Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital Nursing School - Fluoroscope Yearbook (Hinsdale, IL)

Page 22 text:

fa-ss we The Presidentls Address EDNA I. STUREMAN to ij IFE is hut a voyage upon which we each embark. Individually, we either drift along with the tide, or grasp the oar with vigor, as if rowing to reach a definite goal. Here and there, along the way it becomes necessary to stop at various ports for needed supplies. lYe, the Class of '25, are glad we cast anchor at llinsdale llarlior. 'Tis many pleasant associations we have fornn d here and many ds-ar in.-inories we shall carry with Us as wt launih - nt inlo lhe d -1 li. liri we lean- we would paigse a moment nith ll:wsq1lv1ll'l1r n . ln liss of love and friendship. Dear Parents, will you not sit near us as we linger for this lrrief meet ing' together? Tu you we owe our all. and how shall we pay the deht? Xie know not how, unless we l.elp lift the load which your declining year will force you tu lay down. XYe know not how, unless we seek the sann ends you sought. .Xs we look about ns, we see many a shipfwreclceil soul up-in the rongli XVillCl's of temptation, doulmt, and despair. XYQ hold in our hands the same life-line you have held and duty demands that we cast it out tn these perishing ones. Our work may take us far away, but we look beyond to the end uf the voyage when we shall meet again in the Port uf lleaven, never to part. Uur esteemed teachers, will you gather close as we express our words of appreciation to you? Your wise counsel and kindly advice shall always he remembered. XYQ feel that you have taught us how to safely pass tlironei' the deep billows upon this voyage of life. - Fellow-nurses and friends. you too, we welcome into the inner circle uf this last quiet little visit. You have added much happiness and good cheer tw our days of training. To you we intrust the Work We must leave. Classmates. we have reached a new experience in our lives. XYe are called to hear responsibilities more graveg new fields of usefulness are open hefore us. XYho can hut hear the ery of our less-fortunate brothers as they hold out imploring hands calling for the help we can give? May the ties llv which our hearts have been bound together never be broken, but rather strengthen our efforts in service to others. As we cast off from this mooring' place upon the waves of responsi' hility and experience, shall we not prove ourselves true to the higher call of service to the Master? Let us never fail to faithfully direct them to the Chief Physician who heals the horly and otlers rest to the weary soul. pointing them to our guiding Star of Hope, till our barks have reached their last Harbor and our anchors are cast for eternity. Twenty-three

Page 24 text:

il ' S - 1 is UNO Excellence Without Labor Cuifroizn Howe C., , HE foundation and underlying fundamentals of all that pertains ' I to things excellent, is labor. You cannot realize great and noble ,, ambitions without the expenditure ot some energy in one form or another. Heights by great men reached and kept, W'ere not attained by sudden Bight But they, while their companions slept, Wvere loiling upward in the night. Our aims which are usually set high, like Pikes Peak, cannot be sur- mounted without a great deal ol- exertion. Take for instance the wonderful and magniticent cathedrals of Europe which display in all their beauty and structure the handiwork of masters of art and building-the result of gen- erations, yes, even centuries of painstaking eiiiort and toil. But there is another Cathedral, a temple which exceeds by far in come plexity and structure any edihce that man can produce, for it is the temple of the Holy Ghost. As the architect draws the plan for his stately palace, as the artist sketches the outlines of his masterpiece, as the ship builder lays down the lines for his colossal ship, so God has the most excellent plans for each human soul. Yes, for every dewdrop that glistens in the morning sun, for every beam of light that gleams across the universe, God has a purpose and a plan. Then how much more should we realize the importance of the place that is ours to lill? llut only as we are co-laborers with Christ jesus our to-1,1 can we ever hope to attain the great and beautiful. As we are free, moral agents it remains for us through the power of will to choose whether or not we shall allow our costly possessions to de- teriorate and go down in ruin or strive to reach the higher and nobler levels. Note how the ancient Greeks surpassed any other race or people through the strength and beauty of their physique. ldow was that remarkable syms metry and perfection brought to such a high standard if it were not through the laborious exercise that they were subject to in order to have the dis- tinction and honor of excelling their opponents at the great Qlympian games? Our actions, our character, the rank We hold in social life, are deter- mined and governed by thought-the product of the mind. Great minds are always possessed by great men. The mind like the body can Waste away with inactivity and only through labor and the exercise of its powers may it reach perfection. lt is said, Napoleon wrestled many a night through with the most perplexing and preponderons problems. Edison, ui' K e wizard of Twenty-four