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

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BLUE AND WHITE FIRST NURSES' HOME MRS. G. M1LLAR, Matron Miss J. MUNROE Night Proctor PRESENT NURSES' HOME Page Nine

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B L u E AN D WH IT E 'dlgliese gifty fyears M 1887-1937 O, Far-to-Seek! O, the keen call of Thy fluteli' 66 T IS 1872! Something of unusual interest is occupying the attention of the residents of the little trading post on the banks of the Red River! Small groups gather here and there and talk with animation. We heard about it at the General Store, and we, too, have been swept into the current of interest and excitement. Mystery surrounds the poor dere- lict who was left yesterday on the river bank to die. It is said that he is very ill. We have heard much that makes us, wonder and fairly shudder at the mere thought of it-Leprosy! How fortunate, though, that our village boasts of the possession of a small hospital. The Typhoid epidemic has been sosevere, that Gov- ernor Archibald called a mass meeting in order to discuss the formation of a Board of Health, and our Hospital was organized. The possession of such an Institution in our village gives us a feeling of security. We are far inland! We are a motley company, blown together 'from the four corners of the earth, by the winds of cir- cumstance' to learn the scorching heat of prairie winds in summer, and realize how keen the frost in the depth of winter. Endurance is sorely tried in the grim struggle for existence! And now, the little Hospital has been called into being: has been born out of our own daily needs in answer to an inarticulate cry from within us. Yes, it brings with it security and the assurance that as a Community we are not blind to our moral obligations, that amidst the exigencies of pioneer life on the prairies, we have 'built an house' where the needy may receive tender caref' ' Pk 214 is rs All winter, the little Trading Post battled against fierce winds and bitter cold, the snow drifted in. great banks along the trails. The Red River slept under the spell of frost and dreamed many dreams. There wasfa dream of spring, of the blue of the crocus and the first liquid trill of the meadowlark. There was also a very color- ful and gay dream of many, many people com- ing and going hurriedly along her shores, of many churches, schools, stores, and other forms -TAGORE. of architecture, to satisfy the needs of life . . . and a greater and larger Hospital reborn each year, in response to an inarticulate cry from the soul of the Community. And another dream, there was, too, that stirred the slumbers of the silent river . . . and into it were woven the dreams, the hopes, the fulfilled ambitions of thousands of eager, bright- eyed young women, led by the call of Service into the School of Nursing that was to be born within the walls of the Hospital. Pl' Pls Pls Pi: The Hospital has known many homes since that day. As the Community needs grew, the Hospital must also expand to embrace those needs. The little village of 1872 occupied a com- manding position on the Prairies. The Gateway to the East, the Gateway to lands of unexplored romance in the West, Winnipeg was destined to become the greatest city of the-Prairies, and become a part of a dynamic Society, at whose feet Science has laid her rich gifts of the past fifty years. It is a far cry from our present im- posing home to that little hut at the fork of the rivers. We, too, have been dynamic, we too have kept pace with the evolution of truths revealed by the light of scientific'research. I 1 :if Pk Pls Pls In 1887, having long felt the need of an or- ganized training for Nurses, the Hospital opened its doorsfto admit the first School of Nursing in Manitoba! It is one of the oldest in Canada. Providedwwith the advantages of a scientific background, and a progressive hospital field for clinical experience, that School was destined to develop and distinguish itself among its Sis- ter Schools in Canada. Miss Laidlaw was appointed first Lady Su- perintendent. Following her resignation in 1893, she was sugceegled as follows: Miss Hollandmfnow Mrs. A. Moodyj, who has servedher profession through her Alumnae so faithfully down' the years. Miss Patterson. ,UT , . Page Eleven