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

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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 ]

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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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I lar arcl and M.I.l. dales lo l)e divided eciually anion j tlie class ol 31 ... HI I ie Burns leaves isolation and its problems . . . any student nurse could use some o f Ida Carnell s poise and ood disposition, Rachel Brown s efficiency plus , Barh. I lol m s am- hition and ability to pitch in, and Huey Rich s sweet manner . . . Kwai Chang leaves her goldhsh to anyone who will give them plenty of T.H.C. . . . M. Coppleman leaves her date-hait for the V alcotl dances . . .the inseparables, Dionne and Melzer. leave the ir double rooms at B.H.I., McHean an d the General to Phill oung and A. Adams . . . Pat Dunsmoor won Id hh e to leave her long hair to anyone who has the ambition and perseverance lo take care of it . . . Hock Hve leaves her dark eyes, jjleasing personality, cind even her Southern accent to 13. Sears . . . Betty Filield leaves a man as faithful as Prank lo J. Jacc|ues . . . June Pord leaves her wit and ability to get the last word in always to an ’ student who needs these . . . Mavis Po.x w ' ills her taste for clothes to Joan NIc- Carthy . . . Claire C friffiji I eaves her ability to become a typical MGH grad to Olga Sad- dotti . . . C. Plardy leaves her ability to reach high objects from a low level to Ih Blanchette . . . Connie Harrison and Alice Xotz leave their ap- etite to M. Decker and Bev Pierce, re- spectively . . . Caro- line Kilmer leaves motorcycles, or did she ... 3 yonne Matson leaves M. Kell eher the privi- lege of keeping the telephone line busy bet ween MGU and (X iocy . . . Liz Jones wills h(‘r edrility to keep her dates straight to h Persechino . . . C »inny Kell - leaves her hook entitled flow Jo Rise Promptly at 6 . .M. to June Mariner . . . Plo Nagao leaves her viN ' acious outlook on life to NIary Carlson . . . June Moore atid M. Matthews gi e an - and all students permission to wear their engagement rings on duty whenever and wherever they care to . . . Hou Ann McKen zie leaves a seal in the Aslor tl lealre to some lonely student who wants a bright future . . . L.OU Miol ene leaves her knitting to Ginny Perrault . . . Hleanor Mesrpiila leaves her brain in chemistry lo the jirohies . . . H. Morrill has cpiite a collection ol novels lo leave lo G. Gilson lo read in her spare lime . . . Mary Murray unwillingK leaves the doctors at B.I..I, ... A. Ol esen leaves Dick at McLean . . . Rulli Parker leaves MGH to go on to African missions . . . J illie Pestana wills her specs to Jv Anderson . . . J. Prentiss leaves her collec- tion of shmoos to the class of 52 . . . Ricky leaves her small waist and its troubles lo liea Merz . . . M. Plata leaves her vim. igor. and X ogue patterns lo Jo Strauss . . . Plo Ridlon I eaves her red hair to Cheesy Kraft . . . Joan Risser left her hives at B.H.l. . . . Dot Santos leaves her cow ' dance to the Charles St. dorm . . . Jane and June leave their twin confusion and also their MGH caps to tlie Skoo s . . . M.F . Sliea leaves the skun k at McI ean, and her love for H.O.C .Shun to Fritzie Gordon . . . Chel Silvafians wills her giggle lo Ginny f iero- hello . . . Janet Snowman leaves those Is- kimos and her Mainia for spuds to F. Hihhy . . . Sally Smith I eaves her harmo- nizing with Chelsie to Betty Hale and Dottie Graci(‘ . . . H. Smith left her cigarettes somewhere . . . H. Tighe wills her deep, dark suntan to Joyce Kiley . . . A. Tillol son won t leave ' Bish ’ to anyone . . . H. Weav- er leaves her ability for sewing to Hllen Bow en . . . who wants to step into Barh w ithim s footsteps . . . night duties . . . Xorma WVight leaves her collection of knowledge of M.D. s to Hilda Xelson. W. the class of 1030, of the Massachu- setts General Hospita 1 School of Xursing. do declare the above to he our last will and testament, and to make things legal, to affix our s(‘al (with collodion) on this e entfid date. September 3. 1930. June and Hou Executrix and Executrix