Medical College Hospital School of Nursing - Cap and Candle Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SCI-IOCDL OF NURSING The School of Nursing was organ' ized February 1, 1908, by Miss Abbie A. Pepper. Before the Nursing School was incorporated, nurses were taken into the hospital for a short period and some of the nursing was done by graduf ate nurses. In 1911 the School pin was officially presented to each member of the graduating class. It consists of a red cross symbolizing Faith on a field of gold. In 1941 the academic program of the School of Nursing was officially placed under the Medical College, thus making the association more advantaf geous to the School of Nursing. In 1939 affiliation for Communicable Diseases was obtained at Municipal Hosf pital, Philadelphia, to give the student nurse a more rounded out professional background for better nursing service. In 1941 aihliation was obtained in Psyf chiatry received at either Friends' Hosf pital in Philadelphia or Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland. In addition to the facilities of the Medical College, the School of Nursing has a wellfequipped Nursing Arts build' ing with facilities for demonstration and practice of Nursing Arts. Since the organization of the School of Nursing over 400 graduates have passed through our doors to give service in many fields of nursing. I F Thirteen

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IBIQIQQQ 59? - M THE HARKNESS HGUSE The nurses' home of the Wonian's Medical College Hospital is situated at 5503 Germantown Avenue in the his-- torical Market Square, the oneftime nerve center of old Germantown. Its name 'iHarkness House is derived from the name of a former owner, Mary Harkf ness. who bought the building and gave it to the Y.VV.C.A. of Germantown in 1917. In the early days of Germantown, this building was originally occupied as a Bank of the United States Treasury Department: massive vaults were conf structed in the cellar for such purposes. When the Bank was obliged to vacate due to the Yellow Fever epidemic, it was used as a place of worship by the Episcopalians until the erection of St. Luke's Church live years later. After being purchased by Mary Harkness, it was given by her to the Y.W.C.A. until the present building in Vernon Park was obtained. The nurses of Woman's Medical College Hospital School of Nursing then occupied the building due to the increasing number of nurses entering training and the need of larger quarters. Twelve

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he DERCLASSME . To all of you who have shared with us the responsibilities placed in the hands of us as students, we extend our thanks. We have appreciated the warmth of your friendships, not only while at work but at play. To have enjoyed your com' panionship in all our activities has been our privilege: to have bewailed our martyrdom at calisthenics and swim' ming, to sit in at night when we were off privileges and swap stories, to complain bitterly about exams and class' work: was all fun because of our mu' tual interests. To you we owe a great deal for making our three years so much more enjoyable. Now that we have reached a peak in our career, we would like to pass on to you a word of encouragement. All your griefs and heartaches will seem very inf significant when your day of emancipa' tion arrives. ln fact, you will look back, smile and agree that while the experience was unpleasant at the time, it was fun and certainly colored your training with vivid tints. In farewell. let us leave you with this thought-as Henry Wadsworth Long' fellow once so aptly wrote: 'The heights which great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night. X01 l a 'rg f - H at i :ima A t 0 A as , ,,,, , QM: A , f V ' 1 Q' Q ir, a'ff...s Q. in 1 ,gf X an pg 'f'5K7-'G 'W-J .1 i ' A f Q A 'R g, ,, i 15 . . s .gy A 1 i Q' -.. V 'xr 1 t 0. 'Q N 3 ,A -1 .., . fe sr M x 1 f a .i 7 L ef ff PW l .. i W L .x ' I. W iii 'LJ A i .az fi .Ami . XE! g ,.. . 1 - x 'N I XA siggwr I - Aki X 1 K3 1' JUNIOR CLASS OF SEPTEMBER, 1948 Back Row: Misses Hadfield, Detwiler, Fiorenza, VerMeeren, Galinis, Valerio, Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Roudabush. Bottom Row: Misses Ballaron, Wright, Nicholson, Burns. Not Shown: Misses Uhler and Levis. Fourteen