The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-23

uation with it's wealth of pleasant and
enjoyable festivities, congratulations,
and lovely and fragrant flowers. Ad-
dressing her companion she referred
to the dainty uniform, and she said
"Let US honor it as a sacred shield,
even as a Sister of Charity loves her
habit 50 should we our simple garb
which will be our only protection in
future life when we leave our loved
Alma Mater, the Northwestern. y
J. IS. Anderson of Milaca played
in the Cold, Cold Ground"
as violin solo, with piano accom-
paninent by Mrs. Ben Soule. Mr..
Anderson rendered the selection in a
way that called for an encore which
he responded to.
With the class motto "Non Nobis
Solum,' mot merely for ourselves) as
her topic Miss Guild spoke in a re-
Prospective and prospective way of the
work of the trained nurse. She said:
''For3tWo years we have looked for
ward to this occasion as the browning
reward of our labors and the COM
mencement of independent nursing.
Thus as winter changed into beautiful
springswe changed and laid away our
probationer's gowns and reverently
dOnned the nurses uniform of blue
and white. With increasing interest
we passed from serving trays and
busting, making beds and doing the
minor treatments to night duty when
throughout the long hours we watched
and toiled but hailed the first gleam-
ings OF the new day which so often
brings rest to the weary sufferer.
AS the botanist pinches off a with
cred petal from pure white rose so
we would go from our Alma Mater en-
tering into homes where disease and
illness are eating up the very roots of
life and help restore them to health
and usefulness. Our training here
among the sick and dying has taught
us how and why to live, not for our
selves alone but for humanity to live
with all our might and give out life
by our inspiration and cheerfulness.
We are brought face to face with
death and suffering in their worst
form. We are often taken into friendly
confidence with our patients family,
but woe to that nurse who for one mo-
ment forgets the sublimity of her vo.
cation.G'
In going from the training school
Miss Guild said that they stood on
the grand pa1tff orm Of hum an aneYia-
ton, and in entering the larger fields
of useful service she said: s'Let our
united prayer be this little one COM
posed by Adeline E. Arnold: oh,
Father, make me brave and strong; I
pray to live this life as thou would
have me live. Oh: make me
worthy, Lord, to live this life in work
ing for loved humanity; help us to
aid the mortal in this strife and lead
him through the darkness onto thee
"To our superintendent words fail
me in expressing our appreciation and
gratitude for the infinite interest you
have manifested in your unselfsh les
son of real life. How often when we
stand alone we will miss your kindly
counsel. How difficult it will be to
work sometimes without your directing
hand and supervision. We can only
do it by remembering the precepts and
principles instilled into us while under
your care and instruction
Miss Guild addressed kind words of
appreciation to the doctors, and the
members of the hospital staff, the
training school committee, the nurses
with whom they have associated, and
to her classmate she said: s'To my
classmate with whom I have labored
for the past two years and who has
watched each others interests and adj
vancements with feeling of common
sharing, who has appreciated the I'M
failing sympathies, and whose paths
are now SO widely diverging, I bid
farewell, trusting that we may live up
to the precepts instilled in our hearts
and thereby intelligently fulfill our
duty and motto, ssNon Nobis Solum. y
Miss Lulu Neumann played 'sThe
Shepherd Boys Evening Song'' as
a piano solo, and returned in answer
to an encore.
The graduation address was de-
livered by Rev. w. E. j. Gratz who
spoke on the evolution of the modern
hospital and the trained nurse. he
said that the graduation event was a
mile stone in the history of Princeton
and he referred to the rapid growth
that has been made during the last
three years in which time over a
quarter of million dollars in new
and improvements had been
made. Princeton had great cause to
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