Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing - Carmen Sylva Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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I ai .T ..-L -A-.Began .L 254.541 43- N5 1531 , M r 75? 2 if W4 21:5 ml V V r j . i if: li, '. 3 ill . -4 .fy 'ii fa I .vi J f e .' :W SLD? 5 I I ,I Q ,VIN o oo Eli j 000 I I T ilunc rllllm fc' piirit of 745 HERE is THE FLASH NEWS the world has been waiting for. The Armistice was signed by the enemy just ten minutes ago. Less than a minute later the world rocked with laughter and tears, with thankfulness and with foreboding. In every corner of the world heads were either bowed in reverent prayer, because peace had come, or the conquered lowered their heads in despair, waiting for their trial before the Iury of the World. f'And as I, the Spirit of '43, look at the map hanging on the wall of my room, my fingers run over the face of the earth, touching each country, island, city, and hamlet. My eyes look through that map and wall to the very heart of the land. In far off Africa deep in the jungle are three lonely Army nurses. Their, faces are radiant, they, too, have heard the news, the last bomb explode, the last rifie shot of this war. Lieutenants Mary Scannell, Margaret Schlenk, and Margaret Zealberg forget the grim sights of the past months and turn their thoughts home- ward. These nurses travelled together throughout their training days at the Sacred Heart Hospital, and remained together during the war. My finger now passes over Ireland. Here, not to my surprise, I find Lieutenant Margaret Maloney. Here she combines duty with pleasure, as she gazes on Eire's beloved Blarney Stone. In the coal regions of Pennsylvania my fingers now move. Due to the increasing number of premature infants being born at the Ashland State Hospital, a new nursery has been added to the Obstetrical Department. The new venture.is only for the care of premature babies. Miss Mary P. Gaughan, R.N., has been appointed supervisor of this new department. It will be remembered that Miss Gaughan has had unusual talent for caring of Preemies, and it is not surprising that she has been justly selected. Returning to the African continent, in Alexandria, Egypt, as preparations are being made for embarking of wounded soldiers to America, we find Lieutenant Frederica A. Coury, R.N. in charge. Lieutenant Coury was recently put in charge of the American Base Hospital in Alexandria, because of her knowledge of the Arabic language. ' T Traveling from hot to cold, I go north to Alaska. Here we find Lt. Colonel Iane Romig, R.N. in the Army Nurse Air Corps. She expects to remain there for the next three years fulfilling her many duties and plans. Lt. Colonel Romig has twice been cited for bravery by the President, for unusual exploits in the line of duty, and has been sponsor for the new aircraft carrier Peacetown.,' From the navy department, I hear that aboard the S.S. Columbus are two more of my class-Ensigns Eleanor Spanier and Mary Iane Hallman, who are enjoying the peaceful cruise to San Diego from Hawaii, after a hard battle. Both nurses will continue their work at the Naval and Marine Hospital there. In a camp near the University of Southern California, I hear familiar voices- Lieutenants Anna Hirschman, and Anita Krusinski, who are talking over good times at their Alma Mater. Both of these nurses have been asked to be Chief Nurses at the Veterans Hospital in San Francisco. They will assume their duties after a brief vacation in the East with their families. Now as I journey east, I find in Pittsburgh, Miss Vivienne Stein, R.N., B.S. who is Supervisor of the dispensary of the largest steel industrial plant in the world. With the current defense situation, and rehabilitation program, Miss Stein has Forty-jour I K i to large mi.i.r ln 1 'Mi' xrirgifff V' hcavflilf 3 hi the Camp ting linzcren? the Lfnivcrszfi our rhc hrs! l rhg IOHTICY Sacred Hem Ffhm :ix thc country. ' the visiting G My tinge Miss lrcnc Si Bcllcvuc Hrfs wholly fr-r :nf the Kcnnj- 5 Rcturnisi of the .Xrmi of .Irrny mn aboard thc ri sister comin: On thc We find Miss is :ilstr cxpcrw for thc farm Ensign I received war Naval Hmpi Nui ri. f C'-'bl Hcrc I in 3 Small qi CQllllSI.1 3 HCI' Work, I h Cumming into rhc he-H who rrtcmlr at lil? Saffr- Qllld much n ODE rif the I on her nm. fxnli as TU ilu ot the C Lxri hf cl

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