Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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m fc Sister M. Louis G.S.F.. R.N.. M.S. in Nur. Edu. Director of St. Joseph ' s Class Presidents: Rita Sears 3, Jane Lammars 1, Mary Ann Barlholel 4 With men who like to date, it ' s St. Joe ' s nurses two to one. For some reason the nurse seems to have that quality gained from caring lor the sick which appeals to men. The nurses have many social programs such as mixers, frosh capping, the big sister party, and climaxing with the Sweetheart Ball in Febraury. Sister Mary Louis, O.S.F., is the supervisor of the nurses. Some of the tribula- tions in the life of the nurses are the split shifts, the PM ' s, and the emergency calls at four in the morning. In spite of all this work the nurses carry a well- rounded educational program. They are taught religion, philosophy, the sciences, and the practical aspects of medicine. The midnight oils are often burnt in cramming for comps, but at long last we are R.N. ' s. Student Council: Rebecca Sheldon. Jo Gurney. Blondina Schmidt, Mary Ann Harmsen, Eleanor Lynch. Sally Green

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Class Presidents: Pal Runa 4. Isabelle Kopel 3. Anne Verret 1 The St. Catherine ' s nurses, alter naving spent a long torturous year at Creighton, spend three years at the hospital learning the line points of nursing under Sister Mary Kevin, R.S.M. Their education is a well-rounded program ot scientific, cultural, religious, and social training. Many Creighton fellows tint! that these nurses are good date material. Rarely is there a Creighton dance in which one or more candidates are not from St. Catherine ' s. From their midst this year came the ROTC ' s Honorary Colonel. One ot the principal organizations at St. Catherine ' s is the student council which organizes the nurses so that friendship, higher professional standards, and social functions prevail. The climax of this education is graduation, and after the state hoard examinations their R.N. Sister Mary Kevin R.S.M. . R.N., A.M. Director of St. Catherines STUDENT COUNCIL: First row: Jeanne Card, Delores Egan, Jeanne Thompson, Eva I ' lasa, Virginia Wiltoe. Second row: Doro- thv Donahue. Judy Simler, Shirley Lyman. Cloria Lyman, Rita Sohler, Rosemary Ratajczyk. Third row: Betty Neuberger. Pat Runa, Shirley Moothead. Rita I ' urnell. Anne Verret. Mary Ann Hvak Rev. Gerald Filzgibbo S.J., A.M., STL. Regent and Administrative Dean of Nursing imifl

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Research, research, and more research. While Father Henry Casper enjoys a brief leave of absence, Dr. Raymond Nielson has assumed the reins ot the graduate school. Each year more and more students come to haunt the realms which the graduate school otters. The gradu- ate school endeavors to extend and enlarge the world of undergraduate depart- ments by ottering the qualified students the opportunity to pursue advanced courses and engage in specialization and research. Father Henry Casper P. Raymond Nielson ■li.l).. Acting Dean of the Graduate Sclioo