Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing - Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Ri th Sleeper. R.N., M.A. Dirocior of the School of Nursing and Nursitig Service

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Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing February and September 1950 February 1951

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Dear Senior: lay we lielp you? For lliree years ou luive heen greeted l)y lliis familiar ((ueslion as ou stood on tlie tliresliold of the Nursing Office. sometimes in need of liel[), sometimes a welcome visitor who came to talk o er a hit of information ol interest to us all. I oday you stand on the threshold of our career. the doorwaN ' to a lifetime. And so we. the Faculty, say to ou again Nlay ■e help you. ' ' It is a very different threshold upon which you now stand lor the door is hroad and the opportunities heyond it multitudinous. Bui so. too. the offer of help is broaden ed. and the spirit behind the off ‘r deepened. A letter such cis this cannot discuss all the reasons why this is true. ou. oursel ’es, must realize now the breadth of opportunity in Nursing. ou must sense the new relationship hi ' tween the Facultv and the Alumnae ol the School, a relal ionshi|i horn of the cooperati e effort of three years passed and of the anticipation of ne N- prolessional and personal associations in the years to come. You must now feel your own importance in the great community of health workers, and the new respect which greets you as a full Hedged member of the Nursing Profession. Wdiat you know, what you do, what you are, now take on a new significance This learned I From the shadow of a tree Wdiich (t o and fro) did sway Upon a wall — Our in lluence (Our shadow-se Ives) iSIay fall Wdiere we can never be ’ As women in the community, as nurses in the health team, as members of a pro- fession, yours is a great obligation. The School has given you of its best in llu- past. The Faculty has lead you to the broader threshold. As you mo e into the new fields of opportunity. Senior. , la ' we help ou. ' ' f ' uj£z Jill