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

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anioz Qfass. Lstofz Section 4 History books are filled with great events, but one of the most important happen- ings in the lives of fourteen young women didn't even create a ripple in the fast current of history making functions. On February 11, 1952, they embarked on a three year adventure that would make them mature, professional women. The first six months were filled with cries of Isn't nursing wonderful? , I'm going home , and Golly, I gave my first so and so today. Time was filled with study, especially of Nursing Arts and Anatomy and all the other studies so necessary to us. Then june 6--the first milestone-was reached and successfully passed. All four- teen received those white caps so dear to every nurse. The freshman year was filled with the realization that we were well on our way to becoming nurses. To relate our experiences the only place to begin is Nursing Arts. Here we learned the fundamentals of nursing which we would add to many other courses and much experience. We had classes galore and practice hours that seemed like eternity. Then there were the times we had to get up an hour early to open the lab. On that morning we always thought and they wonder why we sleep in class. Before long we were going on the wards where we put into practice all the knowl- ege we had so recently acquired and we were plenty scared. Even now we can easily remember that first day, but assignments that seemed impossible soon became daily rou- tine. The patients were soon our friends and it was a joy to smile a cheerful good morning and get the same greeting in return. juniors! A stripe! Had we really been here a year? Those were the thoughts on everyone's mind about the day of February 11, 1953. Our first year and only one had left our ranks. Everyone settled down to more serious studying and even a little more play. With our stripe came more responsibility which would give us a better insight into nursing. We began our special services and someone was always saying How's the O. R.? or How ya like Peter Rabbits? You would probably hear I can't thread sutures fast enough or I wish somebody would invent an automatic diaper changer. A year and two stripes later we were Seniors and again we lost only one. And boy! What two black bands can do for a piece of muslin. Now we felt like we were going somewhere and we did! . . . To State Hospital in Columbia for three months affiliation. Man, what a life and how different from our hospital! Not only that, but we had the privilege to meet atnd know students from all over the state. We hope we learned something and we know we had a good time. Before long we will be exchanging our senior stripes for the distinctive cap Roper graduates so proudly wear and, also, that shiny piece of yellow metal that pins each of us a nurse. We cannot begin to express our feelings about the past three years. They have been full of excitement, gaiety, much study, hard work, and'many, many good times. To sum it up in two very familiar phrases we could say, ' Its been real and It was the most, to say the least. by MYRA WHATLEY AND PEGGY KIRKLEY Page Twenty-S ix

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