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

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CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 1937 MN SEPTEMBER 1934 when the members of the present graduating class were admitted to the School of Nursing of the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia, I recall a group of interesting and pleasing looking young girls who seemed very shy. My first especial recollection is of their coming to the hospital dining room in groups, sometimes with fingers entwined in those of their classmates (of course this was taboo as to hospital ethics, and the poor children were even deprived of this something which seemed to help when it was all so new) . After a few weeks of teaching in ethics and classroom techniques and being placed on the various floors with other nurses, who, to these young preliminary students, seemed to be going about their duties serenely, one noticed a new uplift of the heads among these new students, — then when they ceased moving about the hospital in groups, and coming to the dining room in groups, and were sent individually at the command of super- vising nurses, one noticed, in a very short time, still further uplifting of the heads, a more confident carriage, — in other words, they were acquiring poise. They be- longed! They were now a part of a happy School for Nurses. As the weeks and months went by, promising material was seen in these young women who had so recently come to us from protecting homes. They took on their responsibilities with ease and it was noted that the Class of 1937 was rather an outstanding class. They more than competed with the other nurses, taking their places in the Operating Rooms, Delivery Rooms, Night Duty, and other various departments with ease and efficiency. These same fine young women have now completed three years of study and repetition of the same floor duties to bring about perfection— yet, even now they are not finishing but just beginning to practice their chosen profession. To the sweet girl graduates, I wish to say hearty congratulations on the com- pletion of one task and wish you much success in the tasks to ccme. I have a sincere feeling of appreciation for the privilege of helping these young women of the CI ass of 1937, in their early training and wish all of them the best of luck and Godspeed. Helen Bare Hardcastle, R.N. THE CRANIUM, 1937 Page Twenty-,

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inSTRUCTORS WILLIAM C. WEISBECKER, D.O. FRANK E. GRUBER, D.O. DONALD K. ACTON, D.O. EDWIN H. CRESSMAN, D.O. H. WILLARD STERRETT, D.O., M.Sc. J. BECKMAN, D.O. MAHLON GEHMAN, D.O. HENRY GEORGE, III, D.O. EARL H. GEDNEY, D.O. J. FRANCIS SMITH, D.O, M.Sc. MARION A. DICK, D.O. HERMAN G. HARTMAN, B.S., D.O. JOSEPH F. PY, DO., M.Sc. OTTERBEIN DRESSLER, D.O, M.Sc. MISS HELEN M. STERRETT R.N. MISS MARGARET C. PEELER, B.S..R.N MISS ESTHER B. YEATTER, R.N. MISS ISABELLE M. ODONNELL, R.N. MISS MAE C. BRISLIN, R.N. MISS MAXINE McCOWAN, B.S. MRS. SARAH D. ROBERTS, R.N. MRS. HELEN B. HARDCASTLE, R.N. CHARLES GALLAGHER, D.O. MORTON SEIDENFELD, M.A., B.S. THE CRANIUM, 1937 I ' mjr Twenty-sii

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