Faulkner Hospital School of Nursing - Faulkan Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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ANNE LOUISE WALSH I6 Elm Street Brookline, Massachusetts October 6, 1933 There's only two kinds of people in this world . . . the Irish and those who wish they were. We can't count the times Anne has said this in the' last three years. We'Il always remember how excited she was about her first plane trip when she went to the St. Louis Convention. Anne's sympathetic and understanding person- ality has made her a favorite with all her patients. Her future nursing career looks bright in whatever field she chooses. Will it be pediatrics, Annie? Anne is a true family girl as we all know from the many tales we've heard about the Walsh clan. It will be a happy day when she has a home of her own ringing with the laughter of little children. N., charm and ability. B Annie FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PLEDGE I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faith- fully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to elevate the standards of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping, and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. She's a favorite, can't you see, with lots of

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CLASS HISTORY As we reminisce over fhe lasf fhree years wifh our girls, we remember so many various experiences, bofh fragic and comical. Can we ever forgef fheir firsf day in fraining? The dumb-waifer was run ragged wifh enough equipmenf fo ouffif an army. The girls looked forward fo fhe c-oming years wifh mixed emofions - some were fhrilled, ofhers eager, all were scared. Inifiafion was fhe firsf hurdle fo be encounfered. Those foolish cosfumes, fhe long words, fhe scarey morgue, fhe 3 A.M. exercises and never fo be forgoffen luscious punch. My, how learned and efficienf fhe upperclassmen seemed. Could our girls, green as fhey were, ever be compared wifh fhem? During fhe firsf six monfhs mosf of fheir money wenf for books, paper, pencils, pens and ink. Everyfhing seemed fo cosf fhirfy-nine cenfs. Remember, Ladies? In spife of fheir gripes concerning fhe apparenf over- load of sfudying, fhe girls seemed fo fake advanfage of fheir I0:30's by indulging enfhusiasfically in bowling, eafing, fhe cinema and an occasional dafe here and fhere. How nice fhe girls looked in fheir new uniforms, wifh hairnefs in place and shoes shining. Those firsf days on fhe wards were such new and excifing experiences: my, whaf fascinafing sfories came fo our eager ears. To fhem if seemed like a new world, mysferious and impelling. Soon came capping - fhe day of days, fhe furning poinf, fhe finale fo uncerfainfy and doubf. ln spife of fhe many fears and discouraging momenfs in fhe pasf, fhe girls' faces were as brighf as fhe lamps fhey carried fhaf nighf. As Cappies fhey began fo realize fhaf pafienfs had fo be cared for 24 hours a day - nof iusf 8. ln brief, bifing words, fhe beginning of relief and nighf dufy. Oh, fhe agony of fhese new shiffs. We've heard fhe sfories over and over. Vacafion fime finally arrived - fhree weeks free, fo resf. When fhey refurned, somefhing new had been added - Wing Bands. Wifh fhis small bif of black fo frim fheir caps, gained poise and confidence was apparenf. We hardly recognized fhem. By fhis fime many of fhe Ladies were charfered members of fhe 5-A Club and all had consumed moder- afe quanfifies of Empirin, Neosynepherine nosedrops and E.T.H.