Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing - Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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fcJj CL GERTRUDE ESTHER BOLLES “ Gert ” 227 Lake Street. WEST SWANZEY, N. H. “ An all-around likable girl.” For a long time we wondered at the sweet content in which Gertrude lived. It was almost as if she were wrapped in an invisible cloak which showed un- known and beautiful things to her alone. At last we found the secret — those eve- ning telephone calls. While we would sit waiting hours on the hard stairs, somewhat impatiently it must be admitted, we could see her in the telephone booth with the evangelical expression of St. Cecilia on her face, listening to words we unfortunately could not hear. Somehow we feel that her happiness is oing to be permanent. Anyway, we know that Gertrude will have a model hy- ienic home with ventilation in the most approved method, and open plumbing. Page twenty-four 19 2 8

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“ She is a quiet woman , quite a woman at times.” We are always reminded of the man who dug potatoes in his dress suit with- out getting soiled, when we see Rowena. No matter what she has been doin no matter how hard she has been working, in the course of the last three year no one has ever seen a hair straying from its proper place, a button sticking out from that properly positioned stiff belt, or her shoes of that dim and dusky complexion which our duty shoes always acquire. 0 Rowena, favored of the gods, how do you do it? However, she has lost one thing that many of us still possess in its entirety-- her heart. Perhaps if properly advertised for it might be found at Boston City. Page twenty-three 19 2 8 CD CfP

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HELEN JANET BURGESS ' Helen 18 School Street, MANCHESTER. MASS. “A girl with a smile is a girl worth while.” It’s hard to know just what to say about Helen Burgess. She’s so quiet and un- obtrusive that if it wasn’t for her radiant smile and trim appearance, one might not notice her at all. That is until you know her. Then you find yourself ad- miring her, not only for her beauty, but also for her fine qualities and high ideals. Her smile brightens the tin 1 lest day and whether she is just plain “Nurse,” in charge of ward 28, or even taking care of thirty-two babies at B. L. I., it is al- ways there. Sometimes you may have to coax it — but it will come. Along with the problems of training to contend with during the past three years, Helen has tried to solve the problem of making the bungalow on Arlington Heights a palace to live in and “live happily ever after”. Page twenty-five 1 9 2 8