Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Prophecy my A. c. Mg r May, 1947. Twenty-nine years! The world has surely changed in that time. VVhen I last remember Old Mother Earth the nations were at warg men were being killed by thousands every day, women were doing the work of men on farms, street cars, in factories, oflices, etc. Nation had declared war upon nation until the human race was in one huge turmoil. After ten years fighting peace again reigned, and today the world is a more peaceful, prosperous place than it has ever been. There is now only one navy composed of battleships, submarines, etc., from all countries. Every country has its own President elected by the people anld annually a convention is held by the presidents and diplomats of every country to make laws and maintain peace. Women now hold prominent positions in the world's government and some of the most skilled avia- tors and sailors are women, but so far a woman President has not ruled the U. S. A. I wonder where my classmates are! VVhen I bade them farewell in Houston Hall twenty-nine years ago, they all looked happy and cheerful. Some were contemplating mat- rimony, and others had mapped out wonderful careers for themselves. Have they been successful, or have they, like Robbie Burns, found out the best laid plans o' mice and men gae aft aglee, and leave us nocht but grief and pain for prom- ised joys P I will take my aeroplane and tour the world until I find them. On the steps of the fountain in front of the Plaza Hotel in New York a woman is lecturing on Women's Rights. She is very enthusiastic, and from the applause she receives, she is evidently very popular. As I look at her I recognize my ss

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if they have an- hour to spare, will join these busy work rooms where so much good is being done. We have a splendid course here in our own city, at 221 S. l9th Street, with Miss Anna Rogers as Chief Supervisor, formerly Directress of Nurses at U. of P. Hospital. They graduate a great number of classes, and at once, these women are snatched up to teach in some part of the country where they have no instructor. The American Red Cross has grown wonderfully, and we are proud of it. The war has brought out the best in the character of America. You, the class of 1918, who will soon be graduated from a splendid Hospital, will be in a position to do a wonderful lot of good, either at home or abroad. Are you going to swell the number of the Nursing Corps who are willing to give much, if not all, to their Red Cross, or are you going to sit back and idly look on as the busy world passes your door? Fate has placed a wonderful opportunity in your path, for never againlin our life-time will we have a chance to help win right, in such a war as this. Think it over seriously for it is an age of Service and Sacri- fice. We who are young and strong, must take the places of our nurses who have already given their best years and strength to the service of the Red Cross. For 'f'After the verb :To Love,' 'To Help' is the most beautiful verb in the worldf' 84

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classmate, Betty Walker. Think of Betty lecturing on Women's Rights! She had tried matrimony but found it less enjoyable than she anticipated, so divorced her better half and became the leader of Suffrage. On the Hudson I stopped for some time to look at the Worldfs Fleet, which arrived in the harbor a few days ago. Looking through my telescope at the Flag Ship, I was sur- prised to see Irene Crofts standing on the bridge giving orders to her men. She is First Sea Lord of the Admiralty. She is as pretty as ever and as great a favorite with her sailors as she was with her classmates of 'l8L In'Philadelphia I saw Anna Noel. She is no longer Miss Noel. Her soldier boy returned from France and Anna did not long resist Cupid's arrow. She lives on Chestnut Street an-d is very happy with her two little girls, who are the very .image of herself, particularly the color of her hair. , With Anna I visited the U. of P. H. and who should we meet there but Marie Collobert. She has charge of the Oper- ating Room in the new surgical building. HCollie rules clinic with 'a firm hand, giving justice to all and partiality to none. She is well liked by surgeons and pupil nurses, teach- ing the latter efhciently and strictly. To all appearances Collie is contented' and has given up the idea of packing her trunk as she was inclined to do in training. In the diet kitchen we saw Mildred May. She' succeeded Miss Barr and now teaches the pupil nurses dietetics, a subject she always loved. . Lillie Deimler returned to Hummelstown. She specialed forsome time, then married a wealthy young man, whom she nursed through a prolonged siege of typhoid fever. On the lawn of a large country mansion in Bryn Mawr I saw a woman, and by her side a handsome boy. The woman was tall, dark, and good looking, and I could not mistake my class- sa