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

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MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING 1966

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M any tributes have been paid and many honors accorded Ruth Sleeper, especially during this year of her retirement, for she has accomplished many things as a registered professional nurse. Standing on the threshold of our careers, it seems appropriate that vve pause and consider Miss Sleeper’s own early days in nursing. We can know now how proud she must have been to wear the cap and pin that identi- fied her as a graduate of the MGH School of Nursing. And in the years to come, how proudly she carried these symbols with her as she became part of the World Health Or- ganization; as she accepted the Florence Nightingale award; as she returned “home” to direct our own school of nursing and nursing service. Busy as she was with administrative problems of the MGH, she still found time to help form the National League for Nursing and act as its president for two years. But neither words nor the tally of her achievements can tell the whole story. Nothing can adequately describe the blend of integrity, and warmth, and fineness that is Miss Sleeper’s own; that makes us stand when she enters a room, and that lingers almost tangibly after she has addressed a group, or lectured in the classroom, or just stop- ped to chat a moment. Thus, she leaves us more than the legacy of her accomplishments; she leaves in each of us a bit of herself which more than anything, reminds us of the true meaning of nursing. It is now for us to take up the lamp, and to wear the cap and pin of our school, proudly aware of the tradition which Miss Sleeper’s professional life symbolizes. 3