Christ Hospital School of Nursing - Tower Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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WHEN I WAS IN TRAINING mm . HEN I was in training We shined the brass Much brighter than it is now. XVe worked before daylight 'til after night. h the graduates tell us hmxzb When 1 was in training We never went out Without a written permit at alL Or went to the drug store in apron and cap, Or were ever relieved when 011 call. When I was in training We washed the pipes In the 01d diet kitchen downstairs. XYhen l was in training The younger girls all Stepped back for an older girl. Now even the probes Seem to think it their right To pass us by with a whirl. H'hen I was in training XYe never did hVear our hair puhced over our ears. 01' our dresses above our shoe tops at alle T00 very great were our fears. XVheu I was in trainingh- We hear it so much! We know you had to be sticks. And peeled the potatoes and washed the And we're sorry. as sorry can be. for prunese Oh, many and grill were our cares. Page Fifty-I'zarn you. But we're glad we're not in your Ex.

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N 512111115 fur Never, they net'm' mistake. And what they are doing they do 1111' your sake. 0 stands 1111' Oliver, there's father 11nd Symmes. W'hu ttuthittg :11 1111 their euttrage e'er tlims. P is for Poole and :11511 Dr. I'uhttel'. Who never need the services 11f :111 e111hz11111e1'. Q is for Qttuekuymfve heard nf those doctors; XYe haven't any. but we hear they're great ta1kers. R is for Renneker. 11111011551515 Dr. Uriess: If you're ever :111111111ly1111'11 surely he :11 p 1:1ee. S stands for Smith and :1150 for Shank; Though they're still assistants, they,re 111 the 11151 rank. T stands for '11111211te1'. Thmnpsun. '12111ge1112111 :11111 'qucker. Who have so much practice they 110111 11:1x'e tn sing for thei1' supper. U is 101' Ultra. the kind of doctors we claim. And knowing them. we re1y 011 each name. And V stands for Virtue it helungrs to them 1111. 1701' high are their itlezt1s. 211111 they never 1:111. W is for XVithrow. W'ilhs 211111 Wioodwztrd; They have know1edge amt skill. and they surely work hard. X, Y and Z come in 211 the end, So 011 these letters we do not depend. VYOtlyli find these doctors first in deed :11111 in 11:1111e, And we'll reemnmeml them 1111 A NURSES SYMPHONY Tu remember always that .l have been sent on God's highest mission, and therefore to make myself worthy. To do my tasks, 5111.111 though they may be, :15 they are 211111tted tn me. cheerfully 111111 to the best of my ability. To think First of others and to spell self with 51111111 letters1 Tn remember. even with heavy burdens and in the roaring cities. the sunsets and the stars and the whispering of the winds 111 the trees. Tn be honest. to he kind and sympathetic. To be devout. but not zlyspepticulh' 511. To reme111he1' 211111 to reverence my parents and my home 111 :1 wm-d-to live so that my 11211116 will live in the heart's. rather than in the minds 111 my fe110w-111e11. This is tn he my 53111111110113: Page Fifty-ww

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OMITTED BY REQUEST HEN Miss Hetnschmeyer said, Please tlotft pttt itt the Annual abuttt the time Dr. Cutter had an anzesthctic when he had some teeth pulled and I helped tu lift him back into bed-antl dithft know him and said, tHuw many teeth ditl this old hird have pulled? we immediately rubbed it out W191? terribly disappointed because we cant put it in. Miss Brnnhoht doeslft want us to say anything about her being fat. So we wont Miss Gaebel has asked us nut to say a word about her wearing shoes that are size 8, so dotft tell a soul. Miss Vearil said: ' For goodness sake, dotfl dare tell that uld joke about my going to the kitchen to ask fur a T Bintletx W'e're 50 snrtty we can't tell all these things. It would help us out so much! Dr. Tucker doesn't want it known how versatile he is-so dmft even mention his having been a newspaper reporter or a preacher, when he is neat Miss Bowman has begged us not to mention the time she dropped a glaSE percolator at Miss Thatcherk feet. Inquire fur information from Dr. Smith. He saw it. I Dr. It. G Smith has asked us not to mention the night the beautiful lady stoned hitnf' so we won't tell you. just ask him. He loves to tell it. Earla Kain doestft want it put in the Annual, whatever we do, about the time she was holding a baby for Dr. tVoodward, and Miss Low kept telling her, HGet under the babyf meaning, of course, to hold under the sterile towel, which was under the baby. Miss Kain, however, didtft understand, and so crawled under the table, of course. achieving the feat she thought Miss Lowe wished her tn. THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN Miss Thatcher saying, ttWetll discontinue services in the nmrning before breakfast. It makes the girls get up too early. Dr. Oliver at the beginning of an operation saying, Wer use no sponge sticks this morning, only Huffsf Gus without a garbage can. Dr. McKint putting the blame onto the nurses. Miss Deaver saying, I never want to see Junior again? Dr. Dalton getting excited or Dr. Crisler keeping calm for a day. The internes going to bed at 9 p. m. Miss Silver with a wrinkle in her tlresst Miss Conner scolding you severely. Miss Schroeder being unjust. M rs. Sparks running. Dr. Fee being unkind. or Dr. Griess asking for water rather than saline. Page F ifty-tlt r179