Rowan Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - White Cap Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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SENIORS MARGARET SPIVEY Spive” Denton, North Carolina True wisdom joined with simpleness, Y. W, A. ; Assistant Editor of White Cap; Superlative: Most Ambitious, ROBBIE THOMPSON Tittie Jean Albermarle, North Carolina Eager to grapple hands with life. Y, W. A, Secretary 1949-50; Student Council vice president 1950-51; Student Council President, Pedia- tric Affiliation; Secretary of White Cap; Superlative: Neatest, FAYE TREXLER Fayzer Salisbury, North Carolina One can notbe wise and in love at the same time, Y.W.A. vice president 1949-50; Y. W. A. Program Chairman 1950-51; Class Vice President 1950-51; Business Manager of White Cap; Superlative: Most Reliable, va |

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SENIORS NELLIE OWENS Nell Cooleemee, North Carolina Spontaneous wisdom and truth breathed by cheer- fulness, Class Vice President 1949-50; Y.W.A. committee chairman 1949-51; Class Poet; Art Editor of White Cap; Superlative: Most Professional. RUBY POTEAT leation Kanapolis, North Carolina She holds within her gentle hands the quiet gift of dreams, Class secretary 1949-50; Class treasurer 1950-51; Associate Business Manager of White Cap; Super- lative: Most Original, RUTHE ROBBINS Robbie Hamptonville, North Carolina The smile that attracts the soul. Program Chairman Y, W, A. 1948-50; S.N. A.N.C, Program Chairman 1950; President of Student Body 1950-51; Class President 1949-50; Editor-in-chief of White Cap; Superlative: Best Personality.

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HISTORY As Isithere thinking, my thoughts take me back to August 31, 1948, when twenty eager girls entered anentirely new and different phase of life. Little did we know then what the next three years held in store for us, Itwasthenextday, September I, that we really got started, We were first orientated to the nurses home which was to be our home for the next three years, and then to the dining room which seemed to be the most important place of all. The first six months we were preclinicals and this year found the studious pre-clinicals having classes in the nurses classroom, and board- ing the bus bound for Catawba College, and Boyden High School daily, Joan Holshouser decided during the first week that she didn't like our way of living and dropped out, Audrey Smith answered the call to matrimony and left us in October. Then came the time we were initiated into this great profession, This affair was held in connection with the Halloween party and since we lived through the initiation period, we decided to stat looking forward to the annual Christ- mas party which was a great success, after which we enjoyed a weeks vacation, In the mean- time our uniforms had come and we were making our debut on the various halls, Our next great loss was our educational director, Mrs, Christine B. Cox, who left us to join the armed forces, She was succeeded by Miss Mary E, Francis, The big event of the year was that of March 21, 1949, On this day we received our caps which was the first advancement in the nursing profession, Indeed it was a happy occasion but again one of our girls, Hilda Click, found it necessary to leave us, May 31, 1949, wehad finished our first year of classes and begun eight hour duty on the halls. During the summer months a few of our classmates we re sweating it out in the operating room. While others were on vacation, Peggy Simmerson left us quite unexpectedly and moved to an- other town, September marked another stage of our progression; we began our Junior year, Betty Hatley quit training and got married. And so we were left with only fifteen members of our original class, Again we were faced with a big loss, Mrs, Fred Shaw, our nursing arts instructor left us to join her husband in Virginia, To show our appreciation we gave a party in her honor on the lawn of the nurses home, She was succeeded by Miss Rebeka Conrad, Our junior year was Spent in the usual routine of studies, ocassional parties etc. April 17, the first of our class to go on affiliation left. Three of us departed in the wee hours of the morning for Washington and a three months stay at Children's Hospital where we were engaged in the nursing of little ones”, in June we sponsered a formal dance honoring the seniors, It was held at the Country Club and fun was had by all, September I, 1950,,, At last we had become seniors and had attained the coveted black bands for our caps. We really felt our importance at Rowan then. Little did we dream that we would loose yet some students our last year, Marriage took its toll and left us with eleven to graduate, First to quit was Betty Crisco, then Arnella Carter, Soon to follow was Millie Bauer and Faye Trexler all answering the call to Matrimony, 22