Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing - Reestar Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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History of the Sophomore Class UOYANT with hope, thrilled with the mystery of the unknown and Yet weighed down with mingled feeling of fear and awe, the fifty-eight students who were to make up the Freshman Class of September nlneteen hundred and twenty-four entered Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing. At first, Michael Reese Hospital was to us, as it probably has been to Other beglllnlng classes, a group of grey. brick buildings composed of a I16fW01'k of CO1'f1dOfS filled with semi-human supervisors and nurSCS- Never to be forgotten was that first day on the Wards! We had never before thought ourselves popular enough to be the center of attractlon, yet here, It seemed as if all eyes were centered on us. I In order that we might become better acquainted a Baby Party was given on the night of September thirteenth. Many clever stunts as well as all-day suckers and ice-cream cones were enjoyed. Introducing us to the city was quite a task. To facilitate matters many lovely trips were arranged by the Hospital. . Long bus rides were takeng the Hydrox Plant, Sears Roebuck, Marshall Field, and Swift and Company were among the places visited. As to talent in this class, one has only to look about to see convincing evi- dences of it. Quite thoroughly have we mastered medicine cabinets, linen roomsg and utility rooms, while such a simple thing as a bed-side-table does not cause us a minute's thought. A I Always on the alert for the chance to establish new records-ours was the first Freshman Class to organize. To safely steer us through this year we elected Helen Loftus, Chairman with 'Alice Matson and Stella Carlin to assist her. Vio- lette Matthews and Eileen Sloniker were chosen as our representatives on the Annual Staff. And. now, since we have thoroughly mastered the fact that in an institution of this size It is of the utmost importance that we do thin been taught with special care to details, we await with fear and trembling our new tasks and all that they may bring forth. gs exactly as we have il S - Ml I I I I , . IIT l is g I I in A ,1- . .ll Page 54 '

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!1 'Ik! 'I I , Sophomore Class Roll I ELIZABETH M ADAMS ANASTASIA AMENT BESSIE E BAKER IRMA A BOBHOLZ RACHEL E BOERNER IOLA BOLL ELIZABETH BOOTH ETHELJ BROWN EDYTHE BUSCH STELLA CARLIN MARY E COX HELEN C DUCKWORTH ANNA FLUGUM EUNICE M FRAVEL IDA S GOLDFARB HANNAH GORDON EMILY J GOULD GENEVIEVE HANSEN NAN L HUNTER MARCIA S HURDLE ELEANOR KERZ ALICE F KROSS I-IELENJ LOFTUS FRIEDA B MARTY ALICE H MATSON VIOLETTE MATTHEWS ELSA B MILES HAZEL MONISMITH HELEN NORDSTROM KATHLEEN P O ROURKE GLADYS M RUYLE BLANCHE L SIEGROSSER VIDA B SLOAN EILEEN SLONIKER LAURA L SOLECKI FLORENCE L SMITH SUE SPENCER LORNA A STEPHENS CLARA STUBBS DELORES TEMPLETON MARGARET A WILLIAMS Page 53

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