Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing - Blue and White Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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BLUE AND WHITE--H DR H. COPPINGER 1 iq T is a pleasure to extend to each member of the 1937 Class, congratulations and best wishes for success and hap- piness. Graduation is but a milestone in any educational scheme. That your three years' training may have fitted each and all of you to fulfil the duties of your chosen profession, to the satisfaction and pleasure of your patients and to your own personal gratification is the sincere wish of your physician. DR. H. CoPPmGER. Page Six MISS TRYPHINA WIGGINS 'YT is an honored privilege to write a farewell mes- sage to the 1937 Graduating Class, to whom I extend my best wishes. Your careers will be watched with unabated interest, faith and con- fidence. During the past three years, marks have been, to a great ex- tent, the standards by which your success has been measured, but in the future it will be your ability, aptness and professional knowl- edge that will determine your success. May sympathy, loyalty and good cheer be your motto. TRYPHINA WIGGINS

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BLUE AND WHITE DR. G. F. STEPHENS Page Five Dear 1937's: AY I pass on to you the message of that great Canadian, Sir' William Osler, to another gradu- ating class. He said in part: No special virtues are needed for a nurse, but the circumstances demand the exercise of them in a special way. There are seven, the mystic seven: tact, tidiness, taciturnity, sympathy, gentle- ness, cheerfulness, and charity. Tact is the saving virtue Without which she is a failureg tidiness is the very essence of her work, the tasepsis of c1othes,' and taciturnity the gift so much needed by nurses, 'if you have heard anything, let it die with you.' Sympathy should be given in full meas- ure, but with discretiong gentleness is a nurse's birthrightg and cheerfulness than which there is no greater blessing in the world. A11 these are linked to- gether by charity 'gently to scan your brother man, still more gently your sis- ter Woman! DR. G. F. STEPHENS.

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BLUE AND WHITE MISS MARGARET E. MCGILVRAY WY message to Class 1937 is to ask that you give your best efforts towards the further advance- ment of Nursing Education and Pro- fessional problems that will confront you from time to time. It is not always the things that come to us that we appreciate, but the things we strive for most, so keep on reaching out to the higher and nobler motives in our pro- fession. It is your good fortune to be amongst the first nurses to have the eight-hour duty for the private-duty nurses in Manitoba. What are some of the Ways you can help your profession? By your youth and energy, your thoughtfulness and discretion, good common sense and steadfast loyalty not only to your pro- fession but also to your school. We older graduates look to you to keep up the honor and traditions of our school. My wish for the Class is that all your fondest and most precious dreams will come true, whether it will be for your homes or further achievements in your profession. And that life's richest bless- ings will come to you all in the years to come. MARGARET E. MCGILVRAY. Page Seven ,gq . Miss HALLBERA JOHNSON GONGRATULATIONS Class of 1937. You have come to the end of your training, and to what to you seems like the end of the road, but it is really just a beginning of life's journey, but a very good beginning. Yes, on that onward journey take with you much courage, much tolerance, cheerfulness, and Faith, Hope and Charity,', and the end will not find you so footsore. Whether dreams you had when you entered training, dreams such as we all have had of high ideals, it is my wish that they may be fulfilled, and that you may meet with every success, happiness and contentment along the pathway of your chosen profession. HALLBERA J oHNsoN.