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

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C aaa .jweaforg On September 4, 1956, sixty-three girls gazed in awe at the beautiful new School of Nursing building, of the Medical College of South Caro- lina, which was to be our home for the next three years. VVith mixed feelings of pride and some small fears, we realized that preparation for our long awaited career in nursing was begin- ning. Our first six months passed quickly in a whirl of activity. It was with pride that we donned our blue uniforms and classes began. Often we wondered how everything could be accomplish- ed in a twenty-four hour day, but with the help of our instructors and Miss Chamberlin, we man- aged to finish our work. One of our first big thrills was the first day on wards. VV ith butterflies fluttering in our stom- achs and a broad smile on our faces, we finally got a taste of what nursing really was. These first six months of classes, studying, and working were well rewarded as we walked proudly down the aisle to receive our caps. All of the many mornings of getting up at six oiclock and the seemingly endless hours of studying Anatomy were forgotten as we realized we had accomplished the first step toward our goal. VVe were now members of the Student Government Association and were able to take part in the de- cisions of the school. In February we welcomed sixteen new mem- bers to our class. Soon we were helping these new girls to overcome the difficulties that we had encountered. Summer was here with all the excitement of vacations and beach outings. VVe now had an- other problem, how to fade a tan quickly! It hardly seemed possible that a whole year had passed, and we now wore a single black band on our caps. WVith this band came more responsibility, and we began working our first P.M. shifts and night duty. We looked for- ward eagerly to our specialized services and three months affiliation at State Hospital. September, 1958, was a memorable time in our lives. Could it be that we were seniors, at last? Our work was still not finished. VVe began our PA 11 class, and it was here, with the professional guidance of our Dean, that we began to seriously consider which field of nursing we would like to enter. Our six weeks of Tuberculosis Affilia- tion was another step onward. Since that day on September 4, 1956, we have lost a few members of our class. Some have married and are already beginning their families. We will always remember them with fond mem- ories. As we, the class of 1959, look back over our years of training and study, we can see our steady progress upward toward our goal, like the hands of a clock that slowly move forward. We can see many things of which we are proud to have been a part. Many leaders have developed and have been an asset to our class. Graduation, the attainment of our goal, is but the beginning of a life of further service and the never ending Search for knowledge. May we, as nurses, always uphold the ideals of our school and profession so that others may follow with pride the patterns we have made. Shirley Bishop Class Historian Page Twenty-Se

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eniord MARY LOU STRASSER LouU Columbia, S. C. She wrought all kind of service with a noble easef' HAZEL XVINFRED THACKER CsWiInpyII VValterboro, S. C. And her talk is a mixture of fool- ish and wise. Q. SHIRLEY ANN VVALLACE Shirk,' PEGGY WILLIAMSON PegiH Beaufort, S. C. Search far, search near, but y0u'll never find a finer girlf' JOAN KEADLE WRIGHT Joni Charleston, S. C. Not very tall, in fact quite small, Her good nature is loved by all. Enoree, S. C, Ability is not always broadcast

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ollarif WM all la fam elif STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON CITY OF CHARLESTON On this the Fourth-day of june in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-nine, we the grad- uating class of 1959 of the School of Nursing of the Medical College of South Carolina, of the above said State, County, and City, being of staunch constitution and unfaltering in- tellect, and realizing that soon, we must pass through the portals of our beloved Alma Mater and out into the world to begin our individual ways, do hereby make and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament. I, Mary Eleanor Ackerman, do hereby leave my blue ford to the people who have to walk back and forth to Pinehaven. I, Sandra Adams, leave nothing because it has taken all I had to get out. I, Patty Atkinson, will my love for the State Hospital to anyone who enjoys it as much as I did. I, Ann Baker, do hereby leave my ability to sit home and enjoy reading a good book while everyone else goes out to anyone who finds themselves in my position. I, Shirley Bishop, will and Bequeath to Kitty Duval my pair of fertilized shoes, in hopes that they will increase her height. I, Anne Bolen, do hereby will my love for a good time and many boyfriends to jeannette McMillan in hopes that she will have as much fun as I did. I, Ola Mae Cales, do hereby leave my position as Presi- dent gil BSU, to someone who will enjoy the work as much as I i . I, Norma Cameron, do hereby leave, leaving my diet in Miss I0seph's office: Hoping someone else can follow it bet- ter than I did. I, Curtis Cosby, do hereby leave my ability to wait gatiently to anyone who falls in love with a medical stu- ent. I, Ann Crouch, do hereby leave my ability to have the measles twice in one year, to some junior who is an un- lucky as I am-in hopes that she doesn't have it on. her April vacation. I, Sylvia Dailey, do hereby leave my giggles. I've grown up now. I, Janice Weeks Davis, leave my ability to get an apart- ment one block from the hospital to some married junior. I, Suzanne Crouch, do hereby leave my love for nursing to the freshman class. I, Alice Dopson, do hereby will my love for Saunders at the State Hospital, to any girl who would like to have a chauffeur drive her to work for three months. I, Rose Marie Eagerton, leave to any student my time spent on Colored Pediatrics. I, Ioe Ann Elletson, do hereby leave my three years, col- lection of diet fads to any junior in hopes that they will bring her the same luck that they brought me. II,hDaphne Ford, do hereby leave all my troubles behind - ope. I, Nancy Gibson, do hereby leave january 21, 1960, to get married to the first ffirst chance I get, that isl. I, Sonja Gibson, will my love for the dances at Fort jackson to all the girls going to State. I, Sylvia Graham, upon leaving do hereby bequeath my changeable mind to anyone who can handle it. I can'tl I, Mary Kate Hanna, hereby leave my courageous ability to make a speech in P.A. II to anyone with a jelly-spine. I, Patricia Ann Harrelson, do hereby will my everchang- ing mind to whoever wants it, hoping that she does not get into difficult situations as I did. I, Ophelia Heape, do will my love for Georgia Tech and Georgia Products to anyone who may be as lucky as I am. I, Ieau Heinsohn, do hereby will my ability to stay awake in an eleven oiclock class after working night duty to Iudy Blaine. I, Joyce Heinsohn, do hereby leave this suggestion: Do have your appendix out before going to State, or keep them until you return. I, Lib Ilindiuau, do leave taking my luck from Colored O.B. with me. I, Iudy Huggins, do hereby leave-and as I leave I leave it all to you! I, Loye Jones, leave my Echo Virus,' to anyone who likes excitement. I, Rachel Jones, do hereby leave my ability to love 'em and leave 'em to anyone willing to take the chance. I, Ioan Keadle, do hereby will and bequeath to Pat Smyly my ability to get a diamond. I, Dorothy Lack, do will and bequeath my ability to function as a nurse and a mother to Delores Baldini. I, Sylvia Lashley, do leave, to become Mrs. Harold Herndon. I, Ioan Lawerence, leave, to become Mrs. William Lee Daniels. I, Paula Lilienthal, leave to Lillian Brown my ability to finally get my greatest wish. I, Patricia Lubkin, leave my voodoo dolls to my cousin Betty in hopes that they will work as well for her as they did for me. I, Gloria Massalon, hereby will and bequeath to jean Norris and Carol Thomas, my wonderful times at State, and to Linda Brown, I leave my dear cousin Tom. I, Louise McDowell, being of sound mind and body, do leave. I, Jean Baldwin McKnight, do hereby leave to join Charles in the Air Force. I, Peggy Mixson, leave my nonchalance to my vivacious little sister,', Percy. I, Yvonne Morris, do hereby will and bequeath to Judy Blaine my numerous supply of hairnets, hoping the color won't clash with her hair. I, Ioyce O'Shields, do hereby leave my time on Colored O.B. to anyone who likes Obstetrics. I, Heather Wright Peacock, do hereby will by ability to move out of the nurses' home in less than 25 minutes to any other student planning to get married. I, Louise Peeples, do leave my ability to dance at the Big Sister-Little Sister party, and my ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time to anyone who likes to cut-a-rug. I, Kay Perkins, leave-to become Mrs. William Lavol Wallace. I, Winnie Phillips, will my influence on Dr. Robertson to any junior who would love to have long, frequent vacations. I, Ian Powell, do hereby will my love for the Citadel hops to Connie Powell in hopes that she will enjoy them as much as I have. I, Lucia Powell, being of sound mind and body, do here- by leave my love for Pediatrics to Paula Alexander. I, Pat Reynolds, do hereby leave my love for the Navy to the freshman class, in hopes that their ship weathers the storm better than mine did. I, Ann Sample, leave my moods of depression f'cause I don't want them? and heights of elation to Kitty and Elise in hopes that they have more of the latter. I, Loretta Shokes, leave my ability to be scatterbrain to some other student who has to move as much as I did. I, Ruby Skinner, do hereby will and bequeath to Kitty Duval, a yearis supply of NO-DOZEN since I hear she has as much trouble as I do staying awake in class. I, Pat Smyly, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to meet curfews to Ioan Keadle. I, YVimpy Thacker, being of unsound mind and body do hereby will and bequeath an 8x10 photo of a 1957 Citadel graduate to anyone who will shed as many tears over it as I did. I, Shirley NVallace, do hereby leave my luck of having a fiance to get snowed in twice in one year, to some junior who is engaged to a boy away up north. I, Pegi XVilliamson leave-hoping to take with me all the knowledge I should have acquired these past three years to State Board. Sandra Adams Lawyer Witnessed: Lucia Powell Ann Baker