Rex Hospital School of Nursing - Nightingale Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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ADMITTED. September 1, 1947 TREATMENT: Occupational Therapy First year-Observation Recreational Therapy Second ear-Curiosit DISCHARGE: Se tember 1 1950 DIAGNOSIS: u Y l Y P ' Third year-Amnesia PROGNOSIS: Cuarded CLASS HISTORY lklonday, September 1, 1947, thirty-nine girls were admitted to Rex Hospital School of Nurs- ing. Our present diagnosis could have been nothing less than observation. QTO us tooj. We were all excited and rather dubious about the forecoming situation. Our first real experience came early the next morning when we fell out of bed sleepy, scared, and a little nauseated as we stumbled off to chapel. Six-twenty a.m. and everybody else looked so wide awake in their starched uniforms and there we stood in everything from heels to pajamas. Oh well, we had to learn. We did l 1 Classes started off with a bang. We followed each other around and then upstairs to study. Two hours everybody studied and in doing so got lost in the room next door and Miss Arbogast, with pencil in hand, would haul us off to the library for study under observation. Christmas came and we had the big tree and Santa Claus and it was almost like home. Even after Christmas, classes still had us slightly baffled. It seems we had examinations every day but these were just little quizzes, of course. Then the big things, Finals. Study after lights out, it can be told now and then ..s...........,,..,............ .. The night of nights, February 20th was cold and rainy outside but the bright lights, gay hearts, and appropriate music made the recreation room at Rex Nurses Home a night never to be forgotten. Twenty-eight girls received their caps that night-the first real step toward September 1, 1950. We got a week's vacation, tool Our second year was Hlled with curiosity. We moved bag and baggage to a newer part of the nurses home. All of us wondered what this would be like. New house-mother, a kitchen of our own, and you guessed it, how to keep from having a nice long restriction. Our classes were easier now and big plans were in the process for the junior-Senior banquet. We worked hard on this and if we must say, it was nice. During the summer months we enjoyed the usual picnics, trips to the pool on hours off duty, and getting together to talk about the special duties to which we were assigned in the hospital. Our junior year was very exciting because each day we came in contact with situations that made us feel like real nurses. VVe were juniors. Finally September 1, 1949 came. 1-lave you ever seen anyone real happy at six-twenty a.m.? You should have asked one of us. We had become Seniors. Black bands and everything. Maybe it was just us but we thought Miss Riddle and Miss Davis looked happy too. Oh, yes, Dr. Newell was right there, too. Our Senior year? What happened then? Gosh, so much happened we could never remember everything. For one thing our census had dropped to twenty-five. Marriage, you know how it is. They should have stayed because along with everything nice, our class was the first to go to State Hospital. Yes, we all came back and we enjoyed it too. For two years we had looked forward to being Seniors, but after taking time out for self inventory we came to the conclusion that we still had not learned everything. Vfe will be reading, studying and learning something new twenty years from now. All summer was just one big, gay, Senior Month. There was a cabin party by our sponsors, picnics, outdoor suppers, parties, and the junior-Senior banquet. These are only a few of the events that have made our Senior year a treasured memory. Oh, yes, july 24rh! Graduation Day- red roses, relatives, long sleeves, and oh, those aching feet and arms. We have enjoyed the past three years verv much. Our diagnosis and treatment has been fulhll- ed. Our discharge is practically Hled. This leaves only the prognosis, an individual problem. We have all received the same treatment and shared the same experiences, which has been the best and it is up to each one of us to develop our own future. We all can and will. MARY SHIPMAN, Historian 'Twgnty-.fix The

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LAST WILL AND TESTANIENT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF WAKE CITY OF RALEIGH REX HOSPITAL We, the Seniors of Rex Hospital, of Wake County, North Carolina, being of sound mind, but considering the uncertainty of our future stability, do make and declare this paper writing to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking any wills made by us heretofore. Therefore, because of the love, admiration, and respect that the aforesaid do have for the Iunior Class of this institution, we direct that our executors hereinafter appointed shall distribute all our properties to these our heirs, for the betterment of themselves, their profession, and the aforesaid IIISEIELIIZIOD. ARTICLE 1. 1. Ruth Atkinson wills her continuous flow of energy to Dulcene Stacy. 2. Iohnny Bizzelle wills her ability to carry on thru, thick and thin to Frances Smith. 3. Dot Bray wills her small waist to Velma Heath. 4. Lois Bullock wills her non-critical virtues to Irma Iones and Annie Adams. 5. Roslyn Carter wills her jolliness to Willie Willets, Roberta Baughn and Ruth Mewborn. 6. Betty Cannady wills her love of the O. R. to Grace Weatherington. 7. Grady Covington wills her high ambitions to Iean Tyndall. 8. Shirley Fuller wills her conversational ability to Betty Lee and Moxie 1NIoore. 9. Bonnie Freeman wills her calm manner to Grace Hussey and Ioyce Williams. 10. Marion Hughes wills her fun-loving nature to Ivlildred Griffin and Alice Mustian. 11. Evelyn Hester wills her ability to get along with everybody to Beverly Smith. 12. Betty Iohnston wills her beauty to Kathryn Bonner. I 13. Clem Iones wills her witty personality to Bobbie Davis. 14. lean Malcom wills her originality to Mary Fowler. 15. Martha Ruth Mann wills her versatility to Iessie Childress. 16. Kathleen Pleasants wills her well groomed appearance to Virginia Bailey. 17. Laura Ray wills her popularity to Peggy Evans and Pearl Bruner. 18. Lillian Rogers wills her attractiveness to Myrtie Ray. 19. W. G. Smith wills her domestic abilities to the Iuniors who are fortunate enough to have need of them. 20. Nannette Fletcher wills her ever ready cooperative manner to Anne Stone. 21. Pat Honeycutt wills her ability to see the best in everything to Ioyce Bunn. 22. Mary Shipman wills her acting ability to Harriet Harvey. 23. Tillie Wheeler wills her ability to keep smiling in spite of Dr. Hamilton to all the Iuniors You will need it I I 24. Lorna Weathers wills her leadership to Eleanor Vickers. 25. Evelyn Parker wills her likeable nature to Mildred Claybrook. 26. To Madeline Roberts, Shirley Draper, Iris Pendergraph and Shirley Wynne we will our black bands Qduplicatej and the memories of that morning. ARTICLE II. 1. We give and bequeath our heart felt appreciation to the Board of Trustees for providing us with three years of well rounded experienced training. 2. We give and bequeath our undying devotion, admiration, and respect to the doctors for showing such interest in us on the halls, and sharing their knowledge with us in the class- room. ARTICLE III. 1. We give and bequeath our gratitude to Mrs. Egerton and Miss Iones for being so gracious to our friends who have visited the Nurses Home. 2. We give and bequeath our thankfulness to hlrs. Campbell and Mrs. Young for their daily reminders to keep us on the right path. DOROTHY BRAY The Nightingale Twgnfy-ggygn