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

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Rev. Sister M. Trottier returned to St. Boniface in May 1944 after completing a two-year course at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education. On July 1944 she was welcomed to the nurses residence to take her position as Assistant Superintendent and Instructress of Nurses. A few of the subjects she teaches are Hygiene, Ethics, Gynecology, Orthopedics and Communicable Diseases. Besides this work she is also the Directress of the Children of Mary Sodality. As student nurses, we unanimously say that we enjoy having her with us as Superintendent, Instructress and Directress. s ' «r

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Sister MARY SIMPHOROSE (Feli cian) Detroit, Michigan A sister white and tall Sweeping gently down the hall O.R. is her line For America she does pine. Sister MARY WALBURGA (Felician) Grandview, Man. From America she came In Canada she trained Nursing care is her fame Cheering the sick and the maimed. Sister ORESTE (S.S.M.I.), Mundare, Alberta Quiet shy but steady To help others she’s always ready. Timid she seems to be. But you just watch and wait and see. Sister SYLVIA (S.S.M.I.), Mundare, Alberta Short, quick and happy, Her work just goes so snappy. Surgery and medicine are her choice In either one she will rejoice. norary GENERAL PROFICIENCY Presented by St. Boniface Nurses’ Alumnae Awarded to Bessie Vermeersh BEDSIDE NURSING Presented by Doctor C. R. Rice Awarded to Noellie Tucker OBSTETRICAL NURSING Presented by Dr. S. Kobrinsky and Dr. H. Guyot Awarded to Beth McDonald CHARTING Presented by Doctor M. Rady Awarded to Lydia Andrews HIGHEST STANDING IN THEORY Presented by Col. J. D. Adamson, R.C.A., M.C. Awarded to Helen Craig EXECUTIVE ABILITY Presented by Birks-Dingwall Limited Awarded to Bernice Parrish

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Miss Spice was born and educated in Win¬ nipeg. She attended the University of Manitoba and graduated from there in 1931 with a Bachelor of Science degree. She trained as a nurse in Brooklyn Hospi¬ tal, New York, and returned to Winnipeg in 1941 to write her R.N. She instructed at the Winnipeg General Hospital until 1942 when she came to St. Boniface. T HIS job gets both more difficult and more pleasant as year book time comes around each season. The difficult part comes in when I try to phrase the good advice and good wishes in new words. After all the advice and the wishes are much the same for each class that graduates and I can do no better than to refer you to last year’s issue. I am of the same opin¬ ion still re marriage vs. a career for nurses, professional opportunties and pro¬ fessional obligations. So please read S.B.S.N. Year Book, 1944, page 23. B. McPherson sells them at half price now). As far as marriage goes, I think you have an advantage over former graduates in that Dr. Bird really got warm¬ ed up to the subject of Child Guidance this time and you should fell well pre¬ pared to take on the responsibility of raising a family. The pleasant part comes from the fact that each class that graduates seems to be more really mine. This, you know will be the first time I will be able to go to graduation and sit and look at what were actually my probies! I will be able to say to myself: “Now look, there are all those people who have been tried in the fire and found to be pure gold, people who not so long ago thought rickets caused softening of the bones and bacteria were bugs and that elements meant the weather. My, my I will say, what changes have been made from the days when they thought they breathed with their lungs, loved with their hearts and slept best on their stomachs. Of course I will have to remind myself, these changes won’t be obvious to the casual onlooker, there will be other changes that will be more noticeable to parents and friends on this mo¬ mentous day. But I think that the changes you and I know about are just as important as any a layman will be able to see. Mrs. McNaughton doesn’t get to have a whole page for herself in the Year Book this time but she has authorized me to extend to you her very best wishes for the future. My wishes for the class of 1945 are these: that you will all enjoy life and get real satisfaction out of practicing your profession. Sincerely, GRACE SPICE. CLINICAL INSTRUCTRESSES Obstetrics . Mrs. R. Sala Pediatrics .Miss H. Linn Dietatics .Miss L. Skermetka 22