Mercy College of Nursing - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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MOTHERHOUSE ANU rjOVIllATE ■ DELiNE. Drive ano hoover Avenue. BuRLiN AML California To the Class of 1953 Mercy College of Nursing San Diego, California To graduate from Mercy College of Nursing, San Diego, is a privilege; but to the Class of 1953 is given the special honor of standing at the vantage point of a half century of nursing service and reviewing the golden years of its school. For fifty years your Alumnae have brought the mercy of Christ to a suffering world in hospitals, in homes, and upon the battlefields. To you tr.ey pass on their high ideals with the added challenge of our changing times. May God Vho has blessed Mercy College with His grace and guided her with His loving Providence bless each one of you through a long and fruitful life of service to Christ in His suffering members. ' ' ' - ' X t- -L ( , .i ' At-- — T-VT— C-ll.-t . ' -v-- - Mother Ceneral

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Mother M. Ihomasine. Mother General Sisters of Mercy. Cahtornia and Arizona Motherhouse and Novitiate Burlingame, California

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DEDICATION To Mother Mary Michael whose noble work, love or God and untiring eriorts toward making a dream be- come a reality nas been and is an inspiration to all. ■•fww- FIFTY YEARS OF TRANSITION This year, 1953. marks the anniversar ' of the founding of Mercy College of Nursing. . l sui h a nolahie point we turn the pages of time for actions which bespeak the aspirations of yesteryear in order that youthful hearts may enlarge in apprecia- tion of the courage and foresight of that first band of Mercy Sisters who came to San Diego and to all who have cooperated down the days in effecting the achievements to which we of today are the heirs. Wise educational aims, receptiveness to progressive change infused hy a Christ-like love for the rndi idual person are the firm foundation of the school which we proudly call ours. The superstructure which we view today voices the laitli and lcni upcm whii h it was huilt and the trust which sustained its humble beginnings. For thirteen years before Mother M. Michael assumed the role of nurse educator, the sick in San Diego had been cared for by her and her companions. In the small conununity to which they came in 1890, there was no hospital. A few rented upper-story rooms served their