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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CLA!! CF l958 THE Junior Class is well-equipped to take over the duties of Seniors in a very few months. They have shown themselves to be harclrworking, eager to learn, and capable of upholding our long-esfab- lished traditions. Thirty