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

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To the Class of 1918: ' Never since the establishment by Miss Florence Nightingale of the first Training School for Nurses has your guild had such a splendid opportunity to register a great epoch for your profession as during this greatest crisis in the Wo1'ld's history. From every hospital in France and Italy, from the despoiled peoples of the world, scourged by a wanton enemy bent upon their ruthless extermination, from the military and naval hospitals of our country there comes an urgent appeal for your service. The task of the army. surgeon and of the nurse in war, as in peace, is one of restoration and not of destruc- tion. Therefore, we may all gladly except the call. 'While the duties may be heavy and soul-proving, the ,rewards will be incalculable, for you will receive a gratitude from those ill and wounded soldiers, to whom you render your gentle and skillful services, too deep for expression. To you will come that greatest of distinctions conferred by our Master- Well done, thou good and faithful servant. To this National call, a patriotic band of our most efficient nurses of the University Hospital has responded with heart 'and soul, and as the war con- tinues many others will follow.-A Those of us who have worked with you in our wards know that you will render a good account of your stewardship and that the honor of your profess-ion and of our great Hospital is secure in your hands. For your success and welfare, we shall all be solicitous. To this chosen group of the University Hospital Unit when they arrive at their mili- tary assignment will apply the verse dedicated by Matthew Arnold to Miss Flor-ence Nightingale and her company of splendid women, as an appreciation of their miraculous work in bringing order out of horrible chaos in the military hospitals of the Crimean War in 1857: Then in such hour of.need, - Ye, like angels, appear, Radiant with ardour divineg Qrder, courage, return. .. . . Ye move through the ranks, recall The stragglers, refresh the outworng Praise, reinspire the brave! Eyes rekindling, and prayers ,, Follow your steps as ye go. he Class of 1918 fWith heartfelt wishes for the greatest of success to all of t '1 am Cordiall and faithfully yours, Y ' KSignedj JOHN G. CLARK. 29

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He who closes his mind to the other man's idea, and disregards the other fe110W'S way of -seeing things, is held in the confines of a narrow self, beyond which he cannot expand. Fling the portals of your faculties wide open, place there asisentinels, dis- cretion and candor, proclaim a welcome to every constructive thought, make yourself acquainted with the other man's point of view, study his opinions 3 mix them well with your own experience, add copiously' magnanimity, settle the compound with good sense, and you will not only succeed, but you will approach much nearer to perfection in your calling, and enhance your use- fulness. Success isn't got by sacrificing other people, you must sacrifice yourself, and live under orders, and never think for yourself, and never have any real satisfaction in your work except just at the beginning, when youlre reaching out after a notion. H fSign.edj VVM. JACKSON MERRILL. Dear Girls,-In these difficult times of strife and economy, I feel that even my letter to you should be somewhat I-Iooverized. Would you, believe it, I am a sincere advocate of morleratiorzf yes, really I am, in almost everything. Cf course, I admit that it is rather difficult to practice what one preaches, but you must all try earnestly to follow my ex- emplary manner of living. Now perhaps you are not thinking of just what I am thinking of, but remember what one of your own sex, lXIrs. Robert Browning, says, a happy life means prudent compromisef' And now, dear girls, this above all- stop, look, and listen -and, inci- dentally, if it is possible, talk but little. lf you are fond of wrist watches and DOCUY, you may remember this little verse from 'l'ennyson's Lord of the Isles. I Oh, many a shaft at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken, IVIay soothe or wound a heart that's broken. fsitljllrftlbj NORMAN KNIFE. 28

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To the Ladies of the Class of 1918: You are emerging into your profession at a time when its needs are very great, and When, in consequence, many are-being admitted Whose fitness falls far short of yours. ln this heterogeneous group will occur many brilliant successes, and likewise many failures, and each result will depend upon the knowledge, the devotion, and the tact that is displayed. After three years' instruction and experience you, as a class, are peculiarly Well equipped with the first of these, but the others are quite as important, and as you exhibit love for your work, and therefore zeal and self-sacrifice in it, and an ability to accomplish things efficiently, yet gracefully and unassumingly, will your suc- cess be measured. My best wish for each of you is that you may so combine these requisites as to render aservice to your country, either at home or abroad, that will redown to the glory of your noble profession. H I ' fSign'edj T..GRIER MII.LER. To-morrow As dew-drops to the grass-blades, As smiles to patients' eyes, Your Words, dear friends and helpers, i Are pearls We'll ever prize. To-morrow and To-morrow, And soon the years roll byg Yet often shall We bide a Wee, Beside our bonnie Yesterday. , 30