Lutheran Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Lift Up Tour Eyes who are not in a position to take up the deaconess calling, but desirous of servingnthe Church. Christian Social Workers! What opportunities are there for service? Following are only a few: Parish work Child Protection and child place' ment work Home finding Day nursery Boy probleml adequate Christian Girl problem f leaders are necessary. Delinquency Unmarried mothers ' Family case work Dependent families Broken homes Christian family standards Recreational work ffor old and young, Settlement work Health work-nurses Institutional work Various liomes-fteachers, matrons, eta? Orphan, Old peoples, Hospitals, hos- pices, etc., etc. To do effective work workers must have the right attitudeg they must have the best knowledge possible of their workg therefore an intensive and thorough training is essential. A worker must have skill in gaining conhdence, must he sincere and must have courage to face facts and realities. With these the worker must have vision. Vision to see the needs. This vision needs to be intensified, it needs to be strengthened so that the worker may work to capacity. A worker must be filled with that great attribute Love, that same love which was in Christ Jesus: As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved youg continue ye in my love. ffohn 15:9.j That great love which is the motive power of activity- that spurs one on to service, That love that calls us to God daily-in prayer-asking Him to direct all our thoughts, words and deeds-and as He prayed for us-we must pray for others. Intercede for those who love usg for those who do not love usg and for those who do not love themselves. If we are to be busy with men-we must be busy with God. There are so many helpful things to do Kindle the courage that srnoulclers Along life's uvay stillg fHelps to the helper, if we did but Think what jesus would do today lqnowl From day to day. So many troubled hearts to soothe S0 many pathways rough to smooth, So many comforting words to say, To the hearts that falter along the way. Here is a lamp of hope gone out Along the way. Some one stumbled and fell, no doubt But brother, stay! Out of thy store of oil refillg Page Twentyfsix For one who had fallen beside the way. How many lifted hands still plead Along life's way! The old, sad story of human need Reads on for aye. But let us follow the Sa1Jiour's plan- Looe unstinted to every man: Content if, at most, the world should say: He helped his brother along the way!' i

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Lift Up 'Your Eyes proved to be badly adapted to social needs. Social work does not in' clude what the individual does for his own benefit or that of his family. We might divide for our convenience Social Work as follows: 1-Case work. 2-Organization and administration of institutions. 3-Teaching and organizing small groups for educational, recrea- tional and social purposes. 4-Education of public. 5-Coordination and organization of the resources of the community. From these rather large divisions we can readily see that in order to do effective work, in order not to have too much reduplication, skilled workers are necessary and all workers must be skilled. A scientific train' ing is necessary-but in addition to this a social worker, in order to do effective work-must have a Christian Foundation. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that houseg and it fell notg for it was founded upon a rock. fMath. 7:25.j Religion is dynamic! Religion shows itself differently to different people. In some it comes suddenly as in con' versiong in others there is a growth of a slowly developing convictiong but to all it comes through faith. Telling people to go to church does not help. When a man is hungry, or his family is in dire need-he wants and needs temporal things-these must be tended to first-then spiritual aid may be given. The social worker gets them in touch with those who understand things that they understand. No social worker can do real effective, lasting work unless he helps the man, woman or child spiritually as well as physically. Our state institutions do much to provide for the latter- but the former is not given much consideration. , We can reach the soul of no one unless we know the individual as he really is. Bitterness is caused by failing to understand and failing to meet conditions. The Heart must win the heart. Jesus has said For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. fjolrm 13:15'j and herein he has given us a great opportunity. If we are to be like unto God and follow His example- we must study Him. jesus was ever active and so He desires us to be active for Him. There is a real need in the Church for a larger number of consecrated deaconesses, but along side of the deaconess there is also a real need for the trained Christian worker in our Church. There are young women Page Twenty-five

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Lift Up 'Your Eyes First Class in Soeieill l O Service Work The Hrst class in Social Service Work to he conducted at the Luth' eran Deaconess Home and Hospital was under the instruction of Miss Francelia Stucnkel. Class work was begun on February fourth and completed on June 7, 1929, a period of eighteen weeks or ninety hours. Miss Stuenkel is a member of the teaching staff of the Graduate School of Social Service Administration of the University of Chicago, and came to us well recommended. Following is a summary of the course and the number of hours devoted to each division of the Work: . A SURVEY or THE FIELD or SOCIAL SERVICE The Problem of Poverty and Dependency .................................... 15 Hours Causes and extent ol poverty. Standards of living and family budgets. Public outdoor relief in the U. S. The Charity Organization The care of the dependent poor. 1110vff1T1C11f- The Enghgh. Poor Law, The prevention of poverty and de' The almslwuse. P6I1ClCDCY. Dependent and Delinquent - Children ...................... 35 Hours Causes and extent of dependency. Institutions and agencies for care of dependent chilf dren. Standards of child welfare. . Causes and extent of child def linquency. Juvenile courts and probation. Correctional schools. Prevention of dependency and delinquency in children. The Sick Poor .................. 10 Hours Extent of sickness. Social causes and costs of sick' ness. The development of community care for the sick. Medical social service. The public health movement. Health education. ,Hi .al Miss Stuenlcel Page Twentyfseven