Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital Nursing School - Fluoroscope Yearbook (Hinsdale, IL)

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in a swine over the water, she suddenly surprised her folks by jumping into the in C C fused to gn bathing, Coiitentine herseil lor a few iniinients by swinging to and lr-- lake, clothes and all. Several pleasant years were spent at Battle Creek ,Xcaclemy and whife there a copy of Tlri' Lift' Him! fell into lter hands, where she saw adver- tised the training course she so much desired. That old Santa has always enjoyed making folks happy is revealed by the fac that on Christmas morning some two or three decades ago, he brought a bright, bouncing baby girl to gladden an Indiana hiimeg having, lived, prospered and grown to womanhood, we know her today as Mrs. Gertrude Fleming-Rusine. As a child she had the picture of the trained nurse indelibly impressed on her mind. She enjoyed watching the trained nurses from Hattie Creek give treatments. Today she has the pleasure, of herself intelligently adniinistering such treatments to alleviate human suffering. Fay Spies X '-.' as born in l'ittstield, Illinois, the lirst day of spring, March 2l, but we have-n't yet learned the year, however it is said that at the age Hi three she was awarded the blue ribb-in in a children's beauty contest. XVith this as A starting point she had a varied and interestine childhood, After sojourning in several states, she chose her native stale as the best place to train for life's work and surely she never for a moment regrets coniing to Hinsdale. Born in far oft Manitoba, Canada, much of early life spent in the ereat out-of- doors, having at one time an intense desire to be a boy but changing her mind when the masculine sports and tasks pri-veil tivo strenuous and exhaustive for her, walking three miles to sch-vol every day, ei-iuiiletine high school and one year ii- eolleee before enterine the training sclioiil for inissii'-nary nurses, the tirst chapter in the history ol Miss :Xlvina llauer's life closes with her successful coinpletion uf l-linsdale's prescribed curriculum. Miss Hulda M. Sclioeiibiirii informs us that she was born in liidiana, although she would rather have claimed li-wa as het' birth place. Site says that one ul her ever-abidine cllaracterislics has been a tendency toward vanity, illustrated by the fait that she wruld often rise at four .x. xi. In den a new coat and bonnet just to show itll. She does not believe that she has been very much of a public or private nuisance, and considers she has done fairly well to complete grammar and high school, which together with the nurses' course ought to make a well-balanced education. Wle wish her success, Ada Eliza DeForest says she came to town when Cincinnati was but a hamlet and she's so old, her tin-type baby picture well shows the ravages of time. She grew up a strict vegetarian on all health foods ending in -ose, and granola. Her father being an M. D., it has always been Ada's desire to become a nurse and be his helper, She has crossed the Atlantic several times. During the world war, she showed her patriotism by helping to organize a red cross station near the French border and nursing wounded soldiers in her own home, Miss Lucille Schroeder was born on a small farm nestled amongst the hills of northeastern Iowa. Early in life, due to her liking the sports which boys indulge in, she earned the nickname of To1n-Hoy. She says the most interesting incident of her life occurred when she at one time got lost in the small town of Marshheld, Wis- consin. VVandering about trying to keep awake, from early evening until four-thirty A. ist, she was picked up by the village marshall and placed in the cooler, until sufficiently revived to gain her bearings. She commenced the nurses' course at Iowa, Sanitariuin. She is happy that she can be called a Hinsdale graduate. fCi0l1ffl11t6'd on Page 65,1 Twenty-nine

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if5siI1hi s,,..-sT2.E Class Prophecy lX'ilYR'1'I.E JXNIJERSON HE setting sun had disappeared beyond the distant hilltop and the shadows of night were fast falling on -the little mission compound in southern Africa. A young lady was sitting by the open window reading a letter fm which one of the native boys brought her a short time before. This was the letter long looked forward to as it was from one of her classmates of ten years ago. The balmy breeze wafted her hair but she seemed not to notice the surround' ings for she was thinkine. The day's work had bee-n strenuous as there had been brought to the dispensary for treatment scores of suffering natives, and now she had opportunity for a little rest. Het' mind wandered back to the homeland which she left ten years before to minister lo suffering huinanity in the dark Continent. She thought of the three years she spent at Hinsdale Sanitarium in training for tht position she now holds as head nurse of the dispensary. But the scene which lin gered in her mind was that of the last few weeks there and especially graduation week. She tltought of each member of the class whose interests she always had at heart as president of the Senior Class of '23, ' As she sat there meditating she could see a young lady going from one tenant house to another, treating a sick child in one, :intdt ministering to the spiritual needs at the next home, distributing food and clothing to the poor orphans and widows. VVho of our class should this be but Evelina Chabot. She has charge of the city work of our Alma Mater and eternity alone will reveal the boundless good accomplished. Miss Nordberg, with a carefree nature, left her nursing and went back to the good, old farm where she is still humming her favorite song, He loves me too, He loves me too. Mr. Frank Marsh, class president during our junior year, continued his medical work and completed the training at Loma Linda. After he received his M. IJ. degree the Mission Board was looking for a young man to take charge of the medical work in the interior of Africa and he accepted the call. His work was very Sll'CllOllS and trying but who was better prepared to cope with the situation than Dr. Marsh? Several others had heard the urgent call, Come over and help us and had willingly responded. Mr. Howe and his faithful companion are laboring among the lndians in the neglected Continent. LeRoy Boothby sends cheerful reports from far-away India where he has charge of the book work. i Edwin Christensen, the class treasurer, is taking vocal lessons and teaching elo- cution and psychology to a class of twenty young ladies and says he enjoys his work Very much. The famous historian, Mr, Edward Lindquist, now traveling from place to place lccturingf, finds himself rather lonesome with no response to his charming smile such as he received at Hinsdale. Miss Ada DeForest returned to Switzerland and is assisting her father in the sani- tarium at Gland. Mice Curran openr-il n treatment room in southern Tennessee and has been Thirty-one