Presbyterian St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing - Alpha Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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oaist to Senior €laii — Contimied Here ' s to Helen Creed — so original and jolly — She ' s always agreeable and cares not for folly. She is conscientious in her work and free in her fun ; Everything she does is very well done. Here ' s to Miss Knickerbocker — so quiet and tame. Her friends all tell her she is to blame For things she never thinks to do, Yet she will be the goat until she ' s through. Here ' s to Margaret Whitnell and Ruth Davis fair. They are always together, so make a good pair — The former so dark, graceful and sweet ; The latter so trim, dainty and neat. Here ' s to Blanche Smith and Hannah Madison — so short — They are both good scouts of a very good sort. Blanche never gets mad, though angry at times ; Hannah, a friend in need, always spends her dimes. Here ' s to Julia Flaathen and Gladys Hall — Julia is short and Gladys is tall. Julia is quiet and of calm repose. While Gladys is gay and fond of clothes. Here ' s to Ann Fleming and Ruth Westerman gay — Ruth is with us in spirit, although miles away. Ann is clever, keen and wise; Ruth not so tall — but of value in size. Here ' s to Belle Benedict — with pretty red hair — She is certainly a worker, and always so square. Nothing bothers her on Duty from morn until night. And she serves for her class as The Red Beacon Light. Here ' s to Cora Ayer — a friend and a foe — Brilliant, good looking and not at all slow; Sarcastic in manner as the day is long, But always the same until something goes wrong. Here ' s to Helen Geltenbort — she loves to be alone That she may phone Mamma in a gentle tone. You see, she gets homesick for the loved ones away, So phones Daddy and mother with tears in her eyes each day. Here ' s to Lula Townsend and Florence McKinnon tall — Lula so quiet and seen not at all ; Florence, the attractive Canadian nurse, Always makes things better instead of worse. [24]

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Windt €btn ' Jf ir t Bap m tfje Wavi ' I T AL, said Uncle Eben one evening in early summer, I ' d yyi bin laid up all winter with a turrible rheumatiz an ' me an ' Hannah ' lowed that when the roads wuz a mite bet- ter I wuz to go to the city to see one of them big guns at the Hospital. When I got there the man in the uffus sed I could hev my choice of goin ' either in a big ward or a small ward. Right there I let him know I ' d made up my mind to be comf ' table and hev the best, so I sez, ' I ' ll hev the big ward regardless of the cost. No small ward fer me. ' The offusser, I guess you ' d call him since he wuz in the offus, smiled an ' saw right away I was a up-to-date man, an ' shrood. He sed if Hannah ' lowed to stay we could hev a sweet of rooms, I guess so we might do light housekeepin ' , but she wun ' t figgerin ' on stayin ' . Sam, thet ward wuz sum big. Bigger ' n my hull new cow barn, an ' the beds all settin ' white an ' straight agin the walls. Soon cum long a good lookin ' nuss, all starched in a white cap an ' apern with a few things hung on her arm. She sets up a screen round my bed. Not these here screens, but white canvas fixin ' s on poles so ' s you couldn ' t see thru ' em. She sed, reel nice an ' chipper, I was to take a bath an ' stay in bed. Thet wuz wun time I wuz insulted an ' let her know it. I sed, real hotly, I knowed I ' d traveled consid ' able distance, but it wuz only Chuesday an ' I ' d tuk my bath last Sat ' day night, reg ' lar. She smiled an ' sed it wuz the rooles of the institooshun, an ' then I wuz to put on ' this. ' ' This ' I ' lowed wuz the coat to an old perjama suit, only they wuz missin ' . I didn ' t make no fuss cuz I knowed how busy wimmen folks be an ' mebbe they ' d been mislaid er sumthin ' . But I saw right off twan ' t goin ' to be the thing fer my rheumaticks. Long cum a young guy in a white coat suit like my bed jacket. He mus ' a hed turrible weak eyes jedgin ' by the siz of the specs he wore. Yes, sur, reg ' lar goggles with big black frames. He wuz awful nice, tho, an ' I felt reel sorry for him. I hed a min ' to speak to him ' bout my perjammas, but I wan ' t layin ' to make trubble. He shuck ban ' s an ' sez, ' Mr. Painter? ' ' Thet ' s me, ' I sez. He wanted to know where I lived an ' my hull career. Then he sed, ' Mr. Painter, what ' s your present complaint? ' I riz up in bed angry, an ' sed, ' Who sed I hed a complaint to make? This is ez fine a institooshun ez I ever hope to be in. Furthermore, I didn ' t cum here to make trubble for no one by complainin ' fust thing. I cum to hev my rheumatiz cured up. ' He wuz reel nice, tho, an ' smiled an ' I cud see he wuz sorry to git me all riled up. He wrote ever ' wunce awhile and sed he wuz writin ' my hist ' ry an ' I felt reel proud to think my name wuz goin ' down thru the ages to cum. I wuz glad I ' d stood fer my rights. It pays to let ' em know you ain ' t so green. He wanted to know all about my wife an ' children an ' if they wuz well. He tuk an awful intrist in us. He asked me if anyone tuk my temperachure an ' I quick reached under my piller an ' felt my watch an ' pocketbook an ' sed that nuthin ' bin takin ' yet an ' I ' d hed my eyes peeled for slickers. He saw right away I wuz used to the sitty. Then he sed, patient-like, with a twinkle in his eye — he sure hed twink- lish eyes fer such weak wuns — ' Hev ye any fever? ' I told him [26]