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

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Jllow CWQ Qlelaue Qawo Hail to thee, our Alma Mater! Ever true and with devotion, Now we sing to you our praises, Love and admiration. Loyalty we give to you, Our Methodist-Kahler School, Solernnly we pledge ourselves To thee, our Alma Mater. When the name of our school was changed in 1954, it also became necessary to originate a new school song into which the phrase Meth- odist-Kahler would comfortably fit. Requests for such a song were issued both to the student body and alumni members, but without fruition. Then last fall, Mr. Harold Cooke, director of the Methodist-Kahler Chorus, wrote lyrics to the Brahms variations of the Franz joseph Haydn theme. After some re- vision suggested by the faculty, the song was first introduced by the chorus at an assembly of the Student Association, and later at a meeting of the Alumni Association. The response from both groups was an enthusiastic one. While the Kahler Alma Mater by Ethel Lyrenmann Garvey, '30, may be termed a song of allegiance, the new one is more a song of praise and loyalty. It is a shorter composition with an easily sung, classical melody of moderate tempo. The addition of a new school song does not make its predecessor forgotten. It is not that Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing has a differ- ent school songg it now has two. You Will Fall ln Love With --- D ' - Weleda 56100260416 From BLlCKLE'S Jewelers Registered Jewelers, American Gem Society 210 First Ave. S. W. Richmondlv Bootery PROFESSIONALS by Wilbur Coon Correct Shoes for Student Nurses 209 S. Broadway Rochester, Minn. C5718 OEDIL- dlfltss Qentg Qetines -On August 16, after 36 years of serving actively on the nursing stafi' of our hospitals, Miss Esther Senty retired from her position. Miss Senty enrolled as a student in Meth- odist-Kahler in 1918 and was a member of the first class to be grad- uated from our school in 1922. ln 1923 Miss Senty began her active nurs- ing career as supervisor of Proctology and Ra- dium service at the Damon Hospital. From 1924 - 1929 she held the position of super- visor on first annex at the W'orrall, and then until 1950 was a mem- Esther SUNY ber of the Rochester Methodist Registry and did private duty nurs- ing. During these years she met and cared for patients from all parts of the world. In 1950 she resigned from the registry and accepted a position on the general nursing staff at the Main building, where for the last nine years she was in charge of the intra-muscular administration of antibiotics. Many patients who received intra-muscular injections from this capable nurse remember her friendly smile and warm personality and not the sting of the needles. An acknowledged expert in her chosen field, Miss Senty held memberships in the Sixth District Nurses Association, Minnesota Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, and is a life member of the Methodist-Kahler Alumni Association. She has served as secretary of the Alumni Association, and was adviser to the class of 1926. She is a member of the Congregational Church. Miss Senty plans to continue making her home in Rochester at 403 3rd Street N.VV., where she will pursue her hobbies of raising African violets, knitting, cooking and entertaining. However, she will not neglect her other hobby, traveling. This fall Miss Senty went to New York City for the opening of the Metro- politan Opera season. Preceding her retirement, Miss Senty was feted at an afternoon tea given by the hospital. Those who came to honor her included hospital administrators, heads of departments, nursing staff, and school faculty. Many successive classes of Methodist- Kahler students and graduates whose paths led them into her locale will remember Miss Senty with warm friendship. To this group are added the large number of colleagues in faculty and administration who will recall many pleasant associations with her during the past 36 years. Speaking for all of these, TheLinle extends to Esther Senty its best wishes for happy years to come. 27

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5557... fin! Ljvlgjm Qtl1QQ Qgflvesten 5l2QttnQQ. Major Ethel Sylvester receiving her retirement paper from Major General john F. Bohlender at Fitzsimons Hospital. Last spring, April 30, Major Ethel M. Sylvester, '34, retired from her post in the Army Nurse Corps after 16 years of actual service time and 22 years of constructive credit with the service. Immediately following her retire- ment, she returned to her home in Vlladena, Minnesota, where her mother resides. Ethel graduated from the Vlladena High School and then enrolled at Methodist-Kahler, graduating in 1934. She worked for a short time at the Harper Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, then returned to her home town where she worked at the Wladena Clinic until she entered military service in 1943. Since then, between her commission in 1943 and her advance to the rank of major, she had changed positions many times in the service of our country. Her first assignment was at Fort Leonard XVood, Missouri, then to Wleingarten, Missouri, an Italian prisoner-of-war camp, then to O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, until separation from the service in 1946. For the next four and one-half years she was employed at the Stanford Lane University Hospitals in San Francisco, where she held the position of head nurse, and later assistant direc- tor of nursing service. In this position she was responsible for directing the orderlies and over 26 Q U.S. Army photographj 100 nursing aides, plus securing private duty nurses when a case required this type of nursing service. In February, 1951, she re-entered the A.N.C. and was interrogated into the regular Army and assigned to Camp McCoy in Wiscon- sin. In November, 1951, she received an over- seas assignment to a hospital at Frankfort, Germany. Following a three year term of duty in Germany, she returned to the United States and was enrolled for seven months at the Nurses Administrative School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Her next assignment on August 20, 1955, was to Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Denver, where she served until her retirement this year. At the time of her retirement, Ethel was in charge of the obstetrical and gynecological clinics at Fitzsimons. At this writing her future plans were not definite. Ethel Sylvester's friends are glad that after many years of Army living she can enjoy retire- ment and have time to do all those things which her demanding schedule made impossible.

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