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

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I liey often have passes to plays in town — Irc ' e lor I lie asking, except for tlie tax. on never know liow tlie ])lay will he, hat it certainly is fun lincling out. A few of us went swinnning at the I he other night. 1 hey charge very little and e en furnish tlie hathing suits. I )oes it seem jjossihle that your little girl wi II he in lier second year of training after February Third. ' ' We really have to start thinking about raising money for gradu- ation and the yearljook. There are already plans for a Valentine’s Dance right after our vacation. Must get dressed for work now. See you real soon. OodI es o f I ov e, Imogene June 15. lO-lQ I )ear Anabel, Here f am at B.F.I., and at last Im all moved in enough to find my stationery to write to ou. Imogene comes over here when I leave, hut even though she s still at MCdl, I e seen her (piite often. I m on relief in the nursery, and we ve been to Rev ' ere iiearK e ' er da ' this we ‘k. I don t think I told you about our spring dance, did ] We had an (“xtra one in April to raise money to send Iwo girls to Cleveland to the N.f-.N.E. meet- ing. I he preparation lor the dance ' as loads of fun, and the dance was heaveiiK’. W ve been to the Fops r(uite a few times this spring, and were all looking forward lo the Esplanade Concerts, ’hich begin jiretty soon. I here is nothing like silting on the grass on the Esplanade ith a moon above, beautiful music, and the lights on the river. I hear someone screaming for a fourth for hriclgi ' , so I must oblige you know! I -ove. September 19, 1949 Dear Mom and Dad. ol training behind me! Since we ve gone in ith the class ahead of us on our year- book, we re alreadv getting everything in for it. We ve e en had our pictures taken in hites. A year and lour months will just lly by, with all we have lo do. W go Irom here to Mcf-ecUi Hospital for three months, as you kno . Everyone seems to compare McLean to acation since it has many activities. 1 understand that there are even sho|jping trips with the patients. 1 am glad were going in winter because my tennis playing wou Id he anything hut therapeutic. Imogene. in the other section, will go on vacation from B.E.I. and then go to McLean. Of course. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New ears come while I m still at McLean, and that shoidd he gay! After we get hack, w ' e ve still got an eight weeks affiliation at the Eye and Ear Infirmary and our three months of jiediatrics, j:ilus loads of classes. Next June, unbelievable as it seems, we ha e our formal graduation with September s class. Sounds as though well he busy, doesn I it. ' ' That s only the beginning, however, be- cause there II he two Christmas Eormals yet, and a June Eormal. and proha hly our own Senior one, too. Of course, there are always things coming up unexpectedly, and sometime in the midst of all this activity we ve got to dig in and make some money! E ’entually we II lake o ' er the traditional senior fudge find brownie sales in the brick corridor, as w ' ell as the Eriday night dances, and we undotdiledly think of some original affairs loo. At this rale, Eehruary, 1951. will he U[)on us, and w ' e II he buying white stockings before we ve had time to darn the holes in the black ones, hut I m sure we shall miss them and also the familiar checks. See vou next week — v3- 1 i-ao-- Just think, next home on vacation. week at this time I II he A year and eight monlfis Much lov I-iz c, [ 20 }

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’51 (Slaii February 11 , 1918 September 5, 1948 Dear Mom and Dad, Dearest Hilda, My first week in training is actually over, and vvbat a packed one it bas been! Rigbl after I sent the telegram from North Station 1 met four other girls who were trying to get a taxi to the hospital, so eve all rode there together. W asked the driver for the Charles Street Nurses Dormitory. We un- loaded our luggage and found tliat we were at the Eye and Ear Infirmary Nurses Home. Three blocks later we finally found 92 Charles Street. My room is on the fifth floor. No elevator. 1 he rooms are large and I share mine with a student from New Hampshire. Imogene and 1 went to tea to- gether and met very many interesting people. Before sup])er one of the instructors di- vided us alphabetically into sections, gave us meal-tickets, and told us that we could eat up to $1.40 worth of food each day. That ev’ening our big sisters took us out for sodas. I guess they enjoyed some interesting ex- periences at Charles Street, as one ran see from the stories which they tell. It certainly was a trying ordeal to arise at six o clock the next morning — our first day ns student nurses. We had to he in our dressy grey uniforms and at the hospital at 6: 50 . .M. for ro II call and inspection. The supervisors and instructors gave us the traditional cootie” party that night, and it was really loads of fun. I guess it s just one of those games which require skill be- cause the instructors seemed to draw the funniest cooties . There s more excitement coming. A minstrel show, the June Eormal. — the MCiTi Pops, and the caj ping on June 21 are all on the coming agenda. We ve spent the rest of the week getting lost in the maze of tunnels at J IOH, trying to find our classes, labs, and the lodge. East night our big sisters gave a party just for us. There were skits, singing, games, and we certainly enjoved every minute of it. See you this weekend. Eoads of love, Liz I received your most welcomed letter in the morning mail. You must he having a wonderful time at college. W all got ter- rific Ians this summer on the roof and at the beaches near here. W spent many a Jid ’ evening on the esplanade, listening to the lioston Pops Orchestra no less. We (“ven went sailing occasionally. Do ou realize that we re no longer proh- ies? A new class came in a week ago and do our new caps feel swish! We had a fcishion show the other night to raise money for the yearbook. I wish you coidd ha ’e been here — the clotl les were ter- rific. Before the modeling some of the girls sang, jjlayed the piano, etc. The strangest thing happened, though. There was only one man in the audience! that as long as I live. Every other week we have informal dances in Walcott f loust in living room, and I m going to he sure to he there this Eriday. E ’eryone has so much fun. ! Til never understand UJE (-lAO 3f-)OCJE(Tsi’ I must sign off now. I m going on a picnic at Lincoln. I hat s a small town not far from here, where i IGH has a beautiful con- valescent home. Hurriedly, Imogene December 20. 1948 Dear Mom and Dad. I m a little late with my weekly letter. Johnnie has probably told you all about the Christmas formal. By tradition our class sponsored it. W really did ourselves proud on the decorations. It was a wonderful dance and we were given a one o’clock privilege. I jz and 1 event to the Nursing School Office this afternoon for tickets for the play. [ 19 ]

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’30 Ctais Wilt Yes- ' i es! Be it known to all persons, that we. llie February Class ol 1050, llie original puffed sleevers , and one ol the siiiallesi classes in the history of NlCiFi, in the City of Curley s dreams, the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Mass, are leacing! C being of unstable minds, had memory and poor judgment do hereby make, pub- lish and declare this to be our last will atid testament, hereby revoking all previous wills and additions by us made. To all those lucky devils living within hearing range we leave Dave-e-e-’ s mother! lo those underclassmen showing primary signs of same, we lecive many cases of Acute Duri liy s Syndrome. C leave Greg s well rounded personal- ity to the Class of 1952. Mary O Keefe leaves her father s Ark to anyone desiring transportation hetw en Boston and affiliations. Fffie CoiiTiors leaves her dales atid i7i(‘n, saying — III he aWhire pretty soon! Juanita Doodles lefives her ( ' xciuisite form to Dotty Sears. Martha Whtre leaves Ifarxard and M.l. I . hard-up! Kitty Ay let t leaves her vivacious person- ality to our underclassmen. Barbara Fink leaves her petite lorm lo Ann Mockler. Marge Dickinson leav ' es her treasures lo the library. 1 wink Miller lea es the Red-Sox in Boston. Pete Kerr leaves her week-ends in Maine lo Sylvia I hyng. W ' e leave Ruth y elland s reticent person- ality to Marion Decker. w C lea ’e Caro I H azehine s glamour find big heart lo anyone with the same nice com- bination. Fid Bell I ea es her im and vigor lo Gerry Smith. I .ynn M( ‘inch h ' axes her gill ol gab lo i ienne rXnrlerson. Barb Karbautii leaves her Oxlord ac- cent to Pat Briggs. Irene Famansky leaves her interest in the Navv to all luture navv wives. Ve the Cl ass o f Feb. 1950 I eave but take with us those high ideals and sense of higher achievement instilled within us here at MGH. Cl .ASS OF Feb. 1950 epteml?er We, the class of September 1950, luiving sought mind and found body, do bequeath to those who are still I ooking, all our mirlhly possessions. C. Arias leaves her accent to D. Burke . . . C. Balmforth leaves her golden tresses to Bobbie Dodd . . . f3. Berry left her a|7- pendix . . . D. Biggs leaves like a good sport . . . Nellie Borsa leaves a sail boat with a willing instructor to any nautical minded student . . . I at Briggs leaves her wardrobe to Ann L.ewis . . . N. Brisson leaves a II her textbooks at MC H lo any student who might be interested . . . Margie Barrett leaves her long curly tresses to Toni . . . Fran Black- well leaves her pleasing personalitN’ lo Gret- chen Gerhardt . . . who wants Betty Brous- seau s giggle? . . . XIargie Brown leaves her [ 21 ]