Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing - Hahnoscope Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Uibe 309 of 1lncompleteness CContributed by Dr. Mary McKayD If all our lives were one broad glare Of sunlight, clear, uncloudedg If all our paths were smooth and fair, By no soft glooms enshroudedg If ail life's flowers were fully blown, XYithout the sweet unfolding, And happiness were rudely thrown Cin hands too weak for holding: Should we not miss the twilight hours, The gentle haze and sadness? Should we not long for storms and showers To break the constant gladness ? If none were sick and none were sad, XYhat service could we render? I think if we were always glad, XYe scarcely could be tender. Did our beloved never need Our patient ministration, Earth would grow cold and miss indeed Its sweetest consolation. If sorrow never claim our heart, And every wish were granted, Patience would die and hope depart, Life would be disenchanted. V And yet in heaven is no more night, In heaven is no more sorrow, Such unimagined new delight Fresh grace from pains will borrow. As the poor seed that, underground, Seeks its true life above it, Not knowing what will there be found XYhen sunbeams kiss and love it, So we, in darkness upward grown, Do look and long for heaven, But cannot picture it below 'Till more of life be given. 17

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After a time the epidemic began to wane, and before Christmas our classes had started. This crowded our day even more, and at that time we thought we had never been busier in our whole lives. However, according to the old adage, Experience proved to be our best teacher. Gur classes continued at the medical college until late spring. At this time our directress, Miss Isabella Wood- burn, resigned to study at Columbia University. Dr. Mary M. Spears then took us under her wing, until early fall, when Miss Irwin came to take up the office of Chief Nurse, and during her stay we were taught by the ever-present example in herself. With her came Miss Pratt, also a good teacher. However, she entered other fields of nursing which carried her far from us. We missed her, but her place was filled by another graduate of the University Hospital, Miss Myrtle Hursh. She stayed with us as long as Miss Irwin, which was in May, 1921, when we were again without a Directress, until Miss Epler, one of our own graduates, took the reins for the early summer months. In late summer Miss Black, a graduate from the Jefferson Hospital, came to us. VVe are glad to welcome her here, and we realize what a splendid training the rest of the pupil nurses will receive under her instruction and supervision. May they be more cooperative at all times than we have been in the past three years. Now comes the parting of the ways-the time we had marked off on the calendar for the last three years, and yet, like everyone else, we hate to go! However, if we are going to progress we cannot remain in one place, we must step out from under the sheltering eaves of the College Hospital--out into the cold big world. Bo-ol it's cold! VVon't somebody take us in? VVe hope so. And, anyway, we have all the knowledge and training we received at the College Hospital--second to none. So, believing, we travel on. Good-by and good luck.

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