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

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P53111-'E db Class Poem RUT 1-1 LADD lt is early morn in the surgical ward, The white gowned nurses, with gentle grace And skillful treatments, relief afford, VVith the added tonic of smiling face. As the hours pass by, tired limbs are sootlietlg Relaxation comes with fresh, clean sheets, New conraee is born with each new day, :Xnd the spectre pain, unwilling, retreats. .Xniid clit-erful surrounrlines, each need supplied, Tliougli painful the body or weary the heart, Here nature is aided tu stein the tide With :lil tht- zulxantziecs skill can inipzirt. Now glinipse with nie ziuotlicr scene VVliere sickness has entered and clainieil its own Nu respite is felt lrmn the lllI'HlJlJlI1LQ pain,- l'i'ex't-iitioii :ind cure are alike unknown. The low, oppressive sununer air ' Scarce ventures tu enter the narrow door. Tit fan the brow of the sufferer there, On a pallet of straw, on the hard earth floor. ln his mind is a fear of the great unknown- The dark hereafter with mystery froughtg No light on the path he must tread alone- No soothing hope has his heart been taught. The burdened hours drag slowly on, No anxious vigil do loved ones keepg He dreams of the time when the pain will be gone, And only Finds rest in troubled sleep. There are thousands who suffer with none to car XYl1t.st- stifled moans unheeded fall, XYhose dying lips breathe forth a prayer 'lim gods who are helpless to heed their eall. 'Du we catch the vision of des'prate need? Do we hear the age old, hopeless cry? Do our hearts incline the vision to heed, Or for fairer paths to pass it by? It is ours, classmates, to follow, or no, The steps of the One who walked on earth To seek out the fallen, the burdened with woe, And point them to values of truest worth. Thirty-three

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