Jefferson Medical College School of Nursing - Nosokomos Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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S00 IN chance to weaken that year because we had time off to get home for Christmas. How we did enjoy those meals at Pine Street--a real tablecloth, with griddle cakes and syrup for breakfast, and real fried eggs. Eleven- thirty passes were indeed ideal for those with social en- gagementsv but this only lasted six short weeks. Came the spring and with it the usual symptoms, classes over, vacations starting again, ten o'clock hours, and warm weather. Came September and we were Seniors! We cooked, stewed, fried and baked in Diet Kitchen, or rather en- deavored to. Some succeeded, some did not. Despite this failing, we all had our turn at putting parsley and cherries on everything imaginable, trying to remember just what went on the next tray, and pushing the food truck in Metabolic Kitchen. Clinic meant much more. It meant being able to set up for an emergency, and not contaminating your- self, giving sutures, a certain length, soaked just right, at the right time, in the right way to a certain chief, giving sponges at a temperature far too uncomfortably warm,counting,counting,counting,hoping that the sponge count would be correct. It was a marvelous training in being able to do the right thing at the right time. On call, we combed our hair before going to bed, so that when the telephone rang we could save that much time in getting over to the hospital. It was a great life- for some it did not last long enough, for others too long. Maternity was initiating us before we knew it. We will never forget those experiences on night duty when the rest of the world was supposedly calm and peaceful. Things buzz there twenty-four hours a day, but we liked it, and missed the excitement of it when we left. As Seniors, we had made many friends. We began to count the months, then the days until we would be leaving Jefferson. Then we got together and planned our parties and our Year Book. We had the coopera- tion and support of everyone, and in our optimistic mo- ments we made great plans. ' We had our Valentine Dance in the Nurses' Home. It was a real success. Then we tried to elect Franklin D. Roosevelt into the Presidency one evening with straw votes. fThe class is still divided on that one issue- Republicanism versus Democracyl. Our banquet at the Roof Garden, Hotel Adelphia, was our outstanding social event. Gradually the days are drawing closer when we will be passing on our responsibilities to other girls. We have enjoyed those responsibilities, they made us work but we are the better for it. We are looking forward to being white nursesf' literally, figuratively. And, we, the class of '33, will soon acknowledge to the world our willingness to under- stand all peoples, and to help them. Twenty-three

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