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

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' Foreword s THE golden sun sinks slowly behind the horizon and the entrancing moon creeps .up to take its place, so we, the Class of 1928, are fading into dim existence, only to have ushered in classes of ever greater promise. When Father Time has replaced our golden tresses with those silvery threads, may we oftf times blow the dust from this cover, and amusingly spend an evening absorbed in a brief resume of our training days. 1 Let us present this annual to you not as a master' piece, but as a bearer of welded memories of our past three years. Please be lenient in your criticism, and judge not its contents too harshly. THE STAFF. Five

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The lfllorenee Nightingale Pledge I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly: To pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowf ingly administer any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping, and all' family affairs coming to my knowledge in -the practice of my profession. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those comf mitted to my care. Seven