Rex Hospital School of Nursing - Nightingale Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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C560 NIGHTINGALE l WJ 5 54 IIIIJIDIIIIIHIJJW nunnumummuunnmnmmumnnuumnanuIIIIIuunIuIuuuuumunmnunmmmnnun ru 4. no but 6E',fUz'!! and Qeyzamenz ofifze C-Senior Glass of 1927 EARTH NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF IIMERICA STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WAKE CITY OF RALEIGH, REX HOSPITAL , We, the Class of 1927, Rex Hospital Training School for Nurses, for and in consideration of those we leave behind after three years of toil, tribulation, sorrows, and joys, have successfully reached the entitled stage of graduation and do hereby declare ourselves to be of sound mind and body, and this to be our last will and testament. We bequeath and convey to our parents, friends, and members of the nursing sisterhood the following: ITEM I To the joy of our parents and guardians, we hereby relieve them of further financial support, and assure them of our loyal assistance in any crisis they may meet. ITEM II To our beloved institution we bequeath our undying devotion and life- long obligation. ITEM III To the staff, Who have so liberally fostered us, we acknowledge our deepest love and appreciation. ITEM IV To the incoming senior class we will our black bands and all that accompanies them, namely, our senior table, place in classroom, Maw's protection at night, and our well-handled' senior dignity. ITEM V To the intermediates we leave our sympathy and love along with Miss Beeker. ITEM VI To the probes we bequeath our stiff collars, together with our other hardships, troubles, and trials. We sincerely hope they will not have to wear these stii collars so long that they rub boils and blisters on the back of their necks. WA hint to the wise is sufficient. J Twenty-four

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El. .ai would enjoy wearing. Miss Smith, I hope you will get as much pleasure out of wearing them as I did in purchasing them Ca good-looking salesman sold them to mel . After making these two purchases, I left the clothing department, for I had already decided what would be most appropriate for Miss Howard. When in the presence of high and mighty dignitaries, Miss Howard suffers from a constricted larynx and can't talk even a wee bit 3 so for her I have purchased this talking machine. Why is it so small, you ask? I bought it that way on purpose, so she can slip it into her mouth when' she feels her malady coming on, and then she will be able to talk-perhaps sing a pretty tune for us. To quiet Miss Rivers, who is Very timid and shy, and who wants to talk, but can't, because she can't use large words and sarcastic expressions like the rest of us, I have finally run across this large complete new edition of Webster's Dictionary, which if used rightly will be very useful to her in the future, and enable her to join in our conversation and know what we are talking about. There is still a very important member of our class, which happens to be Miss Frazier. What makes her so blue is more than We can understand. We never see her laugh or smile. We would enjoy hearing her laugh once before we separate. I am presenting her with this joke book for encour- agement, and with it the admonition not to be afraid of the contagion of smiles. There are others, not classmates, to whom I would like to give some- thing, Miss North, for one. I would like to present her with a pair of Internes -if there are such animals to be found in the U. S. A. Maw, I'm sure, will appreciate an assistant to help her with her bells and the phone. To Miss Chappell I would like to give a pair of rubber heels, so she will not disturb the patients. Since Miss Stough will never quit worrying until she has found the lost proteins, I have decided to present her with a few very choice ones which she may be able to use. Then there is Miss Whitney, who isn't yet used to our warm climate, and in order that she may enjoy the Summer I want her to have this Chinese fan. There is still one very important gift which I think will be deeply appreciated. It goes to Miss Tucker, our baby both in manner and size. It is a box of Mellen's Food, which if used regularly will insure health and happiness. Twenty-three

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P' fm. N.GH ,G Wmmmm ITEM VII To Miss Marshbanks we want to express our heartfelt thanks. We deeply appreciate her love, interest, and sacrificing service for this year of happiness. ITEM VIII To Miss Beeker we hereby give, devise, and bequeath for her sole and separate use, in fee simple forever, one black-haired, brown-eyed house doctor, with all the appurtenances and privileges thereto appertaining or belonging. ITEM IX To Miss Boyette we will, along with the few broken instruments and flasks, our ideal furniture dealer and Packard sedan. ITEM X To the supervisors we bequeath two perfectly sound bachelor doctors, with the hope that they will never forget the thoughtfulness of our class. ITEM XI To Misses North, Stough, and Whitney we will our lifelong friendship and good wishes. ITEBI XII To Maw we will the right to install in her heart of hearts the in- coming senior class, and our undying love and devotion. ITEM XIII We also will to the hospital orderlies three years of service and good times in our institution. ITEM XIV To Aunt Rebecca we leave the privilege of observing all the changes of the rnoon and devotion of those in charge of O. B. Hall 5 and to Aunt Tem- pie we will the rightful use of her private office, provided she can keep it that. , ITEM XV We hereby appoint Mr. Cox, our business manager, sole executor of this estate, and we rely on him to carry out faithfully these our last wishes. In the presence of these honorable witnesses we hereby set our hand, heart, and seal to this our last will and testament, this the twelfth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven. CLASS OF 1927 IISEALI Witiiesses: OCTT.kVIA FRAZIER, ISEALJ HONORABLE JOSEPHUS DANIELS Lawyer. MAYOR CULBRETH City of Raleigh, North Carolina. Twenty-Jive