Regina Grey Nuns Hospital School of Nursing - Memorare Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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To those who have made our education possible we wish to extend our sincerest gratitude. To our director of nurses Sister A. Brodeur, thank you Sister for truly caring and for instilling in us all principles of a noble profession. By our future lives we shall try to prove ourselves worthy of your con¬ cern. To Reverend Sister Superior, the Sister Supervisors, doctors and registered nurses we say that we shall always try to live up to the ideals you have given us. A special thanks is extended to Father N. Andries, the Hospital Chaplain. To our dear parents, thank you for your encouragement, understanding and wisdom, we hope that the joy you are sharing with us tonight in some way compensates for the many sacrifices you have made on our behalf. To the undergraduates, we truthfully say its worth it give it the best you can because you are entrusted with something more precious than gold: human life and keep smiling . A smile is the only contagious condition ever desired in a hospital. Tonight we stand at the threshold of our careers we are desirous of meeting the tremendous challenge of the future, yet hesitant to leave the past with which we are so familiar. During our sojourn at the Regina Grey Nuns ' School of Nursing we know that we have received an excellent nursing education based on sound principles of medical science and nursing techniques yet tempered with the all important spirit of charity which makes nursing dissimiliar to other professions. Dear fellow graduates: Looking back over the past, it is evident that the moments which stood out above all else are the moments when we have done things in the spirit of true Christ-like Charity i.e. through the love of God and through the love of our fellow-man. In closing a few of Petrarch ' s thoughts: Love is the crowning grace of humanity, The holiest right of the soul. The golden link which binds us to duty and truth. The redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life and its prophetic of eternal good. D. Duczek, Valedictorian.

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Valedictory 1961 Mister Chairman, Reverend Fathers, Reverend Sisters, Honored Guests, Parents and dear Friends: The twilight hour is fast approaching - and graduation that long awaited perfect day is coming to a close. For us it is the sunset of three years of intensive studies and practical experiences; of satisfactions, joys, weariness, anxieties and deep lasting friendships. Before us lies the sunrise of a new life of service to humanity for which we have been so carefully prepared. Three years measured by days and weeks is a short flight but measured by happenings and experiences is a life time. In the earliest part of our training, graduation was a mirage - so intangible and unrealistic yet always a constant hovering pre-destined goal which today we have attained. Emotions, a nurse especially of a student nurse , though experienced, are never so publicly dis¬ played as on a day such as this: Joy in the achievement of our long desired goal. Regret at having to leave our beloved protective Alma Mater and the many friendships cemented within. Fear at being left alone to try our wings for the first time. Thanksgiving for having the assistance of so many capable and trusting people who made this day a reality. The heart remembers everything, Although the mind forgets The raptures and the agonies. The hope and the regrets. We think we have forgotten But the heart remembers all. Suddenly some strange and lovely thing It will to us recall.

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