Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing - Stripes Yearbook (New York, NY)

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EDlTORlAL OW in our last year, we can begin to see our training as a whole, as yesterday. When first we entered the realm of nurs- ing with timid feet, our thoughts and desires were blurred with visions of deeds to be done. Now we know those deeds, our feet are firmly planted on the ground and we have something concrete upon which to con- tinue our lives. Our first year - sometimes itvseemed endless, sometimes beautiful, sometimes sad. But there were the trees, the grass and the petunias giving out their sweet fragrance after the rain. There was the strong friendly river flowing along. The aero- plane growning dimmer in the sunset until our eyes could no longer see. The mystery of the beauty of coloring on the Palisades. All this was port of our first year. And then came our second year. We studied diligently and learned the meaning of surgery and medicine and how to apply ourselves. We went through long dark nights with a light within, and a courage born of humanity dependent upon us. We saw the joy and despair of motherhood, of life. We profited by this, and found ourselves full with the joy of living, saddened by the coming of death. Again we saw the world covered with white, the river dimly seen through the falling snow. So often did the river seem to be a glimpse of God, the falling snow like a benediction upon the spirit. And now we are soon to be gone, finished with these long years and ready to fend for ourselves. No longer the friendly spirit and guarded life of these halls, but we will remember that these years in stripes are something to treasure and to be given to others. We have learned a lesson in life. Let us always be friendly to others, friendly to ourselves by our thoughts and actions. Let us always be thankful for life and keep the courage of children in our hearts, in all our years. Let us in moments of despair remember the strength that prayer gives us. Let us not want everything, but try and remember thot only fragments of the great song come to our ears, and if we listen and remember it faithfully, so that none that has reached us is lost, we will know that life has speech and is never silent. It is a song. M. K. Graessner Twenty-eight

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CLASS WILL KNOW YE ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: E, the Class of l937 of the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, in in the City of New York, about to leave this worthy institution of learning, desire to make disposition of our most prized possessions which we must leave behind us. Therefore, we, the Class of l937, being of sound mind and unimpaired memory, and possessing certain well defined traits of distinguished and ad- mirable character, do hereby, make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament: Item I: We give and bequeath to our esteemed Director, Miss Helen Young, and our honored faculty our sincere affection, deepest devotion, heartiest gratitude and whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. Item ll: Firstly: We bequeath our beloved adviser, Miss Dorothy Rogers. May all profit by her wise council and enjoy her keen enthusiasm as we have done in the past. Secondly: We will to our immediate successors, the Class of I938, the responsibility and leadership which we have at all times tried to uphold, May they successfully carry on the work so well begun by us and meet with as few obstacles as possible in following out this task. Item Ill: Firstly: To the Class of l939 we leave the good fellowship and never ending friendship which we have shown to our class mates. Secondly: We endow the Freshmen with our adventurous spirit which has carried us through this last year to the end. Item IV: Firstly: To the Probationers we bequeath the forgiveness of the Seniors, if at any time they have failed to treat these most dignified beings with all due and proper respect. Secondly: We will the courage and power, that was ours, in overcoming the difficulties which are constantly occurring throughout your Preliminary Term. Item V1 To the entire student body we leave our love of fun, but above that, a high ideal of honor. May our few possessions be an aid and asset to the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing in its ever increasing glory and achievements, In witness whereof we have set our hand and seal this Fifth day of November, Anno Domini One thousand, nineteen hundred and thirty six. Witnesses: l5igI'1edl Margaret Eliot Class of l937 Helen Gillies IG. K.l Tcty

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