South Highland Infirmary School of Nursing - Nightingale Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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lnfirmary Dictionary Doctor.-One who signs a death certificate. Surgeon.+An adept in patch work. Medical Man.-Une who feebly assists nature. Want Column Fewer Nurses and More Internes.-by the Class. A Key that Wfill Unlock All the Pantries.-Night Nurses. Someone to Keep Ice Boxes and Screen Doors Closed.-NT A u f' i Tl '111 1 t l'f 1 1 u Irwin' A naes 16,15 'Q ie mlff 6 maui Je Ween 1 C am tea 1' Cleanliness in the Laboratory.-Miss Hamilton. Pathologist.-The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of especial Qrders Reported Early'-Miss Amachef- Scientific Medicineg he either condemns or proves the diagnosis of I More Cat Gut.-Miss Feazel. the general practitioner and the surgeon. 1 A Little Bird Named ffDiCk1ej'-E- Huey, Interne.-Synonym 'fgay young deceiverf' Someone to Keep Dr. jordan Away From the Hospital or Probationer.-Look under the heading of grcciz. Nights--MTS Ifwill- Superintendent.-An all-round woman! Head Nurse.-First Lieutenant in battle. Dietition.-Scientific stuffer. Chief Operating Room Nurse.-A germicide. juniors.-Our inferiors. A Nurse.-Scape goat for the doctor, or mute in the presence of head nurseg a talking machine in the presence of the interneg a beggar in the presence of the housekeeperg a thief in the dead of nightg a model of hospital etiquette and deportment in the presence of the superintendent-and to the patient, like thelittle boy's defini- tion of a lie- an ever-present help in time of troublef, Hospital Orderly.-The missing link. A 50 Variety in the Dining Room.-Everybody. More Patients.-Dr. Joe Moore. A Stomach Tube.-Dr. Peters. A Soft Pedal.-Dr. Stubbs. An Automobile.-Miss Tait. Some One to Relieve Me of an Extra Rib.-Dr An Orderly that Can Hurry.-The Nurses. Girls that Come in at 9 230 p. m.-Mrs. Irwin. A Different Shade of Red Hair.-l. Cowden. More to Eat.-L. Thornton. Head Nurses, Wfho Don't Like Cuffs.-Nurses. Diplomas.-Senior Class. Torrance

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O l - From the Eclitor-in-Chiefis I..etter Box . 'lihe Infirmary, .-Xugust 15, 1911. My Dear Miss Vancliver: I hear that you are going to get off more jokes on the officers in your Annual, ancl will you please, for the sake of the profession, not say anything about how attentive I am to a .rfn't'1't1l1'.9l who visits here? Sincerely. 1312.-VFIQICIY 'l'.-XIT. August ls, 11111. Dear Girls: This is just a note to ask you not to mention my name too often in The Nightingale, for my wife might suspect how clevotecl you all are to me, antl I wouliln't have her know it for anything. Yours, as ever, IJ. S. Blitltblllf. NI. ll. llirmingham, .Xla., .Xugust ti, 15111. Miss Yancliver: llearing that you are going to have an .Xnnual, ancl fearing that you will get that olcl joke oll' on me about t'ffftI1'.Y, I have an explana- tion to make, anrl I hope you will keep it a profounil secret: It really is not the cigar, but the man behincl the cigar, that I aclore. Mum is the wortl. Yours for silence. IX JRC J'l'l IY N1.XRSll.XI,l.. Infirmary, 1121 'llwelfth Street, South. September 1, 15111. Dear Miss Yancliver: It is my custom to write orclers. but I am making a special re- quest that you make no mention of the fact that I have a habit of saying: I congratulate you, Doctor: your tliagnosis is eminently correct: we will operate immecliatelyf' 'llhanking you very much, I am, yours truly. 13.11. PIQIXCIC. KI. D. 1- X I -- ,I R, September 4, 1911. yr! Bly Dear Bliss Yaucliver: ' fe ' I As heatl nurse of the O. R., I fear that the people of Birming- ham woulcl consirler me too sentimental if they knew it was a case of unreciprocatecl love which causecl me to roam way clown south in Dixie. So I shall appreciate your kinclness very much if you will suppress any mention of my romantic propensities. Sincerely yours, MARY FEIXZIII.. The Infirmary. llear Kliss Yancliver: . If there is anything I pricle myself upon, it is my ability to make each girl that she is thc o1n', ' so please respect my commencl- able attitucle towaril the hunch anil tlon't give me away. liesicles, the small matter of several broken hearts, such a clisclosure might seriously hanclicap my future career. llelieye me to be, yours only, I l.XS. ICJRIJAN. 11.135 llirmingham. .Xugust 12. Bliss Yanrliver: Now, you know that I know that the surest way to a 111Zl11ISllCi1l'I is through his stomach, but if the society belles of llirmingham shoulrl be put wise to my game, this Infirmary woulcl lose one of its most yaluecl rlirectorsg so please bear this fact in mintl ancl act cliscreetly. Sincerely. IX. .-XKl.XCKliR. llirmingham, .Xla., September 1, 11111. l'lease clo not say anything in The Nightingale about the rainy night my auto broke clown on Rerl Mountain, ancl how harrl I workecl, or what a clrearlful colrl I got trying to stretch a tent over it. Your silence on the subject will be greatly appreeiatecl. Devoterlly, G.'XS'IlON.