Holy Cross School of Nursing - Lamplighter Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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INTER HOSPITAL WEEK OUR TEAM HELLO SPORT FANS! This is your H.C.H. student reporter with the review of 1954-55 sporting events. The highlights of the year Inter-Hospital Week was preceded by a series of soffball games in which our own Holy Terrors swept to victory defeating the General Giants, the Graduate Nurses, the Boy Scouts, the High River High School Girls, and losing only to the High River Senior Ladies throughout the season. Linder the expert coaching of John Skip Maroney, the Terrors had a very good year. Play-off time, the feature event of Inter-Hos¬ pital Week saw the Terrors put up a good fight yet go down to defeat with the H.C.H. Alunmni Trophy going to the General Giants. Our thanks to the players and cheering section who put forth so much time, effort, and energy in the endeavor to win. Our best wishes for victory in 1955. Other sporting highlights of the year featured two races, the first, a cross-country marathon in which eighteen of the fleetest Nightingales from both schools raced from the Calgary General to the Holy Cross. The Terrors with their un¬ dying spirit streaked down the streets leaving the Giants behind to eat their dust. However, as fate would have her way, one of our mara¬ thoners (incidentally a stranger in these parts) run eight full blocks before she realized that she had taken the wrong turn. We lost! This race, covered by photographers and your own student correspondent, brought to an end the Inter-Hos¬ pital sporting events of the season. In the second race, our stork took the right road and dropped Calgary ' s first New Year ' s baby off at the Holy Cross, bringing the Herald Derby prizes to the proud parents, Mr. and Mrs. Murta. Other sporting events of the year included swimming, skating, ping pong, and saw basket¬ ball initiated and enthusiastically accepted by the students under the coaching of Ernie Harris. That ' s all for now sport fans. Thanks to all who made ' 54 such a successful season, especial¬ ly Louise Gray our student director who is work¬ ing hard on a full programme for the coming season. PAGE FIFTY HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL

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STUDENT NURSE ' S ASSOCIATION The first convention of the S.N.A.A. held in conjunction with that of the A.A.R.N. at the Palliser Hotel, April 26th to 28th was presided over by Miss Eve Austin C.G.H., president. Other members of the executive included Miss Anne Reiffenstein, vice-president; Miss Joan Nicholls, secretary; Miss Shirley Coote, trea¬ surer. The delegates, coming from all training schools in Alberta, were met at the station by students from C.G.H. and a Minstrel Band from H.C.H. The Minstrel Band added greatly to making the convention the success that it was. Nice going kids. Following registration at the Palliser graduates and students alike gathered at the Colonel Belcher for a tea. Tuesday, the first day, included a business meeting with reports by the committee chair¬ men in the morning. A western style party was held that evening in the Blue Room of the Gen¬ eral. A good time was had by ail. Wednesday the 27th, was highlighted by a talk on Legal Aspects of Nursing by Mr. J. H. Yaycroft, leading Calgary lawyer. A panel of questions, chaired by Miss Shirley Thielen followed the talk. Delegates attending a banquet at the Palli¬ ser Hotel heard speaker Alderman Grant Mac- Ewen with his reminiscings of nursing history in Alberta. Featured on the evenings program were Miss Connie Holt, our own vocalist, ac¬ companied by Miss Jane Tucker. Thursday saw the election of officers. The ' 56 President, a U. of A. student, Miss Betty Staples, accepted the gavel. Our Holy Cross executive member is Miss Kay Halpen. During the five days graduates and students had advantages of the coffee breaks to accu¬ mulate the free samples offered by different advertisers, an indispensible part of any con¬ vention. CAPPING Excitement soared through the hospital on January 28th. It was capping day, the goal every preliminary students looks forward to. Patients and fellow students alike shared in the excitement and even the weather was agreeable. Peace and quiet filled the hospital chapel that afternoon when forty-five student nurses filed silently down the aisle to receive their caps. The occasion marked the dedication of the stu¬ dents to the service of their profession and to the service of God. Father Fleming presented each student with her cap and a lighted candle, the nurses symbols of service and loyalty. The Jeanne Mance pledge was then recited. Father Cole then delivered a most appro¬ priate address in which he stressed the greatness of the profession both from the spiritual and moral standpoint. Benediction followed the dedication service. The new Juniors were entertained by their fellow students in a short program, including an official welcome into the Student’s Council by President Miss Pat Farrell. Thus the first phase of our career had been reached, the greatest is yet to be achieved. ' ' EAR BOOK, 1955 PAGE FORTY-NINE

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Miss E. McLean (Pres, of Alumni) presenting trophy to Miss Wakefield, C.G.H. student. OUR CHEERLEADERS PAGE FIFTY-ONE YEAR BOOK, 1955