Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Chiefs' Writings The quotation from Richard Jeffries' Pageant of Summer - The ex- ceeding beauty of the Earth in her splendor of life yields a new thought with every petal. The hours when the mind is absorbed by beauty are the only hours when we really live, so that the longer we can stay among these things so much the more is snatched from the inevitable. fSignedj EDWARD MARTIN. The profession of trained nurses has covered itself with glory in offering the services of its members in such a large proportion to our country. The University graduates have taken a high rank among this noble group, and when the history of the nursing work of the war is written, it will be found that no better record will have been achieved by any other Training School than by that from which your class is about to graduate. fSignedj TALFRED STENGEL. The art of nursing is not new. To soothe and to solace, to help and to heal has been woman's privilege from time immemorial. Nursing as a profession is modern, and is a logical outgrowth of the newer medicine and the newer surgery. Neither the surgeon's skill nor the in- ternist's acumen can successfully Hght the battle for life' without the aid of a trustworthy lieutenant in the person of a conscientious, vigilant, self-denying, intelligent nurse. In fvhff Present supreme hour of trial for most of the world, the trained nurse is meeting the test with honor to her calling and her sex. For She tr-uly Hgirdeth her loins with strength and strengthens her arms, and a host ot the sons of many nations rise and call her blessed.', fSignedj JOHN B. DEAVER. 20

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Foreword With the spring We present to you the final efforts of our vvinter's Work. VVe have tried to make this '4Record of your experiences in the Training School the best and most original yet pub- lished. If We have succeeded to your satisfaction, We are vvell paid for our endeavor. r We Wish to acknowledge our indebtedness to those who have made this book achievable: ' , To Miss Hayes Whose kind influence made our number of advertisements possible, To our artistic friends who have so added to the attraction of the book, Q D Also to those friends Who have materially contributed and Whose modesty forbids the publication of their names. r THE ED1ToRs. A19

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You ask nie to write 21 few lines of advice, but I do not like ' because the giving of advice carries with it a claim to superiority.. tifvdlfi lildifse chosen a calling that is one of the best, for the bestowal of 'service to suffer- ing humanity is rewznded by great satisfaction. There is abundant oppor- tunity for such service, and your lives have brought and must continue to bring so long as you follow your noble profession, the realization of the truth of these words. ' KSignedj WILLIAM G. SPILLE-R. Best wishes to the Class of 1918, our indispensable assistants in our work. fSignedj BARTON CooKE HIRST. A verse in the Bible reads: 'fBe ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as dovesf' It is easier to be wise than it is to be harmless. A good nurse will not only be wise in the caring of her patients, but harmless in that she keeps strictly her own counsel. The numerous peculiarities of disposition and faults of character which she has observed, and all the family skeletons, little and big, with which she is sure to become acquainted, she will. hold sacred, and as learned in her professional capacity, she will treat them as though imme- diately forgotten. t 1 Sincerely, fSignedj J. P. CROZER GRIVFFITH. iii- Speaking of the practice of Medicine, Qliver Wendell Holmes once said: I dare not place any gift, however beautiful, or any success, however brilliant, above the talent or the skill which can relieve a simple pang, and the self- devotion which lays them at the feet of the' humb-lest fellow creature, and the same may be said of the arduous calling you have chosen. The material rewards will often be small, but you .will have the joy which c0mCS ff0m relieving the suffering of some fellow-creature. X When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thouf, Q fSignedj M. B. HARTZELL. '21