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

Text from Pages 1 - 70 of the 1940 volume:

mass, general Hosm AL NURSES ' KEFKRSNC White Building — Bulfinch Building CHECKS nan ( Massachusetts General Hospital Training, School for eNurses Class of 1940 EDITORS Mary Huckins . Editor-in-Chief Martha Buckley ..... Assistant Editor Mary B. Carr ..... Catherine Powers ..... Literary Editors Hope Harlow .... Flora Colson ..... Social Editors Irene Tirelis ..... Mary Louise Carpenter .... Art Editors Edith Kelsey ..... Barbara Jensen ..... . Humor Editors Josephine Mangio .... Julia Binns Business Editors Page Three Each true friend is a rare book of which but one copy has been made ' DEDICATION We, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty, dedicate this edition of Checks to NETTIE L. FISHER whose sympathetic understanding and tireless efforts have made her our valued friend and advisor. Page Four Although right action is better than knowledge, knowledge must precede action’’ IN APPRECIATION MARTHA RUTH SMITH whose perfection in nursing will always be our ideal and inspiration. Page Fire Intellect is perfected not by knowledge, but by acthrty” Puge Six Faculty The voice is sometimes more important than the words” Faculty Teaching 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. 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. Louise E. Allison, R.N., B.S. Supervisor of Instruction in Nursing Prac- tice. Genevieve Baker, R.N. Instructor in Nursing. Marguerite V. Bourgeois, R.N., M.S. Science Instructor. Eleanor Bowen, R.N., B.S. Science Instructor. Mary Carr, R.N. Supervisor of Operating Room, Baker Memorial. Mary Chick, R.N. Assistant Night Supervisor. Stephanie Convelski, R.N. Supervisor of Surgical Wards. Daphne Corbett, R.N., B.S. Supervisor of Medical Wards. 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 ' In- firmary. Helen French, R.N. Supervisor of Surgical Wards. Anna Griffin, R.N. Acting Assistant in charge of Nursing at the Baker Memorial. Helen Hewitt, R.N. Assistant Night Supervisor. (ane E. Hinckley, R.N., Ph.G. Night Supervisor. Cordelia King, R.N. Supervisor of Operating Room. Viola Lind, R.N. Supervisor, The Baker Memorial. Mary Maher, R.N. Instructor in Public Health Nursing. Margaret Meenan, R.N. Supervisor, The Baker Memorial. Anne Thurston, R.N. Night Supervisor, The Baker Memorial Helen Voigt, R.N. Supervisor, Children ' s Department. Geneva Wayland, R.N. Supervisor of Lay Personnel Barbara Williams, R.N., M.A. Executive Assistant of the Training School. Page Seven Kind words bring back kind echoes” House Officers 1939 Head Nurses 1939 Page Eight WfH Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices” Jfflnmtr? JfujhtinQai? pirJuu ' 31 solemnly plebge myself before 05ob attb ttt the presence of this assembly to pass my life ttt purity anb to practice my profession faithfully. 31 tnill abstain front tuhaieber is bele- terious anb misebiebons attb tnill not tahe or knotninglu abmitt- istcr any harmful brng. 31 tnill bo all in nty potucr to debate tin ' stanbarb of nty profession anb tnill bolb in rottfibence all personal matters rommittcb to nty keeping, anb all family affairs coming to nty kttobtlebge in the practice of my calling. JQUith loyalty luill 31 rnbeabor to aib the physician in bis taork attb bebote myself to the tuclfarc of those committeb to ttty care. Page Niue How void of reason are our hopes and fears” February Section MILDRED ANDERSON Red” 156 Coleridge Street East Boston, Mass. East Boston High School PHYLLIS AREY Phyl” 141 Brookside Avenue Brockton, Mass. Brockton High School OLGA BASAMANIA Biz” 60 Union Street Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke High School HELEN CAROL BIGDA Pete” 20 Longwood Avenue Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke High School Page Ten ‘The pleasures that last the longest are the least expensive” ELIZABETH MARY CALANDRIN Bette 67 Park Street Walton, N. Y. Savannah High School Savannah, N. Y. RUTH HELEN DULAC 4 Highland Terrace Newtonville, Mass. Newton High School Boston University, 1 ' A years LLIRANA ECtAN Rae ” 77 Howard Avenue Rockland, Mass. Rockland High School Class Vice-President 1937 MARY ELIZABETH GILMORE Summer Street Manchester, Mass. Storey High School Manchester, Mass. S.N.C.A. Treasurer 1938 S.N.C.A. President 1939 Page Eleven NURSES’ REFERENCE LIBRARY ' There is no royal road to learning’ HELEN OLIVIA GLAZIER 483 Pleasant Street Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke High School HELEN A. GREDZINSKI 21 Cypress Street Bristol, Conn. Bristol High School HOPE HARLOW Hoppy ” 38 High Street Old Town, Maine Old Town High School Colby College, 2 years MARY ETHEL HUCKINS Ht cky” Center Strafford New Hampshire Austin Cate Academy University of New Hampshire, 1 year S.N.C.A. Secretary, 1938 Page Twelve Flattery is soft soap and soap is ninety per cent lye’’ MARJORIE BERNICE HUTT Marg” 5 1 Dorman Street New Haven, Conn. New Haven High School BARBARA ANN JENSEN Bunny” 56 Greenacre Avenue Longmeadow, Mass. Technical High School Springfield, Mass. American International College, IV 2 years Class Vice-President 1938 AGNES JOHNSON Johnnie” 3 Norwood Court Rockport, Mass. Rockport High School IRENE MILDRED LAJOIE 49 Nursery Street Whitman, Mass. Whitman High School Page Thirteen A mind is like a horse , happiest when ridden with a firm hand LILLIAN LOUISE LUBY til 92 West Street Milford, Mass. Milford High School JOSEPHINE E. MANGIO 7 o” 42 Guild Street Roxbury, Mass. Roxbury Memorial High School Class President 1937, 1938 GRACE McKENNA 510 Bay Street Taunton, Mass. Taunton High School ANNA ELIZABETH MOORE ’’Ann” 259 Osgood Street North Andover, Mass. Johnson High School North Andover, Mass. Page Fourteen ' ' Fear to do ill and you need fear nothing else” CLAIRE HELEN PENTECOST 750 Washington Avenue Dunkirk, N. Y. Dunkirk High School VIRGINIA A. PLUMLEY Ginny” Treble Cove Road North Billerica, Mass. Howe High School North Billerica, Mass. Class Secretary 1937, 1938, 1939 CATHERINE MAYO POWERS, B.A. Katy ’ ' Hinckley, Maine Lawrence High School Fairfield, Maine Carleton College Northfield, Minn. Class Treasurer 1938 RITA RAND 45 Pleasant Street North Andover, Mass. Johnson High School North Andover, Mass. Class Treasurer 1937 Page Fifteen ' c Anticipated troubles are usually the worst” MARY FRANCES REARDON 217 Sargeant Street Hartford, Conn. Hartford Public High School Morse College, 1 year Hartford, Conn. ELINOR M. SALMON ' ' Sammy” 78 Charles Street Reading, Mass. Reading High School RAE SIMMONS 34 King Street Falmouth, Mass. Lawrence High School Falmouth, Mass. ELEANOR SPARLING Elite” 312 East Foster Street Melrose, Mass. Melrose High School Page Sixteen Peace is the natural state of mankind” MARY STRZEMIENSKI Stremviy” 43 Harvey Avenue Thorndike, Mass. Palmer High School Palmer, Mass. ANNA LOUISE TINKHAM, B.A. Tittk ” 61 Wood Street Middlehoro, Mass. Brockton High School Colby College MARY ELAINE WILKINS Wilkie” Willsboro, N. Y. Willsboro High School September Section OLGA ANDRUSKIW Midge” 4 Ten Broeck Row Hudson, N. Y. Hudson High School Page Seventeen Some sorrows lie too deep for tears” DOROTHY E. AYER Dottie” 1 14 Byers Street Springfield, Mass. New Britain High School University of Maine, 1 year ESTHER BARBOUR West Stewartstown New Hampshire Canaan High School Canaan, Vermont ELEANOR BELCHER Ellie” 94 Meriam Street Pittsfield, Mass. Pittsfield High School VIRGINIA BELL Gimty” North Woodstock New Hampshire Lincoln High School Lincoln, N. H. Page Eighteen Peace prevails when reason rules” JULIA RINNS Judy” 238 Lincoln Street Worcester, Mass. North High School Worcester, Mass. MABEL BRACKETT 15 School Street Boothbay Harbor, Maine Boothbay Harbor High School MADALENE BROWN ' ‘Pinky’ 49 Main Street Franklin, Mass. Franklin High School Dean Academy, 1 year MARTHA BUCKLEY, A.B. Bucky” Lindbergh Avenue Needham, Mass. Boston Academy of Notre Dame Emmanuel College Class Treasurer 1939 Page Nineteen Your dreams must be saddled before you can ride them” MARY LOUISE CARPENTER, A.R. Mary Lou” 1 8 Ravine Road Winchester, Mass. Winchester High School Rosemary Hall Vassar College MARY BARRARA CARR, B.A. Mary B” 23 Thomas Avenue Batavia, N. Y. Batavia High School Ohio Wesleyan University FLORA HAHN COLSON, B.S. Flo” 14 Florence Street Rockland, Maine Rockland High School Oak Grove School Boston University DORIS JEAN CURTIS 220 East Main Street Nanticoke, Penna. Nanticoke High School Pa ge T tee uty Ability and competence form the best base for enduring popularity” EDITH CURTIS Damariscotta Maine Lincoln Academy Newcastle, Maine CAROLYN DEAN Deattie” 82 Lancaster Terrace Brookline, Mass. St. Aidan ' s High School Brookline, Mass. JEAN FRENCH Frenchie” 548 Lebanon Street Melrose, Mass. Melrose High School INA MARY GALBRAITH Essex Center Vermont Chelsea High School Chelsea, Vermont Vermont University, 1 year Page Twenty-one One can easily pick a wise man by the thing he does not say MARGARET CAMERON GIFFIN, B.A. Giffie” 85 Osipee Road Somerville, Mass. Mt. Allison University New Brunswick, Canada VIRGINIA GRISWOLD G lizzie” 71 Pleasant Street Wakefield, Mass. St. Mary’s Girls High School Lynn, Mass. LORETTA GUILLEMETTE 356 Laurel Street Manchester, N. H. Central High School Manchester, N. H. EMILY HEALEY, B.S. 150 Holyoke Street Easthampton, Mass. Massachusetts State College Amherst, Mass. Page T wenty-two There are jew maxims that are true from all points of view ” MARY ELIZABETH HICKEY 122 Chestnut Street Wakefield, Mass. Boston University, 1 year Simmons College, 2 years CONSTANCE VIOLA JARVIS Connie ” 210 South Main Street Palmer, Mass. Palmer High School KATHERINE GERTRUDE JARVIS Kay” 3 4 Avery Court New London, Conn. Williams Memorial Institute New London, Conn. THELMA JOHNSEN Teddy” 6 Sea View Terrace Dorchester, Mass. Jeremiah E. Burke High School Dorchester, Mass. Page T wenty-three ' The best advice is the hardest to follow’ ' EDITH KELSEY Kelso ' ’ 80 Whitehall Road Amesbury, Mass. Lincoln School Providence, R. I. GRACE KIRMES Grade ' ' 39 Otis Street Melrose, Mass. St. Mary ' s High School Melrose, Mass. SHIRLEY LEAVITT Gray, Maine Pennell Institute Gray, Maine ALMA MERIAM Babe” 92 Carleton Street Portland, Maine Deering High School Portland, Maine Page Twenty-four ' We seldom juia happiness when we deliberately seek it” EUGENIE MURPHY feat Nansemond Ordnance Depot Portsmouth, Virginia Churchland High School Mary Washington College, 2 years Fredricksburg, Virginia CATHERINE M. NORRIS Kay” Pleasure Beach Waterford, Conn. Williams Memorial Institute New London, Conn. MELBA PACKARD Mel” 18 Spring Street Augusta, Ma ine Canton High School Canton, Maine ELEANOR PALMER 1 95 Maple Street Norwich, Conn. Norwich Free Academy Page T went y- five ' The deepest truths are the simplest” BARBARA PICKETT Barb” 22 Carey Street Willimantic, Conn. Windham High School Willimantic, Conn. ELIZABETH ANNA PRITCHARD, B.A. Betty” 20 Marion Street Wollaston, Mass. Monticello High School Geneva College Class Vice-President 1939 LOIS PRUSSMAN 87 Pleasant Street Athol, Mass. Athol High School MARGARET ROBINSON Pussy” Fort Edward, N. Y. Lincoln School Providence, R. I. Page Twenty-six Intelligent suggesting is the art of teaching’’ BARBARA SHATTUCK Barb” North Edgecomb Maine Lincoln Academy Newcastle, Maine ELEANOR LAURENCE SMITH Smitty” 62 Florence Avenue Lowell, Mass. Lowell High School ESTHER SNYDER Gore Road Webster, Mass. Bartlett High School Webster, Mass. MARY SPINNEY Molly” 1003 Conewango Avenue Warren, Penna. Kennett High School Conway, N. H. Page Twenty-seven ' The winner gives h rnself to his work AGNES STEINHILBER, B.S. Aggie” 46 Dorchester Street Worcester, Mass. Classical High School Worcester State Teachers College IRENE PATRICIA TIRELIS Sunny” 110 Water Street Stoughton, Mass. Stoughton High School Class President 1939 MARTHA MILLER WISWELL Marty” 92 Williams Street Bradford, Mass. Haverhill High School McIntosh Business College, 1 year Haverhill, Mass. MARY WRIGHT 9 Brook Street Warren, Penna. Warren High School Page T u enty-eight ' V Memories can bring both joy and sorrow with them ” Former Classmates Eunice Grant has transferred to Melrose Hospital. Mary Ann Grochmal is attending the University of Connecticut, majoring in Sociology and Psychology. Barbara Hutchinson attended Becker College in Worcester and is now working in the Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank. Jean Millington is attending Burlington Business College in Burlington, Vermont. Elizabeth Prine attended business college in Ypsilanti and now has a secretarial posi- tion in Lansing, Michigan. Margaret Sherry has transferred to the Margaret Pillsbury Hospital in Concord, N. H. Alfred A. Sierzega is at home. Arlene Wallace is at home, making plans to be married very soon. Frances Anderson is planning to enter the Maine General Hospital Training School in February, 1940. Byrcle Crittenden is doing home cooking. Sarah Ibell has entered the Danbury Hospital Training School with the class of 1941. Ruth Henderson is in her sophmore year at the American International College in Springfield, Mass. Alice Pierce has transferred to the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, N. H. Elizabeth Roach has transferred to Queen ' s Hospital in Portland, Maine. Annie Thompson has transferred to Milford Hospital in Milford, Mass. Viola Waikela is attending Bethal College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dorothy Boos is now Mrs. Bryce Wyman and is living in Philadelphia. Elinor Stadleman has transferred to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester. 1116 cNurse’s Cap It’s just a piece of crinoline Starched so smooth and white— It symbolizes honor In the face of truth and right; It signifies a life work Done for humanity, Years of tact and service A nurse’s life must be. Perhaps it doesn’t mean much To all the gang back home They only know we’re different now, So far apart we’ve grown, But to us it means a joy And a sense of self content, It signifies a noble work And it bears God’s recompense. Page T wenty-nitie Judge not your neighbor until you have been ’laced in bis position ” Form 64-20M-10-38 MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital Training School for Nurses Date 1937 Hour 2:00 P. M. Service Nursing Unit No. 1940 Room Thayer Class Room Ward O.P.D. Amphitheatre Name Pre-clinical Address Mostly New England Age 19 Sex F. Color White Nearest Rel. Mother Friend Classmates Family Dr. Any M.G.H. Resident Referred By Miss Fraser Chief of Service Miss Johnson Date of Discharge 1940 (we hope) Occupation Student Religion— Address Same as patient Address M.G.H. Address M.G.H. Address M.G.H. Under Charge of Miss Roberts Hour 12 noon Civil Status Single HISTORY A well developed, well nourished young female of 19 years enters the Training School for Nurses with, C.C. Desire to become a nurse. P.I. Since a small child patient has had tendency to take care of anything or anyone who was ill, real or imaginary — dolls or animals or reluctant subjects in the form of friends and relatives. At the present time the illness is so acute that she has enrolled in this hospital for extensive study. F.H. Mother and father, L and W 2 brothers, 1 sister, L and W . No. F.H. of Ca, diabetes or contact with T.B.C. M.H. Single (so far) S.H. Worked summers and attended school in winter. Father is the source of steady income — enough for sundaes at Minnie ' s and an occasional trip to the movies. She swims, dances, plays tennis, knits, reads, plays bridge and talks. Habits — Tea and coffee — yes. Cigarettes — occasionally. No drugs or patent medicines. Occu pation — Student P.H. Born in New England. Lived there almost always except for short time in New York and other Western and Southern States. Has had the chicken-pox, measles, mumps and whooping cough. Vaccinated 1937. Patient states she has always been strong, healthy and a vigorous worker. Previous Admissions — None Injuries — N one Operations — T A, L.M.D. 1928 H e ad — Negative Page Thirty BINDING LINE T he goal of yesterday will be the starting point of tomorrow” Eyes — G lasses occasionally Ears, Nose, Throat, Lungs, Abd., Extremities — N egative Weight — 135. Tendency to gain while on vacation. Personality — A friendly sort of person, somewhat excited about the new situation but seems to be intelligent and cooperative. Summary — Well developed, well nourished white female who enters for study. History and physical examination essentially negative and non-contributory. Studies — Anatomy, Bacteriology, Materia Medica, Psychology, Medicine, Dermatology, Neurology, Eye and Ear, O.R. Technique, Pediatrics, Chemistry, Nursing Arts, Ethics, Nutrition, Surgery, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, Public Health, Social Hygiene, Home Nursing, Professional Problems. Tests — Dick Test, Shick Test, Relief, Night duty, Student Assistant, O.P.D. Senior, O.P.D. Assistant, Public Health, E.W. Eront Desk, Graduation, State Boards. B.A.J. PROGRESS NOTES Tea — given in honor of the new patients by the Ladies Advisory Committee. Here the patient was introduced to her guardians. Prob Party — for the little sisters” given by the big sisters”. An amusing skit was staged for her benefit and she went back to her room in high spirits. Tea — given by the Guild of St. Barnabas to introduce patient to one of the religious organizations connected with the profession. Pops Concert — held in Symphony Hall. Patient took part with other patients who were convalescing. All participating looked very well in pastel colored evening dresses. June Ball — given by patient. All doctors and nurses were invited. The Rotunda was attractively decorated with palms and balloons in the form of grapes. Dancing ot patient has improved since admission. Unveiling of Chief ' s portrait — one of the biggest and happiest events in the con- valescence of the patient. Candlelight Service — Christmas spirit prevailing. All patients invited to take part. Many pleasing old carols were sung and the Service closed with the singing of O Holy Night”. Patient retired with her spirit filled with Christmas cheer. Christmas Formal — an excellent climax for patient ' s holiday festivities. She once again looked very lovely in evening dress. Senior Ball — As patient is nearing end of her stay here we thought it proper for her to have a farewell party in the form of a Ball at the Hotel Statler. It was a gala affair and outdid any other social affair during her stay. Graduation — held Eebruary 8, 1940. Here amid great joy at being discharged and tears because of leaving so many good friends the patient was formally discharged fipm the Hospital. Her stay here was a happy one. H.B.H. Page T birty-one ’One never catches cold front leaving off had habits” 88888888ft iVXO Mw M8 0MM Pdgf Thirty-two Pops Concert ' _A word or a thought takes on new authority when written on paper” Page Thirty-three Candlelight Service Happiness cannot be bought; but it can be built ” Emil Pollack-Ottendorff Portrait of Miss Johnson presented to the Hospital by the Nurses’ Alumnae Association, October 1939 Page Thirty-four The height of our hope depends on the depth of our faith” Thf Bulfinch Building From an Etching by Sears Gallagher cA Son£, foi’ cM. 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 hid 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 T hirty-fiVt ' -Anticipated troubles are usually the worst Tune: “Solomon Levi” We re from M. G. H. we are, and we work from morn till night, And everything we have to do, we do with all our might; We’ve got the ginger, pep and fun, and other things combined And all the H.O.s, look to us, for don ' t we always shine. Here ' s to our Proh days, tra-la-la-la-la-la, Here’s to our Senior days, tra-la-la-la-la-la- We’re from M. G. H. we are and we work from morn till night And everything we have to do, we do with all our might. Tune: “T’ut on Your Old Grey ( T3onnet ” 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. Tune: “Tllowing, Bubbles” 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.” Tune: “Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog, Gone” Oh where, oh where, have our training days gone Oh where, oh where have they gone? In checks so short and in blue so long Oh where, oh where have they gone ? Oh where, oh where, have our Senior bands gone Oh where, oh where have they gone? The white band off and the black band on That’s where our Senior band’s gone. c Round: “Row, Row, Row Your T3oat” Push, push, push your feet, little Prob in blue, Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, what’s an ache or two? Tune: “There’s a Long,, Long, Trail” We’re a long, long time in training Until our Prob days are through, Till we wear our caps And then our checks in pl ace 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. Page Thirty-six You can be very much alone in a large crowd’’ Tune: “School ( Days” Prob days, Prob days We worked all day and half the night Dear old hustling Prob days, To win the honor of wearing white, Practical nursing, Anatomy _ And now that it’s near, we’ve won the right Materia Medica, Chemistry We’ll soon be a Graduate Nurse ! Tune: “Chopsticks” Training, yes training There’s nothing like training To show you that life is no joke. Four months of cramming With everyone slamming And making you feel like a bloke. You’ll find that it’s not what You dreamed it would be When you chose this for your own career. You also may find There is lots of the grind But it’s really not nearly so drear. So don ' t be discouraged But face it with courage Just grin and you’ll find it quite fun. Remember the best Just pass up the rest And you ' ll find that your battle is won. E. K. cM. G. H. Hit T arade Beer Barrel Polka .... Walcott House Living Room Concert In The Park .... Esplanade Concerts Day In — Day Out .... three years in training Don’t Worry ’bout Me at examination time Good Morning ..... 6:00 A.M. Gettin’ Off ...... 11:00 P.M. Here It Is Tomorrow Again by the alarm clock at 6:00 A.M. I’ll Remember ..... the old Amphitheater and X-ray I Can’t Alford to Dream at morning report Let’s Stop the Clock .... 1 1 :40 P.M. Now and Then ..... outside T.S.O. Remember I Warned You the O.R. Stop! It’s Wonderful .... the black band and pin Somebody Nobody Knows . Dr. Baker Sweet Moments ..... evening report to a Supervisor Some Rainy Day ..... Case Studies Two Nickels for a Dime B.L.I. cry That’s Right, I ' m Wrong to a Supervisor Tears From My Inkwell Dear Mom: I’m broke! To You for M. G. H. We ll Never Know .... how much we’ve missed Wishing ...... for a phone call I Want the Waitress .... B.L.I. dining room Stairway To The Stars .... the new White Building A Chapel in the Moonlight . McLean Hospital Something’s Gotta Happen Soon . at T.S.O. You Don’t Know How Much You Can Suffer B.L.I. We’ve Come a Long Way Together class of 1940 Page Thirty-seven ‘There is a good deal of drudgery behind every important accomplishment” Chronological List of Events c Boston Training School for cNurses — 1873-1940 1873 — Boston Training School for Nurses opens at M.G.H. 1874 — First suggestion of bedside instructor and lectures for pupils. Linda Richards takes charge of the School. Miss Richards asks for uniformity in cuffs and aprons of nurses also for a ther- mometer for the School. 1875 — Pupils say they do not have enough direct instruction on the wards. First class of three nurses receive diplomas. Introduction of ward maids to do heavy cleaning and dish washing. Pupils go regularly to Eye and Ear Infirmary for instruction. 1876 — Lady visitor thinks more attention should be paid to health of nurses. Miss Richards asks for; — sitting room for nurses, a man to carry ice to the wards, and a watch to be used by nurses. Pupils receive instruction from Miss Richards in the evenings and doctors take them on their rounds for clinical instruction. 1877 — Pupils go to O.P.D. for instruction. 1878 — Caps adopted. 1879— Night Superintendent of Nurses procured. First report of School requests endowment for school and adequate housing facili- ties for nurses. 1881 — Anna C. Maxwell chosen Superintendent of Nurses. Scarcity of applicants and School advertises in newspapers. 1882 — Ground broken for nurses’ home. 1883 — Pupils relieved from carrying food and medicines to and from the wards. Miss Maxwell recommends a uniform for nurses, and two sets of forceps and scissors for each ward. Nurses move into Thayer Building” their new home. Nurses at Boston City Hospital found to have less housework to do so more ward maids are added to our wards to relieve nurses. 1884 — Long days” given to pupils and much appreciated. (Note — for several years it was customary to let each nurse have one whole day off duty sometime during the summer. Usually two friends were allowed the same day and were notified when called in the morning.) 1885 — Training School recognized for first time by placing Miss Maxwell’s name as Superintendent of Nurses in list of Hospital officers. 1886 — Miss Maxwell proposes that pupils have three weeks’ vacation — one week at their own expense. 1887 — Nurses anxious to have their names printed instead of written on their diplomas. 1888 — Charles Street wing added to Thayer Home. 1889 — All nurses in uniform. 1890 — All head nurses appointed after this date to wear uniform. 1891 — On Saturday pupil nurses take charge of cleaning and sterilizing instruments and observe operations. 1892 — Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer presents School with a skeleton. 1893 — Diet lists procured from other Schools to compare with M.G.H. menu for purpose of improving diets. 1894 — Pupils invited to attend autopsies, the demonstrations proving helpful. 1895 — Lectures illustrated with cases from Accident Room. 1896 — School taken under control of Hospital Trustees and name changed to Massachu- setts General Hospital Training School for Nurses. 1899 — Monthly allowance for pupils decreased to $6. 1900 — Pupils assist at operations and in etherizing. 1901 — Course extended to three years. 1902 — Diet Kitchen opened. 1903 — First public graduation. Page Thirty-eight Your knowledge will be increased by asking questions” 1904 — Allowance of $6 withdrawn. Six months’ preliminary course and $50 tuition recommended. 1905 — One month district nursing offered to two pupils at a time. 1906 — Two pupils sent to Boston Lying-In Hospital and others to New York Lying-in Hospital for six months affiliation. 1909 — Pupil head nurses placed in charge of open wards. 1910 — Signing contract to stay three years stopped. 1911 — Nurses’ Glee Club sings at Graduation. Students given two hours daily off duty. Gymnasium in Thayer converted into practical nursing class room. 1912 — Ground broken for new nurses’ home. 1913 — Three months affiliation offered students at McLean. 1914 — Opening of Walcott House. 1915 — Senior nurse assists Miss McCrae in teaching probationers. Training School Endowment started with gift of $200. Student Government started. 1917 — Phillips House opens and takes 17 pupils as assistant nurses. 1918 — Army School students come here for four months’ affiliation. 1920 — Fifty-two-hour week for night nurses started. Sally Johnson appointed Superintendent of Nurses. 1922 — Miss Parsons completed, History of the Massachusetts General Hospital Train- ing School for Nurses.” 1923 — Four months’ affiliation in Psychiatry renewed at McLean. 1925 - Elective affiliation in contagious nursing started at Boston City Hospital. 1926 — Physical-Social Director appointed. Teaching supervisor in O.P.D. appointed. Training School acquires a science laboratory. Children’s wards remodelled and two neurological wards opened. 1928 — Gift of modern beds for four medical wards. 1930 — Baker Memorial opened. School Library moved from rear of Walcott Classroom. Second assistant to Superintendent of Nurses appointed. This assistant to be re- sponsible for distribution of nursing service and routing students through required clinical services. 1934 — Miss McCrae receives the Saunders medal for distinguished service in the cause of nursing.” Eight hour day for special nurses begins at M.G.H. Psychiatric unit opened on ward 26. Anesthesia course discontinued for students. Reorganization of Simmons five year course. Students no longer members of M.G.H. student body but come as affiliating students, receiving Simmons College degree and Diploma in Nursing. 1935 — North Grove Street building remodelled for use as a residence for graduate nurses. First class of student male nurses from McLean. 1936 — School year divided into trimesters, all classes given three times a year. 1937 — Ground broken for new fourteen story building. 19.38 — Miss Mary Maher, instructor in public health nursing added to faculty. Miss Maxine Bailey, graduate of Simmons College School of Library Science be- comes full time librarian in Walcott Library. Miss Anne Taylor appointed supervisor of clinical instruction in the General Hospital, Baker Memorial and Phillips House. Students allowed up to 4 hours additional time off wards for classes each week. 1939 — Grand opening of the George Robert White Building, October 16 , 1938. Emergency ward moved into White Building, October 18. All surgical wards moved into the White Building by December 21. Childrens wards moved out of Bulfinch into ward E one and E two. Page Thirty-nine tf you can smile when you feel hurl, the hurl is half cured Page Pony ' Tins and people amount to very little if they loose their heads” Bulfinch Building — 1821 Page Forty-one Self inspect ion is the best cure for self esteem” Page Forty-two Bulfinch at Night ' Tatting yourself on the back will not push you forward ” The George Robert White Building Page Forty-three T o win happiness you must share it” Page Forty-jour A Pediatric Ward ' There are lazy minds as well a r lazy bodies’’ Page Forty-five A Medical Ward quarrelsome man has no good neighbors” Page Forty-six A SufiCiiCAi. Ward 1940 One may talk too much on the best of subjects ” Page Forty-seven New Surgical Amphitheater Habit works with greater force than reason” Our Alphabet A is Anatomy, Grey’s is the best Learn it by heart and you ' ll beat all the rest. B is for babies at old B.L.I. For there comes the thrill of the babys ' first cry. C is for Charles Street at 92 ' s door We studied and played and made pie-beds galore. D is the mark which lowers our rep” It gives us a shock and takes all our pep. E is for ether that brought us great fame One of the reasons we ' re proud of our name. F is the ward where the instruments many Stray hither and yon ' till you think there aren ' t any. G is the ward full of ointments and pastes The place where we lose all our delicate tastes. H is for Haynes with its measles and mumps With patients all covered with little red bumps. I is the ward full of tractions and casts It has for us all an attraction which lasts. J is Miss Johnson who straightens us out And gives us a boost when we ' re ready to pout. K is for Kilcoyne who helps us with tents He fixes the bolts and sews up the rents. L is for laundry we never get back It makes us so mad we get ready to pack. M is for Minnie’s, we go there to eat Their hot dogs and sundaes just cannot be beat. N is for night nur se who can ' t sleep all dav She twists and she turns, That’s me”, did you say? O is the O R., you get off at eight Or not even then if the rooms aren’t all straight. P is the probies we all used to be We always were present at Walcott House Tea. Q is for quiet, we hear that so much And that ' s what we are (when we find we ' re in Dutch”). R is relief which we all sometimes get We storm and rebel but we get it, you bet. S is for seniors who wear the white band You ' ll have to step fast when they give a command. T is the letter which starts T.S.O. It’s the end of us all when we re called on to go. U is for uniforms — commonest fault Put it on right or they’ll ask you to halt. V is for vitamins — so we’ve heard say We get it drilled in when we re in the D.K. W stands for the famous Weight Day Get weighed on that day. Don ' t dare to delay! X marks the spot which is known as X-ray The patients go down there, sometimes for the day. Y is for yellow — the cribs on Ward 10 Oh, how we’d like to be up there again. Z is for zest which marks all our work M.G.H. nurses don’t know the word shirk. Page Forty-eight H.eces.uty helps its to hurry decisions” Page Forty-nine MOSELEY MEMORIAL BUILDING AND WALCOTT HOUSE ' ' Relaxation is one of the fine arts Page Fifty Walcott House Living Room Our deficiencies would look pretty big if we could see them in others” Page Fifty-one Nurses’ Reference Library Some people like some places improve with age ” Thayer Page Fifty-two ' patience is the first step toward contentment” We Will Never Forget Our first impression of underground passages at M.G.H. Our first meal in the dining room. The fire escapes at 92 Charles Street. The mouse in the Economy ' ' window on Charles Street. Stremmy’s defunct apples. Scarlet Fever injections. Dr. Scott’s strep” phobia. The fisherman and the colored ducks. Ether Day, October 16 , 1939. Our meals at 92 Charles Street. Our first empty bed. The day we received our caps. Our Clas s as Probs M. Wright: S.S.D. means Soap Suds Douche. H. O.: Did this patient have cyanosis? Prob: No sir, he had soda bicarb. Dr. Adams: Prep sweep, please. Jo Mangio hands him a pom. Dr. Churchill: Bone wax, please. Petf. Bigda to orderly: Long ax, please. Dr. Nelson sewing up after an operation: This silk worm gut is awful. I wish Mrs. King had to tie it! Maybe then she’d do something about it.” Bette Calandrin: Mrs. King couldn ' t do anything — you’ll just have to take it up with the worm.” Student: There ' s a drill in the linen closet. Head Nurse: Put it in the tool box. M. Giffin, when told to put Sanovan in the back room, sprinkled the powder on the floor. M. Buckley in the diet kitchen colored junkets with red ink. Patient, seeing Dr. Means with a mask on: Do they have to muzzle him now? Chemistry Teacher: Where is iodine found? Prob: In the utility room. Short Play Time-. 10:30 P.M. Place ' . A Corridor in Walcott House Act I Miss Johnson and two nurses. Act II Miss Johnson and one nurse. Act III Miss Johnson. Page fifty-three ' ■The prevention of evils is fur better than cures’ Page Fifty-four Boston Lying In Hospital Kindness is the principle of tact and respect for others’ B. L. I. At B.L.I. The babies cry. All day long You hear their song. Towards ten, two and six come the great exacerbations ’Tis then the time approaches for the babies’ breast fed rations. Then out to each mama you must wheel her baby’s basket. Check the number on their tags, always stop and ask it. The mothers lie in gatched beds along the walls in rows. You must straighten out the bed-wheels ’til they near wear out your toes. When the Grand Rounds enter in a great white fleet Everything must be quiet and spic and spanky neat. The mothers are propped up in bed in jackets red or blue, To please their Doctor Irving as he comes a-wandering through. But about their own looks the nurses feel quite sorry, For under white gauze turbans they must hide their crowning glory. And over pretty reddened lips they needs must wear white masks For sterilizing, dressing rounds, and other similar tasks. Down in the foyer the fathers feel quite shivery, Up on the fourth floor it’s busy on delivery! Take that patient’s fetal heart! Hurry up! Be quick! Into her arm now infundin, then ergometrine stick. T he baby’s temperature is up for his bath initial His skin will get erruption from a rub too superficial. The Lying-In’s location is near to Fenway Park. It’s pretty walking there by day and also after dark. And then if you are hungry and not completely broke, You can go to Howard Johnson’s, get an ice cream or a coke. Then running back to be inside before the clock strikes ten. What’s that you hear? Oh yes, of course, it’s feeding time again. At B.L.I. The babies cry. All night long You hear their song. M. L. C. Page Fifty-five May Hope be the physician when Calamity is the disease” Page Fifty-six McLean Hospital You seldom betray yourself by keeping quiet ” McLean Hospital So, you ' re going to McLean. Let me tell you what happened to me when 1 was there.” And so it went. All that I had ever heard about McLean was run- ning through my head as I rode up the hill from Waverley station. I had such a queer sinking feeling. I began to wonder if these stories were true or just something made up to frighten beginners of this affiliation. The taxi turned off the main road through impressive gates and started up a long hill. Surely this wasn’t McLean, this large expanse of green slopes with beautiful buildings all around. It must be. There was the chapel and the golf course I had heard about. The taxi drew up in front of the nurses’ home. Was that a tennis court directly in front of the home? It was. I was beginning to like McLean already. What was that queer sound I heard outside my window? It was a strange tapping noise. Maybe it was workmen drilling in the street as they so often do around the General. No, I was in the country now. Out of past experience I recognized that sound. It was a woodpecker in the tree outside my window. The next morning after breakfast we were escorted to the classroom where we were told many rules and regulations of the hospital. We were cautioned against wearing scissors and pencils on duty and our keys were to be worn on a long tape fastened around the waist. Back home we would never have passed uniform inspection without scissors or pencils and we always pinned our keys to our stiff belts. Woe to us! These were only a few of the differences to be dealt with. Next in order was a conducted tour of the various hospital departments. It seemed as though we walked through miles and miles of tunnels. Finally we began to be dropped off at our assigned wards. My ward was to be Wyman and we came to this at the end of our tour. The door was unlocked for us and we entered the building where we were to start our first McLean duty. Now, as I look back on my experiences at McLean, I can remember all the good times I had there. The Friday night dances, the walks through the woods, the tennis games and golf in the evenings. How well I remember the long rides I took with patients. Although I remember all these pleasant things I still say to some poor soul about to embark for McLean, So, you’re going to McLean. Let me tell you — .” And so it goes. E. I. S. Page Fifty-seven Be careful not to put a strain on renewed friendships” Page Fifty-eight Massachusetts Eve and Ear Infirmary There is a sharp distinction between pleasure and happiness Eye and Ear Infirmary DO YOU REMEMBER? The three of us who shared the large room with the closet down the hall, and who, with two other colleagues from M.G.H., held down the first floor adjacent to the traffic circle? How it poured the night we moved to the Nurses’ Home? Falling from your bed to shut off the alarm clock on the door four feet below the bed ? The aesthetically minded souls who, with one eye open and nothing in their stomachs, enjoyed the walk across Charles Street to the hospital in the quiet of the early morning hours? The trepidation and fear experienced with that opening phrase, I suppose you’ve heard all about me? ” The mad rush on the Wards to finish treatments and clean up by nine o’clock? Also the weekly scrubbing of instruments on Sundays? The Ear Clinics with Miss Hayden seeing to it that none of the doctors escaped’’ before the clinic was entirely over and chasing nurses off for morning crackers and milk ? Being piloted around the Eye Clinic by your stiff belt? Trying to keep records propped for several doctors while putting six dif- ferent kinds of drops into six persons’ eyes at 1-3 minute intervals, 15 minutes to 2 hours apart ? Gardner, with the babies and hourly treatments and the grand thrills in seeing the response to your efforts? Or the everlasting flights of stairs? The afternoons spent in the Throat O.R. with tonsils being removed at the rate of twelve pairs per hour and you responsible for the instruments? Your first mastoidectomy when you held the head, dextrously pinned in by sterile sheets and afraid even to breath ? The ossicles were a fine reward, but did you ever find the market where they sold for thirty dollars a set? The spreads we had before final exams and the Saturday afternoon quizzes which none of us dared to fail ? The regret we all felt when we turned in our books and packed to go home, thus writing finis to one of the most valuable and interesting affiliations in our curriculum? M. B. C. Page Fifty-nine Qood humor is goodness and wisdom combined” Page Sixty Haynes Memorial Hospital ' ‘Don’t leave any more to fate than is necessary” Haynes Memorial Hospital A notice was posted, our names we did read To go to the Haynes with haste and great speed. We packed up necessities and parked all the rest, Jumped into a taxi and rode toward the west. We reached there in safety and looked all around, Saw only three buildings, all the rest grounds, For welcome we found there only some sheep, Undaunted, we looked for the place where we’d sleep. We entered a building, found a strange student nurse Who seemed very willing to stop and converse. We mounted the stairs, tried out the beds And found them so narrow we feared for our heads. Then to the bathtub and to our dismay The faucets turned on but neither would stay! We jumped into bed, turned out the light. And wished we were back at the General this night. Morning dawned bright and almost too soon; We snapped on the radio and found there a tune. The smell of good coffee was all through the air. Our feelings had changed, we had not a care. We met all the folks, made many good friends And acquired that spirit which only Haynes lends. At the end of two months, we wished it were four, Reluctant and sorry we packed up once more. I. P. T. Page Sixty-one The best way to learn yourself is to teach another thoroughly” Student Assistants In the Walcott House one morning very early, even before the sun was up, there were six students, who, to the casual observer, would appear to be putting on their uni- forms for the first time — such care to have their collars meet just in the middle — no pins holding tucks in aprons — and a mirror shine on their shoes. But by 7:30 all was made clear. Six new black bands on fresh white caps proclaimed the fact that the Student Assistants were waiting to take charge of the probs, having duly promised to cherish and keep them for four months. What plans we had, and what strange ideas ! Why, there would be nothing to do ! Just a few odd lesson plans and classroom assignments! But classes didn ' t turn out to be just classes — they had to be correlated and integrated. It took hours and hours to figure out how 16 P.M. cares, 8 empty beds, 4 bed baths and 8 elevations could be done in two and a half hours with only ten beds — and still keep twenty-four students busy all the time. And was that all? No! We must do our units” in our SPARE time. The amount of knowledge which the new students gained from us is questionable but from them we learned many strange facts such as, oxygen is the essence of good nursing care and a precaution unit may be identified by pink curtains”. Then, when it came to proctoring, who from the nursing arts department could differentiate between plasma and plasm and who from the theoretical department could tell whether the bed clothes were turned down before the bathrobe was put on, when getting a patient out of bed. The hardest part of all was to act like graduate nurses while still students. We had to learn the importance of maintaining the proper student-teacher relationship and still prevent our own classmates from thinking our heads were becoming hypertrophied. Enough of levity! The experience and guidance we have received during our four months special duty” will be of inestimable value to us. We are proud that we could assist such ably prepared instructors and we hope that they, too, may be proud of us when we pass on wbat we have learned to new students some day, some where. M. C. G. To a Student Section II entered T.C.R. As noisy as could be — Where was that old assignment board, What ' s it say about me ? Oh, hear it is — Krasnogor — And glory sakes alive! Ft looks as though I’m to make An empty bed — it ' s number 5. Oh, darn it all, a corner bed, And now — still more? Hmm — here ' s a bit of luck - Supervised by Miss Gilmore. She looks very gentle, Hope she remembers when She too, was a mite bewildered. Wonder how she felt then. oTssistant Smiled — well, looks good — Now how ' d she fix that sheet? Well — I don’t just remember But this looks pretty neat. Now, Celia, put it down carefully — And turn it round about — What ' s that you said. Miss Gilmore? The sheet is inside out! Dash, darn, dang it all! Now take it easy, kid — Miss Krasnogor, think a minute — Is that what Mrs. Allison did?” That day has gone — alas, alas, Never more to return — But now I know, for ever more. To accomplish is to learn. C. K. Page Sixty-two The prevention of evils is far better than cures” Public Health Affiliation The first appearance of a new group of students in their Public Health uniforms causes considerable envy and amusement among the other students. Some of the uniforms are old ones which have been dyed, others have been made for the purpose, and the rest have been bought at bargain prices from a student who has finished the affiliation. Ima- gine our chagrin when one of the pre-clinical students asked if we were members of their class even though the uniform was a different shade of blue. Many students envy us because we can go to breakfast an hour later than the usual time, but at lunch time it is our turn to envy them. While they are eating a nice, hot lunch we get out paper bags containing our very squashed, cold ham sandwiches. Would that we had a candid camera to show some of our experiences! One picture would be made on a rainy day. It would show us clutching a heavy bag in one hand, holding an umbrella with the other and wishing for a third to keep our hats where they belonged instead of in the middle of a mud puddle. Another picture would show us K groping our way down a flight of stairs to a basement apartment. We can find no light switch. Step by step we grope our way through the inky blackness hoping there is no hole in the floor. It is this element of danger which gives zest to our first visits but this feeling diminishes with other trips to the same home. From our visits on the district we have obtained an accurate picture of living condi tions among people of limited means. In spite of their different ways of living we have liked our patients and have looked forward to meeting new ones each day. What a feeling of professional pride we had when we went to the door of some house where help was needed. Perhaps one of the children would answer our knock. She would smile when she saw the blue uniform and call, Mama, here’s the nurse.” C. M. P. The Visiting cNurse How soon your presence eases pain: It soothes and comforts — giveth strength ; One feels somehow they’re not so ill And they’ll be wholly well at length. What earthly mission nobler is, When the home keeper’s gone away, Than giving hope where faith has gone Or helping an orphan child to play. To all such helpless suffering ones God’s own presence is there in you: You make eternal life more sure And heaven on earth more true. Page Sixty-three ' c . A long face shortens your list of friends” E. W. Front Desk One, two, three, four, five — five hells and a case for the Front Desk Nurse. Put this man’s hand to soak in tincture of green soap and water. Set up for an irrigation and suture. Get some A.T.S. Five hells again. Will you get ready for a lumhar puncture on the orthopedic patient in Room Six down hack? The doctor will he down in five minutes. Where are the sterile culture tubes? The pediatric doctor wants to take a throat culture on that admission in the isolation room. Aren ' t there any smaller syringes than this twenty? Where are the 25 needles? That doctor who just did that I and D doesn ' t like the way the gloves are done. They have been cooked too long. Who mixed up these clothes slips? Here is a male one marked women . Please keep the drawers and doors closed. It looks much neater. Five hells — get this stat medication, the patient is in the fluoroscopic room. What ' s your name — . Is he just getting that now? I ordered it one half hour ago. Nurse, how much longer will I have to wait? I haven’t had anything to eat since last night. A lull and the instrument count to be done. Have you seen a pair of straight scissors? Oh, yes, I have a pair with me because I have lost my bandage scissors. Who broke this syringe? Will you sign for it please, so we can have it replaced. Five bells — they want an I.V. of 5% dextrose in Normal Saline on that patient in Room Two and he is to go on Wangenstein suction. Are there any more sterile gloves? Is somebody getting the blood pressure cuff for me? I ' ve been waiting a long while. It ' s eight o ' clock, can’t you yet off duty? I’ll get the Float to come down and help you. B. A. J. Farewell Wish for The Dietary Department We wish for you in parting Some students bright and smart Who’d have the yen to do such work Deep down within their heart. These students would make junkets That would never fail to junk Their salt-free bread and mayonnaise Would never be called punk. Delayed trays, an irksome task, They make us cross as bears, These students would not grumble As they climbed those flights of stairs. And when it comes to hairnets, We heave an awful sigh, We hope they’ll do your bidding, At least its worth a try. These students’ notebooks would appear On the exact appointed day. Their caloric computations Not a gram out of the way. If students such are running loose You’d better catch them quick, We doubt if they exist at all They sound just too, too slick. If in our class you found them not Your efforts cease — and rest! You’ll never, never find them here For our class had the best. E. K. Page Sixty-four ‘To be interesting is to be everything’ T en Little Doctors One little doctor Looks you thru and thru Can ' t diagnose your case Then there are two. Six little doctors Preparing you for heav ' n Send for a D.D. Then there are seven. Two little doctors Failing to agree, Call in another Then there are three. Seven little doctors Decide to operate Call in a surgeon 7’hen there are eight. Three little doctors Poke you o’er and o’er, Call a consultation Then there are four. Eight little doctors Find it is your spine Send for a neurologist Then there are nine. Four little doctors Wonder you’re alive! Call in a specialist Then there are five. Nine little doctors, All of them men. Send for a nurse Then there are ten. Five little doctors Trying fancy tricks, Call an anesthetist Then there are six. Ten little doctors Standing by your bed, Come to a decision. Find that you are dead. Nu rsery Rhyme Mary had a little cold, hut wouldn’t stay at home And everywhere that Mary went, that cold was sure to roam. It wandered into Molly’s eyes and filled them full of tears It jumped from there to Bobby’s nose and thence to Jimmie’s ears. It painted Anna’s throat bright red and swelled poor Johnnie’s head, Dora got a fever and a cough put Jack to bed. The moral of this little tale is very quickly said Mary could have saved a lot of pain with just one day in bed. I hope I won’t forget to smile When I go on at five I hope I won’t seem burdened With the hurt I hide inside I hope I’ll hear a cheery word And see a smile or two And be a different person When the day is really through. C. V. J. Page Sixty- five V ' Tomorrow you cun find humor in today’s troubles” Can You Imagine? Dr. Baker without any fanmail — M.G.H. without the Training School Office Pete without Biz — Sammie on limited fluids — Egie without a phone call — Bunny without a box of candy — Jo quiet and demure — Red Anderson a brunette — Mary Lou not airing her bed — Mable Brackett with a southern accent — a patient patient - Midge with two thumbnails — Hoppy not singing — Anne Moore talking back Dulac not telling all she knows - — Johnnie not sputtering — Stremmy without just because I’m poor” - — a bell cord pinned — Olivia married — Katy with her light on after 10:30 — Reardon without a hat — a radio in every room — Lil Luby calm Betty Calandrin with a live goldfish — Elbe Sparling not crazy” about something — a P.M. every day — Dotty Ayer satisfied — Mary B not knowing all the answers — Edith Curtis without a date — Eleanor Palmer with myxedema — Kelsey getting caught Emily Healey fat — - M.G.H. without the Bulfinch — Barbour without a man — Grace Kirmes not fighting with Ernie — Hucky without an idea — Tink not in a hurry — a H.O. making a mistake — Mary Hickey unable to talk — Shirley Leavitt a glamour girl Eleanor Belcher looking rested — Rae Simmons making a disturbance — probs hurry- ing — Phyl Arey with elephantiasis — Mary Gilmore without a smile — Babe Meriam running away from a man — every week-end off - — McKenna not using all her lates” - the Ether Dome with padded seats — Kay Norris happy - — Smitty in a hurry — Dr. Sarris a sissy - — Mel Packard as Dr. Allen’s scrub nurse — Molly not teasing someone — Thursday without inspection — Ginny Bell wearing size 40 — Flora Colson not in love - Guilemette as Snow White — E.W. without a poultice — Mary Wright without a beer jacket — - Sunny Tirelis not sunny — Barb Pickett without horns — Snyder at peace with the world — Student nurses not broke — Marty Wiswell without a giggle — Jean French fired with enthusiasm — Judy Binns collecting five cents from everyone - Doris Curtis on Ward L — Peggy Giffin a good office boy — Carolyn Dean a blonde — Aggie Steinhilber with a permanent — who wrote this - Why c Don’t ‘They Have — Shuttle trains to 92 Charles Street? Westminster Chimes rung at six A.M. instead of fire alarms? Bootblacks in each nurses home? The Thayer slip for signing in and out at the Front Door to avoid the three minute sprint ? Zippers attached to uniforms to avoid those inevitable pinpricks and infected fingers? Megaphone systems in nurses homes? A special section of Thayer set apart for night nurses? Automatic shut offs on bath tubs? Upholstered chairs with magazine racks attached for those people waiting to be seen at the Training School Office? An escalator installed between the old Emergency Ward and Walcott House? The heads and knees of beds raised and lowered by push buttons in reach of the patients ? A buzzer outside Walcott House attached to Miss Dugan ' s clock inside? Page Sixty-six u People get along better by tbe [ heart than by the intellect You cuu do what ‘it believe you can do Undergraduate Directory CLASS OF 1941 Elsie Barter, Quincy, Mass. Marion Benyon, Newtonville, Mass. Jeanette Benyon, Newtonville, Mass. Rita Binkunski, Manchester, N. H. Eleanor Burke, A.B., Woburn, Mass. Mary Carter, Dunkirk, N. Y. Allene Day, A.B., Hartford, Mich. Josephine Donohue, Lynn, Mass. Dorothy Fletcher, So. Hamilton, Mass. Anastasia Gianarakos, Lowell, Mass. Isabel Holmes, Lowell, Mass. Winifred Holmes, Wellesley Hills, Mass. Cynthia Holt, West Boylston, Mass. Martha Jewell, Wolfboro, N. H. Helen Koskella, Troy, N. H. Wilma Kovalik, Bradenville, Pa. Carolyn Lowney, Watertown, Mass. Katheryn McKenzie, Claremont, N. H. Philipmena Madden, Milton, Mass. Sylvia Manninen, Maynard, Mass. Grace Mastrodomenico, Rockland, Mass. Frances McKean, Needham, Mass. Jeanette McDonald, Falmouth, Mass. Winona Meilleur, Bristol, Vt. Mary Monaghan, Charlottetown, P. E .1. Darthea Noyes, Lakeport, N. H. Regina Piipro, Hebron, Maine Margaret Robbins, Dorchester, Mass. Alice Russell, B.A., Rochester, N. Y. Hilda Sanneman, Wellesley Hills, Mass. Marjorie Scott, Schenectady, N. Y. Virginia Sears, Manchester, Mass. Dorothea Stacey, Chatham, Ontario Helen Sullivan, Brockton, Mass. Mary Sullivan, Monson, Mass. Helen Walsh, Warren, Mass. Evelyn Witham, Hudson, N. Y. Helen Wright, Littleton, N. H. Libby Zagorin, Springfield, Mass. Irene Ahonen, E. Sandwich, Mass. Marian E. Bancroft, A.B., Melrose, Mass. Marion L. Bancroft, Fort Collins, Colo. Beatrice Belisle, Fall River, Mass. Rita Boyle, Roxbury, Mass. Welthea Brown, Augusta, Maine Edith Butcher, B.S., Worcester, Mass. Marion Campana, Everett, Mass. Barbara Campbell, Westerley, R. I. Mary Louise Casey, Dorchester, Mass. Marian Clason, Worcester, Mass. Rae Clough, B.S., Concord, N. H. Phoebe Cox, A.B., Holyoke, Mass. Helen Donaldson, Pawtucket, R. I. Marguerite Ford, B.S., Brockton, Mass. Doris Friars, Waterford, Conn. Rita Genna, B.S., Brighton, Mass. Judith Harding, Somerville, Mass. Helen Hartnett, Salem, Mass. Beatrice Herard, Attawaugan, Conn. Ruth Horton, Acton Center, Mass. Harriet Johnson, Orange, Conn. Marjorie Johnston, Nampa, Idaho Dorothy Kandolin, No. Windham, Conn. Violet Kellogg, Marion, N. Y. Martha Kimball, Winchester, Mass. Natalie King, Taunton, Mass. Mary Laymon, Randolph, Mass. Anna McGillicuddy, B.S., Brighton, Mass. Anne McKenzie, Allston, Mass. Marguerite Manwaring, Richmond, Me. Marion Marchetli, Springfield, Mass. Jean Mather, Schenectady, N. Y. Katherine Maurer, Clinton, Conn. Edith Miles, Dalton, Mass. Gretchen Miller, No. Wilbraham, Mass. Anna Moore, W. Peabody, Mass. Edna Mosher, New Bedford, Mass. Anna Mulholland, Lowell, Mass. Phyllis Noland, Binghampton, N. Y. Rita O’Leary, Dorchester, Mass. Jean Ottley, Arlington, Mass. Mary Owen, Portsmouth, Va. Louise Pincus, B.A., Hudson, N. Y. Phyllis Proulx, Oakland Beach, R. I. Elsie Renn, Brockton, Mass. Faith Roberts, B.S., Wheaton, 111. Ebba Rudine, Dorchester, Mass. Madeleine Ruest, Pawtucket, R. I. Grace Russell, Portland, Maine Louise Sherer, Camden, Maine Phyllis Simpson, Groveland, Mass. Mary Spies, Warren, Pa. Mary Sweeney, Woodsville, N. H. Helen Marie Thomas, Brockton, Mass. Frances Tomasunas, Grafton, Mass. Grace Triggs, Brockton, Mass. Barbara Uhl, Woodbridge, Conn. Marian Vayro, B.S., Newport, R. I. Violet White, Biddeford, Maine Irene Willis, Andover, Conn. Jean Wilson, Winchester, Mass. Alice Yancey, Brockton, Mass. Page Seventy