Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing - Stripes Yearbook (New York, NY)

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A SONNET The sun upon The drilling cloucls Prinls shadows wide and lar. The lrees alone rellecl ils lighlq As does lhe evening s'rar. On shimmering lake and mighly slream ll shines ils radianl gleam, And draws ils waler from Their source To lorm lhe rain clouds ol remorse. Thus have our lives lhe-se pasl lhree Been inlermillenl ioys and fears. On olher palhs our feel shall lreacl, Al olher lables seek our bread. Bur like The slars, rellecl' The lighl Ol stronger wills lhan ours. l. SANDMAN. years

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T STUDENT PRINTS Unique in The annals oT Maxwell I-Iall is STudenT PrinTs, a newspaper ThaT was sTarTed by members oT The class oT '36, and is here To sTay. OriginaTed and chrisTened I-ludson River MonThIy, The inTanT was anxiously waTched by iTs TosTer moThers To see how iT would prosper. Like Jack's beansTaIk, iT grew and grew, unTiI now The subscripTion IisT is nearing The ZOO mark, and The TuTure seems secure. The new name STudenT PrinTs appeared as The resuIT oT a conTesT, and The I-Ienderson Twins may be proud oT Their conTribuTion. The paper has TaiThTulIy chron- icled evenTs oT inTeresT To Maxwell Hall residenTs, and has endeavored To wield a pro- gressive iniluence on sTudenT opinion. The larger parT OT The class ol: '36 has aT one Time or anoTher submiTTed maTerial Tor pubIicaTion, and a reliable group oT conTribuTors is rapidly developing in The succeeding classes. During The pasT six monThs STudenT PrinTs has sTarTed To ex- change papers wiTh oTher hospiTaIs and has Tound These conTacTs inTeresTing and sTimulaTing. STudenT PrinTs is sTiIl adoIescenT and Thinking oT The opporTuniTies ahead oT iT. We are sorry we will have To waTch iT Trom a disTance. IT will be, however, a valuable means oT keeping in conTacT wiTh our school aTTer we leave, and we may always be proud oT iTs concepTion in our group. W. WILLIS. TI'-IE LENDIN6 LIBRARY The Maxwell I-Iall Lending Library opened iTs doors Tor business in November, I935. IT was originaTed by members oT our class To supply The crying need Tor good new books which would be easily available To everyone in The hall. The library is sponsored by The STudenT GovernmenT and The original seIecTion oT TourTeen books was purchased by The STuclenT Government A small renTal Tee Tor books which are borrowed makes possible The addiTion oT new'TicTion and non-TicTion books Trom Time To Time. Many people have generously donaTed books so ThaT The library grew apace Trom The beginning. SeIecTion oT new books is made on The basis oT requesTs Trom members oT The library. A commiTTee chairman, appoinTed by The ExecuTive Council, has charge oT The library, and seIecTs her own assisTanTs. Books are exchanged Twice a week. Miss May Broomhead oT The February secTion oT The class oT I936 was The TirsT chairman, and goT The venTure oTT To a good sTarT. M. KEITI-I.

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Logic ol logic-lhe maiorily ol lhe I936 class came inlo nursing according lo lhe resull ol a Queslionaire submilled, because lhey wanled lo be nurses: a lew had nolhing else lo do or enough money lo go lo college, and one lmay her spiril live on loreverl came in lo ease sullering humanily. Presbylerian l-lospilal was selecled moslly lor ils repulalion allhough a lew liked the view. Mosl ol lhe class expecls lo conlinue nursing varied lenglhs ol lime aller linish- ing, specializing in Public l-leallh, Obslelrics. Operaling Room, Pedialrics, or Psychia- lric nursing. Eurlher sludy al college won oul by only lwo voles. The yes column included as lheir reasons, lhe desire lo gel a beller posilion, lo gel a degree, and lo round oul lheir educalion. The no's reluled lhe lacl lhal lhey had no money. and were lired ol sludying, and had no ambilion. A successlul nurse musl possess lirsl a pleasanl personalily, lhen palience, inlelli- gence, a sense ol humor, and surprisingly enough skill was lasl on lhe lisl. Marriage does inlerlere wilh a career overruled by lwice lhe number lhal said il did nol. On lhe subiecl ol marriage mosl ol lhe sludenls desired children if mar- ried ranging in number lrom lwo lo six. ll was decided lhal marriage was more im- porlanl lhan a career. The consensus ol opinion was lhal nursing would be a suilable career lor a daugh- ler allhough lhe negalive ran a lairly close second. The young man musl possess lirsl ol all inlelligence, secondly good manners, con- sideralion, a sense ol humor, and lar down on lhe lisl lour mercenary young ladies insisled upon money. The ideal young man is very obscure, lor mosl ol lhe girls have nol lound him allhough scallered here and lhere llor lulure relerence il you wanl ill we lind lhe names ol Drs. Schullinger, Sl. John, Slevenson, and R. Moore. K Easl is lhe mosl popular ward wilh L Easl coming second. The popularily, il seems, depends on lhe head nurse. V The Operaling Room runs lirsl in prelerence lor a special service because il is exciling and dillerenl. Nurses are lilerary minded in lheir lime oll duly lhough a greal number lind lime lo sleep. The Dramalic Club is lhe mosl popular organizalion. Dislikes run a varied course, namely, dressing al six-lilleen, black shoes and while panls, scallops and cream pulls, lalking shop, Maxwell Hall meals and service, llallery, iniuslice, deceil, sarcasm, noise, cleaning rooms and lockers, and onions. Eilly per cenl ol lhe sludenls smoke. Smoking and drinking are approved ol il done in moderalion. Moderalion is lhe spice ol lile. Vices-my goodness!! Laziness, procraslinalion, lale hours, chewing gum, ealing, drinking and smoking, being clock conscious, and spending money lop lhe lisl. Swimming is lhe lavorile sporl lollowed secondly by horseback riding. Mosl ol lhe sludenls have done no exlra sludying, and lhose who have indulged, did so in Psychialry, Music and French, Religion, Physics and Sociology. l EXTRA!! EXTRA!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!! E. KAISER.