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

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’51 Ctais Will W e llie class of February 1951 being ol sound mind and body do liereby becjneatb lliis onr last will and testament. We tbe class leave onr close relationsbip to those wbo wi 11 follow, in hopes that they will enjoy tbe General as much as we have. 1, Vivianne Anderson, leave my laughter to those w lio appreciate a good sense of humor. 1, Mary Susan Adams, leave my scholas- tic aptitudes to those who can make the best of it. 1. Donna Berry, leave my ability to TTiake friends to .June Mariner. I, Marion Cairns, leave my cjuiet nature to anyone who has been leading a hectic life. I. Mary Ci priani, leave my ability for leadership to anyone inviting a headache. I, Joyce Corbett, leave my oouts and ahoouts to any faithfid friend of No a Scotia. 1, Ellen Curtis, leave my memories of M.I.l . to anyone who will have as much fun as I did. I. Jeanne Derrah, leave m love of practi- cal jokes to others likewise endowed with ingenuity. I. Nancy Gordon, leave my love of music to Barbara Murray. 1. Mary Frances Graham, leave my loyalty to one man to anyone inclined to he fickle. I. Patricia Hastin gs. leave my ocal tal nl to anvone not able to carrv a tune. 1. M arie Himmelshack. leave my long hair to those who regret cutting theirs. 1. Loeta Hudson, leave the showers at B.E.I. to anyone who needs to he cooled off. I. Ann Lewis, leave my room in E.Wh to anyone suffering with a sind urn. 1. Marilyn Mac( )uarrie, lea e any ability to give Mai a ride on the to() hunk to any e.xperienced ecpiestrian from 1 exas. I, Patricia Martin, leave my love of red clot 1 les to ainone fond of pastels. 1. Margaret May, lecive my repertoire ol jokes to anyone wishing to amuse the crowd. I, Ann Mockler. leave my ability to dive to anyone suffering from he llillops. I, Joan MacKitchan, leave my jjlaids to any good Scotchman. 1, Charlotte Raymond, leave my facial e.xpressions to all poker faces. I. M ar A I ice Reill e ' , leave my nylons to anyone who enjoys air-conditioning. I. Michelle Reymond, leave my love for dancing to those who enjoy tripping tlu light fantastic. I, Nlarilyn Rutherford, leave m ' love of baseball to any loyal Red Sox fan. I, Betty Smith, leave my hectic night duties to anyone who wants the e.xperience. to all poor ])enmen. I. M ary Smith, leave my frerpient trips home to anyone living in Timhucktu. I. SvIvia Thvng. leave my talent as Mr. Anti tony to any understanding jierson. I. Marguerite Brovelli, leave my love lor pediatrics to those who will enjoy it as much as I did. 50 C ta66 (Jne stormy night we found ourselves stalled on a deserted country road, trying to find help, we came u|)on an eerie looking farmhouse. Seeing the glow’ of a lamp in one of the rooms, we knocked on the door. After a few minutes had passed, it creaked slowly open and a bent old woman stood before us! After w ' e told her of our plight, she reluctantly offered to let us spend the night with her. As w ' e reached the top of the rickety staircase going to our room she jjaused before a closed door and peering at [ 25 }

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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

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US with darting eyes, slie warned us not to go near a certain room. W ' e got into hed. pulled the hlanhets up over our heads and shivered (and slowly suffocated). All we coidd thinh of was this mysterious house, the little old woman and what was hehind the closed door. Alter a long struggle, curi- osilN’ got the hest of us. W crept down the ha II. All was silent. C fathering ujj our last flit of courage, we slowly opened the door. It was pitch darh. All of a sudden we heard footsteps hehind us coi7iing down the hall. Startled heyond thinking, we dashed into the room. As we reached the center of the room we suddenly step))ed on a soft, thick rug. SW IS-S-S-S-H — Before we knew wot hoppened we found our- selvt ' s fixing through space in the year IQOO! Collecting what was left of our courage, wits, and what hax ' e you. we i eaked oxer the edge of the rug and found oursefxes in the state of i ' laine. Beloxx’ us xvas a heautilid sea-side estate. I.ooking in xve could see f ete Kerr xvith her dexot ‘d (and filthy rich) hushand having coffee before the lire. Zooming across country, xve xvere oxer Nexx ' Hampshire looking in on the model farm of tl le Yellands. Ruth xvas noxv a full Hedged farmer. Continuing doxvn countrx’, xve recognized lassachusetts. Flying oxer Alma Mater xve could see Margie Dickinson gixing report to , Iarx O Keefe as they changed shifts on a l ediatric Hoor. I he next thing xve noticed was a xx hite Cape Cod cottage xvhich xvas the home of the noxv married Fffie Connors, a dinner party xxas in process in the honor of Fyn Meinelt xvho at present is doing jjrixate dut y in the Phillips House. liefore xve knexv it, xxe xxere in Connecti- cut and looking floxvn xxe coidd see a house rocking on its foundation and lairix ' bursting at the seams xxilh redheads and Be-fF)p”. W ithout looking txxice, xve knexv it xvas Kitty Ay let t and her family enjoying the usual cjuiet ex ' ening at home. Xot more than a sxvish axxax ' (as a rug Hies) xxe xxere ox’er the great metropolis of Morris and could see Rosemary Miller chug- ging along in her Model- 1 hi ' ginning her daily x’isits in the .X.A. Ki ' eping a straight course, xve soon xxere ox’er Xi ' xx ' ' t ork. (Fahhing a nexx’spaper as it xvhirled hy us xve eagerly read of tlu- seasons most talked about party to he gixen hy Socialite Martha W ' are Shaxx’. A gust of xxind sxvept the paper from our hands, carrxing it doxxn to the feet o f M. C rregory. as this spirited director of Xexv ork s l uhlic f fealth Serx’ice xvearily turned toxvards home after another hilarious day of pushing pen- cils across paper. Turning into the xxind and hanging on lor dear life, xve headed lor Washington. D. C. Once there xve soon spotted Carol f fazel- tine in her role as Chief l ill-doler for the President and his Cabinet. Shifting into high, xvithout disruiiting our equilibrium, xve soon found ourselxes oxer Detroit. Michigan. Here xx’e came upon a spraxxTing ranch house and discoxerecf thir- hara Fink ancf her husband saddling up for their morning canter. Hitting as many air pockets as possible and zig zagging across the ocean xve came to the peaceful island of Bali Hai. the home of Irene l.amansky Sprague, the xvife of the nexxTy appointed Admira I of llie Ha- waiian Fleet. Racing xvith the moon and keeping our eyes peeled for any falling stars, xve glided in over Fa Belle France. WV suddenly sxverxed and just axoided a head on collision xvith a IF29 in xvhich rode Army Flight Xurse Juanita Duhe. In spotting us she xvaxed her parachute out the bombbay door. W ' ithout realizing xx hat xvas hajrpening xve xvere Hying into the xvindoxv of the Xurses Home of the American Hospital in Paris and found ourselves in the suite belonging to T.id Bell and Barbara Karbaum and haxe thex’ fjecome the French gals ooh-Fa- Fa! Taking off xve headed back toxvards I ' vexx T ork. Our nax igator miscalcu lated and xxe flumped into the f ' .mpire State fjuilding and xvere tumbling doxvn xvhen xve xvoke up to find this strenuous night xvas all a dream aiuf xvondered xvhat really xxas in store for us ten years from noxv. The F.N’d f Tt ]