Firland Sanatorium School of Nursing - Fir Log Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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- .. ......, , , EoMay Priem, Royal Alexander Hospital ? I know a lot about flowers. Try and remember it until I get these hospitals straightened out, will you? Mildred Rountree, Riverside Hospital ? Yes, and you have Kentucky after that, haven't you ? Kathleen Elliott, Murray Hospital. Is that in Montana ? No, it is in Butte. 'fMary Kaiser, Mercy Hospital? I came all the way from North Dakota to Seattle on a trainf' 'iLucille Bennett, University Hospital Training School ? Yes, both Elsie Jensen and I came from Iowa and we are going back on our vacation. Therese Erickson, Virginia Mason ? Yes, and I think it is a grand training school. Did you girls see a car drive up? Oh, yes, there is Marie Eichacker and Amelia Hall. Before you girls sit down will you give me your Alma Maters. Miss Eichacker from Mercy Hospital in Anamosa, Iowa, and Miss Hall from St. An- drew's Hospital in Minneapolis. Thank you. l'Lena Buess, lput your sewing away. Did you train in the lane C. Stormont Hospital in Topeka, Kansas? Yes, I have that rightf, There are two girls here from Providence Hospitals. Virginia Maxwell from Seattle, and Clive Carlson from Everett. You say you want to sing, Virginia? You have a very lovely voice and I will call on you later for one of your favorite songs. Doris Edwards, I have Portsmouth Hospital at Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, for your training school. That is correct, isn't it? INC have two nurses from Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, and I have just one accounted for. NVill the other nurse please signify by raising the right hand. Victoria Casson? Thank you. And Mattie Haskeiv from Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabamaf' Now, Miss Anna Karlsson is going to give us a little talk on The Art of Keeping a Supply of Dressings on Hand. Before you begin, I have you from Batt.e Creek Sanatorium, B. C., Michigan. That is right, isn't it ? Delanto Ludington, is she here? Oh, you say St. Luke's Hospital in Belling- ham! I d.dn't have to ask you.', Tale want to know where the teacher trained, fthe girls all chorusedj Quiet, quiet, please! I'll tell you. St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Now, this has been an unusually good class today. How would you like to go down to the beach tonight and have a party, a big fire, go in swimming and have lots of fun? That is hne. Wle will all meet on the beach at seven o'clock.U Class is dismissedf' - 33 -- 'ri Q Jimi 194 I Ill, lllllln rllll If 'Q 'EF nf-..-. E -- -,: , Q .ya .' ju-gff 1 E -' 'f ...tw :Q I 11- 13: J-v

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'i' lg Q E QSQ: 2 Q fl llll!! 9 i' W ,M .i t. t 4 CLASS HISTORY This art fakes place in at sclzoolroomi. Frances M'cPlze1's011 is the teacher and our nurses at Firlanal cozzstitute the class. I lzojre you will be able to follow me. 66 LL right, class will kegin, Qthe teacher says this with a great deal of vehemencel. Rose Paschich, will you please discard those peanuts and stand up. Tell the class in what state and city you trained to become a nursef' At the Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, NVashington. Very goodf, Ada Babcock, will you put that microscope in your desk. Put all those bottles away. Ada trained in the University Hospital Training School in Iowa City. That is right, isn't it Pl' Yes, teacherf' Katherine Prusak, kindly hide those pictures of the kiddies at Josef House. Turn around square in your seat and fold your hands. Now, where did you say you were from? Ancher Memorial Hospital at St. Paul, Minnesota? Good l Now, class, we are going to have our music lesson. Vllill the Seattle General Nurses please rise? I shall call your names: Olive Beebe, Amye McKee, Eva Karlsson, Grace Ring, Prudence Ulvestad, Marion Armstrong, Sylvia Larson, Mal-el Loney, Edna Brandt, Margaret King, Elsie Smith, and Mabel Stauffacher. NVhat would you ladies like to sing? You want to sing 'That Qld Gang of Mine' ? That was really very nice, girls. The four girls from the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, are going to give you a quartet in harmony. Bessie Tartar, Vtlinifred McFarlane, Alice Ruger, and Alverta Mills, skip up to the front of the room. Now, I have promised Eleanor Pattee and Thelma Lorenzen that if you girls sang 'Trees,' they might sing 'An Echo in the Valley , you know, the Columbia River valley. 'tYou may take your seats, girlsfl Are the girls from the Swedish Hospital here? Answer present as I call your names: Myrtle Lystad, Caroline Tamborini, Alice Anderson, Elsa Thomsen, Alice Currier, and 'lean Jensen. Vlle are going to sing 'Happy Days Are Here Again'. Stand up, girls. lNhat is it, Wlillie? You have had your hand up for half an hour. All right, Willie Yan Helms wants to sing California, Here I Come., Amye McKee and Barbara Sturgis, put those apples away. I know that XVenatchee girls can juggle apples, but this is no time for itf' Before we go any further, I would like to ask the following students if I have the correct training school from which they graduated. Mrs. Morris, Roose- velt Hospital in New York? Yes, Iam sure that I didf' Miss Laubach, Kansas Sanatorium ?', Yes, ma'am. In lYichita, Kansas, that is.', -of

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CLASS PROPHECY EN years ago I little thought that l943 would find me on board a palatial yacht in mid-Pacific bound for the Samoan Islands. I am traveling companion and social secretary for Miss Frances McPherson, our one time Firland colleague and beloved night superintendent for many years. During that time, it will be recalled, her life seemed to us very quiet and uneventful. Had we known of the thrilling adventures and wide travels she then enjoyed, all in the realm of fancy, we would probably have been just as astonished as was Miss McPherson herself, when, in 1934, a long lost and distant cousin died and the hand of fate unsuspectingly dropped into her lap a fortune of close tc a BILLION DULLARS and with it came a chance to make all those dreams come true. So well has she planned the trail that for the past ten years our travels by land, sea, and air have encompassed only the most interesting places and the most thrilling adventures. During the past year we have been doing some extensive research work. The Firland Mother wanted to know what had become of her children. Wfell, we have found them all, and each has gladly consented to a published account of her where- abouts and occupation. You will be proud of them all, too, although perhaps somewhat surprised to discover so many loop-holes in the fence around the Pie d of Public Health Nursing. I will try to take you all with us to meet the Firland nurses as we found them, and if this account jumps around the world too much, you 1TILlSl rememl er that we are writing of no ordinary nurses, but of women who have always dared to leave home when destiny commanded. VVe were in London and had been invited to a gathering of some of the literati and leading scientists and pathologists of Europe to honor Mrs. Ada Babcock, former Firland laboratory technician and now world famous for her discoveries and book on the subject of the Further Use of Cold-Serum in the treatment of a great number of contagious and infectious diseases, from whooping- cough to leprosy. Mrs. Babcock travels with her son as pilot in their private plane and thinks nothing of a hop across the Pacihc or Atlantic. Here my account will also hop the Atlantic and back to Seattle to hnd Rose Paschich of Isolation memory now married very happily to a wealthy merchant. Always verv fond of chillren, Rose is now blessed with ten of her own, live of each. At the time of our visit, although perfectly contained, she was somewhat preoccupied, and no wonder! Five of the children were having a mild attack of diphtheria, while the other five had scarlet fever. All, however, were almost cured and Rose was justifiably proud that there had been NO CROSS INI7IiCTlONS. Back to Europe and to Paris, where the Consul. knowing that we were Americans, was most impatient to acquaint us with the toast of the town, Comtesse Helen Montesquieu de Terray. whom we found to be no other than our Helen Thorle, Virland dietitian. Our pleasure was doubly enhanced when she told us that Alice Ruger was her house-guest. and she urged us to remain for the week- end. Alice, Helen said, is adored by my three children, but she, herself, though -34-- H13