St Anthonys School of Nursing - Acorn Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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The rooms had accommodations for three and we met the girls who were to be our room-mates, sent our families home, and then and there we started unpacking, dividing closets and dresser drawers, selecting our beds, and planning how we would arrange the room-all the time impatiently waiting for the time to come when we might put on our uniforms and see the hospital we were to work in, the home we were to live in, and the rooms in which we were to study. The Nurses' Home we found to be a very beautiful place, and the longer you are here the more you love it. It is a large 'home and at present has been made to accommodate a hundred and twenty-five girls. As you enter, on each side of the door is a small re- ception room where the girls receive company. The vestibule opens into the large living room of the Nurses' Home. This is a palatial room, with a cozy fireplace surmounted by a beautiful mantle on which stands the statue of the Sacred Heart. The room is furnished with upholstered chairs and divans, a beautiful babyigrand piano, a radio and victrola, magazines, daily papers and everything that makes one feel at home. Adjoining, and con- nected with, the living room by French doors is the library containing a wonderful selection of books of general interest and information. Needless to say the shelves of fiction and poetry are well 'patronized and most popular. At the end of the hall is a lovely little shrine of Our Lady which we take pride in beautifying with fresh flowers. Next to the stairway is Sister's office, a very popular place as it is here that we bring all our problems, receivei our mail, get our all-night leaves, take our reproofs and corrections which we all need occasionally-in fact, it is to us while here what a mother's room is to you at home. Then on down the hall we come to Mrs. Goodwin's room, another haven of refuge in many perplexities and troubles, then to the nurses' rooms, these are the ones you live in as a senior. Also, on the first floor is a large sun porch containing six beds. It has received the popular name of the wardl' and, because of its size, makes a very good place for little parties, bull sessions, and such, that any group of girls must have nowvand then. Now we will take you to second floor which consists entirely of nurses' rooms, it is here we lived as freshmen and juniors. The fun we had there is something to be remembered a lifetime. The south wing of third floor is usually where most of the freshmen reside. The north wing is a large and beautiful auditorium which is the scene of all our school parties, our, plays, our graduation and capping exercises, the picture shows that Sister Pancratia arranges for us, and where many outsideuclubs and sororities have benefit parties and book reviews-in fact, as you can see, it is quite a recreation center. However, we cannot slight the attic, which you reach by climbing some small steps, where we have a ping pong table, a victrola, room for dancing, and sometimes when we are feeling especially ambitious a game of basketball. ' They say you always leave the best until last so now let's go down to the base- ment. This is really a wonderful place as there is a kitchen where we can cook anythingf we happen to want, and you know how food appeals to everyone-especially student nurses. We come to the beautiful white-tile swimming pool, which is quite the place during the good ole summer time. The basement not only contains places for recreation, but, also, a very necessary part of every school, the classrooms. You see, we don,t play all our time off duty-in fact, we spend a good one-fourth of our time in the class rooms, admitting, although our heads nod now and then, that we do absorb a little knowledge. To let you see how we spend our time we will tell you a little about the classes we take. As freshmen one of our first courses is the one taught by Sister Pancratia on. practical bedside nursing. This is where we learn to make beds and bathe patients, using life-size models on which to practice, and I think we all enjoyed every moment of this class which lasts two .hours for the first three months. Along with this we took anatomy, the class which I think more than any other we all worried over, but we lived through it, all the better for having done so. Then came our classes in ethics, nursing history, mental hygiene, dietetics, chemistry, drugs and solutions, bacteriology, bandaging, case-study,

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