St Boniface School of Nursing - Estole Fideles Yearbook (St Boniface, Manitoba Canada)

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94UJie ntan4 f9 3 TT IS not without reason that people’s hearts are heavy—for many have suffered personal tragedies as well as the continuous and gradually increasing threat of snatching away the very foundations of our democracy and freedom. But, along with these heavy hearts come willing hands,—hands guided and made strong through deter¬ mination to keep our standards of life and liberty. The long months of training, the swift and brief assault, and the bitter harvest of death and suffering—all this sacrifice would seem needless, if it were not for our hope and faith in future freedom and victory. To see the flag of freedom raised again with¬ out strife and bloodshed surrounding it—for this, we pick up arms and lay down our lives. The world has come a long way during this last year—the battlefield becoming larger, graver—and we, with our small priva¬ tions and restrictions adding to the might of our manpower. The manpower itself is increasing; now the very young and the older men are in the front lines, and, replacing them in the Assembly line stand—our Women. Woman-power came into being. Now in this mechanized warfare, they are striding shoulder to shoulder with our men—giving their strength, knowledge and skill. But do you remember hearing of the first time women helped in war? Farther back in history than the Great War—it was at the time of the Crimean War, when Florence Nightingale undertook to carry womanly duties to the battle field. Women went among the wounded soldiers with their power of soothing and healing. So nurses went before, and nurses shall go again—are going again. Now, our turn is come, and we graduates are prepared to join in this fight for freedom. We have trained; and our trained minds and hands are being offered, not just to suffering, diseased humanity —but to the fighting men, the country we love, the God we worship. We shall join in this fight. C. KINSEY.

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y ;, BLANCHE BOURHIS—Regina, Sask. A sweet little French girl With jet curls and dimples deep. Her heart was ever in a whirl— But, oh! She changed her mind— again!! ROSE HAMILTON—Baldur, Man. Here is a girl who has what it takes To see things right to the end; Regardless of all the bad breaks. She stuck till she got her black band. IRENE ABREY—Deleau, Man. Abrey did her duty, Abrey did her stuff. And if Abrey saw you weren’t doing yours. You knew it soon enough. SISTER E. HAMON— Our jovial Sr. Hamon, Surprised us all this way When she frowned at us and exclaimed, “I’ll charge you amusement tax some day.” SISTER R. CHERLET— Good luck to Sr. Cherlet, We’ll toast her this proper way. After three years working with us girls It’s luck you need we should say.