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

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HISTURY lt was the first day of September in '53, and most of us made it as you see. We weren't minute women then but we soon learned to be as we fell into the routine of student nurse life. Seventy green pre-clinicals climbed the front steps that fall afternoon, opening the door to an entirely new life. We came from farms, small towns, and cities but in the months and years that followed we molded our lives into a single purpose-to become registered nurses. We began by receiving our books and studying for nine long, hard months. Our class officers were: President-Jean Moore, Vice-President-Betty Hatton, Secretary-Florence Chaffee, and Treasurer- Rebecca Glickman. Our Class sponsor was Mrs. Ed Bridger. It was Thanksgiving before we even got our uniforms-they were a new style which came in many, many pieces. What fun getting dressed was l l We finally got used to them. They looked better than the scrub dresses we had been wearing anyway. Christmas brought a week's work in the hospital, and the loss of some of our classmates. The re- mainder of us struggled on through a maize of early morning bed baths and exams. Our work was finally rewarded May 28, l954, when we received our caps in White Memorial Presbyterian Church. We were so hoppy that we didn't even mind working through that hot summer. Our second September at Rex found us under the leadership of Rebecca Glickman, President, .lean Cash, Vice-President,Alawoise Strickland, Secretary, and Jean Perry, Treasurer.. We added two more sponsors-Dr. Anne Louise Wilkerson, and Dr. Hugh McManus. An important event of the year was the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. We cooked the dinner and served it in the recreation hall, then we went to the Woman's Club for the prom. The biggest event of that year occured August 24th. We received our black bands. We were Seniors at last! Six of our girls were tapped into Santa Filomenia Senior Honorary Society. They were, Jean Moore, Betty Hatton, Shirley Edwards, Shirley Mew, Re- becca Glickman, and Bonnie Stewart. To lead us through our final year we chose for President, Barbara Lee, Vice-President, Gloria Duncan, Treasurer, Mary Ellen Edge, .lo Anne Gray, Secretary. This was the year of important events. The fifty-four of us trooped to the State Hospital in four groups, each group trying to have a little more fun than the preceding one. The annual was our big proiect. Then on June 3rd, T956 in Edenton Street Methodist Church we listened to Dr. Powell as he gave our Bac caloureate Sermon. The big day- was June 8th in Josepheus Daniels Jr. High School Auditorium wh en we graduated. Dr. Harper gave our Commence- ment address. But work wasn't actually over for mo st of us until August 24th, 1956. That day drew to a close our lives as student nurses at Rex Hospital. .1 - uzx...mnm.mn4 dnunu. ini! .ala