St Pauls School of Nursing - Whitecap Yearbook (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada)

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AWARDS MARGARET FITZGERALD — the medal for high¬ est standing in theory presented by the Ladies ' Auxiliary of St. Paul ' s Hospital. DORIS SAMUELS — the medal for general pro¬ ficiency presented by the Medical Staff in mem¬ ory of Dr. Desrosiers. PEGGY MANTON — the medal for Obstetrics and Gynecology presented by the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology. RAMONA PRYSTUPA — the medal for Pediatric Nursing presented by Dr. A. E. Buckwold. MARILYN NESSELBECK — a nurses watch donat¬ ed by Dr. J. M. Campbell for best Urological Nursing. ARLENE MITCHEL — the medal for Medical Nurs¬ ing presented by Dr. I. H. Herman. JOAN JEPSEN — the bursary for Surgical Nurs¬ ing and Operating Room Technique presented by Dr. J. E. Leddy. LUCILLE SCHUSTER — a $50 award presented by the Saskatchewan Division of the Canadian Can¬ cer Society for the best essay on cancer. LEONA GRYWACHESKI — the Gold Cross pre¬ sented by Reverend Mother M. Laforce, s.g.m., Superior Provincial. CAROL WALKER — the medal for best School Spirit presented by Sister Superior. SONIA HALIP — the Mrs. Eliason Eaton Scholar¬ ship presented by St. Paul ' s Alumni Association for post graduate study. LEONA KING — the Sister St. Polycarpe Scholar¬ ship presented by St. Paul s Alumni Association for post graduate study. DEANNA NEUFELD — the 50th Graduation Schol¬ arship presented by St. Paul ' s Alumni Association ,-for post graduate study. BEVERLY MARCH — the Scholarship presented by the Medical Staff of St. Paul ' s Hospital for post graduate study. PATRICIA PAVELICK — the Scholarship presented by the Medical Staff of St. Paul ' s Hospital for post graduate study. AUDREY WRUBLESKI — the Scholarship presented by the Medical Staff of St. Paul ' s Hospital for post graduate study. 29

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VALEDICTORY Nursing has a history! From the beginning of time man has looked after his own. The mother in the cave nursed her ill; later men practised witchcraft in caring for their sick. The Roman Deaconesses and various ord¬ ers of Sisters founded an early form of home nursing. Many, however, trace the history of modern nursing to 1854 when Florence Nightingale took charge of the British wounded in Crimea during the Crimean war. Out of a love for the suffering she volunteered her ser¬ vices and went to the troops. Men were dying by the score. On the shore of the Straits of Bosphorous stood a huge building converted into a temporary military hospital. Dying men lay in endless rows throughout the rooms and corridors — sleeping on straw and covered with filthy rags. There were no facilities, no utensils, no clothing nor linen, no food nor cleanliness. Miss Nightingale set to work the minute she arrived. She organized her helpers and brought in supplies from England. She worked hard in spite of her ill health. She had the ability and God gave her the strength. She is remembered as The Lady with the Lamp for she had the practice that after the orderlies had re¬ tired, each night she would go around, lamp in hand, through the long galleries. Moving from bed to bed, there pausing to soothe the delerium of a poor fellow, there taking (and never forgetting) the last message of a dying soldier, she became for each of these wound¬ ed men a symbol of a nurse. As she passed, sick men raised themselves to kiss her shadow on their pil¬ lows. There is a poem by Longfellow which says in part: Lo, in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. “And slowly, as in a dream of bliss, The sleepless sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow as it falls Upon the darkening walls. A lady with a lamp shall stand In the great history of a land — A noble type of good Heroic womanhood. Recently I overheard a remark made to the effect that nursing today has lost much of the tenderness and compassion of yesterday. But this is not strictly true. Nursing has changed — we work shorter hours and enjoy more luxuries but basically the qualities of the nurse have remained the same. Generosity does not change with time — nor does kindness, understanding and charity. A nurse should give of her whole self — of her time spent by the sick bed — of her emotions in sharing the suffering of oth¬ ers — and of her Christian faith in giving reassurance. Nothing should be too much to ask of her. She should go hither and yon doing services for many persons at once. Yet, she should not become flustered, cross, or sharp with those about her. She should perform her duties quietly and quickly, always with time for kind¬ ness in her busy routine. Persons who are ill need the assurance that some¬ one cares. Someone does care — the nurse. She should always find time to listen to their problems and to give reassurance. She should be interested in each person as an individual each having his own personality needs. She should understand this and should give in¬ dividual care. “As often as you have done it unto the least of these, my brethen, you have done it unto me. Each day in her round of duties the nurse should practise Charity — a Christian love of her fellow man. To her patients she should give spiritual as well as physical and mental care. Do we, the members of the 50th Graduating Class of St. Paul ' s possess these merits? At some time in our lives we have been inspired by someone who did pos¬ sess these merits. Because of their fine example we de¬ sired to become nurses. We came to St. Paul ' s and here we nurtured these ideals. We have worked hard to reach our goal; but others have worked hard too. To our dear Sisters, the Grey Nuns, we owe many thanks. They have worked for us and prayed for us that we might be here to¬ night.. They have guided us through good times and bad, always with a view toward realizing our dream. Also thank you, to you reverend Fathers, for having contributed to our religious and moral learning. To our instructors who have spent many long hours teaching us the principles of nursing care; and to the doctors who were never too busy to answer our ques¬ tions and add to our knowledge we say, Thank You. It remains to thank you, Mother and Dad. But how can one do so adequately? Without your faith and confidence in our abilities, without your encourage¬ ment and love we could not have reached our goal today. To my fellow classmates I would say this: To-night we are nurses — the 50th class to be graduated from St. Paul’s. We are ready now to accept our duty to so¬ ciety. We have been inspired by the true nurses who have gone before. It would be nice to know that at some time in the future, because of one of us, some¬ one else had been inspired to become a nurse. Doris A. Samuels

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