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

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To the Class of 1919: In the work which is to follow the discipline and drudgery of your training-school days, it is my Wish that you may never h21V6 occasion to regret them. KSignedj T. TURNER THOMAS. Dear Friends: The last two years have been strenuous ones for both nurses and physicians, Whether under the urgency of war service, or under the stress of hospital or civil practice. Your Class, like the Medical Class of 1918 and 1919, have Worked under the handicap of a greatly decreased corps of instructors, hence your scholastic life has been more difficult, but in the face of all of these difficulties those of us who have Watched your work in the clinic and in Ward service feel that you have come through most creditably. Added to this increased burden came the tragic epidemic of influenza, which claimed its victims with the virulence of the plagues of a century ago. ln this crisis, you shirked not, even though some of your members bravely fell at their posts. Through this splendid service to the great number of stricken ones, you have an especial claim for our highest admiration and regard. lt is, therefore, a great pleasure to congratulate your Class upon the completion of aniunusually trying year, full of difficulties to each member, and, therefore, especially replete with honor. With such a satisfactory record behind you, I am sure your future Will be a bright and happy one. ' Gordiezlly yours, Y fSign-edj JOHN G. CLARK. Best wishes for the Class of 1919, on entering a profession Without whose aid our profession would be helpless. KSignedj BARTON CooKE HIRST. 22 1w+:::2vw1sa4'-1. .--2 f . .. . . Y 1' TT T .p'vq.- 1,1 11- . - , .

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La-ls . - ' ' ber I do not know that any formal sentiment could express more than my most sincere wishes for the success of each andfevietf meliflh n . . . . . . - ' ' a in the life-work which she is choosing. There is nothing of greater comfort to the patient and the family in the case o sic ness a really good nurse. Sincerely, fSign-edj J. P. CROZER GRIFFITH. ' Q A broad outlook as to the fundamentals of your work is hard to combine with the needful attention to detail. Yet your patients will always be more conscious of the minor acts which minister to their comfort than of your philosophy of nursing. Your feet must tread firm ground whether or not your head is in the clouds. This is a good motto to take from Michael Angelo- Perfection is made of trifles, but perfection is no trifle. ' KSign,edj B. ALEXANDER RANDALL. Nothing has contributed so greatly to the pleasure of my many years of service in the University Hospital as the invariable courtesy of the nurses who have shared and lightened my work. It has always been a source of regret to me that the special nature of my work has limited the constancy and closeness of my association with you, for I would have regarded it as a very great privilege to have known each .of you better, and to have been counted as one of your friends instead of as just one of the unimportant and quickly forgotten incidents of your days of training. However kind Fate may have been to me in other respects, I shall never forgive h-er for having denied me this pleasure. I Yours most cordially, KSignedj CHAS. P. GRAYSON. 24 2'::y.5y,'1: .E-35111-11.255, 4 V- 3.5.1, -I-I ,YY If I V , V ...... ,,,.,, , , u 'f,, - 1- g.4:f.'. 'J .1 -i ' .- , - g-, , . W - - ' ' -1 3.Q1'f:,Qje,g1'Q,,J1.-.' -LLL.. ' ' , -. .. .. A.- -V -.-- AA------A V - ' -' me' ' ' ' ' ' ' H 'M '