Independence Sanitarium School of Nursing - Sanilog Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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SPARK OF DESIRE hl It all starts within oneis heart, That Spark of desire to do your part. Blended with a tear, a smile, a frown, That nearly makes those dreams tumble down. 5 Those first months, perhaps that entire first year, the path can be seen clearly only directly beneath your feet. Looking ahead lies a twisted thorny branch- entwined path. Our picture of a registered nurse is merely bright glaring colors and disturbing textures upon an unbound canvas. The signs and symbols begin to appear--signs and symbols that lead us along the pathway to the service we can one day render unto our brothers. An irregular pile of books Your own study nook, . ' It's study time lSo begin that climb. Oh the first quarter textbooks, they are mostly a detailed review. Except for anatomy, math of drugs, and. . . and. . . Those bottom rungs of the ladder are fairly ' easy to reach. Then along comes second quarter freshman year. . . then junior blocks. In the weariness of midnight oil, up too late for breakfast and too busy for supper, the legs of student nurses become almost too heavy to lift up the ladder. Mid junior year the signs and symbols become better established; their meanings become clearer. x A long well lighted hall The flashing light is your call. Many the signs that appear Each patient needs you near. The cap, the spotless white uniform and the combat-boots they call nursing shoes, these now appear on the icanyas as the colors and textures take form. Not yet does the nurse have an identity, at face of her own. Pick up your roots and go on. New adventures for you lie beyond. Fill your mind with the knowledge you yearn It won't be long, then you return. Seniors can look to the last and final miles. The nursing path stands unique above E other professions. With it, each of three forks must be travelled down by the senior student. At the end of each journey comes new insight, that she would lack had her education kept her to only the main stream of the path. The canvas is complete; the nurse who is pictured is you. Rest weary one, you the graduating San nurse. No matter where you go from here you cannot forget the memories that lie within the walls of a nursing school on Truman Road. Wherever you go remember the new group of freshman student nurses t that face what you have conquered. These start as you did, with only a Spark of I desire within their hearts. - Thelma Eagle

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Page 6 DEDICATION I -- Gibran has Spoken of giving: You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow? And what is fear of need but need itself? Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable? There are those who give little of the much which they have -- and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome. And there are those who have little ' and give it all. These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, anditheir coffer is never empty . -- Of the signs and symbols on the pathway of service, perhapsthe most important sign of service is that of giving. There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And-there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there are those who give and knows not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, not give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space. Through the hands of such as these God Speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth; It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving. And is there aught you would withhold? All you have shall some day be given; Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your in- heritors'. You often say, 'I would give, but onl .to the deserving. ' , , The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. . Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy of all else . from you. . And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream. See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving. For in truth it is life that gives unto life -- while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness. . . - Kahlil Gibran From THE PROPHET Alfred A. Kn0pf, Inc. , Publishers