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

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OUR ANGELS From city, town and village — Even from the farm, In answer to the urgent need, in answer to alarm They came along singly, they came along in groups — The years’ supply of angels mustered up like fighting troops. Long hours in the classroom, days spent among the ill. Giving of their knowledge and giving us the will To conquer all our ailments and learn to live again — To carry on despite the past and triumph over pain. Three years of dedication, frustration — even worse Bring to us a revelation — a Graduated Nurse. We watched her in her training, through the harder years And many times, when needed, she soothed away our fears. To those of you in chosen field, who have surpassed the grade — We toast you to the fullest and give our accolade. We wish you all the most success - to you we give our thanks And know that you who graduate — are welcome to their ranks. And so in future years to come, we know we’ll not forget The little Nurse-in-Training - the girl on whom we bet. We ' ll think of you quite often and say a little prayer And trust you’ll all keep up the work and never to despair. And so in closing, from all of us, I’ve been asked to say Our heartfelt thanks, our wishes - God Speed You on Your Way”. Keep faith with those who need you — Be wise, kind and gay Maintain the fight and carry on — you Graduates of Today. G.S.C. A Former Patient Compliments of KELLEY-ROBERTS LIMITED 242 Princess Street Winnipeg, Manitoba 58 THE CAMERA SHOP 350 Donald Street Winnipeg, Manitoba

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“THE GEORGE” During a student nurses three years of basic education, we at the King George Hospital are fortunate to have her four weeks. Part of this time may be spent with the post-polio on B and F Flats although the main part of her experience with communicable diseases on G Flat. According to the dictionary a student is one who studies. The word study means meditation, research, examination, investigation, sketch, den, cartoon, investigate, weigh, consider, scru¬ tinize, ponder, memorize. During a students stay at the KGH she: MEDITATES upon the courage of the repos”; RESEARCHES case histories for information on communicable diseases. EXAMINES new admissions for mechanized dandruff.” INVESTIGATES the mechanical mysteries of respirators, rocking beds, cof-flators, etc. SKETCHES the polio patient on standing board; Visits the DEN of thieves 208 (they are very honest thieves); CARTOONS the biffy chair parade; PONDERS on the stupidity of parents that don’t have their children innoculated; CONSIDERS the problem of feeding a patient on a rocking bed; SCRUTINIZES a patient Frog Breathing” for a clue as to the method of doing it; And she MEMORIZES endless lists of incubation periods. All this to help her in nursing. The polio patients always welcome the gay young nurses. The names may be forgotten but the personality is remembered with pleasure. As one young polio patient said about the students, I don’t care how they work, I would like to put them on the shelf and look at them!” (Twas a male). But the student nurses do work hard as well as brighten and cheer the polio wards. May they continue to come to the George”. Betty Banister — (a patient). Compliments of ASHDOWN’S HARDWARE Main at Bannatyne Winnipeg, Manitoba 57 CANADA DRY LIMITED Larsen at Golspie Winnipeg, Manitoba

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THE INDISPENSABLE MAN Sometime when you’re feeling important Sometimes when your ego’s in bloom Sometime when you take it for granted- You’re the best qualified in the room. Sometime when you feel your leaving Would leave an unfillable hole Just follow this simple instruction And see how it humbles your soul. Take a bucket and fill it with water Put your hand into it up to the wrist Pull it out and the hole that ' s remaining Is a measure of how you’ll be missed. You may splash all you please when you enter You can stir up water galore But stop it and you’ll find in a minute That it looks just the same as before. The moral of this quaint example Is do just the best you can Be proud of yourself, but remember There ' s no Indispensable Man. The sick are my patients, I shall not want I make them to lie down in warm blankets and feed them with a glass tube I restoreth their pulse, I teacheth the way of our hospital For their own sake, yea, though they sleep in plaster casts And in splints, they shall feel no pain. My hope and my smile shall comfort them. I prepare my hypos in the presence of the staff nurses, I anoint their backs with alcohol and wash their hands with warm water. Surely sorrows and groans shall be ministered to by me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in a uniform, forever. Compliments of PERTH DYE WORKS 482-4 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba 59 T. EATON COMPANY Portage and Donald Winnipeg, Manitoba