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

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Poem reciTeCT by Nellie Revell over STaTion WJZ during The RoberT Simmons inTerview, wiTh improvizaTions by E. Kaiser ODE TO Tl-IE CLASS OF l936 IT you can please The head nurses and docTors, The superinTendenT and The paTienTs, Too, The paTienTs' Tamilies and your senior nurses. 'Twould seem +ha+ you'd have quiTe enough To do. Ii you can please The Czarines oT The panTry, The Napoleons who massage and ba+he The hall, And yell aT you Tor noT walking on The ceiling: Or smile when you have losT your beau's phone call. IT you can please The inTernes and The house-docTors, And hold your Tongue when The buck They Try To pass. Or when chambermaids and elevaTor workers Think your day is losT wiThouT Their sass. IT you can sTay your Tears when in The drug room, Iney ask Tor whom and why you wanT Their wares, Send you back pronTo Tor prescripTions, And make you climb whaT seems a million sTairsi IT you survive Two monThs in The HO. R. WiTh Tie my gown, and hand me This or ThaT, The wild exciTemenT oT The docTor's scolding, STill don'T give up and leave your Training TIaT. IT you don'T swear The nighT you've goT a heavy, And are inTormed iT's your Turn To relieve, IT you still sTick when lying Tongues run rampanT, ThaT Those in charge seem disposed To believe. IT you can glide pasT CaTherine aT nearly midnighT, Sign The book and make iT look like Ten o'clock 7 IT you can Tool The direcTor and The nurses, When you go haTless Tor a walk around The black. IT you can keep your head when bells around you Are ringing 'Til you don'T know whaT To do. IT you can keep your hearT when handsome inTernes Are losing Theirs and blaming'iT on you. IT now ThaT you have Tinished Training, You can look back upon This IiTe as mild, Yours is The earTh, buT l'm here To Tell you, You'll noT be a nurse-you'll be a sainT, my child.

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PROPHESIES qcofmnleay Avery-Manager of Bureau of Missing Seamen Bankaui-Presidenr of rhe S.P.C.A. Baumis-Dr. Auclwinclosss indispensible office nurse Beaumonf-Miss America af Miami Beach Chopey-The New Voice of Experience Copes-Aurlwor of Copes wirh any Sir, uarion: Advice in E+ique'He Dudley-Adagio dancing wirh George Raifa1'Leon's and Eddy's Edwards-Presidenl' of A.N.A., N.O.P. l-LN., C.O.S., A,l.C.P., and C,W.F. Edqerron-l-losress in Alice Poole Mc- Dougall's lTea every airernoon ai' 4-l Fischer-Arlanric underwarer soeed lzing Gordon-Winner oi Six Day Bicycle Race Gregory-l-lead of Travelers' Aid l-lellinqer-A Nurse on horseback in Kenruclcy E. l-lenderson-Advocaior of Hender- son's lniernarionally Known Die? Bis- cuirs D. Henderson-Besr Dressed Bride of Hue year lregui-lnfallible forrune reller and rnvs- . 1 TIC Keifh-Brillian? aurlwor oi Social Oppor- 'runilies for Young People Kenl'-Managing ediror of Vogue Kerr-America's firsr woman Presidenr Knox-Official announcer of Siglwrseeing Tour of 'rlwe Cify Leirh-A college widow Loclce-lnrernaiionally fa rn o u s Lion Tamer Macrae-Commissioner of Anri-Noise League Makinen-Winner of roller skafing laur- els af Madison Square Garden Murclw-lnvesrigaror oi Nalional Sraris- 'rics Bureau Reichling-Chief boiler for Sloan Rupoe-Marie Dressler's successor Rusclwmeyer - Zeigfields p r e m ie r e danseuse Shurr-A periecr housewife in some ridy lirlle home Taylor-Maxwell I-laIl's experr clwiseler fsoapl Willis-Our own Samuel Pepys Wilson-Head of Board ol: Regenfs' Examiners

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We, fhe class of I936, of fhis beloved insfifufion of higher learning fhe alma mama whenfo we did fhree or more years ago lmosfly morel mafriculafe, do make, publish, declare, consfifufe, creafe, esfablish, fix, fabricafe, frame, compose, assemble, and appoinf 'rhis insfrumenf as our lasf will and fesfamenf, af fhe same fime revoking, recalling, wifhdrawing, and refracfing all former wills lif anyl or insfrurnenfs in a nafure fhereof made by us. We do give, confer, granr, besfow, accord. award, assign and beguea'rh:- CLASS WILL To our mosf Beloved Eaculfy:-all our sympafhy in fhe exfremely difficulf and painful fask of sfriving fo confinue fhe educafion of fhe cleficienf and boresome under classmen who are following in our foofsfeps. To fhe class of '37, our real and righfful successors, we surrender fhose weeping fiers of seafs in fhe dining room which are now being occupied by our cold, inerf bodies for fhe lasf fime-also our newly acquired mascof-fhe elevenfh floor mouse. Furrhermore we bequeafhz- Kiffy l-lobarfs sfafue fo Dof Robinson. l-lelen Peffif's loquacify fo l-l. Mead. Eleanor l-lill's refiring disposifion fo K. Friedlieb. Mary Ellen Van l-lorn's naivefe fo J. McTurk. Dof Gindeles ferfile imaginalion lo M. Graessner. Lucia Muller's rosy cheeks fo Kinnear. Mary Ludes' execufive abilify fo fufure parliamenfarians. Scoffy McCrae's mischievous nafure fo M. l-leafh. Duck failors line and verbosify fo fhe Dramafic Club. The sfage lighfing effecfs fo ghosf sfories. Jerry Locke's curls fo C. La Framboise. Polly Chris+ie's neaf appearance fo H. Ellis. l-lenderson fwins' similarify fo fufure Friday morning inspecfion. Bea Crocker's finy voice fo R. Elwood. Emily Ruppe's dief fads fo Good Housekeeping. Marion Kiefh's soufhern accenf fo K. l-lardeman for fufure reference. Jane B. Wilson's dignify fo Alexander. Jean Walker's sfride fo fhe waifresses. Our old black shoes fo be used as fuel for Maxwell l-lall fo cuf down fhe laundry budgef. ln wifness whereof we have hereunfo sef our hands and seal fhis second day of l-ebruary, I936.