Milwaukee Hospital School of Nursing - Gleanings Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Christmas at the hospital! Can we ever forget it? No, and we never wish to forget the days when the Christmas spirit pervades everyone, everywhere. Long weeks before, plans are begun, leading up to a beautiful climax. The nurses begin the Advent season with a candle-light breakfast and thereafter keep the Christmas spirit growing with their morning carols. About a week before, preparations are begun in earnest. The whole house is decor- ated with holly, bells, and Christmas ribbons. A gaily decorated tree Finds its way into every nursing department, into the mother house, and the nurses' homes The most beautiful, however, is reserved for the chapel. The mail is overloaded with mysterious packages. The air is filled with delicious odors from the kitchen. Everyone is happy in anticipation of the trip home for Christmas. Then the parties begin. Three nights before Christmas all the hospital helpers gather for a merry evening. Two nights before, the nurses join in a never-to-be-forgotten frolic in the reception room. iRemember Santa's reindeerD Christmas eve is always reserved for the patients' Christmas. Then everyone that is able to be moved, and wishes to, is taken into the chapel to see the tree and partake in the beautiful and im- pressive services. On Christmas day various groups of carollers add to the entertainment. A few days later everyone settles into her usual nookeeverything is over, but the memory lingers on. 66

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SKINNING A CAT AWhene'er I see a cat 'tis true, I think 0' the one we sliced in two. We started by many a fret and stew, And quit with nothing to cut into. At first we wouldn't touch them-oo-oo! And even one cat let out a me-oo! And Oh! the smell of the formalin pew, We never thought we'd have that to go thru. We then proceeded with the old scalpel, We thought we could make it go pell-mell, We cut the hide and it went quite well, But from there on we could just yell. Be him alive or be him dead, We kept his hide it is said To ever remind us how we sped To tear him apart up to the head. Now when I look back to those days of yore I wonder why it was such a bore, I really just laugh, and giggle, and roar Until my sides are weak and sore. eF. Me'BO. ON CALL just when you've fallen into slumber deep, Hoping to have a full night's sleep There comes a voice that says once moree I-Iurry, you're wanted on the OB. floor. You scramble out of bed and step on a tack, That was holding uhis picture up on the rack. You slip into your clothes, grab the first pair of hose, Then j ump into shoes that do hurt your toes. You wake up your room-mate by stumbling around, Then take the stairs with a leap and a bound; Your feet leave the roor, when you fly out the door And you flnd yourself well bruised and sore. You pick yourself up and assemble your clothes, And thrust on your partner the sum of your woes; You run down the street, and fly up the hill. You certainly haven't any time to kill. You ring the bell at the hospital door And patiently wait for the buzzer to roar; But AlaSI-you find that you've lost the race When they say that you've missed the case. eL. W.e'28. 65

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SNOWFALL IN DECEMBER Soft, furry Hakes floating in the air ' Stillness, and heavenly quiet pervades the world. K 'Tis midnight on a December night. All is beautiful, the ground is laden with snow Untrammelled, unbroken evenness, A beautiful ermine rug. - Oh, would there were no creatures to molest it in the day. A beautiful stillness, soft glowing lights, The zest of living, keen living atmosphere. The crunch of snow under footfalls, The sparkle of twinkling stars, As the light ,falls on the ground, Clear sky, full moon, twinkling stars. Joy of winter, spreader of light, Snowflakes, snowflakes, falling at night. . . - I . N.a'28. LIMERICKS There was a young la'ssie named Flip, At night into bed she would slip; In the daytime she snored When in class she was bored- And wished that the teacher would skip. There was a young man named Jimmy, Who fell for a girl quite skinny. But she didn't fall, So he couldn't call And now his face is quite skinny. There was a young student named Mabel Who soaked her hand on the dressing-room table. With the good hand she'd work, While the other did Shirk Hoping the germ wouldnlt prove fatal. There was a young Doc so delighted, When kitchenward he was invited, To get just a bite, He expected each night Quite sure he'd never be slighted. ,,. , AM : .Na 5 mart? Hf ,