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From the four corners we came, north, south, east and west — all fifty-seven of us — eager for the future with the same goal in mind, but not one of us then realized our true destinies. Months of preparation had preceded our arrival — the correspondence, small at first, had increased rapidly in the latter weeks. If it wasn’t “your registra- tion of five dollars has been received,” it was “please forward birth certificate in duplicate.” Who doesn’t recall the anxious moments spent because she hadn ' t yet obtained a “fairly large briefcase,” a “washable blanket” or a “gym suit?” And through our minds raced the thoughts “20 grains equals 1 scruple” and 480 minims equals 1 fluid ounce” and to new-comers to Boston, the directions printed so care- fully, “from North Station, take a taxi, walk or take the subway to Park Street station, change to subway to Charles Street station and walk two blocks toward Boston Common” — all to add to our con- fusion. Somehow we made it. February 6, 1945, a bright, sunny, non-typical New England winter day found us esconced in our new residence at 92 Charles Street. There, amid hello, unpacking, introduc- tions, we met our future roommates. On the afternoon of our first day, the Ladies Visiting Committee and the Ladies Advisory Committee of the School of Nursing (whew) gave us a tea. Still carry- ing two to three inches of traveling dust and smoothing out our wrinkled skirts, we proceeded to locate the Walcott House, where we were introduced to our new in- structors. Following the tea was our formal introduction to the school by the director of nurses, Miss Sally Johnson. How hushed and subdued we were as we stood to attention when she walked to the head of the classroom and how attentive we were as she welcomed us to the school of nursing. Our first four months in the school, otherwise known as the “probie period” were hectic months filled with lectures, demonstrations, practice work of nursing procedures and a few hours a week on the wards. Those four months could be prop- erly termed “The Green Months” for we constantly came up against new situations which we might add, some of us didn’t handle so tactfully. Dormitory life too kept us occupied- -the nightly sessions in the smoker, the parties after hours, and the silly things we did such as running down Charles Street in pajamas to watch a fire; pulling a certain nurse through the window. We rarely lacked for dates during the war period when servicemen were abundant. Someone always ran through the “dorm” yelling, “Who wants a blind date?” How we kept those beau parlors occupied! Too much play could not do however, as we all had serious thoughts of capping. Those exams were “stiff” and we [21 ]
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