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

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mate, Beatrice Howard. Her husband, who was a student when we were in training, is now Professor of Surgery at the U. of P. . Grace Cooper is Private Secretary to the President of the United States, and resides in Washington. The President is a quiet elderly gentleman who talks but little. Whe'n speeches have to beumade he is substituted by his clever secretary who always was- gifted with a wonderful vocabulary. Before leaving VVashington I visited the Aviation Camps and there met Lydia Martin. She is Captain of the Corps. Lydia was always interested in flying, so when her brother resigned she took his place, and many a daring feat she has accomplished. Turning my aeroplane west I' next visited Arizona. Here I found Katharine Stiner married to the owner of the Cross Triangle Ranch. She lives a happy outdoor life and can handle a bucking broncho as well as a Hkicking patient. i. In Santa Barbara I saw Lucy McAlevage. She had the misfortune of having her arm amputated in a railway acci- dent, and is now recuperating in the sunny land of California. In spite of this Lucy is as gay as ever and still giggles in her old peculiar way. Olive Keebler has established a hospital in Vana Levu, the largest of the Fiji Islands. It has been such a success that hospitals are now being erected on the smaller islands, over all of which Olive is superintendent. - ln Auckland, New Zealand, there is a large modern labora- tory, the largest and best equipped in the world. Here I found Elizabeth Clement. Clem had always a fascination for hunting bugs, and has been successful in isolating many germs which puzzled the human race. Marie Day has fulfilled her promise of going to the Philip- pines, and there she is in charge of the Social Service work. Happy's hobby is taking care of orphans and neglected chil- 87

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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

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dren. Many a noble man and woman have to thank Happy for the care and guidance she gave them in their youth. Crossing through China I saw Frances Cramer, whois President of the Women's Board of Foreign Missions. At present she is making a tour of inspection. Frances drives her own car on- the trip as she despises aeroplanes and still be- lieves that a 4Fordl' can go where others fail: p In Cairo I met Josephine Frantz. For years she was ,Clinic Nurse to one of our Chiefs, but when his health failed, and he was forced to travel the earth in search of a new constitu- tion, Josephine went with him and is now his devoted and faithful nurse. Josephine was always well liked by her-male patients, and evidently there is no chan-ge in her disposition. Scutari, the largest city now remaining to the Turks, is in an epidemic of typhus fever and cholera. On the site of the Old Barrack Hospital, where Florence Nightingale and her faithful nurses cared for the wounded British and French soldiers' in 1854, stands a new modern hospital. It is larger than the Old' Barrack Hospital and 'accommodates some Hve thou- sand patients. In the Superintendent's office of this huge in- stitution sits Lucretia Guss, who was President of our Class of 'l8. She is an ideal superintendent and her name is as well known as Florence Nightingale's. However, Gussie is about to resign in favor of a home 'fjust for two. The lucky gentleman was formerly a resident at the U. of P. H. and is now Physician in Charge of the new hospital in Scutari. Situated on the Persian side of the Shat-el-Arab is an ori- ental bungalow, and here Della Miller resides. Years ago she married a physician whom she had known since childhood, and as the fairy tales say, lived happy ever after. May Ridall married a Russian Count, who was turned out of the Duma for trying to re-establish an autocratic govern- ment. He was forced to leave Petrograd, and now he and his ss