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

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BAKER MEMORIAL SUPERVISORS Standing: Miss Anna Crotty, Miss Marion Bates, Miss Mary Mahoney, Miss Hendrika Vanderschuur Seated: Mrs. Phyllis Heslin, Miss Anna Rafterv BAKER MEMORIAL NIGHT SUPERVISORS Miss Irma Wirta, Miss Anne Gillouly [ 14 ]

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MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL SUPERVISORS Standing: Surgical Supervisor and Instructor: Eileen Wolseley, R . N . ; Medical Supervisor and Instructor: Constance L. Ferebee, R.N.; Medical Supervisor and Instructor: Frances Grady, R.N.; Orthopedic, Neuro-Psychiatric Supervisor: Marie E. Rearick, R.N. Seated: Surgical Supervisor and Instructor: Elinor G. Stanford, R.N., B.S.; Supervisor of Emergency Ward, Gynecology and Central Supply Room: Adele Corkum, R.N. ASSISTANT NIGHT SUPERVISORS— GENERAL Jeanne Arsenault, Margaret Maher, Cecile E. Littlefield Absent: Night Supervisor Helen G. Hewit, R.N. [ 13 ]

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0 February Class History Last night while reading the Hartford Times, I chanced upon an article concerning the newly appointed Operating Room Super- visor of the Hartford Hospital, Selma Herr- mann. Selma and 1 had gone through high school and training school together and I hadn’t seen her since I left the California hospital where we were both working a year ago. I called her and we made a date to get together the following evening After bringing each other up to date, we started reviewing the past five years and the conversation went much like this Remember the first day we drove down Charles Street looking for the number 92? When we finally came upon it we all gasped in amazement at the brownstone empty looking “nurses residence. However our six months there were happily spent in a homey and cozy atmosphere. There was a welcoming tea for us that day so that the faculty could meet us and our families; we finally trouped back to Charles Street, where we bid our families adieu and began unpacking and getting settled. The following morning at the unbelievable hour of six a.m. we arose and began our nurses’ training with an im- posing schedule of classes! About two weeks later we were given a party by our Big Sisters, which left us feeling ambitious and enthusiastic. Probation ended on June 15 after rigorous days of procedures taught in Thayer classroom and practiced on the wards, hours of classes, quizzes and finals. We received the famous MGH caps with a great deal of joy and pride. There was a formal dance that first June and we were in charge of it; it was a huge success and represented our first social tri- umph as members of MGH society. Now that we were capped we were intro- duced to eight-hour duty and six weeks later when we received out bibs to complete our uniforms, we were put on night duty and relief duty, and we began our various special- ties, such as the Diet Kitchen, the Operating Room and the Out Patient Department. At this time we also moved to Thayer, which was in the hospital and more like a “dorm.’’ July found many of us enjoying the Esplanade concerts nightly, and in September the new class arrived so that we were no longer the younger students. Another formal was held in December and it was even more fun than the June Formal had been. Our first Christmas in training found many of us on night duty, but a few of us got home for part of the day. New Years’ Eve was quietly spent due to the 12:00 curfew, but there was a wonderful pizza party early in January. When February arrived, we celebrated our first anniversary at the Old Venice; soon afterward commenced our first vacations, which were long awaited! Right after vacation we began our affilia- tions; several of us went to the Boston Lying In Hospital. The rest of us were living in Walcott House by now, and in early spring we began organizing frequent picnics at the Storrow Estate in Lincoln. The June Formal was held as usual. September found a few of us at the Eye and Ear Infirmary, and about half of us were exploring the wilds of Waverly, enjoying our psychiatric affili- ation at McLean Hospital. Will we ever forget our first hike up the hill, our first glimpse of Wyman or the Minstrel Show? Our second anniversary was spent there with [ 15 ]