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

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if they have an- hour to spare, will join these busy work rooms where so much good is being done. We have a splendid course here in our own city, at 221 S. l9th Street, with Miss Anna Rogers as Chief Supervisor, formerly Directress of Nurses at U. of P. Hospital. They graduate a great number of classes, and at once, these women are snatched up to teach in some part of the country where they have no instructor. The American Red Cross has grown wonderfully, and we are proud of it. The war has brought out the best in the character of America. You, the class of 1918, who will soon be graduated from a splendid Hospital, will be in a position to do a wonderful lot of good, either at home or abroad. Are you going to swell the number of the Nursing Corps who are willing to give much, if not all, to their Red Cross, or are you going to sit back and idly look on as the busy world passes your door? Fate has placed a wonderful opportunity in your path, for never againlin our life-time will we have a chance to help win right, in such a war as this. Think it over seriously for it is an age of Service and Sacri- fice. We who are young and strong, must take the places of our nurses who have already given their best years and strength to the service of the Red Cross. For 'f'After the verb :To Love,' 'To Help' is the most beautiful verb in the worldf' 84

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The department of Transportation has had, and is having, its hands full. With all the millions of things made, such as garments, surgical dressings, etc., they have been a busy people and have accomplished wonders. And we must say to their credit, that with all the hardships and disadvantages under which they have worked, they have been most successful. Through them our supplies have in safety reached the other side. . Home Nursing is a course, of fifteen lessons taught by a Red Cross nurse who has been authorized from Washington, as a teacher. She receives 51545.00 for the said course, which is both practical and theoretical. . At the end of fifteen lessons the class is examined by an examiner, and a certificate sent from Washingto.n. This does not mean that a pupil is a nurse, but it does mean that she may serve as a nurse's aid, if needed. Such service is strictly voluntary. The First Aid Course must be taught by a doctor who has been authorized to do so. He is paid 54.00 a lesson, which also consists of Hfteen lessons to a course. Certificates are also given if this examination hasbeenf passed. At the completion of Home Nursing and First Aid Courses, the members of the classes sometimes take a three months' course in a hospital, which serves to gather up the loose ends, make them more efiicient, and rounds out their course as a nurse's aid. Most important of all these departments is the garment and surgical dressing' department. They are most strict in their way of doing things, and are putting out enormous amounts of work. The instructor in this department need not be a nurse, but she must have had a course in this work. All over the country, in small villages, intermediate towns, and in cities, if you could see at a glance, you would find women working morning, noon and night, knitting, sewing, and making sur- gical dressings. Most of them are busy women, too, who have homes to care for and business toattend to, and still willingly, ss l i

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Prophecy my A. c. Mg r May, 1947. Twenty-nine years! The world has surely changed in that time. VVhen I last remember Old Mother Earth the nations were at warg men were being killed by thousands every day, women were doing the work of men on farms, street cars, in factories, oflices, etc. Nation had declared war upon nation until the human race was in one huge turmoil. After ten years fighting peace again reigned, and today the world is a more peaceful, prosperous place than it has ever been. There is now only one navy composed of battleships, submarines, etc., from all countries. Every country has its own President elected by the people anld annually a convention is held by the presidents and diplomats of every country to make laws and maintain peace. Women now hold prominent positions in the world's government and some of the most skilled avia- tors and sailors are women, but so far a woman President has not ruled the U. S. A. I wonder where my classmates are! VVhen I bade them farewell in Houston Hall twenty-nine years ago, they all looked happy and cheerful. Some were contemplating mat- rimony, and others had mapped out wonderful careers for themselves. Have they been successful, or have they, like Robbie Burns, found out the best laid plans o' mice and men gae aft aglee, and leave us nocht but grief and pain for prom- ised joys P I will take my aeroplane and tour the world until I find them. On the steps of the fountain in front of the Plaza Hotel in New York a woman is lecturing on Women's Rights. She is very enthusiastic, and from the applause she receives, she is evidently very popular. As I look at her I recognize my ss