University of Michigan Medical and Nursing School - Aequanimitas Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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sorrow was bidding farewell To Those plucky girls who didn'T make The grade. BuT They were a brave loT who wenT ouT wiTh heads high and chins up To Tackle new iobs while we remained To begin a new phase of our worlc. During This period we sTudied advanced nursing arTs. We learned abouT medicaTions. and gynecology. orThopedics. and surgery. Besides classes, we spenT TiTTeen To eighTeen hours a week on ward duTy.' AlThough our Tasks were Those of novices. we were proud and happy To be applying our procedures aT lasT. NOT long ago There came The greaTesT Thrill of all, The Thrill of receiving Tor monThs of sTruggle The reward. cap. bib. cape, name Upper Raw: R. Asbury, M. Camper, M. Buss, J. DsHaas. S. Schadi. J. Juengel Middle Row: A. Berry. H. owner. e. oem. MJJ. Hall. R. awadqs, o. cspslds Lower Row: R. Day, L. Auvsrnhamer, M. Alcins. J. Clay. H. Alquirs, V. Besaw. B. SouThworTh Not in picfure: D. som ,af,.:. -u 1 f ,H. 4 I

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Upper Row: H. Nufling, M. Young, J. Edmisfon, J. Archibald. G. Souihworih Middle Row: M. A. Caller, W. Nesbiif, A. Bismacir. R. Boqnrdus, D. Bocis. F. Gibson Lower Row: P. Nickerson. M. Mullin, A. K. Pease, R. A. Moyer, V. Epps. A. Hecox. B. Benedicf Thanksgiving arrived wiih all of iis splendor and some of us ex' perienced for 'the lirsf Time Thai' auiumn holiday away from home. However, fhe Yulelide Season which followed shorily found all of us en rouie fo home. Some soufh, some norlh, some easi. some wesf. buf all home. l94ll The beginning of a new year. buf io us The closing of an old semesfer. Finals, even +oday we shudder when we are re- minded of Those horrible hours of cramming when we sfayed up all nighf chewing coffee grounds io keep awake. Bu'r fo mosi of us fhe nighfs of midnighf oil broughi' 'fhe fulfillmenf of a hope, we passed our premliminary courses. Wifh every happiness musi' come a li'Hle sorrow, and our parlicular 40

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pin and so our sophomore uniform was complefe. Wifh +he addi- 'lion 'ro our uniforms came addiiions 'io our work. Eighf hour duly is no longer a dream, i'r is a realily each of us is living. Sophomores. I+ seems queer bu+ grand 'ro be called sophomores. Queer because fhe name is as new as fhe work in which we are now parficipaiing, grand because we know we have passed our probafion period and are now walking in fhe foofsfeps of 'rhose who have gone before us in fhe nursing profession. During These monfhs we no+ only acquired knowledge. bul' we had fun. When we liirsl' arrived we hiked in lhe Arboreium and viewed +he hilly background of Ann Arbor. We roughed i+ on Upper Row: A. Sfruble. R. While. L. Morgan, L. Risley. W. Nuechferlein Middle Row: W. Spaulding, B. J. Whiiman. G. Waller, M. West G. Pariin, H. Roihe Lower Row: L. Van Ness, A. Allen. P. Shear, M. Lee, E. Sievenson. M. Solosky. H. J. Suffer 42