Philadelphia Osteopathic Hospital School of Nursing - Cranium Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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ISflBELLE 01. 0 ' DOHOELL. R.fl. WE SINCERELY hope the classes of the future will find such willing and helpful assistance when it comes their turn to carry on The Cranium. It is with grateful appreciation we take this opportunity to thank our Faculty Adviser, Miss O ' Don- nell, who has given us her valuable time. We know without her aid and advice it would have been impossible to edit this book. Sincerely, The Staff. THE CRANIUM, 1937 Page Eight

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No small tribute and all due respect may well be recorded next to Miss Selina M. Johnson, R.N., who assumed the captaincy of the Training School in 1924 and rendered a monumental service for a span of years. To her belongs grateful recogni- tion for a loyalty and devotion to a cause that undoubtedly paved the way for better things. With the projection of the magnificent unit at 48th and Spruce Streets made possible by a public campaign for funds, the responsibility of organizing and direct- ing a Training School for Nurses that would meet the reguirements of the Department of Public Instruction at Harrisburg, went to Miss E. Dinkelacher, R.N., and then sub- seguently to Mrs. H. B. Hardcastle, R.N. Their efforts in assembling and putting into effect the talents and the capacities at hand toward the realization of a substantial, standardized School of Nursing, fully aware of its duties and trusts, were fully appre- ciated. The School of Nursing of the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia has come to assume a place in the front rank of institutions of its kind .It is registered with the De- partment at Harrisburg as a first-class School of Nursing. Not so many years ago it was a source of speculative interest as to whether, inasmuch as we were an unortho- dox group, we could make the grade of recognition under the registration reguirements for the degree R.N. Respect for standard and conscious observance of detail in connection with curriculum were not without their reward. All in all, there is a tribute over and above that which it is possible for us to accord those who have been in charge of the nursing division of the Institution. It is to be paid to that tireless group of workers styled the Supervisors, the General Duty Workers and the Pupil Nurses of the School. It has been forcibly brought to attention that the measure of service in a hospital is gauged in terms of the Nursing Service. Most fortunately and appreciatively we are pleased to say that hundreds, nay, even thousands of testimonial letters received in the past decade bear silent testimony to the very splendid service rendered by our nurses in the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia. I am glad of this opportunity to express openly our deep regard for the work of our Nurses in all their various categories in our Institution. I am certain, too, that while it has not been amply said, nor could it justly be, the place of these young women in general in the affairs of the world is consciously understood. Edgar O. Holden, Superintendent . THE CRANIUM, 1937 Page Seven

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HELEN M. STERRET, R.N. Educational Director JOYCE C. BELL, R.N. Night Supervisor THE CRANIUM, 1937 Page Nine