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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
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A MESSAGE FROM MISS SLEEPER Dear Seniors: Always, always more to see, more to learn, more to do! This was your past. More scientific and medical advances, more change and progress in nursing, more demands from Society to be met! This is your future. What will you do? To have a goal is a prime essential to a well organized and satisfying life. But a goal no matter how intellectually advanced or morally sound is vain unless this goal is motivated by personal feelings strong enough to furnish drive, overcome frustrations, and hold to the chartered course. Did you know that you now belong to a company of “chosen women”? You, yourself, of course first elected to become a nurse. But since your entrance into the School, your future has been influenced by a powerful force outside your control. Society, in its striving toward health for all people, has provided your opportunity, supported and shaped your program, and soon will grant you the coveted privilege to practice as a nurse. Perhaps your question now as you consider your future goal will be, “Am I adequate?” You have participated in the richest curriculum the School could offer. You have had access to the wealth of learning opportunities in one of the best clinical fields the Country can pro- vide. You have worked and learned with men and women, future leaders in the health pro- fessions. You have seen the demands to be faced when such leaders work together to provide patient care and study constantly to improve both care and cure. Surely you should feel adequate to this moment and aware of the means by which your adequacy can be assured for the future. From all of the Faculty the best of wishes. Welcome to you, sister alumnae! We shall hope to see you at the annual Alumnae Home- coming. Ruth Sleeper
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