US Army School of Nursing - Taps Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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id it t — 9 Irs. S=i 1 - ©i: presage from (ifnEral rtlaith } ' HERE is nothing in this world that gives as much satisfac- tion as the knowledge of personal service rendered to the afiflicted. The profession which you have chosen gives unlimited opportunity for this satisfaction and you have prepared yourselves for your chosen profession in one of the best schools in the world. I trust your lives will be full of opportunities to do service for those less fortunate than ourselves. Major General Merritte W. Ireland, The Surgeon General. qL. [9]

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p% §13 jJHessati,? front deriErai Enwebu ;}Q lS I think of you leaving our school to assume your professional responsibili- ties, many thoughts present themselves and I should like to leave with you that of social guidance to our youth. You are in a most special way ready to go into your communi- ties and help formulate a scientific program of health and thereby serve your country in a way which will reflect credit upon the Army Medical Service. The thought of guidance as a unitary function is not new. The problems which will face you overlap the fields of health, emotion, intellect, education, vocation, as well as religion. One of the leading educators of this country lays emphasis upon the fact that we deal with the individual in terms of his whole life ; the aim in helping anyone is to stress the point where he is already strongest. You have been with patients and know the things which touch life most closely. Your guidance should function. You have the means to help allay present-day unrest. You are equipped with special professional training. You have had the good fortune through your work here, and through affiliation with some of the best specialized services in the country, to acquire the techniques to render this worthwhile service. But more than this, we have given you those qualities which can be found only in a school of education. I have taken deep and personal interest in you as individuals and feel confident that you will not fail when you go from our school because you have measured up in a high degree in your daily tasks. James Madison Kennedy, Brigadier General, Medical Department, Commanding. [11]