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

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'NT-Je. x,V- f ' QKEJQRECUETD ,B ik THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF 1928 We, the class of 1928, of the Institution of Misery, County of Nonsense, State of Coma, being of unsound mind, super-efficient memory, and unexcelled understanding, do make and publish this our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills made by us heretofore. A THEREFORE, we do give and bequeath the following cherished possessions: 1. To Miss Stephenson, our appreciation of the many kindnesses shown to us. 2. To Miss Snyder, our unbounded gratitude for piloting us through the labyrinths of Ethics. 5. To Miss Masten, our acknowledgement of her pre- eminence in locating waist lines. 4. To Miss Cornelius, our admiration for her ability to work and keep unwrinkled and spotless forever. 5. To Miss Wilson, our amazement at her ingenuity in devising means of torture. 6. To our chiefs, our gratitude and thanks for patience, understanding and guidance, which have always abounded toward us. ' AND WHEREAS WE, in addition to these corporate offer- ings, have individual benefactions that we are desirous of bestowing upon certain deserving friends and classmates, TO WIT: Hilda Schneider: Her book entitled UHow to Win Men,n to Sarah Jennings. Betty Rostein: Her noisy slippers to Miss Masten, with I the hope that the girls in Hogan s alley will be greatly benefited. Dot Brown: Her sailing outfit to anyone who is con- templating a Mediterranean Cruise. Rosie Quirk: Her volume of NExcuses to Head Nursesn to Jean White, to be used P.R.N. Mary Knauss: Her charming canal boats, which have graced her aristocratic pediments, to Vesta Metherill. Seventy-two

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f ,?Z7Ze742EC03T7Dv i P Night Duty on Ward M When things go right, 'Then all is fine- YVe sleep and ear in peace But when M gets wild It's worse than wild And duties sure increase. A groan-ye Gods,' a convulsion! A ring--:Tell foe to come. The phone- Receiving Ward calling An emergency-By gum! A rustling of the bed clothes- Great guns!- A Frazier's out! Then- Nurse, come quick-Fm dying! A Hemorrhage, no doubt. A drink, 'Kmore air, a blanket, A A mouth-wash-won't you please? 'Tfue a headache-call the internef' Some gauze, I'ni going to sneeze. So it goes from night to morning A million sundry things. A nurse needs more than hands and feet- She should have a pair of wings. RUTH RIEGEL. Seventyfone

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L, JUQQRECOIQDV Harriet Dreisbach: Her pad and pencil to Grace Bowers, to be used in all abundance in writing letters to Edward. Helen Frost: Her dignity to Margie Weaver. Hilda Cowling: Her gift of gab to Mabel Willis. Elsie Meng: Her spit curls to be added to the De Long Collection. Dot Hartman: Her foot hold in F.C. to anyone who is not matrimonially inclined. Stella Hoffman: Her skill in cooking the midnight meals, P to Supie. Peg Petrikin: Her air-cooled bob, designed for comfort, to Mary Crowl. Marie Schellhase: Her far-reaching vocabulary to Eleanor McGinley, because she will never use it. Florence Martin: Her quiet voice to Gertrude Miick, with special recommendations for telephoning. WHEREAS: We do hereby ask that the Misses Stephen- son, Snyder, Masten, Cornelius and Wilson carry our body to its final resting place. WHEREAS: We do hereby make, constitute and appoint Dr. Charles Harrison Frazier to be executor of this our last will and testament. r IN WITNESS THEREOF, We, the Class of 1928, the testator above named, have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seal this twenty-eighth day of November, in the year of our Graduation, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. . CLASS OF 1928 QSealJ LYNDA BANCK QPres.J SIGNED, sealed, published and declared by the above named Class of 1928, as and for their last Will and Testa- ment, before us, who have hereunto subscribed our names, in the presence of said testator and of each other. ELIZABETH A. STONER, MARIAN A. STEAD, ISABELLE M. O'DONNELL, Acting Notary Public. Terms expire Judgement Day. Seventyftlwee