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

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nurse as seen by a jr intern a nurse is one who is a probie no cuffs timid and afraid to speak a nurse is one who is an intermediate with cuffs and or chevron and pin knows all there is to know about nursing specialties a nurse is one who is a senior with sleeves down and or tails out knows all the tricks of medical students engineers and above all else interns a nurse is one who complains of many things chocolate milk but not hot chocolate soup but not fruit juice milk but not tea or coffee also interns big ones small ones lazy ones speedy ones cheery ones sad ones also legible handwriting i I legible handwriting doctor’s orders no doctor’s orders day shift split shift evenings nights not enough days off a nurse is one who calls the intern on private medicine for staff surgery at three am and then at three-fifteen am to see if the patient can have a dulcolax a nurse especially class of sixty-two is one to whom the best wishes for the future for whatever endeavor housewife and mother supervi sor teacher v.o.n. ward nurse special do go out from the interns and residents of sixty-one and sixty- two red brown jr intern 59

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DON’T QUIT When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit; Life is queer with its twists and turns As everyone of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about. When he might have won had he stuck it out, Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow — You may succeed with another blow, Often the goal is nearer than It seems to a faint and faltering man Often the struggler has given up. When he might have captured the victor’s cup, And he learned too late, when the night slipped down How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out— The silver tint of clouds of doubt. And you can never tell how close you are. It may be near when it seems afar, So Stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit— It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit. By A. B. Hirshfield, Denver

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jfle m or tes It was just three short years ago when we entered, with knees shaking, that fore¬ boding grey building that was to be our home . We remember how we were greeted and those encouraging smiles. We remember the slow ascent in a very old, well-ventilated ele¬ vator. The first week was full of meeting new friends and helpful words of advice from our 1 big sisters . We cannot forget the work we crammed into six months and the exams which seemed to pelt down upon us. We seemed only to finish this block of classes when more knowledge was waiting for us in Junior Block. Soon however, we made our way out to the wards and to special trainings where each one of us remembers our own cherished memories. Here we met patients, nurses, doctors and all the other personnel we will never forget. Who could forget the first trying experience of being scrubbed in the O.R. or even assisting with a dressing or in starting an I.V? It is these experiences and the personnel who have shaped our lives in the past three years. Each per¬ sonality we met added new memories. Soon we were back to classes again which opened up the new field of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Obstetrics. Although these are connected with the General it was good to be back ' ' home ' when we finished them. Senior evenings and nights seemed to fill our last months only to be interrupted by Senior Block. However, life cannot stop here at this level of knowledge and friendship and so now we sa,dly bid a farewell to W. G. H. We recall the memories of residence living and the close companionship of classmates. We recall those 2 a.m. discussions and we cherish each moment. As we descend, eyes brimming with tears, on the new elevator, our knees no doubt will again be shaking. We are leaving our fellow workers and going out into our own spe¬ cial field but we shall remember all we left behind and we sincerely hope you keep a small memory of the class of 62B. L. F. Clayton Compliments of JANZEN BROTHERS 277 Ross Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 60 BROADWAY FLORISTS 277 Portage Avenue, Polo Park Shoping Centre