Baptist System School of Nursing - BSSN Memories Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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4. Middle: Former instructor. Jane Coulter caps Tammy Bowen. Lefls Student nurses lit their lamp from the school's gold Florence Nightingale lamp. Below: First Baptist Church of Pleasant Valley was the setting for the 1978 Capping Ceremony.

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Sharing Emotions, Fun, Am bi tions, Needs We Arrived at Capping 1978 At 7 o'clock in the evening on Friday, May 19, 1978, the capping ceremony for the 1979 graduating class was held at the First Baptist Church of Pleasant Valley. Donna Douglas welcomed the families and guests of the students. The invoca- tion was presented by Chaplain David Covington of Central Baptist Hospital. Dorothy Douglas, anatomy instructor from Henderson State University, presented the address. Shirlene Harris, Director of BSSN, introduced the eighty-four students who had completed the freshman year of their training. Fol- lowing the capping and pinning of the female and male stu- dents respectively, Juanita Straubie closed the ceremony with the benediction. The ceremony was not only beautiful, but also held a special importance to those students involved. The receiving of pins and caps gave these men and women a great sense of accomplishment. It was proof that the first nine months of studying was worth all the effort, plus more. 104

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Upper left: Hope Roberson and Nancy Ferguson provided music for the ceremony. They sang the theme from Mahogony. Upper righls After being capped, the students proceeded to the far side of the stage to light their Florence Nightin- gale lamp. Karen Dupree is pictured lighting her lamp from the one held by Mrs. Carol Danner. Right: Male students received a gold and blue bar to wear on their collar. Ricky Moore is pin- ned by Mrs. Arleta Garis.