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

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To th-e Gradurzting Class of Nurses: After thr-ee years of study and self-sacrificing work in the Hospital Wards it is pleasant to know that you are soon to havef NEO great rewards: The possession of a diploma from the Hospital of the oldest Medical School in America, and induction into one o tile noblest of professions. Your work here has been hard, your hours long and your discipline at times seemingly severe, but you W1 hereafter look back on all three of these conditions with approval, for they are essential to the development of those qualities that will give you distinction and make your future work a constant satisfaction. I Only those who rate their calling high and see in sacrifice the greatest of life's opportunities, will find in professional work an ade- quate recompense for all its hardships. You are about to enter upon a career full of trials, but equally full of that joy which 'comes from giving comfort, and often returning to health those committed to your care. It is not given to us to cure all our patients, but do not forget that, even if the battle with disease goes against us, the fact that we have been able to assuage the sufferings of those in affliction, may be as great a triumph as saving life itself. I remember how a dear old lady once said to- her' da,ughter's doctor: I know it was not to beg my poor girl could not be saved, but I want you to realize how m her and that you saved her for me these last two yearsf, y V uch I appreciate your kind and sympathetic care of Do not forget that the greatest triumphs are sometimes those of the vanquished, and that if material victory does not perch on our banners, the feeling that we have been kind, gentle, sympathetic, and untiring in our efforts to relieve, as well as cure, will more than b l counter a ance the regret at failure to achieve that which, perhaps, was impossible from the very beginning. I wish you all the greatest success and the greatest satisfaction in your future lives. - KSig,nr-dj ALFRED STENGEL. f The profession of nursing is one which calls for much self-sacrifice and love of humanity, and has aided greatly in the winning of the war for liberty and right. The Nurses of the University Hospital are worthy members of that sisterhood in which Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell shine as two bright stars. I V - I heartily wish to the Members of the Graduatin C1 h h g ass muc appiness in the work of their noble callin Very sincerely yours, g. I KSMWKU WM. G. SPILLER. 26

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DR. WILLIAM G. SPILLER Professor of Neurology DR. ALFRED STENGEL Professor of Medicine DR. M. HOVVARD FUSSELL Professor of Applied Therapeutics