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

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■.■.ViT. AV.V.V AV.V.V.W.V.V.V.V J Again the scene changes and we see three figures madly chasing their dog sleds across the snowy wastes of Labrador. As they come closer we recognize Helen Bent, Julia DeMane and Eunice Pike, all dressed in Public Health Uniforms. On the beach at Deauville we catch a glimpse of the famous Coun- tess Woof-’n-poof, nee Barbara Vivian, with little “Woof” on her right and curly haired “Poof” on her left. “Lee” Dufault, after her Student Government experience, is now Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. One of the latest cases to be tried before her was that of Virginia Cox and Jean Farley, appealing to have their Southern accents pardoned. Marguerite Vichules is police reporter for the “New York Daily Mirror”, with gory details her specialty. While on the newspaper business we must mention that Jennie Kornacki and Angie Viscione, with their excellent knowledge of foreign languages, are Foreign Editors of the Associated Press. Coming back to the home territory again, we see Ruth Nichols has opened a dry cleaning agency next to Happy’s. Peg Ahearn has bought out the Chinaman on Charles Street and is making money hand over fist with her low price — 2 bibs for a nickel. Lois Alexander, always advocating radical change, has made her- self the leader of a newly formed Anti-Everything League, a socialistic faction. Their recent demonstration, in which 999 windows were broken, gave Mildred Morse’s glass works a big boost. Coming next is a picture of the Boston Braves with their new manager and owner, Rita Keane. We always knew that she was enthusi- astic about baseball, but never dreamed she would go that far. Lucille Lyons is teamed with Eleanor Powell in a new musical revue. And who do you suppose the writers of the show could be? None others than Edna Emerson and Barbara Groff! “Mickey” Kearns is now giving violin recitals on the Elizabeth Arden Radio Program for the benefit of the Orthopods and bigger and better plaster rooms. At Columbia University School of Nursing we see Marie Scherer and Barbara Hatch in the teaching department. It seems that these are two girls who have made good use of their training at M.G.H. So many of the others have found other fields more profitable. “Crit” Stone has founded a warm home for hairless dogs and “Ginny” Rice is the chief preventer of decubitus among these hairless, homeless hectors. The new chief of the Boston Psychopathic Hospital is Edith Lee, ably assisted by Lorraine Thayer who is developing new methods of treatment wherein no patients are restrained and everyone has a jolly time.

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V A ' .VAV.VH.V.V.VAV.WAV.V.V J ' Dorothy Emery is now president of a new Dormitory Board whose motto is “Better late than never”. Anne Sargent spends most of her time at Vanderbilt Hall, probably assisting that Uncle Sidney from Aus- tralia that she so often mentions. “Dee” Oakes and the still attentive Paul are now employed as adagio dancers on the Normandie. On their last trip around the world they stopped off at the Island of Bali where they found Barbara Bitzer instructing the natives in the intricacies of the rhumba. A loud buzz on the doorbell just announced Peg Robinson, now head of the New York division of Spencer Corsetiers. She boasts that not one door has been slammed in her face so far. Eileen Glynn has just returned from an extensive cruise on her private yacht. You will remember that she was the treasurer of our class. She told us that she found Alice Hagelshaw in the role of chief sympathizer at the Eye and Ear Infirmary, mastoids her specialty. Irene Smith has taken Mary Livingston’s place on the Jello Pro- gram and we hear that Joe Peter Piper Penner and Nina Darby are that way about each other. Beatrice Harper and Peg Hazen are now in charge of the Post Office at the M.G.H. Students’ mail is now delivered to them personally, through the efforts of these girls. Muriel Scott, true to her name, has purchased a famous fur store and they have a much bigger and better radio hour. The master of ceremonies is “Mickey” Maguire and Kay Lynch is the featured prima donna. They say that Carol Coffin is still trying to crash the gate. Lilian Stelfox is now appearing on the Keith Circuit in a song and dance act called “The Embolus”. Mildred Morse and Dot Richardson are trying a new experiment at M.G.H. They are Head Nurses on a Ward where the nurse’s prefer- ence comes first. “Goldie” is working with them and her special duty is to keep the bedside table covers straightened. The division of labor seems to have struck the institution at last. As the last picture flickers across the screen and the lights go on, we are abruptly brought back to the present time. These glimpses into the lives of our old classmates had taken us back to the good old days at M.G.H. Little could we have guessed then, what these girls would be doing ten years hence. But, as we thought it over, we remember that even in 1936 these young women had tendencies which would invariably lead to their present, occupations. Of course, some were distinctly sur- prises, but, on the whole, their future could have been predicted at graduation.