Queen of Angels College of Nursing - Liber Reginae Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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stiff' Cfddfi POP QC? 0 1 Now we are nothing but dust catchers-a group of pictures on a panel, marked The Graduating Class of 194-3f' Before you take us down to be replaced by a newer array of faces, think of the story that must be connected with each of our names. Tragedy, comedy, and pathos are all represented in the lives of us thirty-four, who may now be gone, but never forgotten. Come back with me fifty years to 1955 when we were in our prime. Those were our days-each of us busy doing something real and interesting. We were, as we used to say in 1943, 'fcooking with gasfl Let us start with the three girls in the first row, DOROTHEA WELSH, CHARLoTrE DAWSON and PEGGY CHRISTENSON, Back to nature was the motto on their spacious farm. The crop con- sisted of beans, chickens and corn tif you get what I mean by cornj. Then I remember reading a big neon sign on Hollywood Blvd. one day, which read, f'If you want your toes to turn up, eat Mother TOMER,S donuts. Yes, LOIS Hnally stole that recipe from VVoolworth's and from then on there was no stopping her. Everyone was not as successful, however. ELEANOR MALCOLM was up to her chin in debt. It seems that the bill at the Cnty Beauty Shoppe finally caught up with her .... RITA SHAW? I often wonder what became of her. RUTH ROBINSON, on one of her trips around the world, says she passed RITA in a small rowboat somewhere in the Pacihc. Not far ahead was a Navy vessel. I wonder if she ever caught up with it .... Very adept with the oars, too, was VERNADEEN KING, who started practicing way back in 1943 when she first heard Paul was headed for the Navy. Years later she was hired as emergency motor on one of the largest battleships. Another girl, who for a time was very successful, was EILEENE DANIGER. Realizing her talents the Army Camouflage division snatched her up. It seems she could lay a thicker smoke screen than any machine for the purpose. The Lucky Strike Co. thrived that year too .... LUCILE HAR1'ER and MARY ELLEN ADAMS decided in 1945 that their talents were being wasted. Both became models for I. Magnin's, MARY in the sportswear, while LUCILLE frisked about in little 'fpink things. I'll never forget the time when PEGGY O,DAY tried to end it all. Her reason was the refusal of the government to accept Elizabeth for the scrap drive. It seems only a week before, they had taken BUNNY SAILORyS jalopy and it had exploded before they could move it. Who could blame them for not wanting to take another chance? . . . Talking about scrap reminds me of JANE FRIEnEN'rHAL's brace. It got so big for her she finally had to have it fitted with wheels and a motor to help her get around in it. RUTH LEWIN became quite the athlete, winning almost all the tennis matches she entered. Ilm not saying she wasn't a good player, but that red hair shining in the eyes of her opponents seemed quite an asset at times .... Have you ever known anyone to let her hobby run away with her ?JUs'1'INE HAIN did. After a time, she took to chasing the mailmen and trying to take their stamps away from them. Needless to say, it was finally necessary to give her a change of scenery .... Another over enthusiastic character was LOIS ROBINSON. Her enthusiasm was, how- ever, in giving not taking. After a time, her corpuscles got so scarce she had to draw on her account at the blood bank. Many of our classmates were happily married, HELEN WEEKS was an example of nuptial bliss. Never mind who ruled the roost, that's something else again .... FLORENCE RAEMISCH, the last time I heard from her, was busy encouraging her five daughters to enter the nursing profes- sion .... Life in BERNICE HAsLAM's home, on the other hand, was no such picture of peaceful serenity. BERNICE could neither be seen nor heard above the din made by her brood of ten. Politics, too, entered our picture. A history maker was LUCILLE BECK, who, as twice elected president of the W,C.T.U., made many a dynamic speech on the subject .... But all I have to tell you is not of such success. There is a dark chapter to our story, too. It seemed, after some time, that FLORENCE VAN BEVERAN ran out of burnt cork for those black-face skits and took to using paint. The paint was too permanent, for she was last seen in a wagon being deported to Harlem. . . . NORA COREETT, on the other hand, was a little more fortunate. Being more adept at getting the paint off, she was given a job in a circus as the 'fs.peck,le'd ladyfi How well I remember the trouble DORO'1'fIY BURKE had before getting bald. Getting the kinks out of her pompadour was her sole purpose in life. After losing all her hair at the age of fifty, she would delight in stroking her smooth brow by the hour .... Similar trouble was experienced by ESTHER LEI-INHARDT, who, for many years, tried everything to cultivate lashes long enough so she could use that Kurlash herself. Poor EDITH MARTIN, the Hmen in white coats almost came for her, but she withstood the strain. Teaching student nurses, she found, was no simple matter. . . . No doubt you read about the big law suit in 1960 of Arthur Murray vs. DOROTHY WILLIAMS. She put him out of business because she could teach dancing in a bigger hurry than he .... NINA SCOTT, we might say, got in a rut after some years. She rented a permanent seat in a local theater and spent day and night in keeping it warm. The janitor could be heard muttering about ffdust catchersn as he went about his work. Seventy one

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O w. Seventy O .l2wf'1fM an flafammf We, the Senior Class of the Queen of Angels being of sound mind Cwe hopej do hereby make, declare and publish this to be our last will and testament, herein disposing of all of the imaginary, impersonal and mixed-up property which we have no right to dispose of, at the time of our departure. Ma,ry Ellen QGet That Man For Mej Adams wills her hope chest to Wilma Dusel, wishing her luck. Whereas, many of you girls wonit get to go to Los Angeles County General Hospital, Lucille fSweet and Simplej Harter wills her memories to you. Dorothy CI'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleepj Burke wills her alarm clock to the probies with the hope that they will acquire her habit of always being on time. Charlotte CLazy Bonesj Dawson leaves the Student Body the right to use her favor- ite saying You make me so nervous I could screamf, Annabel fScatterbrainj Baxter wills her many pen pals to all the lonely girls. There will be plenty to go around. Whereas, Jane fSmoke Gets In Your Eyesl Friedenthal is worn down to two nerves and a blood vessel so she isn't leaving any- thing behind. Mary fWho's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfj O'Leary wills her share of the cap collection back to the U.S.O. Now maybe some of the boys can get those caps back. Peggy CRose 0'Dayj O'Day wills her limousine Elizabeth to the scrap metal drive. Watch out, Hirohitol Lois CEverything Happens to Mej Robinson wills her mangled caps to the laun- dry for them to practice on. Rita CSweet Little Headachej Shaw wills her Merchant Marine jewelry to Mary Tague even though Mary seems to prefer the Air Corps. Lois fDear Momj Tlomer is going to give her rubber ring back to Central Supply now that her posterior is recovered. Florence CI've Got Spursj Van Beveran wills her secret technique for piercing ears to Carmen Valdez. Helen CI-lels My Guy? Weeks refuses to leave Larry to the School, she's taking him with her. Lucille Cl'm Fit to Be Tiedj Beck wills her ambitious nature to hlargie Gorcie. Peggy QBoots and Saddlej Christenson says she will teach anyone how to get a ticket in one easy lesson. Justine CNursie, Nursiej Hain wills her even disposition to the coming Seniors with the hope that they will make use of it. Bernice CDark Eyesj Haslem wills her military friends to Agnes Tahan. Verna- deen fMy Manb King leaves the secret of her swell complexion to whomever needs it. Ut all comes out of a bottle.j Edith CMy Heart Belongs to Daddyj Martin wills her Florence Nightingale spirit to the Student Body, particularly the probies. Tony CGh Johnnyj Proulx is going to New Mexico so soon after graduation she hasn't time to will anything. Bunny CHome, Home on the Rangej Sailor leaves her position as Student Body Prexy behind. To whom, she doesn't say. Dorothea. CMoonlight Becomes Youj Welsh is such a completely nice gal, we don't want her to leave anything behind. Nora fDancing in the Darkj Corbett wills her ability 'to get along with the doctors to Mary Lou Hobson. Ruth CYou Gught to Be in Picturesj Robinson wills her executive ability to Ninonne Given. Eleanor Clt's a Military Secretb Malcolm wills her ability to charm the male sex to Bette Garbe. Florence QOh You Beautiful Dollj Raemisch wills her French Bangs to Sonja Lansberg. Eileene CT'here Are Such Things, Daniger wills her seat in the smoking room to Ann Brown. Margaret QGypsy Sweetheartj Patterson wills her noisy per- sonality to dignified Dodie Qverend. Georgina CWhistle While You Workj Scott wills her contagious laugh to all the more serious-minded members of our school. Genevieve Cl'll Wait For Youl Matthexvs wills her patience to Laura Marchetti. Dorothy QMe and My Shadowj Williams wills her ability to eat and eat without gaining weight to Eleanor Finlayson. Ruth QStrawberry Blondel Lewin wills her accent to Diane Miller. Lorraine fYou Stepped Out of a Dreamj Cook wills her passion for cork-tipped cigarettes to Maxine Haynes. Esther fSleepy Time Gall Lehnhardt wills the secrets she knows about certain seniors to the house mothers. What a scandal! To all the students, we will what is left of our beauty, brains and brawn. Signed and sealed on this the 24th day of June, 1943. The Senior Class.

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The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Men clamped down on MARGARET PATTERSON. The morale got so had, they made her wear blinders over those limpid eyes. . . . Even to this day, the name of AN'I'OINE'I'1'E PRoU1,x is surrounded with mystery. Although there was much speculation as to the contents of her trunk, she never lifted the lid for anyone to see .... Imagine my surprise when one day, while window shopping, I saw my old friend MARY OYLEARY finally realizing her life-lo-ng ambition-that of spending the whole day in bed and getting paid for it. She was window dernonstrator for Beautyrest Mattresses. Reading her lips through the glass, I could see her repeating over and over, VVatta life, watta lifef' The year 1955 saw the achievement of JENNY lVIA'I I'lIEVVS' ambition. The stork had deliv- ered number live that year. He grew quite fond of that household, however, and paid many more visits. Never caught with her eyes closed was LORRAINE COOK who, it seems, never got off night duty. She considered sleep a waste of time, although none of the rest of us agreed with her. Alas and alack, ANxAm:i.1.E BAXTER came to a sad end. It seems that after I passed away, there was no one left to laugh at her jokes, and she soon wasted away. It was, in fact, all she could do to write Whois on the last page of her diary. So, you see, there is a human story behind each of our faces as we smile down on you from our panel here on the wall of the nurses' home. May you all look on us with reverence, and hope that yours will be as brilliant a future as was our past. .911 .xdlalarecia fion The Liber Reginae Staff and Senior Class wish to express their sincere grati- tude to all those who have so generously Contributed of their time, abilities and money in order' that this Annual might be published. In particular We wish to thank the following for their help in sponsoring the book: SISTER M. FEBRONIA SISTER M. ,IUNELLIA SISTER M. HEDVVIG DR. WALTER HOLLERAN DR. CHAS. HAYES MISS CAROLYN GAITSKILL THE CLASS OF '-l-l MR. XVALDO EDMUNDS, ENGRAVER MR. VVILLIAM HERSHEY, PRINTER MAXINE MCMASTERS, ARTIST MRS. GRACE HOFFMAN, PHOTOGRAPHER .Svrenty-two