Millard Fillmore Hospital School of Nursing - Arcanum Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SENIOR CLASS DIARY SEPTEMBER 1950 13— REMEMBER THE ANTICIPATION: BIG SISTERS , DORM LIFE, 3x3 ROOM. 14— PHYSICALS: FACES WERE SCARLET. INTERNES FRESHMEN MET. 18— UNIVERSITY LIFE BEGINS— WHOOP DE DOIl II 25— DUTY II— TWO HOURS TO CLEAN CUPBOARDS, PASS WATER CLEAN BEDPA NS. OCTOBER 1950 INITIATION I OH WHAT THEY HAD IN STORE FOR US ETHER GAGGED US, JUNIORS SACKED US, MUSTARD MASKED US. U.B.— GINNY WAS CROWNED HOMECOMING QUEEN. NOVEMBER 1950 THANKSGIVING VACATION. ON THE BUS AND HOMEWARD BOUND. TO MOM ' S FAMOUS COOKING— WE EAT AGAIN. DECEMBER 1950 CAROLING THROUGH M. F. H. .. DRIPPING WAX ALL OVER THE PLACE, BRINGING JOY TO EACH NEW FACE. JANUARY 1951 NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS BROKEN OUT OF HABIT. MID YEAR EXAMS. FEBRUARY 1951 THE SHIP BEGINS TO SINK WITH A FEW OF THE CREW UPON IT. MARCH 1951 FOUR HOURS OF DUTY-TWO PATIENTS AND NOT ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE BEDS. APRIL 1951 UNIVERSITY LIFE COMMENCES TO CLOSE. CAMPAIGNING FOR ALICE. MAY 1951 FINAL EXAMS. CAPPING PROM AT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB. FLORRIE SPOKE TO US AT CAPPING EXERCISES 1 1 1 1 ???? ? JUNE 1951 FULL FLEDGED DUTY; BATHS, BATHS, BATHS-WHY ARE YOU GIRLS LATE FOR CLASS? SPRING ATTRACTS MORE ATTENTION THAN CLASS. JULY 1951 SOME PEOPLE WENT TO THE BEACH ON THE FOURTH; WE WENT ON THE ROOF. AUGUST 1951 GET THE SURGERY CARTS. WE MOVE AGAIN. SEPTEMBER 1951 A NEW CLASS ARRIVED BRINGING US LITTLE SISTERS AND TWO STRIPES. 30

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Laurene Van Driest Laurie ' Friendly, neat, and very sweet. 36 Hertel Ave. Buffalo, N.Y. Dorothy Young Dot The world ' s no better if we worry Life is no longer if we hurry. 129 Forest Ave. Port Colborne, Ontario 1 Phyllis Moore Whalen Bunny ' That which follows a certain sea-going man. R.F.D. ) Olean, N.Y. 29

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OCTOBER 1951 FRESHMAN-TO THINK WE WERE THAT WAY LAST YEARl CAFETERIA- PTOMAINE ALLEY YOU MEAN. NOVEMBER 1951 THANKSGIVING— 2 DAYS OFF I WHOOPS, TRAGIC MISTAKE, 2 HOURS. SALT PETRE IN THE MILK I WONDER WHY??? DECEMBER 1951 CHRISTMAS- NO VACATION— WE ARE IN LIKE FLYNN. CAROLING AGAIN. JANUARY 1952 FOOD- MOTHER CAME THROUGH AGAIN, WE EAT HOLIDAY GOODIES. EFFICIENCY- GOOD-BAD- OR AVERAGE. WHY, WE ARE ALL AVERAGE, I GUESS. FEBRUARY 1952 DAY OFF, NO CLASSES- WHAT COME AGAIN 1 1 I MARCH 1952 HALF WAY THRU AND WE WERE HALF GONE 24 HOURS THAT DAY AT 137 LAMARK DRIVE. WHATADAYI! APRIL 1952 HONOR ROLL- ARE YOU ON? OH BOY, 5 OVERNITES AND 5 LATE LEAVES. HAMBURGERS AT THE TODDLE HOUSE. WHAT A DISH I MAY 1952 VACATION- 3 WHOLE WEEKS— NO MORE CLASSES— NO MORE BOOKS. WHAT A RELIEF. JUNE 1952 PINOCHLE UPSETS CANASTA WHILE SUNNING ON THE ROOF. JULY 1952 GOWANDA— SUNSET AND SWEDAS AT LAST! ABOUT THAT DR. TRAPP! AUGUST 1952 BEACH— ANYONE WISH TO TAXI US TO A SPAN OF WATER? SEPTEMBER 1952 SENIORS AT LAST-WHEWI WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT. MORE NEW FRESHMEN. JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET AT THE SHERATON. AH- WHAT FOOD. PARTY- WHAT AGAIN? YES, THREE FOURTHS GONE- AND WE MEAN GONE AT 102 STRATHMORE. OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1952 MARRIAGE- IT HAS BEEN AN EPIDEMIC WITH US. DECEMBER 1952 TRAGIC NURSING BEGINS FOR THE SENIOR CLASS. 31