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

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1939 volume:

1 Page 2 ... CHECKS WWV VWWiSV-V--.SS ' V.V.V� V.-- .SSV iV.V.V.%SVWL irJV .-.%SWWSSW JWVWW BULFINCH BUILDING AT NIGHT CHECKS . . . V.WW% S’JW iWWV V’JV ,VWVWUV .WVW V«V V-VWi ' J ' - ' CHECKS Published by the Class of 1939 Training School for Nurses Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts Page 3 ■J-iVWWSAVWV Page 4 ... CHECKS A nAAiS rJ■A JVVV Aft J J vvvv vvww.vvw.n. r.•.■A WL v.vJW.vvvvvwA • Ed itorial Board Editor-in-chicf . . Associate Editor . Business Manager Literary F litor . . Art Editor . . . . . . Mary McIntire . Dorothy Duffy Yvonnf Gofthff Grace Foeeett . . Winona Behr CHECKS . . . Page 5 ■J JV.VWVWJ•-■- lV.VWVW V A■.WVV V.•■■ AWW SV.Vi AWWV l AWiWVW %V F oreworc :1 With hopes that as Alumnae of our M. G. H. we may look back with fondness to the memories this book contains, With hopes that future classes may be so stimulated by our interest that they will continue to publish more editions of CHECKS, With hopes that those who follow may so benefit by our accomplishments and likewise mistakes, that they may be ready to aid in the advancement of our profession. We, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-nine Massachusetts General Hospital Training School for Nurses publish this edition of CHECKS Page 6 ’ ... CHECKS •A V JWW■■lAAft WVV ftAi■-VW.VVVVV ' WWV.WVVVWV.V ftiWWVVV SWVV VW Dedication We, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-nine dedicate this edition of CHECKS to Martha Ruth Smith who, during our three years in the school, has been our Invaluable Instructor, Advisor, and Friend CHECKS . . . Page 7 THAYER CLASSROOM Page S AWV rtJ VirJV■ AWW VVW.■UWWV %VWdWL ;SVW• . . . CHECKS .1 VUVIV.V -.%W VLSV.V SALLY JOHNSON, R.N., B.S. Superintendent of Nurses and Principal of the Training School CHECKS . . . V.WW V. .VW VUVVV%i’ Page 9 .SSWW i ' W- - ' .VVW V-- AV.VVVVWi%%-AAr-V JVW-VJV A. S5istaiit ± rincipals L RUTH SLEEPER R.N., M.A. MARTHA RUTH SMITH R.N., M.A. FLORENCE KEMPF R.N., M.A. Page 10 . ... CHECKS ■.■.V.SVWWWV. ASSVWW. .V-W. ' .WA%%V.’.% V.V.W� %’.% AWAWA .V-V%WV SV FACULTY 1938 CHECKS . . . Page 11 V.’JW.VWA W ' JWW.VWVWWAV.WW AA WW. ' WVVVWW ' - V.WVWVSrtAArt VVVVW and Supervisory Staff Sally Johnson, R.N., B.S. Superintendent of Nurses and Principal of the Training School. Ruth Sleeper, R.N., M.A. Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Principal of the Training School. Martha Ruth Smith, R.N., M.A. Assistant Principal of the Training School and Supervisor of Instruction in Nursing Practice. Florence C. Kempf, R.N., M.A. Assistant Principal of the Training School and Supervisor of Instruction in the Sciences. Anna M. Taylor, R.N., M.A. Supervisor of Clinical Instruction and Staff Nurse Education. Alice G. Benson, R.N. Supervisor of the Lower Surgical Wards. Marguerite V. Bourgeois, R.N., M.S. Science Instructor. Mildred Cartlan d, R.N., B.S. Science Instructor. Mary Chick, R.N. Assistant Night Supervisor. Stephanie Convelski, R.N. Supervisor of Upper Surgical Wards. Louise Evers, R.N., B.S. Instructor in Nursing. Elizabeth Farrell, R.N. Chief Nurse Anesthetist. Nettie L. Fisher, R.N. Second Assistant Superintendent of Nurses. Nancy Fraser, R.N. Supervisor of Health and Students’ Infirmary. Helen French, R.N. Supervisor of Medical Wards. Anna Griffin, R.N. Acting Assistant in charge of Nursing at the Baker Memorial. Helen Hewitt, R.N. Assistant Night Supervisor. Jane E. Hinckley, R.N., Ph.G. Night Supervisor. Louise Hollister, R.N. Supervisor of Nurses, Out-Patient Depart- ment. Cordelia King, R.N. Supervisor of Operating Room. Mary Maher, R.N. Instructor in Public Health Nursing. Marion Stevens, R.N. Supervisor, Children’s Department. Ruth L. Tapley, R.N. Supervisor, The Baker Memorial. Geneva Wayland, R.N. Supervisor of Lay Person nel. Barbara Williams, R.N., M.A. Executive Assistant of the Training School. Page 12 WLV- ' . ' . . . CHECKS .% v.s■. v.■-•vw.wvwvw HEAD NURSES 1938 CHECKS . . . WVWiWVWASWSASV VASWW.V-V-V-VVWA ' .VJ’J ' -V-W-V. Page 1 3 .-.-.V---VUWiflAVW--.V HOUSE OFFICERS 1937 Page 14 • ... CHECKS VVV iVAVJSftWVVU WS WUWUVt nA WJVVV -■■JVVliVVVVVV ■.■AV.WVW ■.■-■.■A WV MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 1853 CHECKS . . . Page H WW VWAV-WVWV -■J ■. VW.■- ■. ■-■-S VJV W-V.V.WVV S■.■.■,irl WW i% WW•• 3n ittcmoriam to (§ertrui)e atesi tof)ose gentlenesisi of manner anb i pmpatfjeti ' c unberfitanbing abbeb pleasure to our butp m tfje Jlafeer iHemorial Page 16 VmVWJWJWJV,WW� W . . . CHECKS InR etrospect A S we of the Class of 1939 watch the White Building rise magically beside the old Bulfinch Building, we are reminded that graduation is about to make us part of a great and continuous tradition of over a hundred years of service. The written history of this hospital since Dr. James Jackson and Dr. John C. Warren in 1810 issued their circular letter which appealed for funds to care for the worthy sick and insane and to educate medical students, fills several volumes; the history which is, and forever must be, unwritten would fill many more. Not with any thought of adding to the literature of M. G. H. but because our Yearbook does not seem complete without it, we in- clude the following paragraphs as a memorial. For it is just as true to-day as when Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote it that, This Hospital has always inspired the fervid attachment of those hold- ing any relation to it whatsoever, — whether as citizens, proud of its benevolent services; as pupils, grate- ful for its teachings; or as medical officers, who have put their own work into its comprehensive fields of usefulness. It has universally fos- tered a feeling of affection, such as is cherished for an Alma Mater.” If he were writing in 1939 I am sure Dr. Holmes would have mentioned the student nurse. Slow in getting started like most great undertakings, the cornerstone of the Bulfinch was laid in 1818 and the first patient was admitted in September 1821. Again the continuity of our history is illustrated by the fact that the great architect who designed our first building is an ancestor of a member of the firm which drew the plans for our new building. The mummy from Thebes now kept in the Ether Dome was presented to the hospital in 1823 and was sometimes ex- hibited to raise money for the hospital. In that same year we received our first large benefit from the estate of John McLean, for whom McLean Hospital was later named, and of whom the hospital possesses a Gilbert Stuart portrait. In those early years any outbreak of a communi- cable disease was a great problem because of inadequate means of control. Several times the hospital was closed and fumi- gated because of erysipelas in the wards and it was decided not to admit syphilitic patients, for whom no cure was then known. On October 16, 1846, which might be called the 1492 of M.G.H., ether was here first publicly used for a major sur- gical operation, the story of which has been re-enacted with faithful accuracy CHECKS . . . Page 17 in the Ether Film we all have seen. Which of us, because of the worldwide influence of that experiment, would not a little rather attend a class in the Ether Dome than anywhere else, though the seats are as uncomfortable as they were when Dr. Morton told Dr. Warren that his patient was ready. The progress of surgery became so much more rapid with the use of general anesthesia that in 1868 a new Operating Room was erected in a separate building. A year later Dr. J. Collins Warren, sec- ond of the family to distinguish our annals, brought back from abroad re- ports of Lister’s antisepsis, which was at first coldly received by the conservatives but they could not long fail to perceive what this discovery meant in conjunction with anesthesia. In 1888 our present Ward E was built to meet the need for a new Operating Room and ward de- voted exclusively to aseptic surgery, only clean cases being admitted or permitted to remain there. In 1873 begins the history of the Training School, which to student nurses is naturally the most interesting part of the hospital’s history. We are proud to know that ours was the third Night- ingale School in America, following the Bellevue and the New Haven School by only a few months. Though nursing at the M.G.H. never sank to the Sairy Gamp level, the new school soon proved its worth to the most sceptical — the same sceptics, some of them, perhaps, who in the same years were dubious of antisepsis — and then began that sixty-five year period of rapid growth which we, even in three years, have seen with our own eyes. Sometimes when we go off duty having worked so hard that we scarcely know what to do with a few hours of freedom, it does us good to remember that before 1873 nurses who had the benefit of no instruction whatever slept on folding cots between two wards, while within the present year we have realized the objective of an eight hour day in- cluding classes. As we, the graduating class, look for- ward to the practice of our profession, we take special interest in what seems to have been the most significant develop- ment of our training period: the increase of staff nurses to the point where a special educational program has been planned for their benefit. When we were wondering if we should ever wear caps, the staff nurse was a curiosity found on two or three busy wards. Now almost any one of us may look forward to get- ting her first graduate experience in that capacity either in the General, the Baker or the Phillips House. No doubt we may look forward to working in the new building when it opens. As the structure which was so long a dream becomes a reality, may we remember that one su- preme fact in the history of M.G.H. ex- plains the devotion which Dr. Holmes spoke about many decades ago: this, the oldest hospital in New England, has never needed to depend on steel girders nor monel metal for good results and in par- ticular that we, as nurses, work in a house not built with hands. Page 18 . ... CHECKS STATUETTE OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE M.idc by Hilary Bonham-Carter, cousin of Miss Nightingale and was given to Mrs. Vaughan’s mother, Mrs. Samuel Parkman when she visited Miss Nightingale in 1872. Presented to the Training School in 1929. A lady with a lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good. Heroic womanhood.” Selected from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. CHECKS . . . Page 19 ®f)c JfloreiTce J isfjttngale Plclige 3 siolemnlp plebge mj sielf before (§oh anb in tlje presience of tbis asisiemblp to pass mp life in puritp anb to practice mp profegfiion faitbfuUp. 3 tnill abstain from tnbateber is beleteriouS anb miscbiebous anb tnill not take or fenotninglp abminister anp harmful brug. 3 tnill bo all in mj potner to elebate tbe stanbarb of mj pro= fession, anb tnill bolb in confibence all personal matters committeb to mp beeping, anb all family affairs coming to my bnotnlebge in the practise of mp calling. I itb lopaltp tnill 3 enbeabor to aib the physician in tnorb anb bebote mpself to the tnelfare of those committeb to my care. Page 20 ... CHECKS ■A%SVVWAr.-.-. .V.VVWVW A1.SVWJWi -VJV.VVVW V .SVVWVW.VW.VVWW V February 5ection GENEVIEVE BAKER Chatham, Mass. Lincoln Preparatory School Boston, Mass. JEAN ALEX CARTER 4145 Tilden Avenue Culver City, Calif. Chillicothe High School, Chillicothe, Mo. 1925-1928 Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Mo. 1929-1931 LUCILE CASTEN Grafton, Nebraska Grafton High School, Grafton, Nebraska 1928-1932 ELIZABETH LOUISE CROSSLAND 22 Union Street Ansonia, Conn. Ansonia High School, Ansonia, Conn. 1930-1934 Community College, New Haven, Conn. 1935-1936 CHECKS . . . Page 21 VELMA DROLET Farnumsville, Mass. Grafton High School, Grafton, Mass. 1931-1935 MARCIA DUOBA 221 Ames Street Brockton, Mass. Brockton High School, Brockton, Mass. 1929- 1933 Colby College, Waterville, Maine 1933-1935 MARY ELIZABETH FINN 48 Grove Street Great Barrington, Mass. Searles High School, Great Barrington, Mass. 1930- 1934 GRACE PARKER FOLLETT, A.B. 28 Grant Street North Attleboro, Mass. North Attleboro High School, North Attleboro, Mass. 1924-1928 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1928-1933 Page 22 . ... CHECKS FLORENCE RAYMOND GLADWIN 54 Day Street Westfield, Mass. Westfield High School, Westfield, Mass. 1929-1933 Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Penna. 1933-1935 RUTH HADDON 12 Birch Street East Lynn, Mass. Lynn Classical High School, Lynn, Mass. 1932-1935 MARGARET HOLMES 127 Hastings Street Lowell, Mass. Lowell High School, Lowell, Mass. 1931-1935 JEAN HOUGHTON 221 Gurley Avenue Marion, Ohio Harding High School, Marion, Ohio 1931-1934 CHECKS . . . Page 23 SWV1AS- -V.SWVWUV.-AV.WA .V-V-%Ai%VWVWWWU .WVS WWJV-F.WVS WWAW DOROTHY FRANCES KNOWLES Orleans, Mass. Orleans High School, Orleans, Mass. 1931-1935 MARY McINTIRE East Waterford, Maine Bridgton Academy, North Bridgton, Maine 1931-1935 ALICE LENORA METRICK Banfield Road Portsmouth, N. H. Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth, N. H. 1931-1935 NATALIE MAY MIDDLETON 34 Channing Street Newport, R. I. Rogers High School, Newport, R. I. 1929-1934 Page 24 ... CHECKS V MTmVJW.VMWWMrmVJWWJWW.V.rMtV JWVm ' WMrmVJWJVJW JWm ' JW DOROTHEA I. MURRAY 102 Cumberland Avenue South Attleboro, Mass. Attleboro High School, Attleboro, Mass. 1931-1935 OLIVE PATTERSON 1 Fenwick Road Montreal West, Canada Montreal West High School, Montreal, Canada 1931-1935 BARBARA PETERSON 39 Baldwin Street Meriden, Conn. Meriden High School, Meriden, Conn. 1931-1935 SUSAN PIRHALLA 80 Shelton Road Nichols, Conn. Harding High School, Bridgeport, Conn. 1931-1935 CHECKS . . . rAGE n p- - rtJ w rt niWAA wvw :v-•JW.wvwWin vwvw. -AA; vvw v- .■ - Awvwv VIANO SALOMAA n Walnut Avenue Norwood, Mass. Norwood High School, Norwood, Mass. 1931-1935 ETHEL SLATTERY 270 Wilder Street Lowell, Mass. Immaculate Conception Academy 1931-1934 Lowell High School, Lowell, Mass. 1934- 1935 LUCIA SLOPER 42 North Street Pittsfield, Mass. Pittsfield High School, Pittsfield, Mass. 1931- 1935 Colby Junior College 1935- 1936 HARRIET INGRAM SPAULDING 36 Cross Street Keene, N. H. Keene High School 1928-1932 Northfield Seminary, Northfield, Mass. 1932- 1933 Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont 1933- 1935 Page 26 ' ... CHECKS V. V.V-«ASWW.W. .V.«.%r A V.-.VAS«AV%AiV. . .W.VWWVWJW.SWVWd .W fl,SW MARY SWEENEY 1 3 5 EIigh Street Wareham, Mass. Wareham High School, Wareham, Mass. 1930-1935 WANDA SZAFRAN Chicopee Falls, Mass. Chicopee High School, Chicopee, Mass. 1931-1935 KATHERINE BURR TELLER, B.A. Alden Park Manor Philadelphia, Penna. Bradford Academy, Bradford, Mass. 1927-1929 Wells College, Aurora, N. Y. 1930-1934 MARJORIE LEIGH TOWNSEND 23 Elm Street Hingham, Mass. Hingham High School, Hingham, Mass. 1931-1935 Page 27 ,V V AW mV,WWW.VJWmV AVmV JVmWW CHECKS . . . VmVm’JW.WVWm ' Wm ' WMVMrmVmVm S GRACE RAE BABCOCK Boston Light Station Hull, Mass. Hingham High School, Hingham, Mass. 1933-1936 WINONA BEHR Anderstown, Penna. Dover, R. D. No. 3 Wm. Penn High School, York, Penna. 1931-1934 MARION ELIZABETH BLAKE 19 South Main Street Gardner, Mass. Gardner High School, Gardner, Mass. 1931-1935 JULIA BOGHOSIAN 114 Second Street Medford, Mass. Medford High School, Medford, Mass. 1932-1935 Page 28 ... CHECKS PHYLLIS STACEY BRISSETTE 454 Broadway Newburgh, N. Y. Newburg h Free Academy, Newburgh, N. Y. 1931-1936 MURIEL CASSELL 202 Pine Street Pawtucket, R. I. Pawtucket High School, Pawtucket, R. I. 1932-1936 LOVISA CHURCHILL 8 Vermont Avenue Br ATTLEBORO, VERMONT Brattleboro High School, Brattleboro, Vermont 1931-1935 Green Mt. Junior College, Poultney, Vermont 1935-1936 ALICE CLARK lA Joy Street Boston, Mass. Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Dorchester, Mass. 1932-1936 CHECKS . . . Page 29 M. ELIZABETH CORSON Walnut Street North Billerica, Mass. Howe High School, Billerica, Mass. 1932-1936 BEULAH CUNNINGHAM 8 5 Ledgelawn Avenue Bar Harbor, Maine Bar Harbor High School, Bar Harbor, Maine 1930-1934 Westbrook Junior College, Westbrook, Maine 1934-1936 ADA MARYANN DeINNOCENTIS 118 Highland Road Somerville, Mass. Somerville High School, Somerville, Mass. 1932-1935 MARTHA DONAHUE South Berwick, Maine Berwick Academy, South Berwick, Maine 1928-1932 Page 3 0 W.%WWV.WW%%V.WAV.VW. ' . . . CHECKS ,V. VJVJVAVJW,V MiV JV.WWWWWV.W DOROTHY MURIEL DUFFY 4 Austin Park Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge High and Latin, Cambridge, Mass. 1927-1931 EPHROSYNIA ROSE EVASHKO 242 Cayenne Street West Springfield, Mass. West Springfield High School, West Springfield, Mass. 1930-1934 LUCY KAY FRENCH 87 Summer Street Rockland, Maine Rockland High School, Rockland, Maine 1928-1932 Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. 1933-1935 MARY GAY 50 Trowbridge Street Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge High and Latin, Cambridge, Mass. 1934-1936 CHECKS . . . WWW•W. ■WW iS■-WA VWVW.• ■.W.WW.%WAV. WVW-■. Page 31 .ww v.-.v-v.v YVONNE GOETHEL 60 Greenwood Avenue West Newton, Mass. Newton High School, Newton, Mass. 1933-1936 ELIZABETH KATE GRAHAM Calais, Vermont Montpelier Seminary, Montpelier, Vermont 1931-1933 WILMA ELIZABETH HAKKINEN 18 Halford Street Gardner, Mass. Gardner High School, Gardner, Mass. 1932-1936 EVELYN HANSIS 240 Warren Street Needham, Mass. Needham High School, Needham, Mass. 1932-1935 Page 32 WWm’JW.WWWWmVJWJW , . . . CHECKS i ' mVJWVJWJV.r JWmV ELIZABETH EVANS LIGHT 46 Grove Street Putnam, Conn. Putnam High School, Putnam, Conn. 1931-1935 State Teachers College, Willimantic, Conn. 1935-1936 ISABEL MARSHALL 23 Perry Street Everett, Mass. Everett High School, Everett, Mass. 1931-1935 ANTOINETTE MASSIMIANO 15 Elm Street Pittsfield, Mass. Pittsfield High School, Pittsfield, Mass. 1931-1935 ROSEMARY McCANN 89 Boxford Street Lawrence, Mass. Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Mass. 1932-1935 CHECKS . . . WVn.V. VAWWW.WW.WVWU •.■ A VWW V A VW ' Page 33 MARY McCarthy, b.s. 365 Walnut Street Manchester, N. H. Manchester High School, Manchester, N. H. 1928-1932 University of N. H., Durham, N. H. 1932-1936 FRANCES ANNE McDONNELL 57 Belmont Street Rockland, Mass. Rockland High School, Rockland, Mass. 1930-1934 CLARE HAVENS MORAN 1 12 Main Street W iNSTED, Conn. Gilbert School, Winsted, Conn. 1931-1935 ALBERTA MORRISON Kingfield, Maine Stanley High School, Kingfield, Maine 1929-1933 Farmington Normal School, Farmington, Maine 1935-1936 Page 34 W.V.V%SWV%S%VLWV.VVVV%%-«VVW.VVVVVWVVV SVWJ%W ' .VVV.WVVWJ ' , PAULINE MYERS 623 Sergent Avenue Joplin, Missouri Joplin High School, Joplin, Missouri 1931-1934 Ward-Belmont, Nashville, Tenn. 1934-1936 CHRISTINA JANETTE ODDY, B.S. Great Road Littleton, Mass. Littleton High School, Littleton, Mass. 1927-1931 Tufts College, Medford, Mass. 1931-1935 LOIS VIRGINIA POPE 87 Bowdoin Street Newton Highlands, Mass. Newton High School, Newton, Mass. 1932-1935 PHYLLIS PRESCOTT Rangeley, Maine Rangeley High School, Rangeley, Maine 1932-1936 . CHECKS .W SVW ' CHECKS . . . Page 3 5 V rt VWVWVV IWA A nAffAflA VV AMrtArtMi MA W rtrtAAJVVWVVWW.WVV %■-V MARY RICHARDS 1 5 Dunbarton Road Wollaston, Mass. N. Quincy High School, Quincy, Mass. 1931-1934 ANNE BARBARA SIPLAS Reservoir Street Leicester, Mass. Leicester High School, Leicester, Mass. 1931-1935 BETTY SMITHSON 12 Lelsmere Avenue Pawtucket, R. I. Pawtucket High School, Pawtucket, R. I. 1932-1935 HONOR A. STANTON, A.B. Wilton, N. H. Wilton High School, Wilton, N. H. 1927-1931 Boston University, Boston, Mass. 1931-1935 Page 3 6 ■ ’VmWmWmWm ' ’JW.V W . . . CHECKS CATHARINE ELIZABETH TRACEY, B.S. 17 Millbrook Street Worcester, Mass. North High School, Worcester, Mass. 1927-1931 State Teachers College, Worcester, Mass. 1931-1935 EUNICE WHITE 427 Bedford Street New Bedford, Mass. Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, Mass. 1932-1936 ELEANOR RUTH WHITING Silver Lake, N. H. Madison High School, Madison, N. H. 1931-E936 DOROTHY WILBUR Kensington, N. H. Sanborn Seminary, Kingston, N. H. 1932-1936 CHECKS . . . Page 37 PHYLLIS IRENE WILBUR South Chatham, Mass. Chatham High School, Chatham, Mass. 1931-1936 NELLIE WRIGLEY 99 Arthur Street Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke High School, Holyoke, Mass. 1932-1936 PHYLLIS ADA YOUNG 26 Radmore Street Worcester, Mass. Commercial High School, Worcester, Mass. 1930-1935 BARBARA YUTRONICH 10 Empire Street Eynn, Mass. Lynn English High School, Lynn, Mass. 1932-1935 Page 38 ... CHECKS SSW. VV A VWS Vb AAflA WA ftAAAft WVb AAAArtiVWSV.VW VUV WVVVVVWW Cl ass Officers President Harriet Spaulding Vice-President Rosemary McCann Secretary Genevieve Baker Treasurer Honor Stanton Class T Xhe History of the Class of 1939 differs very little from that of other classes which we have watched graduate since we have been in the school. The small February section, dwindled now to twenty-four of its original forty-two members, arrived on one of those drizzly winter days, which lead Miss Johnson to say, The drought is always broken at least twice annually”, and were housed all together at 92 Charles St., where for the first few nights some of us had two room- mates. Great was our surprise that first evening, as we sat waiting for our trunks to arrive, to be told by Miss Roberts and our big sisters” that we would have to carry up the contents from the basement, even to the fifth floor. Great, too, was our surprise when we learned how much of our welfare depended on our five student assistants, who in less than three years had grown up to an assurance and competence we were sure we could not equal in a lifetime. We did not feel quite so conspicuous without bibs and caps as we should have if the class preceding ours had not been still in blue. After we had been here about a month, we had the pleasure of watching them go into checks, knowing that we would be next. All that time individual graduations were being held in the Walcott Tea Room in- stead of the dining room, and as we sat in the library, trying to learn about en- zymes, it was exciting to hear the singing across the hall, remote though it seemed from ourselves at that time. One of us, walking through a corridor behind a graduate laden with corsages, met Miss Smith, who said with her own mixture of sympathy and humor, Do you sup- pose you will ever get there?” And now we are there, it still seems Incredible. When we look forward to the return next week from McLean of several of our classmates, we cannot realize that they rejoin us only to leave again. After our capping in early June and the long summer weeks in those long, blue sleeves which we were always rolling up or down, getting our cuffs mixed up with somebody else’s, and not being able CHECKS . . . WW%VW- AVWU%SVA ' Page 39 .NVUW SW.---.SVWASV . JVUWW.WUV-VyVUVl AV« - W to find at all when it was time to dash for classes that come so often in that hot Ether Dome, we did eventually go into checks. The September section, part of which lived at Thayer, entered the school with sixty-four members and forty-six still re- main. The two sections soon began to feel class solidarity when the need for raising money arose. Those first two years our class activities, except for the June Formal, were conceived mainly with ways and means for earning enough money for the Year Book. We have had enough experience in making and selling sandwiches, giving a Silver Tea and run- ning several dances, including one where we used a nickelodeon instead of an or- chestra, so that we heartily approve the new student activity fee which will save succeeding classes from our perplexities. For the past few months our class has been busy with senior activities, first of all with the selection of a class photog- rapher, and then with getting a satisfac- tory picture of everyone for the Year Book, despite refractory curls and bib straps. The Senior Ball will be held at the Hotel Sheraton on February the third. On February the fifth we go to Trinity Church for our Baccalaureate Service. We are especially glad that the speaker for our graduating exercises on February the eighth is to be Dr. Frederick Washburn, who retired as director of the hospital about the time we entered the school. Though we have never known him, we think of his name as part of the M.G.H. tradition like that of Warren, Holmes and Shattuck. It has recently been pointed out to us that our Training School is one of the few to graduate its nurses in their student uniforms and that perhaps we, too, might wish to graduate in white. The decision is one which we are content to leave to future classes. To us it seems that any- body can graduate in white, but only we can graduate in checks, the uniform in which we have learned the meaning of our profession. Now that we are near the end, the path we have travelled seems pretty bumpy when we remember those diet kitchen notebooks, those nights on relief when the pneumonia patient wanted to get out of bed and we spilled the last ampule of sodium luminal right under the eyes of the night supervisor, those days in the O.R. when at 9:30 P.M. we were just starting the set up for tomor- row’s thoracoplasties and those evenings in Baker when we wondered rebelliously if the gauze pail was more important than the patient. Of some of it we say, It can’t be so bad as we remember! We never could have done it”. And always we have been able to rely on the wisdom and understanding of our principal and supervisors, always we have had the satis- faction which goes with worth-while en- deavor. Already we have a faint suspicion that in graduating we only exchange one set of problems for another and that our hardest trials as students provide our most-cherished memories. Page 40 ... CHECKS sftH w.w.wwvww•lVy vw rtftAiW J ftft vwu■• ' w vww ww.vw n, •.■.■.v.•Av CANDLELIGHT SERVICE 1937 CHECKS ... i AGE 1 itW Kw mm : POPS 1938 Page 42 ' ... CHECKS VWJVW.WW. % W1AVW VWA%%VW.V%% . . ' W. AWSWJW.SSW.V.W--A%SV.V. WARD IN BULFINCH 1847 CHECKS W1V.WU Page 43 WARD 31 — 1938 Page 44 WWS VJ’WAV.WW VA-.-A ' .VJVAV .V.VtTJVW, . . . CHECKS -■.■.■-V.WVW VJ i J .WWW. -V SV. ' WARD 12— 1938 CHECKS . . . Page 45 WALCOTT LIVING ROOM Page 46 ... CHECKS WMIW M,VJWVWWVAVWWW JVW AVmVJVMWV,W‘mWWJWVWWVVW NURSES ' REFERENCE LIBRARY CHECKS . . . Page 47 ■-W.VVWW TREADWELL LIBRARY Page 48 ... CHECKS WWAVWV S P.■ASSVVVWW.■- ' W.VVWi %■.■■W.V A i iV. ■-V.VVS AV ■- A WWW St udeiit Ntirses Co-operative A • • ssociation President V ice-President Secretary T reasurer OFFICERS Barbara Peterson Jean Houghton Mary Huckins Mary Gilmore T JL HE Student Council, which is the executive branch of the Association, act- ing on student suggestions and problems has been responsible for many new activ- ities and privileges for the student body during the past year. Some of these ac- tivities have been made possible by the Student Activity Fee now charged all students on entrance to the school. This eliminates the necessity for collect- ing dues and insures a definite yearly income. This year has seen certain changes in the uniform. Wrist watches may now be worn on duty and the short sleeved uniforms are now worn the year-round except for special occasions such as Grad- uation and the Candlelight and Bacca- laureate Services. As a result of suggestion and discus- sion at former mass meetings the extra late or overnight permission on holidays has been approved and put into effect. McLean and Simmons affiliating stu- dents have a representative at Council meetings, thus making these groups feel that they are a part of our student body during their months here. Under Miss Roberts’ direction the Council has spon- sored two successful receptions for the McLean girls. At last, after much time and effort, we have some very attractive school station- ery. The heading, a pen and ink sketch of the Bulfinch Building was drawn by Carolyn Peck, one of our former class- mates. A committee is now at work planning a Hand Book to be given to entering stu- dents. This will contain, in general, a short history of the Hospital and Train- ing School, a message from Miss Johnson, CHECKS . . . Page 49 a map of the interior of the hospital, some hospital, school and dormitory regula- tions, school songs. Constitution of the Student Association and extra-curricular activities. As in former years the Council made plans and voted money for three school parties. The Hallowe’en Masquerade was one of the largest parties we have ever had, and the Thanksgiving and Christmas Open House Parties had unusually fine attendance. We believe the attendance to be an excellent criterion of the popu- larity of such gatherings. Representatives from other schools of nursing have visited M.G.H. to learn how we manage our system of Student Gov- ernment. Since a Student Association is unknown in so many schools we should be thankful that ours is run so smoothly and that we can all share in its oppor- tunities and problems. The Board was bored to death one night And tears began to flow Because the week had brought no luck And material was low. The printer raved and sent his threats, The Book must go to press; But still the book was incomplete, And we could not get the rest. So here’s my desperate effort To fill up some more space. I’ve simply tried to show you. The real facts of our case. Page 50 ' ... CHECKS SVWV SVAftiV.WW.%V.W.SWW V. - AV.VWASV.-AV.VWU%V.---AV.V W %V.W BAKER MEMORIAL CHECKS . . . SVUVL V. A r.SWA %VSV.V.VWV V. .V.V.V- A V. .“A . .VJW V Page 5 1 .V.VJVWVWW BOSTON LYING IN HOSPITAL Page 52 WW m’m ,VmWWm’V . . . CHECKS CHECKS . . . V.■J SSWW lV ■A iSVVW.V.■. -■.V iWA%V.V. , WnA V. ' ■.■.V WVW W Page 5 3 .■-W.V-WW Page 54 ... CHECKS WVW VW.VWWSV.W SWSAAWA-JV%VVW %%WU%%%W%%%VWW. ' .V.VV%V.%%W,V. ' EASTER TIME IN ‘38 CHECKS . . . Page 5 5 W V.-. A%SWWAV.-.V .SVWAW-V. -V.VWAS-.-.V.S%WWW.VA ' .SVWWS;%-.SPW.W CONSTRUCTION — George Robert White Building Page 56 ... CHECKS ■-SSWAV%% ' .W.SVWV%W. .VAVW.S Wii’JW.VWVV V. A -SV.rtA VSV. ' W.SVWW1.V.V MODEL OF MASSACHUSEHS GENERAL HOSPITAL CHECKS . . Page 57 i%VWV%WV. iWS VWSWWWLWW VWV .VWftftAWA ' WW George RoLert o T JL HE long hoped for George Robert White Building is now rapidly growing before our eyes. We present, in brief, some of the plans for this building. In the basement will be the kitchen and dining rooms for all employees of the hospital except a few to be served in the Baker Memorial dining room. This will include the Pay Cafeteria now lo- cated in the basement of Phillips House. The main floor will contain the Ad- ministrative, Admitting and Training School Offices and Emergency Ward. Ward admitting will be done here and there will be adjacent space provided where patients will be undressed and their valuables recorded and put in the safe. On the second floor will be X-Ray, the third the operating rooms and the fourth will be composed of work and ob- servation rooms and a central surgical supply room. Only the surgeons and nurses will be allowed on the third floor but the rooms will be constructed so that operations may be seen from the fourth floor. Also in these operating rooms, an amplifying system will be installed so that surgeons’ remarks may be heard above and questions may be asked by spectators. The fifth floor will contain the various laboratories and some of the doctors’ offices. The orthopedic and fracture ward on the sixth floor will have sufficient room W liite B uiUing for fifty-two beds but not all will be used at first. On the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth floors will be the general surgical wards, two male and two female, two East and two West. Each floor will have eight single rooms for the sicker post-operative patients, so, no more transferring! The rest of the forty beds will be in four bed cubicles to facilitate nursing care. On each floor there will be a teaching room equipped with a small reference library. To do away with number thirteen the other floors will be: 11a — urological ward of about twenty- six beds. lib — neurosurgical ward of about twenty-eight beds. 1 Ic — isolation ward of about twenty-five beds. The top floor will contain the tele- phone exchange and eventually an apart- ment for one of the administrative officers. The present Training School Office will probably be used for an Alumnae Office and Social Service. The space where the Emergency Ward is now located will be check and locker rooms and rest rooms for the hospital employees. The many plans for this building can- not begin to be crowded into this small space. Although no definite time has been set for the opening, various parts of the building will be in use during 1939 - 1940 . Page 5 8 ... CHECKS V rt rtArt S AJ AAfl. VJW. ftAAAAJW AV. rfVVV iVWWV. JWWWi•-•-VPA WASV.■.WU W ETHER DOME a m mm 0 Oi Tt ' Uru 16 =n-i6 IK t: • M rm-, OPERATIXC. 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A post card had come to the office this morning saying that Mrs. Martin had re- turned from the hospital with her new baby and that she would like to have the nurse show her how to give the baby his bath. Third week visits were one of the interesting phases of work to the nurse. Arriving at the home the nurse found everything in readiness for her. Mrs. Martin had indeed been benefited by the prenatal teaching she had received from the nurses. The baby tray was completely assembled and the mother had remem- bered to boil all the pans before the ar- rival of the nurse. She had water heated for the bath, clean clothing arranged on the oven door and the kitchen nice and warm. The nurse proceeded to bathe the baby explaining each step to the eager mothe r. She demonstrated the special care of the eyes, nose, ears, mouth and most important of all, how to hold and support the infant so that both mother and baby would feel secure. The nurse explained that she would return tomor- row and watch Mrs. Martin bathe the baby herself. Hurrying along Central Avenue the nurse soon reached the home of the Shul- man family. Two days ago there had been a new arrival in the household — the seventeenth child in the family. In an- swer to her ring she was greeted by eight polished but worried little faces. Oh nurse, the baby’s sick. He don’t look good”, volunteered one. He won’t eat nothing”, added another. And he pants just like a dog and threw up black stuff”, chimed in ten year old Abraham. The nurse went into the kitchen, de- posited her hat, coat, and bag on a con- venient chair, donned her apron and quickly entered the patient’s room. Mrs. Shulman offered a half hearted, Good morning”. The nurse then v ent to the baby. After a glance, she realized that the parents were not aware that the child’s brief struggle for life was over. The bewildered Mr. Shulman was sent at once for the doctor. Sensing that some- thing was wrong a young child began to cry and the sobs spread throughout the household adding to the exhaustion of the mother and the terror of the negro housekeeper. The nurse was aware that it was her duty to remain calm and re- assuring until the doctor arrived. She bathed Mrs. Shulman and made up her bed with fresh linen. To the children she talked quietly, suggesting small tasks to keep them occupied and content. When the doctor arrived the house was comparatively quiet. After his examina- tion of the baby the doctor and the nurse faced their most difficult task — that of telling the parents. After comforting the family as best she could, with a sigh she continued on her way. The next call was to Miss Green, a patient with varicose ulcers and cellulitis of both legs. The doctor had left written orders for the nurse: Scrub both legs with green soap, apply dry, sterile dress- CHECKS . . . Page 61 V--.%VWV VW--AWWV V V1A--VLVW%VJWWLV%A ' AV.-.-JVW.Ani A-----AWVV1J% ' WV.- ings and clean stockings”. A close in- spection of the legs revealed a queer, white, spongy surface. Instinctively the nurse made a diagnosis, although she had never before seen such a lesion. Could it be? Yes, it was! The task was not a pleasant one but the results were gratify- ing. Fresh dressings were applied and after searching, a clean pair of stockings was found and put on. Back in the office after lunch there was much to be done before starting out on the afternoon calls. The Jewish Welfare Society must be consulted concerning Mr. Goldberg’s allowance. He would need a dollar a week more so that he might have the things for which his diabetic diet called. Dr. Milton had to be asked for a diagnosis and orders on a patient visited yesterday. A call to the Red Cross Ambulance Corps yielded a promise to get Mrs. Madden to the hos- pital for a leg amputation. The Society for the Blind agreed to send some Braille books to Mr. Clarke who was crippled with arthritis and losing his eyesight. On the street once more the afternoon looked brighter. The rain had stopped and the wind had calmed down. As the street car jogged along the nurse’s thoughts jogged with it. She thought of Mr. Victor. He had multiple sarcoma throughout his body, especially in the mouth and had recently developed broncho-pneumonia. Mrs. Victor answered her knock. She looked worn and worried. He ain’t so good, nurse. He don’t know me. I didn’t go to bed at all last night.” The nurse talked with the woman for a few minutes, assuring her that every- thing would be all right. She settled Mrs. Victor on the couch for a little rest and then proceeded with her patient. Equip- ment was gathered, precaution gown put on and she approached the patient. An enema came first. Then a hot foot soak followed by an oil rub for the dried, cal- loused feet. Careful backcare must be given for there was evidence of a pressure area developing. Giving mouth care was the most difficult part of the work. The mouth was filled with pus, old blood and putrefying tissue. The odor was almost unbearable. The bed linen was changed and then the patient was given a glass of orange juice. He seemed a little brighter and took the fluid well. Mrs. Victor felt better after her nap. The nurse explained about the back and mouth care and agreed to come in the next day. Three year old Maureen Stuart was the next patient to be seen. How that little tot had hated the nurses when they first started visiting her. And no wonder. The poor child had a severe case of sec- ondarily infected impetigo and daily each crust had been removed with tincture of green soap and then gentian violet ap- plied. As each lesion was treated, a raw bleeding surface was left. Maureen had kicked, screamed and vomited as each sore was worked on. The mental effect was offsetting any physical benefit that might have been derived. Finally the orders had been changed to warm boric soaks and ointment to each area. Today three of the lesions were healed and the others greatly improved. What a change of treatment had done for Maureen! A more lovable child could not be found. She greeted the nurse with a hug, being awfully careful for my In-pa-tee-go” and begged the nurse not to leave when the treatment was done. It was almost dark when the nurse stepped outside. Back in the Health Unit the faithful little black bag was hung up for the night. Another day of the Public Health Nurse had ended. How much had the nurse really done to help? That, only the patients themselves could tell. Page 62 ... CHECKS Last AVill L estameiit of tlie Class of 1939 We, the Class of 1939, aware th at our last days are upon us, do, in as sane a mind as may be expected of students fac- ing State Board Exams, hereby draw up this, our last Will and Testament, to be executed after our passing. We bequeath: to the nurses’ homes, Westminster Chimes in the place of the 6 A.M. bell. to all student dances, a lengthy stag line. to each utility room, a magic wand for cleaning on Inspection Day. to the night nurse on E, a pair of ball-bearing roller skates. to the maintenance of misery for our successors, the seats in the Upper O.P.D. to 92 Charles Street, an ample sup- ply of cots for sleeping on the fire escapes on hot nights. to Miss Bradstreet, a pair of dark glasses for room inspection in the Thayer. to the Ether Dome and Student As- sistants’ Offices, a ventilation and cooling system. to each House Officer, a pair of long- legged pants. to the Nurses’ Dining Room, a fam- ily of cats. to the Prob giving her first hypo, a plump patient. to music lovers, our standing space at Arthur Fiedlers’ concerts on the Esplanade. to Ward 12 for exclusive use of night nurses, a kitchen scent ab- sorber. to the West End ragman, the broken bottles and newspapers in our mat- tresses. to a corner in the Brick Corridor, a can of shoe polish for emergency CHECKS . . . •A iiV.Wi-.”-VAW WV.SV. Pagi. 6 3 use on the way to the Training School Office. to Dr. Baker, a gold medal for hav- ing received the most fan mail. to each laparotomy set, a sterile nose scratcher. 4 -y to Ward 28, a bottle of stain re- mover. to the Walcott House kitchen, more steaks and eclairs. to Miss Tapley, a can of Flit. to students coming in after mid- night, a good excuse. to the Walcott roof, Benny Good- man and his orchestra. to the newly capped Probs, a re- minder that caps are not to be worn in the bath tub. to Ward 10, feather cushions for the Austins and an alarm clock for the porch. to the next occupant of No. 428, a long-standing feud with Mary as to where the table belongs. to Ward G patients, more arms and legs. to Harvard Medical students, a re- minder that children should be seen and not heard. to those who can swim, the leaky row boats for hire on the Charles. to students on Ward C-D, our will- ingness to pay for mysteriously broken syringes. to all supervisors, a pair of tin lifts for their shoes. to the nurse in the B.L.I. Labor Room, the patience of Job, the strength of Sampson, and the wis- dom of Solomon. to members of the faculty and head nurses, our sincere appreciation of their untiring assistance. to all hospital employees, our thanks for their friendly coopera- tion. to all wards and dormitories, the happy ghosts of our student days. Signed and attested The Class of 1939 Witnesses: Grace Follett Dorothy Duffy Page 64 VmVAWJWVmVmV JWJWm J . . . CHECKS ■Afti iV .■- i WWW.VV V.VVWVV lrA SVUVVV ■ Candid C amera CHECKS . . Page 65 Wm’mVmVi JWWJWJVWJWaW R ecommende dR eading The Age of Innocence to Pre-clinical students Alone to a nurse on her first night duty I Find the Missing to Miss Tapley The Flop Eared Hounds to the West Surgical pups Forgive Us Our Trespasses to students on the back bench Romance Around the Corner to Harriet Spaulding The Innocents Abroad to Probs on the Wards Touched With Madness to nurses on the South Wing of Ward 26 The Horse AND Buggy Doctor to Dr. Thompson, our famous cyclist The Compleat Smuggler to the nurse going off duty Fun in Bed to Genevieve Baker Journey to the End of the Night . . to the Misses Hinckley, Hewitt and Chick My Life as a Rebel to Alice Clarke Life With Mother to those at B.L.I. The Lazy Tomorrow .... to any nurse the night before her Change Day The Lucid Interval to a nurse on vacation The Man Nobody Knows to Dr. Baker, the recipient of all our letters Modernistic Llower Arranging to Miss Barbara Williams Memoirs of a Casanova to Margaret Holmes Night Must End to nurses at 6 A.M. Our American Tropics to nurses in the sterilizing room The Naked Blade to Dr. Churchill The Quiz and Answer Book to nurses before an exam The Romance of American Transportation to patients leaving Baker through the Emergency Ward The Perennial Bachelor to Dr. Humphreys Such Sweet Compulsion to a nurse on relief again Under the Open Sky to sun bathers on the roof The Twisted Face to Dr. Kazanjian We Go Exploring to the surgeons and their laps” Midway in My Song to Mary Gay Work Ends at Nightfall to Head Nurses as a reminder of 7 P.M. Unforgotten Years to all of us who have shared the last three years The School for Dictators . to each and everyone of us, with a word of warning Wisdom’s Gate to those graduating in 1939 .WVSTASV -.V-WWW SV. . . CHECKS .■UW VAV.V Page 66 ■-•.■AWW.W VJVWWW SW.-. ' AArtAW.S ' VW. ' . Our Ten C omman dments Thou shalt not have radios in thy room when a student. Thou shalt not have curls in thy hair. Thou shalt be in thy room and quiet at 10 P.M. Thou shalt not smoke in thy uniform. Thou shalt wear no jewelry on duty. Thou shalt be on time to all thy classes Thou shalt not have thy lights on after 10:30 P.M. Thou shalt not enter another’s room unchaperoned. Thou shalt not wear bright fingernail polish or lipstick on duty. Thou shalt uphold all hospital traditions at all times. R eview for iState Board Examinations Question Where are the higher intellectual centers located? Answer In the third and fourth ventricles of the brain. Question What is the function of the coro- nary arteries? Answer They supply blood for the skull. Question Where is the Antrum of Highmore? Answer In the wrist. Question Where do the bronchi enter the lung? Answer Through the helium. Question What is the Bundle of His? Answer A ligament in which the ovary lies. Question How are thermometers disinfected at M.G.H.? Answer They are boiled in bichloride of mercury 1 — 1000. Question How do the perilymph and endo- lymph get into the semi-circular canals of the ear, and would you be deaf if they dried up? Answer Try and find out. Question How do you make normal saline? Answer One pint of salt, one pint of water. Question Why are footsoaks given to patients with T.A.O.? Answer To improve diastole. CHECKS . . . Page 67 VW VAWUVWSSVUVAWWV ■■■ . AiVW1i ■JWWVWW V VVVWWWWW.V■AV S upplementary P rocedures Unit A I. Purpose: to kill flies on the college level and Wards of M.G.H. II. Steps in Procedure. 1. Locate fly. 2. Locate swatter. 3. Report absence of swatter to Head Nurse. 4. Having obtained swatter, return to Ward or room. 5. Locate fly again. 6. Open mouth (of nurse, not fly). 7. Swat to kill. III. Follow Up. 1. If fly drops to floor, inspect for complete annihilation. 2. If fly remains in original position, remove to floor with swatter or newspaper. 3. If fly adheres to swatter, take both to utility room and ask maid to clean swatter. 4. Bring dust-pan and brush and remove cadaver for cremation in central incinerator. IV. Problems Which Arise in Carrying out Procedure. 1. Fly does not relax. 2. Fly objects to treatment. 3. Fly alights on swatter. 4. Patient objects to Procedure on religious grounds. Points to Consider in Evaluating Procedure 1. Safety (of nurse, of fly, of patient). 1. Wash hands before and after. 2. Have fly in secure position. 3. Protect patient from strokes intended for fly. II. Therapeutic Effect. 1. Exercise: for fly and nurse — sufficient, not too much. 2. Calm mental state produced in patient. 3. Maximum benefit from thorough procedure. Anesthesia of fly should be complete and permanent. III. Comfort. 1. No wrinkles under fly. 2. Soft, malleable swatter. 3. Step ladder for nurse. 4. Screen area: protection of sense of pride. No one enjoys public defeat. Note: if procedure is successful, fly’s pride is protected; if unsuccess- ful, nurse’s pride is protected. IV. Economy OF Time and Effort. 1. Treat two at once if convenient. 2. Sweep entire Ward at one time if more than fifty are treated. V. Neatness of Einish. Very important — especially finish. Respectfully submitted by ? ? ? Printed without permission of copyright owner . Page 68 ftflA V-VA AA WS VAVS V SVV■V■VVWVWWb JWVVVV AW . . . CHECKS ■-■LWVSASW-’JVVV Sck OO IS O ng5 Tune: “Tell Me Wky ” Oh dear, oh dear, on nights again. Though I don’t start till half past ten In this spring weather, I must say, I don’t like going to bed by day. When I get sound asleep at last That noisy crowd comes rushing past, I wonder why the whole fourth floor Must congregate outside my door. And does it not seem hard to you When all the others’ work is through And sleepily they’re turning in. That my day’s work should just begin. And when I must be up all night I raise an awful appetite. Though supping late might seem a treat I get so tired of eating cold meat. And all night long I’m full of dread Of that wild scramble just ahead I think that my idea of heaven Is not to rush ’twixt five and seven. Tune: Tut on Your Old Grey Sonnet Put on your new white bonnet With the black ribbon on it And we’ll say bye-bye to student days; And though the years may part us We will not forget you. On your Graduation Day. But when I know what e’er goes wrong A month is only just so long. The time will come when I can say, This is my own, my Change Day”. Tune: Slowing SuLLles I’m forever giving hypos Giving hypos day and night; Call up the West Gone to their rest Just hear them say. Now get this right! Why don’t you read your orders? We write them now and then. If your patient is the least bit restless, Every three hours P.R.N.” CHECKS . . . Page 69 •M WVVVV VJW WVWV. WVm ' JWVWW JV WVVWJ’JWAV ,rAVmVmVJ VJWVVmV Believe me, we’ll never forget M. G. H., With its buildings of manifold fame; Bulfinch, Baker, Wards A, E, F, G, and I, Any wonder we’re fond of its name? Names Smith, Johnson, Kempf, We’ll remember long, too For their guidance so steadfast and sure. Friendships made, tried and sealed with a fervor of work. With them all may we ever endure. It is in our Prob days that we shiver and shake. As we try each procedure to do. Nights, O.R., B.L.I., Diet Kitchen and then All too soon with our training we’re through. The black band and the pin we have set as a goal And our hopes have materialized. As a Graduate Nurse we must ever be true To the cause of our dear M. G. H. ere s a Trad ” We’re a long, long time in training Until our Prob days are through. Till we wear our caps And then our checks in place of blue; There are three long years of working And many hours of study, too. But the days of student nursing end. When Graduation’s in view. This is Inspection Day, and once again It’s scrub, scrub, scrub. Do an exploratory on the drain Give the hypo set a rub; When they phone and call it off Don’t you feel like a dub — still — I suppose there’s nothing else to do But scrub, scrub, scrub! Page 70 ... CHECKS A Song for M.G. H Words by Margaret Dieter, 1916 Her ivied columns rise to meet The glory of the Bulfinch dome, Serene, unruffled, beautiful. She waits to bid us welcome home. From many lands, o’er many days. We brought to her our restless youth. And she with patience took us all And set us in the way of truth. Stern Teacher, kindly too, withal. Who saw the faults we could not hide. And building on our better selves. She wrought results that shall abide. What if she gave us arduous toil. She taught us reverence for our work; To ease the suffering, lighten pain There is no task we dare to shirk. Where life and death are side by side. And creeds and races strangely blend, To share these things from day to day She helped us each to find a friend. Oh, Gracious Guardian of our past. Thy children rise to honor thee. God bless and keep you, M. G. H., Secure through all the years to be. Page 71 CHECKS . . . BULFINCH STAIRWAY Page 72 VJW JV,VMM , JWJWWWm•JV,VJWVWJ• ,rAWWV . . . CHECKS ■AV.VWVWWrtJ%%SWW Anderson, Mildred Arey, Phyllis Basomania, Olga Bigda, Helen Calandrin, Elizabeth Dulac, Ruth Eagan, Rae Gilmore, Mary Glazier, Olivia Gredzinski, Helen Harlow, Hope Huckins, Mary Hutt, Marjorie Jensen, Barbara Johnson, Agnes Lajoie, Irene Andruskiw, Olga Ayer, Dorothy Barbour, Esther Belcher, Eleanor Bell, Virginia Best, Celia Binns, Julia Bockes, Patricia B oos, Dorothy Brackett, Mable Brown, Madeline Buckley, Martha Cady, Bertha Carpenter, Mary L. Carr, Mary Colson, Flora Curtis, Doris Curtis, Edith Dean, Carolyn French, Jean Galbraith, Mary Giffin, Margaret Griswold, Virginia Guillemette, Loretta Healey, Emily Und ergrai iiate D ire :ctory Class ol 1940 X ebruary East Boston, Mass. Brockton, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Savannah, N. Y. Newtonville, Mass. Rockland, Mass. Manchester, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Bristol, Conn. Old Town, Maine Strafford, N. H. New Haven, Conn. Longmeadow, Mass. Rockport, Mass. Whitman, Mass. Septemte Hudson, N. Y. Greenfield, Masc, Stewartstown, N. H. Pittsfield, Mass. N. Woodstock, N.H. Fair Haven, Vt. Worcester, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Pittsfield, Mass. Boothbay Harbor,Me. Franklin, Mass. Needham, Mass. Groton, Conn. Winchester, Mass. Batavia, N. Y. Ash Point, Maine Nanticoke, Penna. Damariscotta, Me. Brookline, Mass. Melrose, Mass. Essex Center, Vt. Somerville, Mass. Wakefield, Mass. Manchester, N. H. Easthampton, Mass. Section Luby, Lillian Mangio, Josephine McKenna, Grace Moore, Anna Pentecost, Claire Plumley, Virginia Powers, Catherine Rand, Rita Reardon, Mary Salmon, Elinor S lERZEGA, AlFREDA Simmons, Rae Sparling, Eleanor Strzemienski, Mary Tinkham, Anna Wilkins, Mary Section Hickey, Mary Jarvis, Constance Jarvis, Katherine J oHNSEN, Thelma Kelsey, Edith Kirmes, Grace Leavitt, Shirley Meriam, Alma Murphy, Eugenie Norris, Catherine Packard, Melba Palmer, Eleanor Pickett, Barbara Pritchard, Elizabeth Prussman, Lois Robinson, Margaret Shattuck, Barbara Smith, Eleanor Snyder, Esther Spinney, Mary Steinhilber, Agnes Tirelis, Irene Walsh, Helen W iswELL, Martha Wright, Mary Milford, Mass. Roxbury, Mass. Taunton, Mass. No. Andover, Mass. Dunkirk, N. Y. No. Billerica, Mass. Hinckley, Maine. No. Andover, Mass. Hartford, Conn. Reading, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Ealmouth, Mass. Melrose, Mass. Thorndike, Mass. Middleboro, Mass. Willsboro, N. Y. Wakefield, Mass. Palmer, Mass. New London, Conn. Dorchester, Mass. Amesbury, Mass. Melrose, Mass. Gray, Maine Portland, Maine Arlington, Mass. Waterford, Conn. Canton, Maine Norwich, Conn. Willimantic, Conn. No. Adams, Mass. Athol, Mass. Providence, R. I. No. Edgecomb, Me. Lowell, Mass. Webster, Mass. Warren, Penna. Worcester, Mass. Stoughton, Mass. Warren, Mass. Bradford, Mass. Warren, Penna. CHECKS . . . 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