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

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TO BE A NURSE, OR NOT A girl stood at life’s crossroads To contemplate the lot Which might befall her, should she choose To be a nurse, or not. Advisors, there were many To spur her on her way, And still the final choice was hers The choice she made that day. Three years have come and gone now With memories richly fraught, Since the day she first considered To be a nurse, or not. Joy and sorrow, times good and bad. Erase them, nothing can, For somewhere in their midst she learned To love her fellowman. And so the years have brought forth, The answer which she sought When long ago she pondered, To be a nurse, or not. LAST THOUGHTS I finish my training tomorrow And tonight I feel within, A mixture of laughter and sadness, I scarce know how to begin. Three years I worked and I waited For the day I would be on my own. And now as I stand on the threshold, I feel so small and alone. I think of dear friends and classmates With whom I shared sorrow and fun. Instructors, patients and doctors, Will they set with the evening sun? So before I leave you tomorrow Let me add one more parting line In your hearts keep a tiny rememberance Of our class in the sands of time. A. Tkachuk — 63B Compliments of A A FROZEN FOODS COMPANY LIMITED 128 Adelaide Street Winnipeg, Manitoba 63 H.L. MacKINNON COMPANY LIMITED Melrose Tea and Coffee Winnipeg, Canada

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WHAT IS A STUDENT NURSE A Student Nurse is a Probie in gray-blue uniform, with an arm-load of books, headed for the library. A Student Nurse is a frightened young girl, with basin in hand approaching her first real patient. A Student Nurse is someone with a glow in her eyes as she recites the Nightingale Pledge Her new, white, Bible in her hand, and her first rose waiting for her in her room. A Student Nurse is an Intermediate with special trainings before her. She i s many things - At the C.H. she is a young woman with a child in her arms. At Psycho she becomes a Mother Confessor. At the Mat. she seems a helpmeet and a friend, to the excited new Mothers. She is a person with new knowledge and new responsibilities. She is — Knowledge with a flashlight in her hand, Sincerity with a smile on her face, and Hope with tears in her eyes. For three years she is a treasured person, Needed by so many people. She is - A shining example, to her young friends. Protected by her hospital, Teased by the Internes, and Loved by her patients. For three years she is all this and more. At the end of three years she is a young woman, reluctantly leaving the Residence and her many friends, with baggage in hand and a heavy heart. But these years will never be forgotten — The understanding instructors, the brave and not-so-brave patients. The parties and tete-a-tetes in the rooms after Evenings, and Her first Christmas Card from a grateful patient. And as she remembers, she is grateful to all those who made it possible for her, at last, to become a NURSE. -D.A. Buys. Compliments of WILSON STATIONERY COMPANY LIMITED 222 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba 62 KAY’S LIMITED Wholesale Dry Goods and Clothing Winnipeg 2, Manitoba

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Remember E. Snodgrass — fainted on the Thorlakson gastrectomy. Dr. Bloom was known as Dr. Flower. A. Tkachuk — lost her apron in the cafeteria. L. Judd — chased the dogs out of seclusion before settling at Psycho. S. Lundstrom ' s — weekly battle with the Bendix. B. Logan — took her fragrant “bag of Problems” to the Head Nurse. S. Redisky — almost admitted her brother to Psycho. D. Milne — reported that a patient (deaf and dumb) had been “very sarcastic.” L. Scott — was reminded to wear long stockings outside. M. Kozlowski - asked a visitor if she had had a B.M. today. M. Kort — splashed formalin in her eyes. We took the bus to Matlock. G. Orchard — asked a doctor to lift a patient out of bed. The “CROCUS ROOM” opened. Compliments of ROY’S FLORISTS 710 Notre Dame Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba DAVIDSON STUDIO 106 Osborne Street Winnipeg, Manitoba 64