Allentown Nurses College - ANC Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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gllarcfnell CADDIBEE Delivered by MISS EDITH DAVIS at Class Day Exercises, May 22, 1922. We are meeting e're departing I Just to say a fond farewell. ' Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees, Members of the Faculty, Interested Friends, Undergraduates, and Classmates:- E the class of 1922, have searched in vain to find words to express our gratitude for the efforts which have been put forth to assist us in preparation for success of our lives and to be of service to humanity. We feel very fortunate in having chosen this institution, with all its advantages, as our Alma Mater. Members of the Board of Trustees: We appreciate the many oppor- tunities you have made possible during our years of training, and the kindly interest you manifest in the welfare of our institution, and with best wishes bid you Farewell, Dr. C. D. Schaeffer, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Allentown Hospital, also our advisor and friend: We fe-el greatly indebted to you for your interest in our behalf, and feel fortunate in having you, a man of skill and prominence, as our ideal. You who are constantly leading' a life of sacrifice in relieving the suffering and caring for the sick, may we have your good-will and prove worthy of your trust. We bid you a Fond Farewell. 2 . Staff Physicians: We have been wonderfully blessed in having you as our instructors and physicians, and feel, with the knowledge which you have imparted to us, able to take up life's tasks more efficiently. We bid you Farewell Miss Alma Viehdorfer, Superintendent and Directress of Nurses, and Graduate Nurses: We wish to express our appreciation for the patience you have had with us in our many weaknesses, and for your aid and guidance in the nursing profession. We feel that you will be truly rewarded for giving your life a living sacrifice for others, The oft quoted statement, In as much as ye did it unto the least of these my brethern, ye did it unto me. May we bid you our Fond Farewell , Interested Fr1ends:,You who are also engaged in service .to humanity, enior Auxiliaries, and many others as Red Cross Workers, Junior and S who have aided in the upbuilding of our institution, we bid you aAdieu ,, Page One Hundred Four

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' ' v-' --- . f-Dfw. -1 iie.f4, QVC6 Miss Viehdorferutold of her experience with a wee, small sparrow, and a hurried tr1p to the Pharmacy for First Aid? Dr. Weaver gave the girls their reward for making average of 98 per cent in Medical nursing. HIj011g 31W3YS i11SiS'EGd, G901'ge, stop it, stop it I tell you-poor Fish? Davis forgot to ask us for our class dues? Steyert and Laub roomed together? All was calm and peaceful usually-after the storm. Frankie was not the least bit excited at a Delivery? O'Donnell held the guinea pigs by the tail to see their eyes drop out? Dr. Willard Mengel became a Four-flusher, also a dear little Snow- bird ? Ask Davis. Pete bought a set of books on Corrective Eating and How to Reduce ? Flory was so talkative? She insisted she had curly hair. Luebbert was appointed Dr. Troxe1l's assistant, succeeding Miss Ritter? V Deemer occupied a corner in the parlor a whole afternoon and only one head was visible? Kline had charge of nearly everything? Lanb was Ubawled out and got out medicines because she was afraid to go in the Ward? Luebbert told Crothers she talked too much, and Crothers informed Luebbert she didn't talk enough? More truth than fiction. The Intermediates hazed the Juniors? Ada Snyder visited the Diet Kitchen daily in pursuit of fruit? What fruit? Dr. Krum answered the phone in abbreviated costume and the door blew shut and locked? Tommy was campused for using up every one's 11.15 p. m. passes. Miss Viehdorfer insists that girls in Pharmacy were a howling sucess f?J as a choir. She meant to be kind but O Death Where is Thy Sting ? Obie lost her temper and stamped her foot? Leiby fell in a snow drift, but Dr. Corcoran was so strong he gallantly helped her out? Meta learned to curl her hair? We sang Kind Words Can Never Die ? Our class gave a Vamp PaI'13Y? When Lies were in vogue ? AMBER MCFARLAND. Page One Hundred Thfree

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'WQAWU Dear Under-graduates: As we are about to leave the portals of our Alma Mater, and take up lifefs work, we hope you have benefited by the achievements which we have attempted, in order to help you. May you be inspired in the noble work of leading a life of service. With our best wishes for your sucess, we bid you Farewell, Dear Class-mates: As the time of parting dawns upon us, may the close bonds of friendship, whichlhave been formed in the past three years, ne'er be severed. May we ever hold up the high standards of this noble institution, and pay the price of the Harvest we have reaped. Hoping we may all have unbounded success in our undertaking, may we each bid the other our Fondest Farewell. Farewell dear A. H. N. C., 1 We're saying adieug We want you to know that For e'er we're trueg We're hoping and wishing To come back to you To show you we love you, ' Alma Mater. EDITH DAVIS. 5.1. L I wt' .vi SVT 7- Jx f ,L - E I Q ' l X 1 if 1 N, X .. Page One Hrzcndred Five