and may you each be richly rewarded in whatever phase of nursing and service to humanity you chose to follow. OLIVE TAYLOR, Pres, of Alumnae. 16