Watts School of Nursing - White Cap Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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See GEORGE WATTS HILL PAGE SEVEN

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CEE ll) Seer 2 = ORS ot (5 al —- IDs IONE AVIEIICOUN E, WHOSE lives are pledged to service for mankind, have a fitting example and a constant inspiration in this young man, whose inherited pre-eminence and wealth have only been incentives to further the progress and welfare of his community and, in particular, to improve the prestige of our institution. For his illustrious service to the people of Durham County and his untiring efforts in behalf of Watts Hospital and its School of Nursing, we take pleasure in paying honor to the namesake of our original patron and dedicate this, our first volume, to George Watts Hill.

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PeACGHEMNE mie Gare FOREWORD ITH OUR FIRST attempts to get the DIAKONIA under way we felt something of the discouragement and despair that must have assailed Florence Nightingale in her at- tempts to persuade the British government to send her to Crimea in 1854. But, like our illustrious predecessor, we persisted, the pioneering spirit dominant. As the young Englishwoman found her chief support in one friend, Sir Sidney Herbert, so we were encour- aged and aided by one member of the faculty: Dorothy B. Leupp. Her confidence in our ability to achieve our goal kept the project alive. And now, in spite of a lack of enthusiasm and the inexperience of the staff, the annual goes to press. We offer no apologies, though we know it could be better. We are proud to present, with all its omis- sions, incongruities, and mistakes, this first volume of the DIAKONIA. If it becomes a tradition to depict, yearly, the experiences of Watts students in their hospital lite, we feel that the volume has been well named and its purpose accomplished. We even dare hope that the class of thirty-seven may find much that will recall fond memories and inspire higher —The Editors. ideals.