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

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f' 'lf .in 'i 'f'i':'f-we-ef ff richly-stained glass windows and beautiful statuary, reflects the true Franciscan spirit that animates the work of the Sisters. It is here that they assemble in the early morning for prayer and meditation, to thus gain strength to carry on the great work of caring for Godls sick and suffering. To this chapel we students repair in a body to make our morning offering of prayers and hymns before going our various ways on duty. j U Here, too, we can come at any time to lay our problems and trials at the feet of the Divine Healer, present in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Peeping Through The Keyholes Starting in Room 156 we see Iulia Sims, that sophisticated, witty, young lady by day, demure and sleepy in a long-sleeved pink flannel nightie . . . Betty Ann Young, busily rolling her hair up on nbobbie pins and minus her glamour needs no further comments . . . Barbara Fennessey has produced one of her books of romance from a carefully hidden library under her bed and is reading herself to sleep . . . Betty Rhoades is taking a fling at her version of the La Conga . . . Mary Lee MCI-Iugh is describing to the minutest detail her new dress and shoes and hat . . . Snooping farther down the hall we hear Mildred McGinley relating the happenings of a thrilling evening to Helena Wotte, who, slightly bored is busily embroidering-could it be for a hope chest? Agnes Attaway and Grayce Kanne have completed the day with a feud and are burying the hatchet so they can retire with clear consciences . . . Frances Strecker is worrying over her cactus plants-they aren't thriving nearly as well as theyidid in Chickasha. Dorothy Timmons can produce the utensils and all the ingredients for anything from a waffle party to a spaghetti supper on a moment's notice . . . Antoinette Abeitai devotes half an hour to her calisthenics while Mary McDonald, who must get in her twelve hours of sleep, is unconscious of it all . . . Geraldean Richey is racking her brain designing a new hair-do . . . Marjorie Berney has just breezed in from home to find Mercedes Simon in the mood to argue any question from the evolution of man to tomorrow's class schedule . . . Lonia Gieb makes a solemn confession to an unspeaking confidant-her diary-every night . . . Louise Landrum soothes herself to sleep and keeps her vocal chords in tip-top condition by hitting high G . . . Frieda Lewis is pouring out her heart into one ofthose long letters home, disturbed by nothing but Annamarie Wai'nke,s incessant chatter . . . Lyda Mae Stark is perfecting a device strong enough to awaken her at 5:30 a. m.-these a'larm clocks just don't get the job done . . . Nell Braselton reads over and over a certain Professor,s viewpoints on the value of higher education . . J Cherrie Allen and Grace Smith possess the traits of true womanhood, their quiet evenings at home are spent crocheting and knitting-a homey room reflects their household spirit . . . The studious Ruth Williams makes great headway in her State Board Book and keeps her case studies and reports up to date . . . Esther McAuliffe gives those who come in to set a spelll' so many do's and don'ts on surgical technique that they leave saying, Shall I end it all now or after I go to Surgery? , Faye Lambert, Irene Cymbalisty, and Geraldine Giroux keep up on the newest recipes and latest methods of serving midnight suppers whenever the opportunity arises and the food is obtainable . . . Iuanita Bourbonnais gives Information Please concerning all the 'phone calls and mail coming into the Nurses' Home . . . Kathryn Walker practices the latest steps of the boogie-Woogie much to the disgust of the poor Freshmen who room directly below her . . . Florence Martin and Emma Weigand spend hours exchanging notes on their current romances . . . Doris, Baker gives her little sister pep-talks on the qualities and ethics of a good nurse, just to show her authority . . . Louise I-Ioward worries about everything imaginable, her classes in general and hours in particular'. . . Whenever the peace of second floor is disturbed by a sudden jar, it is only Verna Mae Wiemers warming up the piano . . . Helen Tarman crawls in bed and covers up her headhin horror of the waywardness of her roommate, Ethel Payne, whose habbits are too varied to mention in particular. 'A' Dr.: I'd like to have a quart of blood for l McHugh: I wonder who this telegram is a transfusion, can you give it? from? i Intern: No, Sir, I can only afford a Young: Western Union, I recognize the pint+I,ve got to shave yet this morning. handwritingf,

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