Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - White Caps Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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THE GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING PIN In the year 1898, when the first nursing class was approaching graduation, the officials needed to decide on a pin for the training school. Dr. I. H. Iohns I 'i' of Westminster, South Carolina, who was serving his internship in the hospital at this time, was asked to design this pin. He selected a round design with the maltese cross in the center. The cross has been used since before the time of Christ, and was used later on flags of many Christian countries. The maltese cross was used primarily to signify knighthood. He thought this would be an apt design to represent the accomplishments of a nurse completing her training at Grady Memorial Hospital. - Contributed by Katharine Iohns, daughter of Dr. I. H. Iohns. THE HISTORY OF THE CAP WORN BY THE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF THE GRADY MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF NURSING When Miss Adah Patterson became the first superintendent of Nursing at Grady, the nurses were ,Qi lk wearing a very impractical cap made of muslin. After qt lla p much thinking and looking for something that would E be more practical and easily cared for, she found an 6 idea in the new cap of the Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebeck, Canada. The cap she designed is very much like the one the white students and graduates wear, except that it is now pleated with a pin instead of the draw string formally used. It is a half circle shaped piece of cloth sewed, with a few gathers in the center, to a cuff. The pleats are evenly spaced and are held together with a safety pin. The cap is worn high enough on the head so that it may be seen from the front, and the points of the cuff may be worn either up or down.

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In 1920 Hirsch Hall, the first perma- nent nurses' residence, was erected. This building was made possible by gifts from loseph Hirsch and Charles Currier and funds' provided by the City of Atlanta. This edifice not only provided comfortable and convenient living accommodations for the students and graduate nurse personnel, but afforded modern and well equipped classrooms, E It I I 'i ,.- ,, -1- .-fr 9 I.. . , J lf, f f , ,pa r W7 Mi S adequate library, and labo- ratories for the school. In 1942 when the hsopital received an appeal from the U.S. Public Health Service to provide large numbers of graduate nurses to serve the country's military needs, the hospital was unable to meet the demand because of a lack of residence facilities for additional students. The federal government pro- vided the necessary funds for a new building, which was designed to accommo- date 122 students. The build- ing, completed August 5, 1944, was designated as Fee- beck Hall in honor of Miss Annie Bess Feebeck.

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The uniform designed in 1898 for the Grady stu- dents consisted of a white and pink striped ging- ham dress with basque waist, Bishop's collar, leg- of-mutton sleeves, which buttoned to the elbow and over which were worn stiff white cuffs to the elbows, a separate floor length full skirt. The white apron, which was worn over the dress, was made with floor length full skirt and separate bib. White cap, black shoes and hose completed the uniform. In 1903, the white and pink gave way to blue and white stripes, the sleeves became straight, a white detachable Bishop's collar and narrow cuffs were substituted. The skirts remained floor length, how- ever. In 1914, the sleeves were shortened to the elbow, stiff white cuffs were added, and the waist featured a V-shaped neck, with which was worn a white Buster Brown collar. The dress was short- ened to four inches from the floor and the apron at ,. f skirt was a half-inch shorter. These uniforms were discarded in 1933 in favor of solid blue, one-piece uniforms. White apron and bib, white' cap, white shoes and hose completed the students' attire. The dress was designed with a turned back collar, draw string at the waist, short sleeves with turned up cuffs. Skirts of the dress and apron were shortened to twelve inches from the floor. inf, 1'