High-resolution, full color images available online
Search, browse, read, and print yearbook pages
View college, high school, and military yearbooks
Browse our digital annual library spanning centuries
Support the schools in our program by subscribing
Privacy, as we do not track users or sell information
Page 8 text:
“
to you the Class of 1952 of St. Luke ' s Hospital School of Nursing from the Board of Trustees, the Nursing Council, the Woman ' s Board, the Medical Board, the Alumnae Association, the Administration, the University of Illinois, and your Faculty. I would like to tell you a brief story of a vision and an accompHshment of a noted English writer. He sat in his garden one early winter day and through the tracery of an old pear tree looked up at a brilliant blue winter sky. The bare branches enclosed islands of blue sky, some small, some large, irregularly shaped as if in the tracery of a decorated window and there passed through them, dipping and poising in his flight, a sea gull dazzling in his winter plumage. Instantly the design for which I had been searching so long through inaudible sermons flashed upon me. In each of the blue islands in the tracery of the west window there should be an angel swooping downward, and the top half of the three center lights should be blue sky full of descending angels who alighted on the roof of the stable at Bethlehem. So a design for a beautiful church window was born, a design that became a window full of beauty and inspiration to many. What have you learned at St. Luke ' s that will make strong and beautiful your design for living as a woman and a nurse? Design depends on values; a distinguished edu- cator in engineering of the present day writes, To what ends will professional men direct their energies and abilities? In our democratic country, where the people handle their own affairs, an intelligent answer to this question is mandatory and the answer turns on a sense of values especially the values by which men live and work. Our values deter- mine our judgments and our decisions and finally our actions. This educator goes on to ask; What relative weight in our own minds will we assign to such values as per- sonal advantage where this is placed along side the values of ethical professional behavior; what relative weights will we assign to the value of our own rime and personal con- venience on the one hand and to the value of our services as educated nurses to our community and to our country on the other. Surely as young graduates of St. Luke ' s Hospital School of Nursing you can ask yourselves these questions and many others. We have had an amazing demonstration of Faith in us from our Board and Admin- istration, in the restoration of the Ryerson Lounge made just as beautiful, if not more beautiful than it ever was before, for us, for relaxation and enjoyment so that we can be better nurses; particularly for us because our Board takes pride in our School and in our services to the Hospital and Community. May you make for yourselves a design for living which can become a beautiful accomplishment. This design based upon selection of values which will make of you better women, better nurses, and better citizens. WJrLn.W.ConnJt DIRIX TOR, Sl I.UKl ' S SC HOOL OV NURSING ' Final Edition, V,. V. Benson, p. 2,S8 - The DfVflopiiR ' iil of I ' rorc ' S.sioiiiii I ' diu .it ioi by RoIh rt i ' . Oolicrty, p. .32 4
”
Page 9 text:
“
We, the class of 1952, sincerely and humbly dedicate the Cap and Cross to Miss McConnell, who through our three years of training, gave us constant guidance, encouragement, and ethical supervision to help us attain the goal which we had set before us. 5
Are you trying to find old school friends, old classmates, fellow servicemen or shipmates? Do you want to see past girlfriends or boyfriends? Relive homecoming, prom, graduation, and other moments on campus captured in yearbook pictures. Revisit your fraternity or sorority and see familiar places. See members of old school clubs and relive old times. Start your search today!
Looking for old family members and relatives? Do you want to find pictures of parents or grandparents when they were in school? Want to find out what hairstyle was popular in the 1920s? E-Yearbook.com has a wealth of genealogy information spanning over a century for many schools with full text search. Use our online Genealogy Resource to uncover history quickly!
Are you planning a reunion and need assistance? E-Yearbook.com can help you with scanning and providing access to yearbook images for promotional materials and activities. We can provide you with an electronic version of your yearbook that can assist you with reunion planning. E-Yearbook.com will also publish the yearbook images online for people to share and enjoy.
