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

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Squeak, squeak, the rubber soles trudge along. They may not shine, their holes are concealed, they have seen bet- ter days. They belong to an interne. The Interneship, year of: “Where are you girls going? It’s only ten minutes to seven!” “We work in Phil- lips House.” “Nurse, scalpel please.” “Are you on call again?” “I scrubbed on a pump case today!” “What ward are you working on now?” “Are you still there? “Yes. Last night I sang the White 7 Blues for the 19th time!” “Do you realize that graduation is only 123 days away?” “What a day! I was Team Leader in west wing with only an aide and 24 pa- tients.” “Tm on the 7th day of a 10 day stretch.” “Do you realize that graduation is only fifty-one days away?” “Let’s go out and look at uniforms.” “Not for four days, please. Thursday is payday.” “I think I’ll work permanent nights when I graduate.” “Not me. 1 think I’ll re-e-e-lax for a year.” “Do you realize that graduation is only 14 days away!” “Oh, my goodness! I forgot to request the day off for graduation. I’m scheduled to work relief!” “Gee, it looks as if we were all MADE to wear white!” “All right, girls! Line up in alphabet- ical order. READY, SET, GO—.” “You know, now that it’s over, it wasn’t so bad after all!”