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

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BLUE AND WHITE :.f-'i-':'55:5:5: :::F ' i - V' f:.f-1:5 . . , f:::r:1f::-wfgfr f.'5.':5.-:.-:5::' fran., ' 1::, ,-, '--: '. ':.-1 :.'5F5 ' F55 'i -75 . ' ' 7:5 ,f5F::i::f' fm .. f:.5r:g-:5:.--:,5 ::.ff:.'f. --5:5-' -:,-:,-,fr .'f ,:-.-ff:,-::,:f,,:::. 4.-1: , -.-,.:f- :. -, --f::g.:,::5.. - ' f ' ' if .V ai' I .-::rr:f-:'r::f- ' f.,'.f,,J:y. :.,.:-1-.w:,,.:: , is-fff:s:iafs5:.' -4. - my . Mrss IsoBEL MAITLAND STEWART g N every centre where nursing education is given time and thought, the name of Miss Isobel Maitland Stewart commands a respect and admira- tion second to none. After gradu- ating from the Winnipeg General Hospital, in 1908, she took up pri- vate duty nursing for a brief period followed by a series of staff positions in our hospital. Through the writings of Mis.s Adelaide Nutting, Miss Stewart became increasingly interested in the topic of education for nurses, and decided to further her own education by a course at Columbia University. In her second year she assisted Miss Nutting as In- structress in the nursing depart- ment, which eventually led to her appointment as successor to Miss Nutting. In spite of heavy teach- ing duties, she studied for, and obtained her M.A. degree, the first nurse to merit that honor. ln 1925, upon the resignation of M1ss.Nutting, Miss Stewart was appointed Director of Nursing Education at Teachers' College, Page Fifteen Columbia University. In the ten years or more since this appoint- ment she has served brilliantly on numerous committees, at home and abroad, in the investigation of curricula for schools of nursing. To list all the committees, sur- veys and programmes that have advanced under her leadership al- most requires a card index, and we are left in no doubt of her exceptional abilities. The Na- tional League of Nursing CU.S.A.D is particularly indebted to her for the achievements at the Educa- tion Committee, now known as the Curriculum Committeej' of which she is chairman. Miss Stewart's name is also very closely allied with the movement afoot to establish schools of nurs- ing on a University basis, and largely due to her efforts the number of collegiate schools of nursing is rapidly increasing. Miss Stewart has written ex- tensively on nursing subjects, both in connection with her investiga- tions and researches, and on gen- eral nursing history. One of the finest text-books on nursing his- tory has been edited by Miss Stewart and Miss Lavinia Dock, the familiar Short History of Nursing.

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glffarclz of 'Gimc Wumbcr The story of March of Time and the yfear's activities gen- erously illustrated with pic- tures of the various classes within the institution. We have for many years co- operated With Hospitals, Uni- versities, Colleges and High Schools in increasing numbers in the production of Artistic Year Books. Cwe ffrint the Wear Jsoole Wallingford Press Ltd Wallingford Bldg.. Phone 21368 Kennedy St

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BLUE AND WHITE ------ i 5 MISS ETHEL JOHNS Page ,Siaxtcevz MSS ETHEL JoHNs, as editor of the Canadian Nurse, directs a publication that touches directly on the life of every member of our class, as long as we remain in the nursing profession. Miss Johns is English, born at Meanstokes, Hants, England, of Welsh and Cornish parentage. She was educated at Denbigh, North Wales, and re- ceived her professional education at the Winnipeg General Hospital, followed by a year of post- graduate study at Teachers' College, Columbia University, N.Y. Miss Johns has held numerous responsible posi- tions since graduation. For a time she was Super- intendent at the McKellar General Hospital in Fort William, Ont., and later held a similar posi- tion in the Children's Hospital, Winnipeg. At the Vancouver General Hospital she remembers with pleasure her years as Director of Nursing there, where, concurrently, she acted as Assistant Pro- fessor in the Department of Nursing and Health, University of British Columbia. While at the coast, Miss Johns, aided by Miss Kathleen W. Ellis, suc- cessfully established the five-year course in nurs- ing at the University of British Columbia. Miss Johns' activities as Field Director, attached to the Paris office of the Rockefeller Foundation, provided a stimulating change from institutional work. During this period she assisted in the development of nursing service in Hungary and Roumania. Also in connection with the Foundation, Miss Johns made an extensive and extremely in- teresting study of the status of negro women in the States. Like many other leaders in our profession, Miss Johns is vitally interested in the problems concerning nursing education. She has had con- siderable personal contact with the subject, both at home and abroad, and is very aware of pend- ingchanges. She has served as Director of Studies for the Committee on Nursing Education of the New York Hospital, and also on the committee for grading of schools of nursing Cin the United Statesb. Among other activities are included her years as Honorary Secretary of the Canadian Nurses' Association, 1917-21. She was actively associated with the Manitoba Government Public Welfare Commission when that organization was function- ing, in 1917. Miss Johns is a member of the National League of Nursing Education, and a member of the Mani- toba Association of Registered Nurses, ' Miss Johns' associations at home and abroad are so far-reaching that she is ideally suited for the office of editor of the Canadian Nurse, the oiiicial organ of the Canadian Nurses' Association. From her numerous contacts with almost every progres- sive nursing organization, she is in a position to write authoritatively on current events in the nursing Held. We are Very fortunate to have such an interesting capable women to chronicle events for us, and guide our footsteps through the Cana- dian N urse.