University of Maryland School of Nursing - Pledge Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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The Class of 1965 Dedicates The Pledge to DEAN FLORENCE MEDA GIPE R.N.-York Hospital School of Nursing CYork, Pa.J B.S.-Catholic University of America M.S.-University of Pennsylvania Ed.D. -University of Maryland Professor ofNursing Dean ofthe University of Maryland School of Nursing 2

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The PLEDGE wishes to dedicate the 1965 Year- book to the Dean of the School of Nursing. Dr. Florence M. Gipe is recognized as an outstanding leader in the field of education and continually strives to promote the professionalism of nursing. Her knowledge and foresight in planning have hir- thered the University of Maryland School of Nurs- ing's position of leadership in nursing education. Dr. Gipe is a scholar in her own right, she grad- uated from the York Hospital School of Nursing to receive her nursing diploma, and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing Education at Catholic University in 1937. In 1946, she acquired a Master of Science degree in Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Gipe received her Ed.D. in Education in Administration from the University of Maryland in 1952. She has affiliations with numerous learned societies, clubs, and fra- ternal orders, and is active in a variety of civic activities. Under the leadership of Dr. Gipe, accredited baccalaureate and master's programs in nursing have been established at the University of Mary- land. Graduates of the school are justifiably proud of their school and its Dean. They are confident that under Dr. Gipe's leadership the standards and posi- tion ofthe school will continue to rise with trends in nursing. We proudly dedicate this book to a devoted leader and outstanding educator who has had much impact on the advancement of nursing. To The Graduating Class of 1965 Greetings, my Colleagues: Four years ago, instilled with the thought of doing good for mankind, you entered the University of Maryland School of Nursing. First you were introduced and soon became a high ranking student in the University's required curriculum in the field of general education. Ac- cording to Abraham Flexner, the able interpreter of professions, this body of higher education must necessarily precede the body of professional educa- tion which you have been required to master on the Baltimore Campus, namely, Nursing, a fast emerging health profession. During the past four years, you have been given the opportunity to see nursing cast off a theory which largely was composed of a materialistic point of view. No longer do we in nursing impart ready made information which helped to foster tools of ignorance. Some of this outdated method- ology which was without scientific basis can be proved by some of our able nurse historians whose well-written publications can generally be found in most of the large public libraries. The problem now confronting collegiate education in nursing is to employ scientific methods of observation, reflec- tion and test, with a refusal to accept conclusion not warranted by evidence however congenial our allied co-workers may be. NVith your basic back- ground and further study, yours must be the ability to use ideas as hypotheses instead of 'AAt the Uni- versity of Maryland School of Nursing, we have always done it this wayv. Opportunity frequently knocks at your door and requests you to meet broad nursing challenges offered through advancing local and national health innovations. It is my hope that the class of 1965 meets these timely challenges and that all members of the class will be productive Alumni ofthe University of Maryland. OPPORTUNITY They do me wrong who say I come no more When once I knock and fail to find you in- Each day I stand outside your door And bid you rise and fight and winu. Author unknown.