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

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r. Catherine Hess Acting Medical Director Happy is the man that tindeth wisdom, and the man that getteth under' standing. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. Five it ,Q , ai'f,,, 14 r. Marion ay Dean 'Tis education forms the eiwinmun mindg st as the twig is hent, the trees inclinedf' fr

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DEDICATIGN Y. .JAITIQS A. Lilimdn I swear by Apollo Physician, by Aselepius, by Health, by Heal-All, and by all the gods and goddesses, that according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this oath and stipulationg to reekon him who taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents, and share my substanees with him and relieve his neeessities if required. To regard his offspring as on the same footing with my own brothers and teaeh them this art if they should wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation, and that by preeept, leeture and every other mode of instruc- tion, I will impart a lrnozelerlge of the art to my own sons and to those of my teachers and to diseiples bound by stipulation and oath, aeeording to the law of mellieiue, but to none others. If it is possible for the many principles and virtues embraced by the Hippocratic oath to be embodied in a single individual, the graduating class of September 1947, has selected as the fulfillment of those ideals one whom we, through the course of our training, have come to know and appreciate. At the conclusion of three years, we have had thc opportunity to observe many, but there remains one, high in ideals and outstanding in practice, who has fostered in us the desire to excel and renewed in us muchfnceded courage. Now, we have come to the parting of the ways where each one must pursue alone her own conception of attainment and ultimate happiness. Wheii the path be' comes steep and dim, difficulties loom up insurmountable and courage falters, may the beacon of hope that guided us through our student days, penetrate the mist of doubt and fear and restore in us the courage of our own convictions that we may continue with renewed faith. At such a time as this, words fail to convey the true feelings that were wont to be expressed in deep appreciation. With these thoughts in mind, we entrust our book in humble dedication. Four

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X , 5 Q I xg Vkflieii you entered our Nursing School you chose nursing as a career. Actually, nursing is a great variety of' careers. Now, ahout to graduate, you are choosing that one career in nursing which you can serve most effectively and in which you can find greatest personal satisfaction To you who have taken the important step of hccoming a nurse, the world is heckoning. Wliiir sort of' a nurse! Reliability and all it implies in honesty, loyalty and alertness would certainly he the outstanding quality that doctors and other nurses would expect of a nurseehut patients look for more. Conscientious performance of' duties is that intangible something that makes the truly successful nurse. The quality is hard to define. It is the sort of devotion to duty which keeps the captain of a great ship on his hridge for 48 hours without sleep when danger threatens. It is some' thing more, for a nurse is not dealing with ships, hut with the human hodyfs the temple of the mind and of the spirit. lt is a spiritual quality that patients recognize instantly, that employers long to find in eyery nurse, and that can most simply and unsentimentally he called interest plus. Henry Van Dykes NVork expresses an attitude that seems particuf larly desirahle in the field of nursing and your chosen career: not my doom: This is my work: my lilessing, Of' all who live, l am the one lay whom This work can hest he done in the right way. Will you graduates he that sort of a nurse! Six Edythe C'ring Kistler Director, School of Nursing and Nursing Service There is a destiny that makes us brothers None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives of others Comes hack into our own.