Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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Nurses Work in Arts Building Wlhenever nursing instructors or their students got together this year, one com- mon topic of conversation concerned the brand new nursing department head- quarters on second floor of the Arts Building. In addition to seven private offices, nursing facilities now include a demonstration room, nursing arts labora- tory, seminar room, and a reading room housing 500 books and 25 periodicals. But behind yellow oflice doors, more was brewing than a reveling in new splendor. lVith an eye toward self-im- provement, the department laid plans lor a strengthened emphasis on public health nursing in future years. In addi- tion, the six nursing instructors met bi- weekly to continue an intensive study on whether or not the GC nursing program can be reduced to four years, rather than the present four years and three summers. ltllinter and sutmmer, however, the largest nursing enrollment in history con- tinued daily trips to Elkhart General Hospital, and 1llO1'C extensive ones to affiliation locations at Cook County, lVestville, and Sunnyside Hospitals. XVith 23 graduates in 1958, the department looked to underclass enrollment as a promise of larger classes to come. The thirty sophomore nurses and 32 pre- nursing students of this year, compared with a graduation class of eight in l953, is evidence of the school's rapid growth since its beginning eight years ago. Marjorie Gerber talks with her patient after lunch while on duty at Elkhart. ff' ,df .wr 27

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N Rs Sophomore nurses, Carol Corbett, Janet High, Betty Rudy, and Melba Martin, work in the new nursing laboratory, practicing basic skills and procedures. Miss Brunk supervises Delores Kauffman at Elkhart General Hospital as she prepares a medication tray. -fi l Sims .a 'M 'XX

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Religious Education Spurred 15 3 or fi we M we is., Questioning the reality of the lectern from which he teaches, Professor Lawrence Burkholder poses the metaphysical problem to philosophy students.