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

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“THE CONQUEST” Four men rode together on the plains and hills and down, In the lead there came a red man, then a white, a black, a brown. By a twist of Fate they gathered near a roaring ruddy sea, And they swore to be blood brothers undearneath an olive tree. Tho’ each came from foreign castle yet each heart had one true ring, All were brave and loyal and steadfast, each could laugh and each could sing. But ' twas here the footsteps faltered and the mists blurred o’er the gaze, For a forked trail caused a sorrow and a parting of the ways. Then two there rode together to the left and shoddy side, While the others were compelled to take the rolling, wrathful tide. But before the trails were taken well a final stop and rest. Each of the four shed but one tear and hid it in his breast. And thus Fate by a mighty hand decreed the four to go, To roam the weary wasted world and to the sinners show That love of fellow man is strong and can be stronger still In a heart that’s full of cheer and peace And a bent determined will. All the four died strong and young for strutting out their show, One died by knife, one fire one flood, one fell when struck a blow. But the tragic song that echoed through the poor and sickly land, Was that each died not by alien death but common coloured hand. Now the four lie deep in sleep and never ride the more. But even though they died so brave, it has not closed the door. They did not live in vain, for by earth they are not pinned, The four ride still together on the billows of the wind. MARGARET-ALLISON KILLEN Compliments of INVESTORS SYNDICATE OF CANADA 280 Broadway Avenue - Winnipeg, Manitoba 60

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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

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INSPIRATION Or is it sadness; an indescribible feeling A taste of joy, knowledge, contempt, pride, sorrow, vanity Made big perhaps — but deeply felt Defined? to wish it were. Alas, what a view of humanity would be exposed. Frustration. Wants or is it Defiance? Defying whom? the Gods.Yourself Think of love, presenting warmth, security Feel loved; but only for the time light takes to travel. Analyze the world, only to get involved, my friend With further frustrations An impossible task! never happiness Regress with habits; effective for too short a while! Forgetting for the wise Surrender for the thoughtful Oblivion for the shallow Hell for the Undaunted Struggling Fighter. D. POSNER GIRL AT THE WINDOW” There in silent solitude, standing at the pane, Stands a lonely figure, crying softly to the rain. As the setting sun sinks slowly to the waiting earth below. The solitary shadow cries for one who does not know. She is crying for a lost love in the chambers of her heart, She is crying for a lost love in a dream world far apart; For her innocence is brimming as a rosebud is with dew, And she cannot lift her spirits or ever smile anew. 0, The cruelness of a young man to see and never know, Of the tender heart that ' s waiting and the love she cannot show; So she stands with head bowed deeply as the sun with waning light. Casts it’s shadow on the window and the girl that stands in night. Margaret-AIlison Killen Compliments of BRATHWAITES LIMITED 429 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba 61 STOVEL-ADVOCATE PRESS LIMITED Printers - Lithographers Winnipeg, Manitoba