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

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actually exlstsl ln September 1959 MISS Bertha Rob rnson Was asstgned to Ford as our second prtnctpal Under her admtnls tratlon Ford has been accredlted and our ttrst class has been graduated Representatrves of the Unrverstty ot Mrchrgan vlsrted Ford on lanuary l 1959 to rate us rn ftfteen areas rnclud mg phtlosophy obrectwes ot the school currtculum orlered llbrary factltttes guldance and counselrng graduatton requlrements equtprnent and school plant ln addttton our teachers had to present college transcrtpts and a record of teachmg experlence On February 24 1959 Mtss Robmson announced that we had been accred 1ted by the Unxversrty ot Mlchlgan Thrs dectston means that each graduate re CGlV11'1Q favorable recommendatton from our pr1nc1pa1 and applytng to the Um verslty of Mrchtgan or other Mtchlgan Mr Alexander Mercer brology teacher and Dr Lester Ander colleges and unlverstttes wtll be ad son Unrversxty of Mxchrgan representatrve confer about hte rn a greenhouse Further honorlng our school on th1s date was the Portratt Presentatton Mr Wllltam Clay Ford presented our school wtth a portrart of h1s grandfather Henry Ford founder of the Ford Motor Company The ceremony was covered by all the local newspapers and broadcast to the entrre school by close ctr cutt telev1s1on The portrout of Henry Ford by Wrlbur Ftsk Noyes hangs on the north wall of our ltbrary a f1tt1ng me morlal to a great man Thls was the begrnntng of Henry Ford hrstory a noble start lol the years to come when Ford Wrll rlse to greater recog n1t1on and prestlge Mr Arthur Mc Grath accepts the portratt from of Eclucatron From 1 r MISS Lourse C Grace Mc Grath and Mrss Robmson m1tted wrthout havtng to take an en trance exarnrnatton Mr Wlllram Clay Ford on behalf of the Board Mr Wrllram Clay Ford ludy Brtqqs Mr Arthur 8 I 1 1 ' 1 .. .. 1 11 I . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , , . - 1 , -1 ' . -I . ,, , ,. , . . 11 . .11 .. 1 1

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shell, but now Ford High Mr Sidney Berkowltz Mr Louxs Panush Mr Mxtchell Tendler Many teachers who have left to fulflll new as slgnments were mstrumental m helpmg to set 1n op eratron our program of academrc studles They came to serve as instructors but they also became ad vlsers and sponsors for our extracurrrcular act1v1t1es We g1ve credlt to the tollowrng teachers for therr past servlce to the school Mrss Eleanor Bogan Mrs Naom1 Cheng Mrs Kathertne Cutter Mrs Irene Burchlll Mrs Nancy Schermerhorn and Mr Iohn Wllson the value of these teachers to the growth of Ford IS nnmeasurable Also representatlve of that help Ford grow sp1r1t are Mr Sldney Berkowltz former hrstory teacher who served as vtce prestdent and program commtt tee member of the P T C Mr Louls Panush former Department Head of Mathematrcs and Scrence who set up our laloorator1es and our conservatory and who encouraged student mterest 1n the value ot sclence courses and Mr M1tchell Tendler former Engllsh teacher who became the lrrst advlser to the Spothght lou ..- 2.019-on 1 Q Q u . . n u . . ' . . , , , ' . . ., . , - 1 1 . , . , . , . I - 1 , . , - 1 . m ' I ' -. . - 'YY 4 ' If .. Y: li .If LIQJIW t ' h 5' an...-

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