Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital School of Nursing - Aeneid Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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To My Father It matters not that time has shed His thawless snow upon your head For he maintains, with wonderous Perpetual summer in you heart. WILLIAM H. HAYNE To My Mother She is as good as goodness is; Her acts and all her words are kind, And high above all memories I hold the beauty of her mind. FREDERIC H. ADAMS DAD.. . To-day I’m a nurse — it seems only a dream I can hardly believe that it’s true. My training is done — I have come to the end And my first grateful thought is of you. You, my father, who helped me so much on the way; You whose love and whose faith was so strong. Yours the kindness, the courage, the praise that was there In times when the way seemed so long. I know that you’re proud. Dad, to-day as you see Your nurse — just so late your wee tot But my pride in you. Dad, rings as strong in my heart God love you — and bless you a lot. This is only a verse — just a “thank you” in rhyme But its accents are happy and glad. For it tells of the love that in gratitude comes From a graduate nurse to you Dad. MOTHER . . . The stretch of the years is now long past Since I was your baby girl The years when you mended a broken doll Or smoothed down a straying curl. I’ve come since then to a woman’s place To my graduation day. I’m a nurse — and the dream of my child hood hours Stands achieved — and my heart is gay. But mother, I know I could never have won If your love hadn’t helped me along. I who was always so weak on the way You were ever so strong. Your love and your help, and your kindly praise. These followed me through the years. A million thanks well up from my heart God bless you — your joy and your tears. You are my model — you my ideal Yours — ever the love that was true. God couldn’t be with me all of the time So he gave me a mother like you. And mother, if ever around my neck The arms of a baby twine, I only ask God to be like unto you. You — little mother of mine.

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BALLAD OF KEMLEE KAHLE (Student Nurse) I lost my heart to Kemlee Kahle, 0 me! 0 my! 0 me! When I was a patient deathly pale And in came Kemlee, Kemlee Kahle, O me! 0 my! 0 me! She smoothed the pillow and tucked the bed As a nurse will do, till I turned my head And I saw, Oh , I saw that the night had fled! O me! O my! 0 me! For her smile was something the dawn had found When a cherry tree is holy ground And petals are falling round and round. And in her hair was the golden foam Of a sun ray caught in an amber comb. And her eyes, oh, her eyes were home sweet home! 0 me! 0 my! 0 me! Oh, few came back from the darkened vale When the mind goes out and the lights all fail. But I came back through Kemlee Kahle! Oh, I came back when I heard her say That spring was coming through green and gray. And beauty was only a breath away- Beauty and love and the world aglow. With the blue above and the green below— Oh, that was enough for the heart to know! O me! 0 my! 0 me! I wonder who will be saying this Over and over when I am gone— When I am gone whom none will miss, I wonder who will be saying this: lost my heart to Kemlee Kahle, O me! O my! O me! When I was a patient deathly pale And in came Kemlee, Kemlee Kahle, O me! O my! O me! —From “Wide the Gate” by Leigh Hanes 19

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JUNIORS ‘7 will study and get ready, and perhaps my ehance will come. ” Lincoln Officers: President: Carol McCaleb Vice Piesident: Gwen Teter Secretary: Theresa So wards Treasurer: Donna Epperley Student Council: Delores Harper Motto: Only The Strong Survive Song : “I Believe” Flower: Red Rose Colors: Red and White 25