Edmundson Memorial School of Nursing - Bluff Yearbook (Council Bluffs, IA)

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THE -BLUFF From Avoca comes Miss Walker, She's nifty, neat and prim, She's very fondof Uncle Bob This maiden blonde so slim. Miss Larson lost her long straight locks And now she curls them tightg NVe've heard she's stepped out with the men, Now is this really right? CLASS PROPHECY This is station J.E.M.H. broadcasting this evening with a few members of the Edmundson Hospital training school alumnae on the program. Miss Florence Lar- son, who has Hnally decided that the world can get along without her, is announcing. The first number on the program is a vocal solo, Red Riding Hood, by Miss Mary Culver who is now in charge of a tuberculosis sanitarium in Colorado. Miss Culver is happy in her work and has succeeded in all that she has undertaken. She will be accompanied by Mrs. Josiah Greene, the former Miss Helen Martinson who has given up her profession for her charming husband and nine beautiful children. This is station J.E.M.H. broadcasting this evening. A talk on nursing in Africa will now be given by Miss Thelma Pascal who has spent over twenty years in the jungles of Africa, nursing and teaching the natives. Miss Kathryn Walker wishes to talk on the advantages of nurse's training in the teaching of school and in the taking care of husbands, Miss Walker is not married, but is well versed in the art of taking care of husbands, neverthless. This is station J.E.M.H. broadcasting from our studio in Council Bluffs, Iowa. A vocal solo, Love's Paradise, will be given by Mrs. Ruth Van Lansdale who will be remembered as Miss Ruth Binder and who has ventured thrice into the sea of matrimony. Accompanying her on the Duplex Grand is Miss Jessie Wortman who is visiting us while 'on her vacation. Z Miss Wortman is superintendent of the Soldiers Hospital at San Antonio, Texas. She claims her success is due to her experience on Third Floor of the Edmundson Hospital. A telegram was just received from Mrs. Aikins, the former Miss Elizabeth Allen, who sends her love. We hope she keeps part of it for Fritz Sr. and Fritz Jr. and the rest of her eleven children. They thrive on it. A talk on Beauty from care of the hair will now be given by Miss Geneva Hin- ton, who 'has studied beauty culture with lier nurse's training. Miss Hinton wishes everyone to have the same advantage 'as she has from the standpoint of beauty. Station J.E.M.H. broadcasting this evening from the studio in Council Bluifs, Iowa. We have with us tonight one of the most popular matrons of the select set of Hicksville, South Dakota. Mrs. Silas Hornsby is visiting us for a few weeks while selecting her daughter's trousseau. I am sure we all remember when Miss Schultze was selecting her own trousseau while in training. We have a telegram from the Misses Knight and Adams, who are on an extended trip throughout the world in an effort to improve the modern hospitals. They con- gratulate us on having, in their opinion, the finest and most improved hospital in the world. A review of Facts about the Underworld will be given by Miss Naomi Adam-- son, who has had very much experience with crime. Miss Adamson is trying to give the Intelligencia an understanding of criminals and their habits. We received a letter from one of our classmates who has not been heard of for many years. We find that Miss Johnson is in charge of the Sisters of Mercy con- vent at San Bernardino, California. Miss Johnson found more safety in the quiet and orderly life of the convent and is happy in her work. Station L. signing off at 10:00 p. m., June 2, 1957, --19.-..-

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THE BLUFF SENIOR CLASS POEM We're the Senior nurses of '27 Fourteen in all you sees- We're always in for any good time When from duty we are free. Our President, Miss Allen, tho- She's better known as Liz , Her motto now is Westward Ho! We wonder why it is? Knight and Martinson, room mates true On third they chance to stay. You find them with their earphones on, Bc it night or be it day. She has a lot of dignity And still they call her Jo, Hinton's future's rather hazy-but, We bet she'll make the dough. A jolly nurse full five feet ten, In weight she'll surely win, Miss Binder weighs two hundred now, She never will get thin. Miss Adamson with tresses long Has a smile for everyoneg She does her best, when duty calls And never' lacks for fun. Our Billie Adams with hair of gold Some think she's very clever- For men may come and men may go But Bill talks on forever, Our little Jess is full of pep, Miss Wortman needs a horn To waken all the sleeping girls At six-fifteen each morn. Miss Culver with her eyes of blue Has vamped oh! many a man, To think of a song she cannot sing, Just try it if you can. Miss Schulze is from a western state, And never makes much noise But we think it's really fair to say She likes our Iowa boys. She does her work with all her might, Miss Paschal's not afraid To aid a doctor anytime Or make a kitchen raid. Miss Johnson with her snappy eyes, And nifty boyish bob, They say she talks an awful lot But she'll tackle any job. --1S--

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THE BLUFF CLASS WILL Know All Doctors and Nurses by These Presents: That we, the Class of 1927 Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattaniie County, do hereby publish our last will and testament:- We wish by this to make void any will or promise formerly made by us. Upon leaving this world of knowledge, in which we have developed a chronic hyperability of the brain, we bestow upon our many friends and benefactors these few treasured gifts. Knowing their virtues we feel that we are most capable of placing them where they are most needed. We have endeavored to show no partiality in their distribu- tion. As a Class: To Miss Shively, our Superintendent, to the faculty and supervisors we do be- queath our sincerest affections, undying respect, much gratitude, and a great mort- gage on our life before us. Upon Mrs. Van Patton we bestow a carefully made invoice of Home properties, that she may the sooner detect the presence of any Hospital property in the Home Parlor, Bedroom or Bathg also a pair of roller skates that she may more readily re- store it to its proper place. We are leaving our fellow students with much sorrow in our hearts, but do pledge to them our deathless friendship, with pleasant memories of our past associa- tions in the years to come. We bequeath the keys to the kitchen to anyone able to secure them from the die- tition by fair means or foul 1We've tried both of no availj. In order that we may assure ourselves that the Bluff will be published annu- ally in years to come, we give its most ardent booster, Dr. Donald Macrae Jr. to the Intermediate Class. fPlease treat him with due kindness and respectl. Our coveted right to the new Nurse's Home goes to the Intermediates and our old rooms to the Juniors and coming probationers. In desperation for the support of the school's good conduct we will our class's good behavior and ability to stay in nights to such members of the Intermediate and Junior Classes as Miss Shively shall designate, suggesting Vera Grier, Muriel Stoker. Lucille Langworthy, Margaret Hartwell, and Gwendolyn Still. tThis limited number should be kept in at least two nights a weekj. For those who fail to profit by the preceding paragraph is left an unused copy of How to Enter Nurse's Home by Fire Escape and Basement Windows. Individually the class have some very useful qualities and possessions without which the life of the school would be very unpleasant and difficult, therefore- 1. Misses Elizabeth Allen and Geneva Hinton do willingly bequeath those rides to Lincoln to Felix and Hoff. This does not include staying at the Sorority House or dates with Fred. 2. Miss Gertrude Knight wills her secret Henna Rinse to Helen McLain plead- ing that Miss McLain let no one know where she obtained it. 3. Miss Harriet Adams bequeaths to Frances Williams the right to the name Billie , also the Kewpie Doll. 4. Miss Thelma Paschal bestows her dancing ability upon Ivadelle Gaver. If well trained it will mean a fortune. 5. Miss Iva Johnson gives her weekly dates to Miss Tollefson. Now Fern don'r neglect your duties keeping them. 6. Miss Florence Larsen leaves her Baby Talk to Beulah Gaskill that she may more easily keep Floor A quiet. 7. Miss Mary Culver bequeaths to Jennie Gibson her ability to eat Butter Brickle and read Whiz Bangs, as well as her vocal talent. 8. Miss Naomi Adamson wills her flowing tresses to Miss Wilkinson. 1Tl1e Sen- ior Class request her presence at graduation in full dressy. -2ll--