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

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History of the Class ,33 Exioas, do you remember about three years ago around the loth and list of August in the year 1930. Yes, sixty-eight excited, happy and ambitious girls were met as they arrived by their big sisters and a much-interested faculty! Wve were escorted to our rooms in the 'Old Nurses' Home, which is now the personnel building of the Christ Hospital, to spend three years in the so-called strict regime of the training school. lt was great fun and all so new to most of us coming from the freedom of our homes, then suddenly having all these sisters in one large family. .-Xll were interested in our being satisfied with our new home and made it very pleasant for us. The first week after our arrival we enjoyed our first party as a group. lt was a Wiener Roast held on a very interesting spot, the hill back of the Nurses' Home. Oh, my, and we must I1Ot forget the Uliid Party, where all came dressed as little girls and babies. lt was lots of fun. Dur first few weeks were spent in preparing for our first real thrill, assignments to floor duty. Vyhen we were taken to our respective floors l know we were the center of attention for once in our lives. XYe wanted to do our best, but just what that was at the moment we did not know. We were soon accepted as part of the hospital life after becoming accustomed to a few of the phases in the routine. There were times when we didn't know what to do or which way to turn, and those were the times many of us were subject to this disease called 'fhomesicknessf' These were the times when many were discouraged and would at the moment have given up all thoughts ofa promising future for even a short time at home. Some did return home in these moments, but December I9 brought much happiness to forty-four girls when Miss Leader and Miss XYilliams presented us with our dainty little white caps and nice bluish-gray capes, lined with red. This was a very beautiful and impressive service not only to us but others, for it was also the dedication of the new chapel. ln january we began our first terms of night duty. Qh, those quivery feelingsg even though we were the youngest we felt the whole hospital depended on us. The first medicine we ever gayel Wlhat kind was it-ea liquid or a pillf Will we ever forget? Being a very progressive and an ambitious group, we organized our class and elected Daisy Smith our president and Bliss XYaln our class advisor. Toward the last of December The new Christ Hospital was com- pleted and transferring of patients from the new Nurses' Home to the new hospital began December lo. lt was a great thrill, the patients enjoying it as much as we our first entrance to the new building. liverything was so new and shiny that it was a pleasure to work. ln the middle of january a new group of students entered and were received in our class with full membership both in work and play. lfach 50

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class entering after us made us feel much older, that we were progressing more and more, even if' we didn't realize it at all times. Summer brought the time for our first vacations after what we thought was a year of real honest-to-goodness workout, with our classes ending for the year. Miss W'aln, one of our instructors, resigned to accept the position as superintendent of nurses in another hospital. Wie were very glad for Miss Wlaln's promotion, but we hated to give her up. After our enjoyable summer, classes began again in October. During this second year we were assigned to our first special work. Some went to the Diet Kitchen, Operating Room, Gbstetrical Department, and Childrenls Hospital, gradually assuming greater responsibility. During the junior year Madeline Root was elected as president. Graduation for the Class of ,32 came in May, and we all began dream- ing of a year from then. This was the first realization we had of what a glorious time was in store for us. W'e were glad to enter into some of their graduation activities. The Junior-Senior reception at the Chatter Box of the Sinton-St. Nicholas was our first taste of the rounds of graduation. Class Day was a very exciting oneewith such competition to get our ribbons the highest. W'e were successful with crimson and silver fluttering from The Tower. Everybody entered into the spirit, with it lasting all day, and the final touch added in the evening, which was an lndian Camp and Treasure Hunt on the hill. The hunt will never be forgotten, and we all looked like Indians in our red-lined capes. The Spring Formal was a very pretty sight with all the gay colors and a very merry group. The summer months soon sped along. just to think we were Seniors. Gnly two years ago we had entered as an excited group who thought when we were older we could outgrow all these fears, but we found we were still just as worried as when we were Probies. Graduation time was creeping nearer. W'e tried to act dignified with all our rejoicing and gayety. Wie were all interested in our sale, held in our Tea Room on the fourth floor of the Nurses' Home. W'e gave the operetta, The Quest of the Gypsy, which we were pleased to have given with success. W'e tried to do the best we could in all our undertakings. Classesl If' we should fail? Failure at this time would be fatal to our long-looked-forward-to career as ugraduate nurses. Study, exams, pass, were our main thoughts. W'hat rejoicing after these were over and we learned our standing. Commencement-what joys planning and selecting our wardrobe for our activities. Gur lives became busier and fuller than ever before. Still we had an ache in our hearts, which at times we couldn't explain when we thought of going on into the world after these three years of training, learning, and companionship. Graduation night we were a mixture of emotions as we marched slowly up the aisle thinking of the future. Sad to be leaving dear old C. H. S. N., and yet happy to think we are starting forth on a great career and wondering what we, the Class of '33, would be doing a year from then. W'e are just ordinary though busy, sometimes sad and often glad, full of high ambitions and hope. Each day making a brighter spot in our memories and lovely friendships of dear old C. H. S. N., our training seems as a lovely song- The song is ended, but the melody lingers on. -lX'I.1.ay ANDERSON, '33. 51