Lakeview Hospital School of Nursing - Annual Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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Tl-IE ANNUAL TO BE A NURSE It means self-sacrifice and self-denial, The giving up of home and its delights. It means exchange of pleasure for hard trials: Watching thru weary days and sleepless nights. Sharing suspense and anxious fearsg Witness of pain and suffering all day long, To check the sigh and dry the falling tears And say unto the fainting heart, Be strong. It means no thot of self but of another: To keep up courage to the last. Lifting the burdens of a weary mother: Comfort to those who mourn when hope is lost. It means a life of service to the Master, Following as He did where suffering leads. It means that willing hand must labor faster, To bind up broken hearts and fill their needs. Work that brings in its own compensationg The joy of knowing our lives have been well spent. The simplest, humblest, lowest of all service- Yet highest, fullest, noblest in extent. alt L. V. H. ALUMNAE MEETING June, 1950 Meeting called to order by President Swank. Minutes of the last meet- ing read and approved and attention of assembly called to matters at hand. Appropriation of funds of 350,000 to build a new Alumnae Home was made by a unanimous vote. As there was no other business, a motion was made and seconded that the evening be spent in reminiscenses of by-gone days and that all members be looked up and their present activities discussed. Miss Swank-Well, there's not much for me to tell. I'm just plain contented doing private duty. More than forty years of it and haven't lost llkigv l1Uf'nly-nine

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THE ANNUAL my pep yet. Now just look at Coe! Can you think of her with a second husband? And kids! I'm just disgusted with Thode, to think that she? Thode-Now, Swanky, you just don't know how wonderful it is to ride bare back on those fiery steeds. I don't see why Howie ever gave up riding Howie-You don't need to pity me. I wouldn't trade those wonderful days on the shadow stage with Rudolph Valentino for all the horses on Ash- more's ranch in Arizona and her wonderful cowboy hero thrown in. Say, does anyone know Birch's address? Ouderkirk-I don't know her address, but one of her daughters lives up the street from me. The other day my dear little Polly parrot got out and a naughty boy chased it. While I was trying to rescue her abig fat Woman came puffing up the alley and who do you suppose it was? Birch! The boy was her grandson and she is here on a visit. M. Williams-My, don't you all miss the Gardner sisters? Vinson-I heard about them. I didn't know they could sing. Williams-They don't sing, they dance. They are leaving Scotland for America soon and will appear at the New Amsterdam in September. Hall-Swank, do you ever hear from Miss Northwood? Swank-My sakes, yes! She's matron of that home for ancient and decrepit nurses. Hall-Well, I think I'll go up there. My rheumatism is getting pretty bad and since I left this last husband of my own free Will, I can't get any alimony. Esslinger-Walz, you have a contented look. Is it so wonderful to be married to a prominent physician? Kedas is the one I call a success. The patients sure are taking to that talkless ether she has patented. Burch-Julick and Cardiff have surprised me most. Julick-Well, it makes quite a hit. Cardiff preaches and I sing and our revival meetings are just crowded. Cardif- Seems to me most of the old members are married. Swank-Let's see, there is Linne, Riley, Hinds, Haworth, Clawson, Brown, Koontz, Westwater, Craven, Huston, Stipp, Johnson, Lee and good- ness knows who else. Esslinger-Oh dear! I wish some nice Prince Charming would come along and steal poor little me. Lough made me think my future was settled when she sold me her book on Eat and Get Thin, but here we both are thin as matches and a long' way from matrimony. Page thirtyj