Methodist Kahler School of Nursing - Link Yearbook (Rochester, MN)

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miaink Tliirty:Tliii . '- 'W-A.-1. . f 'fs .,., M. . ,. . .. ,,A.. The winners and alternates of the J. H. Kahler Memorial Scholarships, with Dr. C. W. Mavo, who made the presentation. CLeft to rightj Lenora Simpson, first alternate and winner of the Edith Graham Mayo Award, Janet Rice, First scholarship, VVilma Haarsma, second alternate, Carolyn Swenson, second scholarship. The seniors had awaited this particular exciting evening, May 29, for a long time. They would be graduating! This was the thirty-third annual commencement of the school- the first, under our new name, The Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing, and the last in which the diplomas would read The Kahler Hospitals School of Nursing! At 8:15 o'clock that Saturday evening the proud yet solemn seniors processed down the aisles of the Central School auditorium to the strains of Pomp and Circumstanceu played on the organ by Mr. Harold Sweitzer, organist of the First Methodist Church. Mr. Roy Watson, Jr., a member of the advisory committee of the school, presided. Dr. Olin D. jackson gave the invocation. The Methodist-Kahler choir under the direction of Mr. Harold Cooke sang Grant Me True Courage by Bach and America Gur Heritage by Steele. Dr. john J. Pemberton, emeritus member of the Section of Surgery of the Mayo Clinic, gave the commencement address. He outlined for the class the differences between wisdom and knowledge and stated that education never stops with a diploma. He urged the graduates to learn about fields of work other than nursing and hoped that they would each practice and enjoy their professional work to the fullest extent. Miss Gilberta Durland, director of the school, presented the candidates for grad- uation to Mr. E. H. Weld, a member of the Board of Directors of the Rochester Methodist Hospital, who awarded the diplomas. The announcement and presentation of the awards was made by Dr. C. W. Mayo. Recipients of the J. H. Kahler Memorial Scholarships were Miss janet Rice of Slayton, Minnesota, and Miss Carolyn Swenson of Winthrop, Minnesota. Miss Lenora Simpson, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Miss Wilma Haarsma, Maurice, Iowa, were the alternates. The Edith Graham Mayo Award, was presented to Miss Lenora Simpson. The Mayo Association Graduate Nurse Award was deferred this year. The commencement closed with the singing of the Kahler Alma Mater. The recessional was the Triumphal March by Wachs. Shirley Reusser Class of 1954 Aiaflofazafiafz KVWHHEZQ

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Ugg Sixfg biabciab dfffinnsaofa :Student Jvuuss, cgaaociaiion Lozganizsa Since March 16, 1948, Minnesota student nurses have been organized on a state level. At that time the main purpose of the association was to stimulate interest among student nurses in the organizations of the professional graduate nurse and to prepare the student for active participation in these organizations. The pur- pose has extended with the growth of the organ- ization and one of the primary purposes now of the Minnesota Student Nursing Association is to encourage and assist districts and schools in the formation of local student associations. The years 1953 and 1954 marked another milestone for M S N A when the Sixth District Minnesota Student Nurses Association was formed in Rochester. The members are students from the Methodist-Kahler and St. Mary's Schools of Nursing and affiliates from the Roches- ter State Hospital. Advisors to the Sixth District Minnesota Student Nurses Association are Miss jo Anne Ripple, Nursing Education Supervisor at Rochester State Hospital, Miss Myrl Peterson, instructor at Methodist-Kahler School, and Mrs. William Leiferman, instructor at St. Mary's School of Nursing. It was late in 1953 when the students from the two schools in Rochester met together and discussed the formation of a local branch of the M S N A. At this meeting Mary Hotger from Methodist-Kahler School was elected as temp- orary chairman. Assisting as members of the organizing committee were Wilma Haarsma and Maureen Reinken of Methodist-Kahler and Rita Berg and Donna Swartz of St. Mary's. After this first meeting many small soap box sessions were held in all the dormitories explaining the purposes and benefits of a student organization on the district level. In February, 1954, the Sixth District Minne- sota Student Nurses Association was officially born. The constitution and by-laws were pre- sented and adopted and the following officers from Methodist-Kahler School were elected: Carolyn Swenson, president, Gordon Eng, first vice-president, Darlene Granberg Husband, sec- retaryg Gerald Tegen, treasurerg and Maureen Reinken, member of executive council. One month after becoming officially organ- ized the Sixth District Minnesota Student Nurses Association was host for the semiannual Minnesota Student Nurses Association. The newly formed district also sent two delegates to Chicago to the second annual convention of the National Student Nurses Association held during the week of April 26 in conjunction with the convention of the American Nurses Association. The delegates were Gerald Tegen of Methodist-Kahlerand MariettaShevlon of St. Mary's School of Nursing. We who are seniors are proud of the fact that we assisted in laying the foundation for the Sixth District Minnesota Student Nurses Association and we wish to extend our best wishes for future success to the M S N A. Mary Hotger, Class of 1954 p ll U N I F O R M S H O P The House of Good Taste . . Featuring . . NATIONALLY ADVERTISED BRANDS O OF Q UNIFORMS, SPORTSWEAR, LINGERIE, HOSIERY, BLOUSES 8: ACCESSORIES. Mail Orders Promptly Filled Phone 2-3955 First National Bank Bldg. Rochester Pafronize Your Link Advertisers Qaiaadl Swim Pao! are beautiful-yet they cost no more than ordinary pictures CUTSHALL STUDIO 117 First Ave. N.W. Rochester, Minn.

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Ommmieiniceimieint - e 1 ,Z L- - Jr.- E Achievement . E 3 Rall OI E Honor it g I DOLORES PETERSON MARY HOTGER JEAN HOLTER SHIRLEY REUSSER PATRICIA REKSTAD JOANNE SKINNER IUDITH BREWER ILAH ERICKSON DARLENE FREDRICKSON EFFIE, MINNESOTA KELLOGG, IOWA WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN ELGIN, IOWA WINONA, MINNESOTA WELLS, MINNESOTA WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN HANSKA, MINNESOTA ZUMBROTA, MINNESOTA ihfpink Baccalaureate The baccalaureate service for the seniors of the Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing was held at the First Methodist Church on Sunday evening, May 23. The 91 seniors and the faculty participated in the processional. Dr. Olin D. Jackson of the First Methodist Church led the Order of Worship and Mr. Harold Sweitzer was the organist. Mr. Charles Hill sang a tenor solo, If With All Your Hearts, from Mendelssohn. Bishop Stanley D. Coors of St. Paul delivered the baccalaureate sermon, and a respectful silence pervaded the sanctuary as Bishop Coors said, May these young people be ever mindful and proud of their chosen profession, for their field is truly C1od's Work. As the organ swelled to the notes of March Religioso by Gounod, the class and faculty recessed, enriched by the hour of united Worship. Patricia Rekstad Class of 1954 ,lvi-ICCll'lIllCCDlI clLii3JliCB UCCCCIHLSJICUJJIILS USG, One of the highlights of the commencement Week was the tea, given at the Mayo Foundation House, on Thursday afternoon, May 27, for the graduating classes and Faculty of the Methodist- Kahler and St. Mary's Schools of Nursing. On entrance to the home each student Was presented With a rose. For many of us it Was the first and probably the last time we Will have the honor of visiting the original home of Dr. William Mayo. J aaa P5012 On Saturday afternoon, May 29, the mem- bers of the graduating class, their relatives and friends were the honored guests of the Rochester Methodist Hospital at a reception held in the parlors of the First Methodist Church. Bouquets of lilacs and tulips decorated the coffee and punch tables. Approximately 400 people attended.