Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing - Sonah Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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N A H Our Alumnae Alumnae Association from its very name implies a substantial organization of J Iong standing. Everything must have a beginning however and so we find the graduates of the Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing maintaining an alum- nae association just a few years old because the school is young. Its comparison to a child is not unlikely, we struggle with it, we endure, all the time hoping that it will grow into a sturdy, useful being. Members of the first graduating class met in the lounge of the Clara Ford Nurses ' Home on the evening of October 27, 1927 to organize the Alumnae Association. The first officers were elected that night, Elizabeth Jones Nelson, President; Dorothv Mackay, ' ice President; Nora Mills Durman, Secretary; and Ruth Beemer, Treasurer. Miss McNeel was voted Honorary President. These with a group of about thirty per- sons were our pioneers. Their foremost problem was to reduce the debt incurred by the publication of the first Sonah. A full year followed; teas, a bridge party, and candv sales were the major activities, with the result that at the close of the vear the debt was paid and a small balance was left in the treasury. Katherine McTear was elected president in 1929 but she resigned in February and was succeeded by Ann Thompson. In this year we began to show interest in the wider scope of nursing by sending two delegates to the International Council of Nurses meeting in Montreal. Ann Thompson and Helen Hendrickson represented us. In 1930 Ruth Ann Milligan headed the group. It was an active year. Henrietta Gosen and Ruth Beemer went to the American Nurses ' Association meeting in Mil- waukee. It was voted upon this year to each year set aside a certain sum of money with which to purchase a gift to be presented to the school in honor of each graduat- ing class. For a long time many of the members had been interested in a Sick Nurses ' Benefit Fund. With this in mind an amendment to the constitution was adopted and the annual dues were changed from $1.30 a year to $2.00 a year, the additional fifty cents to be paid into the special fund created at that time. The depression was on and Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas baskets were filled and given to needy families. During the past year Mildred Udgaard has been president. Delegates, Ruth Ann Milligan and Alice Sexton, have been sent to another convention, this time the state meeting at Lansing. Our membership has grown tremendously necessitating the purchase of files. Work has been started on a complete index of all alumnae. Thanks- giving and Christmas baskets were again filled and distributed. Elections for 1932 took place at the Belcrest Hotel following dinner for the group. Mary Price was elected president. As the membership grows and the organization becomes older, newer and wider activities are undertaken. We feel that we have a definite contribution to make to our school, the influence of the one on the other is a real relationship. It is our responsi- bility to carry on and promote the good work of the school. Toward this end we hope for a happy and prosperous year. M. Udgaard, President [92]

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ALUMNAE

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N H 6 % 5 GRADUMINO CLa£.- ■• jleuyvj ndKo ' ipital •■ y« - A Sixth: V. Davis, F. Kramer, J. Bagstad, E. Roach, D. Blahnik, E. Heinneman, M. Longfield, D. Brown, M. Rutledge, V. Burke, T. Daggett, M. Razor, M. Burgess, I. x llen, M. Schlott- hauer, Fifth: E. Fetzer, J. Laidlaw, D. Hall, A. Buchanan, M. Cote, P. Coyle, E. Davidson, T. McGranahan, K. Antles, I. Gallagher, S.Bildfell, M. Simpson, M. Reid, R. Brevik, N. Neeley. Fourth: M. RouscH, M. Kehoe, A. Enole, B. Goodwin, M. Galbraith, H. Vulgamore, F. BisSEL, E. JoKELA, B. Harstine, L. Mercer, R. Holland, J. Clark, M. Luther, L. Graham. Third: M. Fales, M. W ' ordex, M. Skyder. W. Heckler, L.Johnson. N. Rhodes, B. Hitchingham, L.Joseph, R. Barlow, W. Hainbaugh, . , Eilerston, L Ch. rlton, F. Kosta.mo. Second:V . Place, C. Bolt, R. Murphy, F. Feetha.m, H. Morden, B. Codner, R. Birnbaum, D. Heath, A. Harter, J. Kellam. Fint: C Hay, O. TiNNES, K. Lasich, L. Pearson, E. Hembre, J. Kerr, J. Heuther E. Brink To the Class of ' 3 I WH. T HAS become of the Class of ' 31? It seems incredible to rank you, who were so recently a part of the school, as alumnae. It is as yesterday to us, that, as beginners, we looked up to you as sage sophomores and juniors and later seniors and graduating class. During the three years you spent with us, you have left an imprint which even time can not erase; the hours spent together will linger on in your memory and in ours. The part of the history of the school dating from 1928 to 1931 is full of your activities, your efforts, and your triumphs. Those of us who came after you have regarded you as a big sister; whose counsel and assistance we eagerly sought, and w hich was as willingly given. Our farewell to you has been to w ish you every success. May your memories of H. F. H. be as pleasant as ours of the Class of ' 31- 93: