Charity Hospital School of Nursing - Caps and Capes Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

Text from Pages 1 - 108 of the 1956 volume:

1956 Gaps ancf Gapes ' foreword Dedication ylcfministrat on an ors ' imcaJs t! Jorr J age Spare JIToments Jieauties favorites (Organizations J Publications Our ore ujoi ’cf O gather round, all ye hearts so brave and so true United we stand in every thought, word and deed Rendering help to the sick, the weary and troubled, too With perhaps a kindly smile fulfilling their only need And though the road be rugged and some¬ times quite long Yet our lives are filled with love, with joy and a song. Oh tell me true, could there be a much finer way For humanity to express its precious gift Living, loving, just being helpful day by day In the service of God ' s plan to help and up¬ lift? For, if there is, you must indeed speak of Paradise. E’re we reach it then, how we cherish OUR WAY OF LIFE 2 )edication In seeking to find a subject for this page, we could find none more worthy than our beloved SISTER URBAN. We will long remember her gracious smile, her cheerful way, her indescribable quality of good¬ ness. Through the years she has been our constant guide and source of help. Therefore, we humbly dedicate this 1956 Caps and Capes to her. S s er Ur San To Miss Mary Jane Stuart -- who has given untiringly of her time, ef¬ forts and self to make her profession live -- We pay this tribute. Her devoted service to Charity Hospital School of Nursing and her example as a leader in the Nursing organizations will be a worthy influence to all who follow in her footsteps. Our Administrators GOVERNOR ROBERT F. KENNON Ex-Officio President Board of Administrators DR. E. L. LECKERT Director, Charity Hospital BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS GOVERNOR ROBERT F. KENNON.Ex-Officio President WILLIAM AUGUST WORNER.Vice President LEO A. MILLET-Secretary-Treasurer J. W. BOWEN EDMUND CONNELY, M.D.; N. J. TESSITORE, M.D. THOMAS FISCHER PHILLIP H. JONES, M.D.; T. KELLY STONE, M.D. GEORGE VAN KUREN J. O. WEILBAECHER, JR., M.D. EDMUND L. LECKERT, M.D. A. L. WETTERHALL E. L. LECKERT, M.D. A. A. FLORES, JR., M.D. A. P. RICHARD, II- F. I. WILLIAMS. -Director of Hospital Assistant Clinical Director - Administrative Assistant -Comptroller MR. A. P. RICHARD, II Administrative Assistant to Director MR. L. A. MILLET Secretary- Treasurer MR. FRED WILLIAMS, JR. Comptroller Our Oacuftu SISTER MARGARET Director of Sisters ' Divisions SISTER PAULINE Director of School of Nursing EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Left to right: Mrs. M. Manich, Secretary, Miss S. O’Conner, Sister Pauline, Chair¬ man, Miss M. E. Stuart, Miss E. A. Hincker, and Sister Urban. Not pictured: Sister Margaret and Sister Gertrude. MRS. CAMILLE ARTHUR, R.N Instructor, Surgical Nursing. MR. JAMES BERGMAN, R.N. Instructor, Psychiatric Nursing. MISS LAURENCE BERNARD, R.N. B.S.N.Ed., M. ED., Instructor, Social Sciences. MRS. GEORGIE BOSTICK Assistant Registrar MISS SUE CAIN, R.N. B. S.N. ED., Instructor, Obstetric Nursing. MISS MARY ELLYN CHADWICK R. N., Instructor, Fundamentals of Nursing. MRS. ELIZABETH CLARK, R.N. B.S.N., Instructor, Medical Nursing MRS. BEATRICIA FORD, B. A. M. S., Librarian MISS GRACE GRAFTON, R.N. B.S.N. ED., Instructor, Operating Room Nursing. MISS NANNIE HALEY, R. N. B.S.N., M.A., Instructor, Pediatric Nursing. MRS. JOSEPHINE HALLEY, R.N. B.S.N., Instructor, Fundamentals of Nursing. MISS ETTA ANNE HINCKER , R.N. B. S., M.S.N. ED., Assistant Direc¬ tor (Clinical Coordinator). MISS FABIOLA HOLLIER, R.N. B.A., M. Ed., Instructor, Medicine and Medical Nursing. MISS WILLIE HOLZKNECHT, R.N. B.S.N. Ed., Instructor, Surgical and Urological Nursing. MRS. ELOISE KAUFFROTH, R.N. B.S.N. Ed., Instructor, Surgery and Surgical Nursing. MISS ANNE LANGSTON, R.N. B. S. N. Ed., Instructor, Obstetric Nursing. MISS PENELOPE ANN MARTIN, R.N. Laboratory Assistant, Fundamentals of Nursing. MISS BARBARA MINGA, R.N. Laboratory Assistant, Fundamentals of Nursing. MRS. SAIDE NASH, R.N. B. S.N. Ed., Registrar MISS MARGARET OALMAN, R.N. Instructor, Communicable Disease Nursing. MISS JERRIE O ' CONNOR, B. A. M.S.W. , Instructor, Sociology. MISS STELLA O ' CONNOR B. A., M.A., Assistant Director in Charge of Guidance MISS HAZEL PIERCE, R.N. B. S.N. Ed., Instructor, Pediatric Nursing. MRS. ANITA SALZER, R.N. Laboratory Assistant, Fundamentals of Nursing. MRS. CATHERINE SERPAS, R.N. Instructor, Central Service. MISS DOROTHY STECKLER Social Director MISS MARY E. STUART, R.N. B. S.N. Ed., Assistant Director in Charge of Educa¬ tional Program. MISS JOYCE TRAVELBEE, R.N. Instructor, Psychiatric Nursing. FACULTY NOT PICTURED SISTER PAULINE, R.N., B.S.N. Ed., M.S.N. Ed., Director, School of Nursing; SISTER GERTRUDE, R.N., B.S., Assistant Director in Charge of Science Program; SISTER URBAN, R.N., B.S.N. Ed., Assistant Director in Charge of Affiliate Program; SISTER ADELAIDE, R. N., B.S.N. Ed., Instructor, Recovery Room Nursing; SISTER FRANCES, M.A., Instructor, Social Problems in Nursing; MRS, EUGENINA BARNES, R.N., Instructor, Central Service; MISS BEATRIX BOYER, R.N., B.S.N. Ed., Supervisor, Doctors’ and Nurses ' Infirmaries; MRS, CHIRLEY FORTHMAN, B.S., Instructor, Nutrition, Foods, and Cookery and Diet Therapy; MISS BEVERLY FUNCK, R.N., B.S.N. Ed., Instructor, Orthopedic Nursing; MISS REITA GARAFALO, R.N., B.S.N. Ed., Instructor, Pediatric Nursing; MRS. SHIRLEY HUNTER, R.N., B.S.N. Ed. , Instructor, Fundamentals of Nursing; MRS. BETTY McCAFFREY, B.S., Instructor, Formula Preparation and Infant Feeding; MRS. OLA Mc- CLENDON, R. N., B.S.N., Instructor, Gynecological Nursing; MRS. MARY SWITZER, R. N., Instructor, Tuberculosis Nursing; MR. EDOLPHUS C. TURNLEY, M.S., Instructor, Anatomy and Physiology; MISS MARJORIE ZERNOTT, R.N., B.S., Instructor, Gynecological Nursing. LENORA ADAMS Crowley, Louisiana President CAROLYN FALGOUT Houma, Louisiana Vice President JOAN ANDERSON Fort Smith, Arkansas Secretary GOLDIE BAKER New Orleans, Louisiana Treasurer FREDA ALFORD Bogalusa, Louisiana CAROLYN BAXLEY Baxley, Georgia GENEVA BELL Wesson, Mississippi VALETA CHANDLER Bartow, Florida VERLINE CHAPMAN Oak Grove, Louisiana JAN CHRISTIANSEN Sioux City, Iowa KATHRYN GINDER CROCHET Metairie, Louisiana TOMMYE CROOKS Port Arthur, Texas NANCY LEE DANIEL Virginia Beach, Virginia EFFIE DAVIS Mobile, Alabama ANGELINA DENICOLA New Orleans, Louisiana NELL DOMANGUE Morgan City, Louisiana NANCY DUNN Tampa, Florida FRANCES DUPRE , Opelousas, Louisiana JOYCE ERWIN Hammond, Louisiana JANET FORET Raceland, Louisiana SUE FOSTER Biloxi, Mississippi VIRGINIA FRIDAL Greenville, South Carolina SYLVIA FULTON Gulfport, Mississippi NANCY GLENN Warrington, Florida PEGGY GUERINGER Alexandria, Louisiana i BETTY GUIDROZ Morgan City, Louisiana PATRICIA GUIDRY Houma, Louisiana THELMA GUILLORY Kinder, Louisiana SHIRLEY HARRIS Clearwater, Florida MARY LOUISE HARTMAN Wauchula, Florida LORRAINE HEBERT Napoleonville, Louisiana JACOBINE HOULBERG Umatilla, Florida CATHERINE IRICK Florence, Alabama PATSY JACOBS Stuttgart, Arkansas JUANITA KLEIN New Orleans, Louisiana NADENE LANZL Ocala, Florida BERNICE LEBLANC Brownview, Louisiana BETTY LEBLANC Morganza, Louisiana FRANCES LOCASCIO Napoleonville, Louisiana CONSTANCE McCUNE New Orleans, Louisiana NORMA ROSE McNEILL Slidell, Louisiana KATHERINE MELTON Shreveport, Louisiana LEDONIA MOUTON Lafayette, Louisiana ELIZABETH NEFF Tampa, Florida LAURA OURS SO Bridge City, Louisiana SAUNDRA OWENS Kansas City, Missouri JOANNE PHILBROOK New Orleans, Louisiana RUBY PINELL New Orleans, Louisiana IRMA JO PLAISANCE Biloxi, Mississippi SHIRLEY POUNDERS Florence, Alabama PATRICIA PRATT Pensacola, Florida SHIRLEY PRUDHOMME New Orleans, Louisiana BETTIE RAMAGOS Brownview, Louisiana ELIZABETH REUMUTH Corpus Christi, Texas THELMA NATIONS REYNOLDS Bastrop, Louisiana KATHRYN ROBERSON Marianna, Florida ALICE ROUSSEL Lutcher, Louisiana ROSEMARY SCHNELL Camp Lejeune, North Carolina OLIVE TERREBONNE Warrington, Florida ANTOINETTE THOMPSON New Orleans, Louisiana ANNE THURGOOD Houma, Louisiana ELOISE TROXCLAIR Plaque mine, Louisiana CARROLL TURNER Bay St. Louis, Mississippi VIRGIS VERRET Franklin, Louisiana PATRICIA WARREN New Orleans, Louisiana JANE WILSON New Orleans, Louisiana DELORES WOODCOCK Gulfport, Mississippi Our Juniors MAURICE WEBER Tampa, Florida President NELL BOWEN Leesburg, Florida Vice President WINIFRED WITTE Miami, Florida Secretary IRENE ADAMS Cut Off, Louisiana MARLENE ALLEN Biloxi, Mississippi EVELYN AMIS Decatur, Mississippi ROSETTA ANZALONE Independence, Louisiana SHIRLEY ARMSTRONG Columbus, Georgia DOROTHY AULL Clinton, Louisiana ELIZABETH BEARD Rayne, Louisiana BARBARA BIRD Baton Rouge, Louisiana JANE BLAKE Biloxi, Mississippi JOYCE BONA VENTURE Lakeland, Louisiana JOAN BONNAFFEE Long Island, New York SHIRLEY BROUSSARD Lafayette, Louisiana S CONSTANCE BRUNT Orlando, Florida ANNE BUNNELL Clearwater, Florida WANDA BURCH Osyka, Mississippi JOAN BURGESS Melborne, Florida RUBY BURTON Port Sulphur, Louisiana LUCILLE CAPO Bogalusa, Louisiana BETTY CLOUD Douglasville, Georgia IRMA DAVID Biloxi, Mississippi LAURIE DAVIS Ocala, Florida ALMA DILLON McGehee, Arkansas DIANE DUCOTE Marksville, Louisiana JUANITA DUKES New Orleans, Louisiana MARILYN DUNLAP Baton Rouge, Louisiana MARGARET DUPRE Houma, Louisiana MATTIE ENGLISH Sarasota, Florida LEONA FLETCHER Baton Rouge, Louisiana SHIRLEY FOURNET Lafayette, Louisiana JANET GASPARD Abbeville, Louisiana CAROLYN GEORGE Long Beach, Mississippi CAROLYN GODOY New Orleans, Louisiana ROSE GOODBREAD Jacksonville, Florida MARIE GOUDEAU Hammond, Louisiana PATRICIA GREENAN Panama City, Florida DOLORES HARRIS New Orleans, Louisiana SHIRLEY HEBERT Abbeville, Louisiana BARBARA HOLYFIELD Brandon, Mississippi ANN HUNT Opelousas, Louisiana DONNA JENKINS Bogalusa, Louisiana FELICITA JOSEPH Branch, Louisiana JUNEL KALER Metairie, Louisiana JOAN KILLIAN Miami, Florida CLARIBEL LANDRY Houma, Louisiana KATHLEEN LEE Hartford, Kentucky THERESA LE MAIRE Gueydan, Louisiana FRANCES LEON Tampa, Florida JANET LO PORTO Miami Springs, Florida BETTY LOWERY Junction City, Arkansas MARY McBRIDE Panama City, Florida MARLENE McCLINTOCK Bartow, Florida jo ann McCullough Tampa, Florida JO ANN McCURDY Lake Providence, Louisiana JO ANNE McNEILL Hackberry, Louisiana JOAN MacPHERSON New Orleans, Louisiana RAE MAILLET Marksville, Louisiana MARION MARCOTTE Covington, Louisiana MERWYN MATHEWS Dallas, Texas THERESA MESSINA Houma, Louisiana SANDRA MILLER Dothan, Alabama SYBIL MONROE Baton Rouge, Louisiana PATRICIA MULLINS Chattanooga, Tennessee NANCY MYNIHAN Jacksonville, Florida VIRGINIA NEWMAN Port Sulphur, Louisiana CARREEN O’BRIEN Palm Beach, Florida MARY O’CAIN Jasper, Florida SOLEDAD PEDREIRA New Orleans, Louisiana JOYCE PULLENS Winter Garden, Florida MARJORIE QUIRK Muncie, Indiana PATSY REIFEL Houston, Texas JOAN ROBICHAUX Taft, Louisiana MONA ROBICHEAUX Houma, Louisiana PATRICIA ROSS New Orleans, Louisiana SALLY ST. CYR Metairie, Louisiana BERYL SMITH Moreauville, Louisiana DAISY SMITH Morganza, Louisiana CLAIRE SONNIER Houma, Louisiana LOUISE STOLF New Orleans, Louisiana MARION TAGGART Tampa, Florida PEGGY THOMAS Jackson, Mississippi JANET TOBIN New Orleans, Louisiana MARGARET VANDERDRAY Tampa, Florida GLENDA VECA New Orleans, Louisiana MARY VORENKAMP New Orleans, Louisiana BETTY WHITE Bossier City, Louisiana MARGARET WHITNEY Houma, Louisiana RUTH WILLIAMS Ocala, Florida I G appmo Capping, the crowning of a successful probationary period, is solemnized in an appropriate setting with candles and traditional holders symbolizing the Lady with the Lamp. It should be the desire of each girl as she receives the Cap that distinguishes her as a Charity student and the lamp that marks her as a Nurse, to uphold and honor her noble calling. The Nightingale Pledge must become alive, not just in the words spoken so well on this night, but in everyday practice at the bedside of each individual patient. I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly; to pass my life in purity and practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the prac¬ tice of my profession. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. Our CPre Gfinica s Juanice Cole Opelousas, Louisiana Chairman Mildreddele Helmer Metairie, Louisiana Vice Chairman Diane Abbott Monticello, Florida Elsie Aldridge Guin, Alabama Jean Altice Chattanooga, Tennessee Gayle Anderson Metairie, Louisiana Betty A maud Arnaudville, Louisiana Donna Aronson Tekamah, Nebraska Wilmoth Austin New Orleans, Louisiana Emma Barker Lake City, Florida Lillian Bertrand Winnie, Texas Mary Bertrand Winnie, Texas Carolyn Bishop Fort Smith, Arkansas Rosemary Bitterwolf New Orleans, Louisiana Elaine Bodin Vacherie, Louisiana Patricia Bourgeois Morganza, Louisiana Sheila Bourgeois Morganza, Louisiana Billie Boyd Ocean Springs, Mississippi Marie Boyle New Orleans, Louisiana Marguerite Breaux Napoleonville, Louisiana Dorothy Brewer Hammond, Louisiana Stephanie Bruno Chalmette, Louisiana Martha Bryan Ringgold, Louisiana Barbara Byars Macon, Georgia Carmelite Char let Belle Rose, Louisiana Mary Chenault Baton Rouge, Louisiana Rose Chenevert Morganza, Louisiana Alceon Coaker Leakesville, Mississippi Barbara Colley Starke, Florida Sylvia Courrege New Orleans, Louisiana Lounette Cowart Colquitt, Georgia Betty Cox Ponchatoula, Louisiana UH Gerardine Cronin New Orleans, Louisiana Peggy Crosby Biloxi, Mississippi Mary Cross Metairie, Louisiana Sara Curlin Pine Bluff, Arkansas Mario Davis Inverness, Florida Delores DeLay Monroe, Louisiana Shirley Demoruelle Ville Platte, Louisiana Marjorie DeVillier Port Barre, Louisiana Camille Diaz Napoleonville, Louisiana Barbara Domingue New Iberia, Louisiana Patsy Doss McGehee, Arkansas Carolyn Douglas Big Lake, Texas Percelia Easters Beaumont, Texas Nancy Ehrett Baton Rouge, Louisiana Roberta Franks Vero Beach, Florida Rose Fraser Hodge, Louisiana Joan Gant Orlando, Florida Frances Ginger Pine Bluff, Arkansas Odette Gladu New Orleans, Louisiana Helena Guinnlp Berwick, Louisiana Libby Hahn Miami, Florida Carol Hanneken Dayton, Ohio Betty Hartsock Pass Christian, Mississippi Noel Hatton Winnsboro, Louisiana Janice Hayman Bogalusa, Louisiana Geraldine Henley Inverness, Florida Joyce Henry New Orleans, Louisiana Mary Higgins New Orleans, Louisiana Virginia Holmes Chattanooga, Tennessee Betty Horne Monticello, Florida Marilyn Jacob Chattanooga, Tennessee Judith Janes New Orleans, Louisiana Wilma Kimberland Palatka, Florida Patricia Kucera Raiford, Florida Janet Laing Metairie, Louisiana Lorre Lanng New Orleans, Louisiana Dorothy Latour New Orleans, Louisiana Patricia LeBoeuf New Orleans, Louisiana Beverly Lepre Biloxi, Mississippi Mary Lewark West Palm Beach, Florida Zelda Lightsey Collins, Mississippi Carol Lindgren New Orleans, Louisiana Kathleen Logan San Antonio, Texas Joan McGuire Hot Springs, Arkansas Martha Marks Lafayette, Louisiana Dona Martin Clinton, Louisiana Norma Mathies Covington, Louisiana Anne Matthiesen New Orleans, Louisiana Ruenelda Meilleur Arabi, Louisiana Edna Mercer Cottondale, Florida Nancy Minden Fort Smith, Arkansas Monette Moreau Marksville, Louisiana Sandra Morey New Smyrna Beach, Florida Rosemary Myers Collins, Mississippi Lovely Naquin Schrlever, Louisiana Millicent Nash Belle Glade, Florida Evelyn Nelson Daytona Beach, Florida Barbara Pearson Waterproof, Louisiana Barbara Perry Wichita Falls, Texas Vera Porter Perry, Florida Jeanelle Primeaux Erath, Louisiana Jennifer Rainwater Hot Springs, Arkansas Patsy Reed Fenton, Louisiana Carol Richardson Randolph Air Force Base, Texas Carolie Ricord New Orleans, Louisiana Patricia Roddy Margarita, Canal Zone Sally Rogers Daytona Beach, Florida Elinor Rose Ocala, Florida Carole Sargent Harrisonburg, Louisiana Irene Schmidtzensky Gulfport, Mississippi Evelyn Schroeder New Orleans, Louisiana Linda Shaver Inverness, Florida Maureen Sheane Covington, Louisiana Phyllis Sims Sebastian, Florida Muriel Smith Covington, Louisiana Frances Sprenger Paris, Arkansas Wanda Springfield Dodson, Louisiana Judith Sullivan Tampa, Florida Althea Sweeney New Orleans, Louisiana Frances Syfrett Chipley, Florida Mary Thompson San Diego, California Myrna Torres Supreme, Louisiana Dorothy Turberville Century, Florida Dorothy Turner Jackson, Alabama Lynda Vance Orangefield, Texas Reine Wells Natchez, Mississippi Norman Whitney Algiers, Louisiana Thelma Wolfley Tampa, Florida Veda Yovanovitch New Orleans, Louisiana if la a i) mi; i BDEAk:FA c ARRIVAL AT CHARITY s,. i :4 ' 1 1 ? ' li 1 PI ; 4ik.. 1 i |j I t ■ , fS . V vVV ' £r A ■ WE LEARN IN CLASS IN LAB M s - r ' £j ORTHOPEDICS WE SCRUB ON NINE ■ ' ? IJ Bl « J A C - f 1 SHE CAN!! PHYSICAL THERAPY LATE SUPPER Oar Spare JlTomenl.s BIKE RIDING A FAMILIAR POSE 4 W f M i_ Bf P. C. ' S GET BOOKS BIG SISTER - LITTLE SISTER PARTY COURT JU| ■ mf EgIpwMHR t ' S|_ Jr i -. ■ L gmm ' .■ CHRISTMAS AT CHARITY WAITING FOR ELEVATORS IT’S GETTING LATE LIBRARY READING ROOM HOMEWORK? LOOK WHO’S CLEANING SOMETIMES WE JUST GOOF OUR ROYALTY THAT’S OUR KATHY THE HOUSEKEEPERS MRS. AIMIE MULDREY Supervisor of Residence MRS. CHARLOTTE MILLER Hostess ' N. U Our CBeauh ' es “.? � lear Hiss Fridal Judgi ng ea ' one couii va t-HS an S ose ar „ a ,� nre9aa tat V haVe w pl easaais 9t9 di ffi cult ’ ,aisi a ° a 99 lg � er ,uisi ana MR. CECIL B. DEMILLE Our Beauty Judge ■■ ■ MISS NANCY GLENN Beauty Queen MISS JOY DIXON Honor Maid mmk mm Wrnmm ' v --■ wK MISS CAMILLE DIAZ Pre-Clinical Maid • ; :!W i ms I MISS NANCY DUNN Sweetheart Cutest _ 4, ' •. i i FT L 1 I [ . MISS SAUNDRA OWENS Most Popular Best All-Around MISS SHIRLEY HARRIS Most Dependable MISS NANCY LEE DANIEL Most Professional MISS PEGGY GUERINGER Best Dressed MISS PAT JACOBS Wittiest MISS TOMMY E CROOKS Best Scholar mm A dJ - l MISS JUANITA KLEIN Best Athlete Most Likely to Succeed Our Organizations SAUNDRA OWENS SHIRLEY HARRIS NELL BOWEN MARGARET VANDERDRAY President Vice President Secretary Treasurer c jiucfent Council Student Council is The Voice of the Student Body and as such acts as a liaison agent between the Administration and the student group. Weekly meetings are held for considering infractions of rules and regulations with which students are charged and for deciding and administering penalties previously determined by the Administration. Some of the achievements of this year ' s council are: Revision of Senior lates, a student representative on the Student Welfare Committee, a student representative on the library committee, planned programs for the student body meetings, organized a committee to put together an informative pamphlet for the affiliates and new students coming into the school, sponsored a committee to familiarize the students with their student organizations, organized a committee to keep a bulletin board on all cultural events going on in the city. The 1955-56 Student Council Representatives are: Seniors: ELIZABETH REUMUTH JUANITA KLEIN JANE WILSON Juniors: CAROLYN GODOY BETTY WHITE ROSETTA ANZALONE P.C.: RUBY PINELL VIRGINIA FRIDAL THELMA GUILLORY SYLVIA FULTON I I Student Gounctf tJICeets TOMMYE CROOKS President LORRAINE HEBERT Vice President VIRGINIA FRIDAL Secretary-Treasurer Sigma Alpha Chi is a local Honorary Nursing Sorority, organized at Charity in 1938. The privilege of being a member is afforded to students in their junior and senior years who have maintained an outstanding scholastic average and who have above average ability in practical work, have good moral character and commendable spirit and atti¬ tude. To honor and reward talent and service unselfishly given is the aim of the organization, which continues to foster interests in all students for cultural and professional activities. Included in the activities of the club this year were teas welcoming the new Affil iates as they come to our school. I NANCY GLENN SHIRLEY HARRIS MISS STELLA O ' CONNOR Sponsor of Student Council Sigma Alpha Chi FRANCES LOCASCIO t MISS MARY ELLYN CHADWICK Sponsor FRANCES LOCASCIO JAN CHRISTIANSEN MATTIE ENGLISH President Vice President Secretary NELL BOWEN Treasurer In 1950, the Louisiana Association of Student Nurses became a reality. Since that year it has grown into an organization which plays a major part in the activities of many students. During the 1955-1956 year the L. A.S.N. at Charity was active: they sponsored a membership drive, which was won by the Senior Class and a party was given in their honor. They sent ten delegates to the State Convention in Alexandria. They plan to send six delegates to the National Convention in Chicago this year. The achievements of the association have had great assistance from Miss Mary Ellyn Chadwick who has been advisor this year. MRS. GERTRUDE LAWS Coach PAT GREEN AN President NANCY DANIEL Vice President Elaine Bodin Marguerite Breaux Juanice Cole Mario Davis Yvonne Hahn Mildreddele Helmer Juanita Klein Dorothy Latour Louise Wolfley Mm PAT KUCERA Treasurer Ruenelda Meilleur Millicent Nash Jeanelle Primeaux Dorothy Turner Beverly Lepre WILMA KIMBERLAND Secretary Kathy Lee Our Ghampionship Oeam NANCY DUNN President KATHLEEN LOGAN Treasurer KATHY LEE Vice President ANNE BUNNELL Secretary The Kue Klub with Miss Steckler as Sponsor, is a school organiza¬ tion designed to derive for its members, recreation, self-expression, joy of creation, sociability and training for public speaking, as well as giving entertainment to the rest of the student body. This year the Dramatic Club presented a Psychiatric Skit, a Christmas Play, Ice Cream Sale, Blue Beard Skit, Medic Skit, Easter Play, Sister Margaret ' s Skit, Style Show and a Banquet. JC u e First row: Diane Abbott, Second row: Lillian Bertrand, Third row: Mary Bertrand. Fourth row, left to right: Tom- mye Crooks, Peggy Crosby, Pat Greenan, Gail Guinnip, Pat Kucera, Janet Laing. Fifth row: Beverly Lepre, Mary Lewark, Marlene McClintock, Evelyn Schroeder, Reine Wells, Norman Whitney. There is a great deal of enthusiasm and spirit on Thursday nights when this club gets together for its weekly meetings. Under the capable direction of Miss Ann Scott, a Senior at Newcomb College, the Glee Club is doing a variety of music this year. This group has participated in many school activities during the past months. At Christmas, mem¬ bers of the Glee Club participated in the Hospital Caroling, the Dramatic Club presentation and were well received in their own Concert at this time. First row, left to right: Jean Altice, Elaine Bodin, Dorothy Brewer, Bonnie Chenault, Mario Davis, Sue Foster, Rose Fraser. Second row: Rose Goodbread, Dolores Harris, Shirley Harris, Betty Hartsock, Mildreddele Helmer, Geraldine Henley, Joan Killian. Third row: Wilma Kimberland, Janet Laing, Claribel Landry, Kathy Lee, Mary Lewark, Kathleen Logan, Marlene McClintock. Fourth row: Millicent Nash, Virginia Newman, Carreen O’Brien, Joanne Philbrook, Jeanelle Primeaux, Patsy Reed, Evelyn Schroeder. Fifth row: Linda Shaver, Judith Sullivan, Myrna Torres, Dorothy Turberville, Carroll Turner, Dorothy Turner, Reine Wells. s N o During the past two and a half years, the Newman Club has grown in its activities and members. A Catholic Organi¬ zation, consisting of Tulane and L. S.U. medical students and Charity students, they hold monthly meetings in the nurses ' home. Their many religious and social activities include speak¬ ers and social dancing at regular meetings and communion breakfasts, wiener roasts and beach parties. President-- Vice President- Se ere ta ry - T re asure r BURT BUJARD - JACK LOUPE - -JOY DIXON The Sodality, well known by its members as Our Lady’s Organization, began its list of activities this year with an Animated Rosary. Other activities include: daily recitation of the Rosary JOAN KILLIAN during October, recitation of the Little Office at each meet- Secretary ing, participation of Advent Wreath prayers during December, and group Mass and Communion on the first Wednesday of each month. Thanksgiving baskets for the poor, and a children’s party. To increase understanding of their religion, speakers were invited in to discuss certain points, interesting to all. Two highlights of the year were: the retreat, with Retreat Master Fr. John J. Babin, and the celebration of the Crowning of Our Blessed Virgin during May, the month especially dedi- MARION MARCOTTE cated to Our Mother. Treasurer President VIRGINIA FRIDAL Vice President GENEVA BELL The primary aim of the Protestant group is to bring honor and glory to Christ. The girls are challenged to live daily for their Savior. Some of the activities include: regular Chapel services, Bible studies in the dormitory, weekly offering for a Charity graduate who is now a missionary in Africa, Thanksgiving boxes for the needy, Christmas party for the poor children, editing of a weekly bulletin, and special services at the Methodist Home Hospital. Secretary MATTIE ENGLISH Treasurer NELL BOWEN Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Leininger, lovingly called Uncle Ray and Auntie June, have spon¬ sored the group for fifteen years. J a n o r £ i 6 r a r a n s In its second year this group has been of valuable service to the Li¬ brary, serving at the desk during the lunch and dinner hour, shelving books, reading the shelves, filing cards, surveying the use of journals and keeping the news scrap¬ book up to date. Through their efforts book sales, and book reviews have been sponsored, making it possible for the library to replace old records, purchase new ones and accumulate funds for the purchase of a new record player. This year they sponsored a trip to the Natchez Pilgrimage enabling eight girls to visit that inter¬ esting old town. During the past year this group has pushed forward into the set of books which the National Foundation re¬ commends for its second year dis¬ cussions. Interesting highlights of this year’s meetings have been the visits by well-known New Orleans personali¬ ties who are Great Books Leaders: Mr. John Hall Jacobs, Director of City Libraries, Dr. Brendon Brown of Loyola Law School. m a Although there were plans to con¬ tinue the study of German this year, so great was the demand for French that the German Class was supplant¬ ed by a class in Conversational French. The Library purchased Henry Holt’s conversation records which were made to accompany the Leveque conversation course, and late in the fall the class got under way. 5.reai CDooDs Discussion MRS. BEATRICIA FORD Sponsor ■w jf 1 H§| WHITE CAP First row, left to right: Gayle Ander¬ son, Anne Bunnell, Effie Davis, Marjorie DeVillier. Second row: Rose Goodbread, Dolores Har¬ ris, Shirley Harris, Betty Hart- sock. Third row: Ruby Pinell, Alice Roussel. STAFF First row, left to right: Camille Diaz, Nancy Dunn, Nell Domangue, Janet Foret Second row: Geraldine Henley, Carreen O ' Brien, Barbara Perry. Third row: Ann Thurgood, Carroll Turner. This year, the 1955-56 Caps and Capes Staff, is proud to present an annual based on a subject close at hand, OUR WAY OF LIFE, With this theme, we have tried to fill your annual with memories for many years to come. To Miss Dorothy Steckler, we want to extend our appreciation for the help and understanding she has given us, during the editing of this annual. MISS DOROTHY STECKLER Sponsor The 1955-56 Annual Staff SHIRLEY HARRIS Editor VIRGINIA FRIDAL Business Manager JEAN ALTICE Copy Assistant CHARLINE AMIS Club Assistant ANNE BUNNELL Co-Art Editor JOAN BURGESS Photography Assistant CARMELITE CHARLET Copy Assistant BARBARA COLLEY Copy Assistant TOMMYE CROOKS Copy Assistant Top row, left to right: Mario Davis, Copy Assistant; Nancy Dunn, Photog¬ raphy Assistant; Frances Dupre, Pho¬ tography Editor. Second row: Janet Foret, Copy Assistant; Rose Fraser, Copy Assistant; Rose Goodbread, Pho¬ tography Assistant. Third row: Dolores Harris, Feature Assistant. Members not pictured: Jane Blake, Feature Edi¬ tor; Rosetta Anzalone, Feature Assis¬ tant; Connie Brunt, Feature Assistant; Verline Chapman, Copy Assistant; Jacobine Houlberg, Co-Feature Editor; Betty LeBlanc, Copy Assistant; Sue Porter, Copy Assistant; Mitzi Taggart, Feature Assistant; Margaret Vanderdray, Club Assistant; Janie Wilson, Art Editor. 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