Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - Pink and White Yearbook (Danville, VA)

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CLASS PROPHECY CContinued from page 412 How about the meetings in classroom before reporting for duty? Those first days and our first patients. VVhat about all those treatments? We thought we would never learn those tecbnics! Nancy Carter's iirst enema was to a male patient-a high enema, the chart read-so she stood on tiptoc in a chair. She got results, too! Even Miss Spath supervised. And our target practice for hypodermics. I don't think Miss Spath enjoyed it as much as we did. Linen was quite some problem in those days. Ask Reva Farmer-who will never forget how she searched for washcloths in the orderlies' dressing room. Elzena was always prompt remember the time she was two minutes late due to train tracks? Marie Atkinson was up to date on all her nursing procedures-especially foley catheters. Classes were quite hard, so new and different. Remember how Ragmop Anglin, being the religious type, wanted to know if subjective symptoms pertained to religion? And then there was Winn, who thought ecchymosis meant a run in the hoses! Seems Frazier couldn't understand why Miss Hutchison was so upset when shc told her that Chorea was a country. After all, they are fighting a war over there. We would also like to take First Aid over again. Maybe some more of us would have gotten diamond rings. Classes were NOT the only things to be upset about. That day Rachel McCollum came to class so confused after being assigned to 223, Henry X, for morning care! Even placid Simpson became upset after giving castor oil to the wrong patient. VVonder if she is still keeping up ber payments of rent to the office? We all managed to get our caps-somehow. February 'Sl marked the red-letter month as we began our hard struggle as 23 full-fledged students. This was just the beginning of all our troubles . .. new adventures lay awaiting us! Panny Newman will never forget Znd Hoor ll-7. Some sleep-walking she did. Have you ever tried taking fetal heart tones on a delivered mother? Rather interesting, as Carter found out. French will never forget the mixup in the nursery, either! Two babies with the same name were taken to wrong mothers. An ordeal, I'd say. lt took Allmond a long time to lind out that specimens in O. R. were to be sent to the lab. instead of the city incinerator, especially Dr. Byrd's. Our affiliations were most enjoyable. Long, hard classes, but never a dull moment. Barker will not soon forget those Dix Hill seclusion rooms and Dr. Buffalo just don't fit together, do they, kid? Seems as if a lot of the girls in Raleigh were pretty hard hit with Cupid's bow and arrow. Remember the golf course and airport? Zula Frazier became even more fond of square dancing after practicing on that runway. N. C. State College had quite a few thrills for us girls, too. All those men! Speaking of men, remember when Pax tried to make a big impression by falling for them the wrong way? Did you hurt your leg, Honey? Washington was just as much fun. Remodeling, interns, and lots more young doctors. Even Stevens got her picture in the Washington Post . . . just to show off the new hospital, of course. Remember Meridan Park and all the sight seeing? Barker doesn't understand to this day why she wasn't admitted to the President's tea. And that Negro Minstrel we produced! Genius was no name for these kids but we did need funds for an annual! Much fun with black faces, rehearsals with Pax yelling at usg and shaking knees the night of our great performance. Yes, it was a hard struggle, campus, classes, work, trials and laughsg but when the end came we were reluctant to separate and start our individual ways. Friendships and ties were made at Ole Memorial we'll never forget. Truly we can say these were the most memorable years of our lives. JANET ALLMOND ELZENA BRYAN-r Page Forty-four

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UPERLATIVES 1. JANET ALLMOND Most c701'1gCl'li61l 4. NANCY Jo QUARTER Most Talented 7. BAmsAnA FnENcr-I S 1 veetcst 2. GLORINE BARKER Most Mischievcms 5. JANE COLLIE Most Carefree 8. BEVERLY HAIGPIT Most School Spirited 'Saw 3. NJILDBED CALDWELL Nice to Have Aromzd 6. REVA FARMER Nlost Professional 9. BETTY HARRIS Wiftiest IO. JERRY HUDSON Most Sophisticated

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