Medical University of South Carolina - Tres Anni Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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611155 0Mccrs 52 - Section W PRESIDENT ..................................... JEANNE BURGESS VICE-PRESIDENT ..-. ..... M ARY ELLEN HARDEE SECRETARY ........................... .....M R OMA HUDNALL TREASURER ............................. .... J ACKIE THOMPSON STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE .... .... M ARGARET KERR Twenty-eight

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lass I?ropherg I have been so excited since receiving that wedding invitation in the mail Monday. I must read it over again, for the fifth time, as if to verify the fact. . . The wedding of Emily Claire Bell to . . . at the Main Street Metho- dist Church in Columbia, 'South Carolina. This is, indeed, a perfect day for a wedding, everyone dreams up a june wedding, and of a beautiful day such as this one. Five years ago, our class at Roper graduated, and went in several directions. That was a happy, and yet sad, day for each of us-happy that we had graduated, and sad that we may not be together again. When I arrived in Columbia I went straight to the hotel, where I wanted to freshen up a bit before going to the church. As I walked in the door of the hotel whom should I bump into but Ann and Lou. As we attempted to make ourselves more presentable for the occasion, we talked of what we had been doing the past five years and of our associates when we were in training. Much to my surprise, Lou and Ann are still at Roper, where they have been since Graduation. Lou has been head nurse on the W'hite Medical Ward, and Ann took a position as ci . clinical instructor. They seem very pleased with these positions, therefore they may be there several more years. Lou and Buddy were married two months after she graduated, and Ann has plans now to be married in the early fall. , After we left the hotel, having about twenty minutes before time for the ceremony to begin, we stopped in a corner drugstore for a coke. Two of the cutest little twin boys were standing at the counter eating ice cream cones. When their mother faced us we weren't at all surprised to see that she was Billie fBerryj .... She and johnny have been living in Texas, where he is stationed in the Army, for four years. Billie hasn't been nursing since the twins were born three years ago, as they seem to occupy all of her time. The town clock struck five, which reminded us that in only fifteen minutes Bell would be receiving her Mrs degree, to add to her collection-R. N., B. S., and Masters. No, she certainly hasn't been wasting her past five years. As we mounted the church steps, four girls came rushing toward us from a side room, where the bride and bridesmaids stay before the ceremony begins. These could have been none other than Bobbie, Peggy, Dink, and Marilyn. We planned a short get-together following the reception. However, during that short chat, I found that Bobbie and Dink received their B. S. degree from the University three years ago. Dink has been a clinical instructor in one of the new nursing schools in Toledo, Ohio, and Bobbie is assistant in nursing education at Emory Hospital-School of Nursing in Atlanta. They were all adorned in lovely bridesmaids dresses for the occasion. With the beginning of the pre-nuptial music we entered the church and seated ourselves near the back of the auditorium. When I turned and glanced at the couple on my right, I immediately gave the girl a nudge in her side, she looked terribly familiar. Doris! I exclaimed, where have you been the past five years? She told me that she and Quincy have been kept busy with their offsprings,' and making new acquaintances in the many places where they have lived. Immediately following the ceremony a reception was held in the ballroom of the jefferson Hotel. I had writ- ten to my former roommate, asking if she were planning to attend the wedding, and to meet me afterward. Ap- proximately five minutes passed after my arrival at the reception when I saw Barbara walk in alone. She had been delayed in leaving Detroit, where she left junior with her Aunt Ruth. After she finished Duke three years ago, she married, her husband being a resident in pediatrics there. Their child must really be a picture of health and perfect in every respect, there would be no excuse for not being so, as both parents know pediatrics-backward and forward. Barbara and I left the reception together to join the other members of our former class at the Officers' Club at Fort jackson, where Mallie was to meet her captain husband. They seemed to be a very devoted couple, Mallie was happier than I had ever seen her. Only a month had they been back in the States, having been overseas, in France, for two years. Peggy, how is Public Health in Charleston these days? someone askcld. After receiving her degree in Pub- lic Health Nursing from the University of North Carolina, she became Director of Nursing in the Public Health Department in Charleston. At the new Medical Center in Charleston, shtv is director of an affiliation in Public Health. Beside all these duties, she still has time to carrv out her other duties as a doctors wiife. Soon, a waiter approached our party and asked, Is there a Mrs. I. M. Magoulas here? There is a long- distance call in the lounge. I excused myself, and rushed to receive my unexpected call. More surprised than ever, my husband had arrived at my parents' home in Daytona, from a seven months' tour of the Standard Oil plants in Brazil. After seven months without my husband, and steady work with the Veterans' Administration, my vaca- tion beginning tomorrow will be spent enjoyably. On my way back to the gathering, I was tripped by a most attractive young woman. Both ocf us stared at each other in astonishment. I said to myself, Now, our class is positively together-not one member is absent. Iohn- nie fHayesj and her husband were having dinner out that night, as he had had another promotion the day before. Now, they are Captain and Mrs. -. After a very lovely time, we departed, with plans for another reunion in the near future. Tfwe1f1,ty-seaveaz.

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MARY ELLEN HARDEE 44HARDY!! Kiizlgstree, S. C. Her heart is as sound as a bell and her tongue the clapper . . . Gay and vivacious . . . Efficient and conscientious at all times . . . Vice-President of February Senior Class. Twenty-nine MARTHA JEANNE BURGESS HJEANNIEH Fe:-mwfzclvjna, Florida You'll always find her true ancl just, a girl whorn all will love and trust . . . Winning ways and pleasing personality . . . Very ef- ficient nurse . . . President of February Senior Class . . . Associate Feature Editor of Tres Anni. Q. A ik ROMA PIERREPONT H UDNALL RUSTY Ofrlaizdo, Florida, No storm ever ruffled the current of her life . . . Loves a good time in a good way Loyal and unselfish . . . Secretary of February Senior Class . . . Associate Pho- tography Editor of Tres Anrii.