Mack School of Nursing - Yearbook (St Catherines, Ontario Canada)

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To Those Who Follow It is with deep feeling of responsibility and pride that this yearbook is dedicated to the future graduates of The Mack School of Nursing. As the Class of 1970 we are the first nurses to graduate from the Mack School of Nursing, an honour which we will cherish proudly on the one hand and yet humbly on the other. To you, future graduates, we hand on the assets and the facilities of our school. Use them well and wisely. What we are now and what we are yet to be depends not on others but on each of us. With us has been the responsibility of the beginning of the history of our school. With each of you lies the responsibility of the increasing tradition, for as you pass through the school you shape the ever growing history of its future. Class of 1970 2

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Mack School of Nurs St. Catharines, Ontario Presents Mack Data 1970

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Editorial To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embrac- ing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. Ecclesiastes 4, Verse 1-8 As we conclude our final year it is the season of farewell to our classmates, fellow students, teachers and school; and it is the time to go forward as professional nurses to meet the responsibilities of our future in our chosen field, in our homes, in the community and in our country. Three years ago, we the Class of 1970, entered the new regionalized Mack School of Nursing. This was the time of birth, not only of our school, but also the birth of a new life for us, our one ambition being to become nurses. As we look back on these years we realize we have attained much more than our goal. This was the time of plant- ing. We have developed skills in our profession, abilities in ourselves, understanding of our fellow man, respect for our teachers and friendships with our classmates that will bind us together through the years of our lives. Now is the time to pluck that which was planted and to use our abilities and skills for the good of our fellow man as we pursue our careers, secure in the knowledge that, although life before us may not always be easy, we are confident because we have encountered, during our training, many times and seasons , and through them have attained a better understanding of ourselves and others. Classmates; as we leave our school for the last time, stop and think of the things it has given us. Looking at the faces of our peers - probably seen together as a group for the last time, we realize we are leaving a great deal behind, but we are taking a great deal more with us. Fond memories of friends, variety shows projects, teas, dances, the ups and downs of learning, and above all the tools and skills of that education with which to serve and serve well in the field of professional nursing we take with us wherever we may go. These were the things we shared mutually and these happenings have created a bond between us and within us that can be shared by none other than us - the Class of 1970. It is my sincere wish that this yearbook will serve you well as an instrument with which you can, in later years, stop the hands of time and give you moments to reflect upon past memories of friends and events so dear to you now. Good luck and God bless you. Editor. 3