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

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hrmigli the “ [poking Cjlass W liat heller way to renew old memories, tlian to walk down famous Charles Sireet towards ihe General. This was the idea that was in our minds as we passed the old an- tique shops lining the street. As usual one of them was selling out and we ch ' cided lo step in and hrowse among the anticiues. As we stepped in. our eyes lighted upon ci shiny crystal hall w ' ith a sign w ' hich read Wdlh a glance, the future is yours . As we looked in. much to our surprise w ' e saw ' ourselves starting on a trip. The fol- lowing is an account of this very journey. T had just stopped the Ccir in New Market. New Hampshire, w ' hen who should come along hut Norma ICisson pushing a haf)y carriage with her 5 little hoys heside her. While talking lo her we learned t hat in her spare time she designs student tiurses uniforms. As we crossed the sireet Connie f indsay (rractically knocked us down with her bicycle. She told us she was leaching Scjuare Dancing in VTrmont and that fiarh Holm was the gal who called the dances. We sent our hest wishes via Connie to l-ou Ann McKenzie who is Supervisor of N arses at Burlington Cieneral Hospital. 1 hree days later we arrived at f alm lieach. Florida, where we saw Marjie Barrett and Fran- nie Bl ackwell. the famous authors o f the hook Advice lo a Young Bride. 1 hey told US that Doris fhggs had gone into the Interior Decorating business at Sarasota, hut was soon going lo gi e it up to become Night Supervisor at MC»H. While we were shop- pitig in I exas we bought a Carovision Set. the newest thing in television sets. It W ' as invented hy Caroline Kilmer aided by her many NI.I. I . adm irers. As we turned on the set we saw .June Ford announcing ' Girls in I lue . the story of 3 navy nurses. The parts were plaved hy Ginnv Kellv. I3ettv Fifield and “Fllie” Burns. On the next pro- gram. America s lamous actress, Claire ( iril- lin, was starred. Our next stop was Virginia, w here we saw Fock Eve and Bel ICousseau. Lock has given up her title of Miss America to become Sujjerxisor of a hospital there, lietty is studying lo hecotne a Veterinarian. As we were tired ol riding we decided lo take an airplane to Newfound- land where we learned that Ida Carnell was a Pidilic Health Nurse majoring in Com- iT)unicahle diseases. So far she has otdy been ill with the measles and mumps. She told us she had received a letter from Pat Briggs, who had just started teaching Ob- stetrics at the Rhode Island Lying-In Hos- ()ital. She also had a letter from Pat Duns- moor who is an Army Nurse. Wdiile wailing for the plane to take us to the Canadian woods we picked up a paper and the headlines were “.June Moore receives citation as America s Model Mother Af- ter reaching the woods we stopped at a lum- ber camj) to ask directions. Much to our sur))rise the owners were Mar ’ Ann Melzer and .Joyce J rentiss. They informed us that they built sturd ' furniture for Nurses dor- mitories. Our next slop was Alaska where we found that Fou Miol ene and Claire J3alm- forth had just opened up a home for Ex- hausted C rold Miners . 1 he chief speaker at ihe dedication ceremony was Rachel ICown. author ol a new hook on hospital procedures. When we reached California, we were ad- vised to see the exclusive magazine I nicjue Dress Designs , the author being A. Rickel- son. It was published by the Appropriate f)ress for the J opular Nurse J id lishing Co. the president of wliich is Connie Harri- son. “Connie told us that NIarie NIatthews and her husband w ' ere giving skiing lessons to student nurses in Seattle. V asli. In New York we had our hair styled hy the famous st list Marcia Coj)pelman. Also, there having her hair done, was Dr. “Chello Arias who was planning a tour of the w orld. [ 23 ]

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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 ]

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Since we were very tired ol lra ’el- in we flecicled to tJo home to Boston. I liere, ia the tjrape ■vine, we learned ahont tnore of oiir classmates. Flo Ridlon. loan Risser. and Lucy Rich, alias thf Three ? Iusl e- teers , have joined the navy. 1 heir duties cotisist of sw ' cd)hing the decks eioht hours a day. ■laiu ' t Spud Snowman has disco ered a wav to make potato( s t row aho c the ground like tomatoes. II ' ou fi( to Hudson you will see a place called Bring em in undesirahle. take em out desirable. Reducit Shoppe run hv Dot Santos. Its one ol those get -rich-cpiick schemes . Helen Plata is Adrei nnes right hand Ixdper. FIlie Mesrpiita and H(den I ighe are starring in the latest Broadwax’ comedv en- tith ' d I he Fives f Foxes of Slutt .leff . Bar!) Whtham is a loxely X ' oung housexvife xxith to children. She xxill soon he gixing adx ' ice on Hoxx to Keep Friends I )iscipline C hildren. FI aine Smittx ' Smith atui Chel Silxa- hans hax ' f gon ‘ into the Boxing matches lor w oimm. C hel is a xvinm ' r. hut Smitty as Manager, is haxing a difficidt time per- suading Chel that hitting the oppommt on the head is not alloxved. ■Phil SI lea is the founder of that exotic perfunu ' Skunk t0 xvhich repels unde- sirahle men. Sallx’ Smith is the nexx Beautilul Blonch Irom Bashful Bend . And rex 1 illotson is conducting sight-see- ing tours around Boston at night. Rut h Parker is starting her duties as nurse in the jungle hy teaching the hand xvashing procedure xxith the use of muddy xxater. As soon as the Scheiderer txx ' ins hax’e had plastic surgery so that they may he identical they xvill hecome managers of the Toni 1 xvins. . t one ol the most |)romin ‘nt night ( luhs in exx’ ork Citx . we see Flo , agao fea- tured. doing the luda hula. Kw ai Chang is gix ing h ' ssotis on ' hoxx ' to eat xxith chop sticks . Alice otz is still running around seeing xx’hat joke she can play on xx hom . Maxns hox is traxeling xxith Ringling Bros. Circus as the girl xxho gels saxxed in txxo parts. The Nexv England Home for broken heart- ed. single, handsome x ' oung men is managed hv Audrex ' Oleson and FI aine W ' eaver. Norma WVight is the head matron of an Or- phan Asylum. lary Murray is mar- ried to the elegant IDuke of Carsonshire, and lix’es in ci beautiful home in Canada. Beloxv the Nlason- Dixon line xve hear . larjie Broxx ' n is the txpical Southern Belle xxho as usual has a terrible time keeping her dozen male friends from meeting each other, Nell ie Borsa is xx riting a hook on I low to 1)0 I liimoroiis in 1 ryinq Sifuotions — all nurses shoidd read it. Faur( en Morrill has her pilot s license and spends her time xxriting messagf ' s in the skx’ to her friends. Dot Berry is still trying a nexx ' chemical xx ' hich xxill make hair groxx- again on bald heads. loanne Dionne is running the boat cruises up the Charles Rix’er. ■ t Boston s leading Barber Shojjpe Fiz Joties. Charlotte Hardx’, ' t xonne Matson and Tillie f estana are employed as the 1Q60 Barber Sho|) ()uartet. 1 he total number ol men getting hair uls has reached an all time peak. At this point, the magic seems to haxe run out of th( ' crx ' stal hall and xv ‘ again lind ourselxes in the anticjue shop. on prohahlx are just as surprised as xve xvere at the doings of our former classmates, hut x-arietx’ is certainly the spice of life. Nellie F Rickie P CKtAJS OP» FOR -Cftsy Voo 6£T THC. oF [ 26 ]