Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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loyal perseverance. Miss Clara May Miller, Director of Nursing, has exerted invaluable efforts to make this nursing school one of the finest in the area. She is assisted by Miss Barbara D(X)ling who worked with the nursing stu¬ dents at St. Elizabeths Hospital and Mrs. Anne Johnston who instructed the other students at Mem¬ orial Hospital. Besides working at the hospital these women along with Miss Dorothy Sf)encer, Mrs. Clasina Ingwersen and Mrs. Jean Best, the nutrition teacher, educated the girls with the acedemic know¬ ledge they needed for their future profession. Mrs. Clasina Ingwersen also sponsors the Nursing Club to which all the nursing students belong. SEATED: Miss Barbara Dooling, B.S.,M.S., Miss Clara Miller, A. B., R.N., M.S., Mrs. Anne Johnston, B.S.N., M.S. STANDING: Miss Dorothy Spenser, B.S.,M.S., Mrs. Jean Best, B.S.,M.S., Mrs. Clasina Ingwersen, B.S.,M.S. MRS. ELIZABETH STORNER and Betty Rehg prepared ’the various medicines needed by the pat ents at Memorial Hospital. CAROLYN KRAMER, assisted by Mrs. Bickel and Edna Strite, adjusted arm rests on the walker used by paralyzed patients. MARY BETH SCHOERHERR, Judy Whittiker, and Kathyrn Ma- jeske prepared one of the many tasty meals assigned for nutrition class—a requirement for all nursing students.

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Successful nursing students required HAVING LEARNED the correct technique about the core of the student nurses used this knowledge in helping to core for po- potients and laboratory fundamentals in their nursing suite, the tients in the local hospitals, for part of their practical training. The Nursing and Home Economics departments worked hand in hand in preparing the nursing stu¬ dents for beginning staff level positions. The nursing program at Belleville Junior College included courses in the field of pathology, pharma¬ cology, economics, psychology, and sociology. The freshman students of the nursing program began their practical work at St. Elizabeth and Memorial Hospitals. The juniors, for their practical training, advanced to St. Lx uis Mental Hospital and at the p)ediatric ward of Christian Welfare. 1 he seniors re¬ mained in Belleville and finished their training at Memorial and St. Elizabeth I lospitals. After the sen¬ iors completed their three-year program, they were ready to assume positions in the nursing profession. Nutrition, taught by Mrs. Jean Best, was available primarily for the nursing students. This course em¬ phasized the importance of the proper kind of food and the correct way to prepare it. The knowledge gained from this class will help the students not only in their professional fields, but also their private lives. 22

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MR. KENNETH PYATT gave math major Jeanne Cordie extra help with a calculus problem. The Math department offerings included basic math ematics to differential equations. For many of us at Belleville Junior College, the mathematics courses proved to be stimulating chal¬ lenges. Mr. Kenneth Pyatt, head of the Math De¬ partment, made sure we were given the best instruc¬ tion in all phases of mathematics offered. The wide choice — basic mathematics, college algebra, trigono¬ metry, analytical geometry, calculus, slide rule, tech¬ nical math and differential equations—prepared us to meet business, engineering and scientific needs with a solid foundation and confidence in our ability. Mr. Albert Besserman taught fundamentals of mathematics for those students who needed to ful¬ fill their math requirement but felt they couldn ' t handle algebra. Miss Genevieve Snider concentrated her instruction in the area of college algebra. College algebra, physics, calculus, and slide rule were taught by Mr. Donald Jackson, Mr. Oliver Kueker, Mr. Mike Zupsich, and Mr. Kenneth Pyatt. MR. JACKSON explained to Edward McClane, Bob Sanders, and SEATED: Mr. Mike Zupsich, A.B., A.M.; Miss Genevieve Snider, Tom Hoffman how to prove a theorum in geometry. A.B., M.A.; Mr. Albert Besserman, B.Ed., M.S.Ed. STANDING: Mr. Kenneth Pyatt, B.Ed., M.A.; Mr. Donald Jackson, B.S., M.S.