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

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tubcnt Council 1962 BACK ROW, Left to Right: M. Blott, I. Richard, S. Steel, S. Guthrie, M. Giesbrecht, A.McVicar, J. Baldry, C. Doern. FRONT ROW: B. Sutherland, H. McAskill, K. Newton, L. Sloan, S. Lundstrom. Yearbook i£ taff 1962 BACK ROW, Left to Right: L.F. Clayton, E. Cleland, I. Christison, M. Gray, P. Smith, S. Guthrie, D. McLennan, E. Lundy, D. Proche. FRONT ROW: G.M. Stonehouse, H. McAskill, I. Rickard, J. Ure, M. Forrest.

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Cbttor’s jHeggage Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh recei veth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. — The Bible, St. Matthew 7:7-8 As these past three years draw to a close, it is time to say “farewell and “thank you : — To Miss Cameron, our instructors and supervisors and other staff members without whose guidance we would not have achieved our goal. — To Mrs. Price, the Yearbook staff and staff at Inter-Collegiate Press who have spent countless hours compiling this book for future pleasant memories. — To the Graduating Class, success and happiness in the future. I.W. Rickard Yearbook taff EDITOR. ASSISTANT EDITORS. TREASURER. SECRETARY. PHOTOGRAPHY. LITERARY ART. SALES. ADVERTISING, .I. Rickard .J. Ure H. Me Aski 11 G.M. Stonehouse .... L. F. Clay to n .P. Smi th S. Guthrie I. Chri sti son .B. Wood J. Moore D. McLennan .W. Foster S. Mintz M. Noble .M. Forrest P. Beattie D. James .D. Proche E. Cleland M. Gray 9

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Co tije (grabuating Class 1962 Dr. P.H.T. Thorlakson As you approach the day of your graduation, it will be emphasized again, as it was at your initiation, that you are joining the ranks of a high and noble profession. That is true. What do we actually mean when we repeat year after year such impressive, high sounding words. No single sentence can define and explain their full meaning. Considered in their truest and finest sense they stress, amongst other things, the importance of your personal attitude and your individual skills acquired before and during the course of your nursing education. They emphasize the close relationship of the individual nurse to the individual patient. They also mean that the public recognizes the fact that, at a time of great suffering and need, you will be at the bedside to comfort, to relieve pain and anxiety, and to assist in the recovery of the patient. At these critical periods your response, your every word and your actions are important. With each act of nursing, therefore, it is you who will make the profession noble or otherwise. In the final analysis, this reference to a high purpose and high achievement represents a constant challenge to each and every nurse both before and after graduation. In other words, the public ' s opinion and the nursing profession ' s evaluation of its own position is not something static and permanently achieved by the devoted work and sacrifices of your predecessors. I wish to emphasize one more important truth. You may hear someone say that the attitude of the nurses has changed, that they are not as willing to devote the same time or effort on behalf of the patient as the nurses did in that era of time which is referred to, rather loosely, as the good old days . In every day and in every age, this type of unfavourable comparison of the present generation has and will be made. You will come to realize that the public and the individual has a short memory and fortunately most people tend to relive the good days of their youth and to remember those kind and considerate and helpful people who have come into their lives. I firmly believe that there are just as many and more people now prepared and willing to sacrifice time and convenience to help their neighbours. If you expect kindness and extend it to others, you will, as a rule, re¬ ceive kindness in return. If you are inclined to be hypercritical in your attitude towards others, you will always 11