Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing - Semper Fidelis Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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VARICOSE SOCIETY DANCE A REAL SUCCESS The Red Drop Hop, sponsored by the Campus Varicose Society in connection with their annual blood-letting drive, was quite a success. Great Hall was overflowing last night as couples danced to the liquid music of Les Anemic and his Pale Four. The dancers seemed to particularly enjoy The Transfusion Tango and The Jugular Jump. Lovely redheaded Aorta, vocalist with the band, gave a thumping rendition of Hemophiliac Blues which raised everyone ' s blood pressure. The decorations were certainly clever. Suspended from the ceiling was a huge heart which beat convincingly 70 times a minute. From the heart were suspended many red streamers which were supposed to represent arteries and capillaries. The effect was one of intense realism unless of course one has never danced in this vein. Even the refreshments were connected with the theme of the dance. A corps of nurses served intravenously from the beautifully decorated tables arranged artistically around the floor. Blood flowed like water. Miss Leech, head nurse, poured. Highlight of the evening was the entertaining mixer, Find Your Type . The game is a simple one, each person is supplied with a small knife or razor blade, and a vial. Into this vial the player bleeds, then runs around trying to find someone with the same kind of blood. Many lasting R. H. friendships were formed. One of the two survivors of the game was heard to remark, This is lots more fun than Russian Roulette. The Varicose Society extends heartfelt thanks to the Undertakers League for mopping up so thoroughly after the dance. Then there was the nurse who was nicknamed appendix all the doctors wanted to take her out. OR The doctor who knew his patient couldn ' t afford an operation, so he retouched his x-rays. 76

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“It would be interesting , Members of the Graduating Class , to cast your horoscopes ... “YOU will be better women for the life which you have led here. But what I mean by ‘better women’ is that the eyes of your souls have been opened, the range of your sympathies has been widened, and your characters have been moulded by the events in which you have been participators during the past years. “Practically there should be for each of you a busy, useful, and happy life; more you cannot expect; a greater blessing the world cannot be¬ stow. Busy you will certainly be, as the demand is great, both in private and public, for women with your training. Useful your lives must be, as you will care for those who cannot care for themselves, and who need about them, in the day of tribula¬ tion, gentle hands and tende r hearts. And happy lives shall be yours, because busy and useful; hav¬ ing been initiated into the great secret — that happiness lies in the absorption in some vocation which satisfies the soul; that we are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can from, life.” Sir William Osier With the best wishes of 77