Charlotte Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - Lamp Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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SENIORS 1947-2 HISTORY Veni, vidi, vici. We came, we saw, we conquered. This famous old quotation very fittingly describes the progress of a nurse from the day she enters training until the day of graduation. The Class of September 1947—2 is no exception; we also came, saw and conquered. On September 4, 1944 we came; we were thirty four in number, most of us still in our teens. One by one we arrived and were shown to our rooms bv important looking, neatlv uniformed student nurses. There we met our classmates with whom we would work and live in close association for three years. This day was a turning point in all our lives. We were beginning a new life, doing something we ourselves had chosen to do. For some this was the first time they had been on their own, away from the familiar surroundings of home. Each had her own personal reason or reasons for taking up nursing as her career; some came because they wanted to help their country in time of great need; others came because they had a longing to serve humanity through nursing. But whatever the reason for entering, each prospective nurse also had her own special determination to be successful in her new life. Yes, we came, and after we came we saw. What did we see? We saw from the stacks of thick books which were handed us that we had much to learn; we saw the classroom where we would absorb the facts and procedures which we had to master to do capable work on the halls. That first six months of hard study and lectures was the basis for our entire nursing career. What we learned there was to be applied in all our future work as nurses. After learning these new procedures and using them in the classroom, we would have to apply them to living patients which was a little more difficult, but this too we would master. After the first six months elapsed, and we had completed our so-called basic training, we received our dainty stiff white caps in a simple ceremony; but though the ceremony was simple and the cap small, that night was the proudest we had yet experienced. No more preclinical days for us; we were old enough in training now to take on the full responsibilities of any other student. When we had been here for quite a while and had time to study each other ' s qualifications, we elected our class officers. Miss Doris Richey was chosen to be our president, and she has proved to be a capable and invaluable officer. The days, weeks, and months passed quickly, and we received our black stripes which meant we had been in training two years. This new addition to our white caps designated that we were seniors, and more would be expected of us in taking responsibility and teaching others. Time has taken its toll, and now there are only eighteen of ' 47—2 left; but those eighteen are proud of their record. We have conquered the problems set before us; we have learned to soothe and ease, to calm a worried heart, to aid the doctors skillfully in surgery and minor procedures; through nursing we have met many problems and learned to solve them. We have gained a knowledge of people which most of us lacked in our prenursinc days. Most important of all we have made many close and lifetime friendships. It wasn ' t all work and no play. We have had many good times together from the days we used to sing in class to our recent get togethers which include a lot of eating and a lot of talking. The day after one of those get togethers we feel a little pudgier. Soon we will take our State Board examination, and our student days will be over, and each will go her own way. Most of us feel that our class has an unusual amount of fellowship and that we are a very close group; so it will be like saying goodby to our sisters when we have to part. But no matter how far we go we will always have memories of our days at old C. M. H., and those memories will linger long with us Miriam A. Murphy, Class Historian LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Being of sound body and excellent mind, we, the members of the Senior Class of 1947—2, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, do declare this to be our last will and testament to be executed in the following order: Section One Article 1: D. Richey bequeaths her diplomacy to M. Sykes that her class might uphold the school spirit in the coming months. Article 2: Mary Milton leaves her fiery locks and stunning freckles to Red Allen. Article 3: C. Lagle transmits her hyperthyroidism to Frances Ussery. Article 4: Murph leaves her long legs to Trudy— psst— they ' re artificial really. Article 5: Greer leaves her ability to imagine beyond reality to none other than Scott Dorman. Article 6: Glamour gal Willis bequeaths her old flames to another Lumbertonian, E. A. Johnson. Article 7: (Little One) Keziah leaves her duck legs to Edith Ramrod Byers. Article 8: Excitable Frankie leaves her excitability to Martin No. 3. Article 9 : P. Hodges— burrrp— bequeaths her huge appetite to anyone who can take it. Article 10: Dottv Beer presents Doby with her striking figger. Article 11: M. Sharpe leaves her time to make up to the class of ' 49 since they have so much of it left. Article 12: Lucy Saunders bequeaths her loyalty to true love, same as Charlie, to all females at C. M. H. as an example of same. Article 13: Setzer gives to Dotty Blackburn her love for classmate ' s brother. Article 14: B. Ballard bequeaths her degree of Mrs. to all future brides in the student bodv. Article 15: Evelyn Smoot— she doesn ' t mean a word of it— leaves her sarcasm to Matheson. Article 16: Forsythe donates her changeable disposition to Jean Austin. Article 17: Einstein Garmon bequeaths her very brainy gray matter to F. Ussery. Article 18: B. Hiott leaves her ability to get on restriction at the most crucial moments to E. Cobb. Article 19: Lillian Dampier wills to Bessie in a bustle her terrific crushes. Section Two Article 1: To all the up and coming students we hereby bequeath our balls and chains and picks and stones along with the hope that you don ' t take them too seriously. Article 2: To the Faculty and all those who had a part in teaching us in the classroom and on the halls we wish to leave our sincere thanks and appreciation for their efforts. We know that through the guidance and aid thev have given us we will be able to face the future with more assurance. Article 3: To each separate class we leave the good fellowship and close relationship between classmates that we have been fortunate enough to experience. Page Twenty