University of Alabama School of Nursing - Pectoris Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Class History of 1961 It was a beautiful sunny September day of 1958 - not a cloud in the sky for they were all in our heads. A time for which each had longed for - becoming a nurse. The beginning of a new life for each of the sixty four. An experience that each would remember, one that would mark each happening as re- membera ble as yesterday. Our first nine months - what a nine months! It was filled with everything from why my elbow bends, to how to make a bed, to why the river was important in Huckleberry Finn. Then we were given our uniforms - eak gads! real human patients not just Miss Chase. Thanksgiving we went home and helped cure everyone's aches and ills, then back to U. H. and our first patients. Will we ever forget the number of times we walked by their doors before our instructors pushed us in? We talked about our patients for a week for we could finally call ourselves nurses. Those were the days! The end of our first nine months - our class had worked hard and we had money in the bank so Panama City here we came. P. C. wrote us down in their history. We had our annual school picnic that year, too. Will we ever forget the look on Mrs. Douthit's face when we threw her in the lake? Better than that, will we ever forget the look on our faces? September came and went just as fast. Juniors with a whole lf4 of a black band. We worked hard our Junior year. There are so many things to remember, bit rotations and the doctors finally called us by name, not just that little nurse. ' We developed symptoms of all descriptions, funny tho they went with our service. Heaven helped us that year through surgery. Houston was the greatest for some of us. They moved Ellington when we left. And Bryce's - we'll let those re- member it who want to. September rolled around fast that year, too. But there was a certain magic to this September, On the first, a day for each, we had reached one of our biggest goals - a full black band - we were Seniors! Our Senior year, it seemed so long and yet so short. Medical - Surgical was a terror for -some of us. Heaven had helped us before through surgery, but Mrs. Thornton, black coffee and cigarettes finally pulled us through. And will we ever forget the saying of the doctors and Head Nurses you are a senior, you knowl How wrong they were but we took our new responsibilities and carried them like seniors. May rolled around fast and the 28th we called ourselves Graduates with bright shinny pins and all. But we weren't finished - not yet. Three more months would they ever pass? June came! Another trip to P. C. was a must! Poor Mrs. Yahnel, will she ever get through counting the new gray hairs she acquired from that trip? July and our last Junior-Senior Dance. The Dinkler Tutwiller let us in the door once more. How many was it that went off the Terrace that night? August flew so fast and finally September. We gave our -black bands to the new seniors with gladness and yet sorrow. We were finished. It was as simple as that. No longer could we call ourselves a part of U. H. for each went their separate way - each to our own destiny. Yet we can look back at our history and truly say we made history. A history that we can be proud of, call back all the old memories, and remember all the old times, A class that worked hard and one that will not be easy for -forget! Class Historian BARBARA JAYNE VINES

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Class Will We, the Senior Class, being of warped mind and body do hereby bequeath this our last will and testament. To the faculty - the Seniors leave I! To the head nurses - softer cushions on their chairs. To the Dietary Department - a robot to punch meal tickets. To the Nursing Service - more time to take coffee breaks. To the doctors - Hearing aids to facilitate hearing pages. To the Junior Class - TOLERANCE To the Freshman Class - HELP To Mrs. Fritz - a years supply of yellow note paper. Ruth Aultman leaves her moods to song writers. Brenda Baker leaves her ability to smoke to Elaine Hackworth. Linda Bircheat leaves her crush to someone who has a better excuse to go to the U. E. R. Rusty Brinkman leaves her therapeutic attitude to Barbara Hill. Marcelia Meacham leaves her singing voice to Charles DuBose to go along with his singing personality. Darlene Wolfe leaves her conversational ability to Sarah Gladden. Ruth Brand leaves her sunglasses to Mavis Hart. Madie Bowen leaves her ability to ask questions to Sherrll Gilliland. Ruby Riddle leaves her energy to Dee Berkman. Peggy Patterson leaves her class participation to Lucy Ridley. Becky Burns leaves her Southern Drawl to Robert O'Connor. Marshal Townsend leaves his ability to get along with instructors to Frances Jordan. Jeanette Phillips leaves her seat in speech class to Jessica Hinton. Dorothy Hester leaves her ability to stay on restriction while in Tuscoloosa to Ann Hayes and Judy Tharpe. Ruth Cain leaves her sense of Humor to Pat Scott. Carolyn Carter leaves her walk to Betty Burchfield. Martha Webber leaves her infatuation to Rebecca Feltman. Doris Roberts leaves her recommendation for a marriage counselor to Ann Richards. Jane Blair leaves her love for Tuscoloosa to Joy Beason. Liz Yancey leaves her left over sick days to Linda O'Barr and Barbara Crowe. Martha West leaves her little black book' to Patty McEwin. Pat Norris leaves her shampoo to Mary Ellen Sparks. Barbara Vines leaves her dramatic ability to Jo Ann Phillips. Peggy Long leaves her figure to Maxine Sullivan. Jayne Bartlett leaves her sympathy to Kay Buchanan as next years editor of the annual. Dot Broom leaves her jokes to Carol York. Jan Davis leaves her schedules to Becky Jones. Margery Lester leaves her maternity clothes to Canatha Earley. Billy Ezell leaves his imagination to Viola Hill. Ann Gollghtly leaves her athletic ability to Nona Ramsey. Marvin Wheeler leaves his vast knowledge to Sarah Flemming. And I leave before this annual is published, I hope SHARON HODNETT Class Lawyer

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Class Prophecy After many hours of deep concentration and repeated consults with my faithful crystal ball, I predict the following to happen within the next twenty years: Dorothy Broom will write a textbook for student nurses. Ruth Brand and Madie Bowen will establish a school of Beauty and Charm for Student Nurses. Peggy Patterson will join the military and become a key member on the com- mittee for germ warfare. Jan Davis will obtain a B. S. degree, join the Navy, go to Alaska and Hawaii, become a nurse anesthetist, and will then go to Cullman to be a general duty nurse in Gedunk General Hospital. Liz Yancey will become a model for a uniform company. Rusty Brinkman will oil her joints and be the first woman on the moon. Billy Ezell will marry Bridgett and retire to a country villa in France. Marvin Wheeler will continuously ask for relief in the emergency room. Becky Burns will become co-ordinator of Basic Science for the School of Nursing, specializing in microbiology. Jayne Bartlett will become health nurse for the National Basketball Association. She already knows how to dribble. Ruby Riddle will marry Jim Question and raise four answers. Dorothy Hester will become the president of the League of Old Maids better known as Can You Top This. Marcelia Meachem will write a book titled I'll Diet Tomorrow. Marshall Townsend will become chief photographer for a man 's magazine. Sharon Hodnett will be employed by a public relations bureau. One of her func- tions will be teaching foreigners the basic principles of the Southern drawl. Barbara Vines will become tangled in some very serious international affairs. W. H. O. ? Pat Norris will become the endorser for Prell Shampoo. Ann Golightly will eventually make the moon via kite. Martha Webber and Doris Roberts will write a book titled How to be a Professional Nurse. Linda Bircheat will save her money, buy a tractor and send it to Castro in fair trade for a man. Carolyn Carter will go to South America to instruct the cha-cha. Ruth Aultman will nurse children with open heart surgery under the supervision of Mike Stowe. Brenda Baker will become nurse for the Dairyman's Association. Jane Blair will become Public Health Nurse for Clay County. Jeanette Phillips will become the head of an information bureau for the govern- ment. Peggy Long will give birth to quads the least weighing nine pounds. Martha West will become a physician specialist. Margery Lester will still have a light in the window, waiting for Martin to come home from the hospital. Darlene Wolfe gave up her career as a nurse to become an author, Her first big seller is titled Learn Spanish in Ten Easy Steps. Well, I guess that accounts for the class of '61, If you are ever near U. H. drop by the Anesthesia Department and visit with me for a while. RUTH CAIN