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

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State: North Carolina County: Rowan Hospital: Rowan Memorial We, the class of 1951, being of sound mind and strong body, realizing the eminence of our departure from Rowan Memorial Hospital, and having in our possession certain valuable prop- erties, do hereby publish this our last will and testament; hereby declaring all previous doc- uments null and void, ARTICLE I 1, To the Rowan Memorial Hospital School of Nursing our appreciation for making it pos- sible for us to obtain our profession, 2. To the Director of Nurses, Miss Howard, we leave our graditude for her guidance during our training period, 3. Tooursenior class sponsor, Miss Francis, we leave our never ending thankfulness for her understanding and invaluable aid, 24 LAST WILL 4. To the nursing staff we leave our love and appreciation for their consideration and un- tiring efforts in our behalf, 5. To the Doctors we wish to leave our un- dying devotion for helping to make these three years happy ones for us, ARTICLE II 1, Tothe Juniors we leave owr black bands, and our ragged uniforms with no guarantee of how long they will last, 2. To the Freshmen we leave our place in the breakfast line and our ability to get to Chap- el on time, ARTICLE ITI I, Robbie Thompson wills her love for the U.S, Air Corps in Blairsville, Pa, to Marlene Lowder, 2, Margaret Daniel bequeaths her height to Mary Nell Lopp, it's nice to have around the hospital,

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Christmas Eve found six of us leaving for Torrance, Pennsylvania’ to study psychiatry, This was the first time students had ever affiliated from this school for psychiatry and needless to say it was a new experience for us, After returning from affiliations, the entire class was kept busy toward the production of The White Cap with the completion of the annual we still had to look forward to the big event of our training, August 16, 1951, we were to receive the long awaited pin and peice of parch- ment that was our diploma and meant that we had fi nished three long years of study, work, and play. Now we were graduate nurses and eligible to wear the white uniform of our chosen pro- ression, Ruth Cope Historian 23

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AND TESTAMENT 3. Margaret Spivey wills her love for the Emergency Room to Charlotte Crisco, hoping she will enjoy it as much as Spiv did, 4. Ruth Cope wills all her late leaves and other special permissions to anyone who enjoys night life as much as she does, 5. Ruby Poteat wills her confusing love af- fairs to Ann Smith, 6, Nellie Owens wills her love for the Op- erating Room to anyone who is willing to go over in the middle of the night and scrub, 7. Faye Trexler wills all her troubles to the Freshmen, you have our sympathy, girls, 8, Sara Lou Amburn wills her ability to get along with one room-mate for three years to Millie Clark, give you a clue---it ain't easy. Q. Ida McNeill wills her worn out uniforms to Jo Anne Blackwelder, hoping she will have a 25 nice “coming out party. 10, Evaline King willsher love for the Nurs- ery to Linda Blalock, better borrow some ear plugs and a clothes pin, II, Colleen Nelson wills to Shirley Ragan all her mischeivous tendencies hoping she can stay out of trouble easier than she did, Also does she will to her the audacity to defy Mrs, Major's word (as she so emphatically put it on numerous occasions,) To Miss Francis, she leaves----- knowing she will be grateful. 12, Robbie Robbins willsher old vim, vigor and vitality that has kept her constantly on the go for three years to Margaret Lester, Being of sound mind??? I do seal this the last will and testament of the 1951 Class of the Ro- wan Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Testator, Sara Lou Amburn