St Francis Hospital School of Nursing - Lamp Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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Cfaaa .jwkafory y . Qfffs V ln September l944, fifty girls from this and outlying islands registered in the School of Nursing of St. Francis Hospital. For many of these girls it was their first time away from home. However, homesickness was soon forgotten in the strange new world of bone, muscles and microbes. NOVEMBER l944-Amidst the chaos and destruction of the world, a dance was held in commemoration, and Thanksgiving for the tireless efforts of in- structors, directors, families and friends who made it possible for us to carry on a near to normal mode of living in a school of nursing. FEBRUARY l945-Preliminary period. Mr. and Mrs. Chase, our quiet and most loved patients, allowed us to practice the fundamental nursing proce- dures. MARCH l945-Quivering and shivering as probies, we marched on to the floors to carry on the commands of our superiors. Baths, enemas and bedpans-how different it was from giving nursing care to Mr. and Mrs. Chase. APRIL 1945-With enthusiasm and fervor the Spring Frolic was launched with the purpose of further improving the library. IUNE 1945-Uniforms 12 from the floor, fishnets on our hair, we marched up the aisle of the Lady of Peace Cathedral to pledge ourselves before God to serve humanity. Stiffly starched caps were placed on our bowing heads as a reward for our efforts of the past nine months. FEBRUARY l946-Lighter moments of the winter and summer, picnics, swimming and parties balanced our more serious moments. FEBRUARY l947-FEBRUARY l948-Senior Year. The last stepping stone to graduation-the blue band. IULY-Senior Dance at the nurses' home. AUGUST-Traditional banquet to honor the departing seniors at Queens Surf. NOVEMBER-With the tables turned, we feasted languidly at Lau Yee Chai-Our gratis to the luniors. FEBRUARY-Graduation after three and one half years- Like ripples in a pool- 'A' Widening, ever widening into the boundless sea of Life Seeking new horizons, we work towards greater achievements. Wider still and wider shall our bounds be set. f31l

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arm prolakecg -confinuecl lntendent of the largest Children's Hospital in Paris, France. An old missionary priest who had just come from the little South Sea island of Tongatabu, brought us word of the wonderful work being done there by one of our grads, ludy Yamada. ludy plans to remain in Tongatabu. Another cablegram arrived and this time it was from St. Louis, Mo. Elsie lnukai expressed her regret at not being able to get over. Elsie is now lnstructor in Nursing Arts at St. Mary's Hospital. Sadako Higa dropped over for a short visit. She is sailing tonight for lndia. Her work there in Public Health has received international ac- claim. Her husband is a Swedish doctor, very handsome, too. l had a long chat with Dr. Surnie Fukuda, the scientist who told me all about her work in Kona and of her discovery of the new drug to prevent night nurses from falling asleep. lust then a navy plane landed on the employees' volley ball court, and we could hardly believe it when we saw snappy Lt. Commander Hiroko Suemori get out of it. She flew way over fr o m Frankfurt, Germany, where she is the Superintendent of a hospital for all naval personnel. Yuriko Sakihara and her husband joined us. Yuriko is in a quandary over her two daughters. They want to go to St. Francis to become nurses despite her protests. She finally had to give her consent when they threat- ened to go on a hunger strike. Attractive Laura Kanemoto stepped out of a beautiful black limousine as we were on our way to the Dining Room-she informed us that she'll be leaving soon for South America where she was offered a position as 30 a head nurse at the Siesta General Hospital in Brazil. As l went from one department to another l met some more of the old gang. Betty lgarashi came down from surgery where she just finished a case. She has been at St. Francis ever since graduation and is now head nurse in surgery. Over in 2-E Dorothy lkehara was very, very busy with the Premies, and Clara Quintana was trying her best to keep the kiddies contented. They both did their post-graduate work in pediatrics at lohns Hopkins. We met Violet Shinagawa and Emily Matsukawa answering a mil- lion questions from a group of stu- dents about their work at the Terri- torial Hospital at Kaneohe. Violet is the surgical supervisor there, and Emily is chief psychiatric nurse. On our way to the new marble chapel for the closing Benediction Services, l met Yoshino Matsumura and Sadako Muramoto introducing their families, to each other. Yoshino has her own Day Care Center in Honolulu and Sadako is an instructor at Marquette University. Sitting next to me in chapel was Gladys Matsunaga and her hus- band, the Chief of Police. Gladys is the chief nurse for all the prisons in Hawaii. Guess who said Benedictionl That's right, you guessed it-Our own be- loved Father Valentin, and he didn't look a day older than when we were students. Well, l guess that accounts for ev- erybody. Give my best regards to your husband and for land-sakel l hope the baby that's coming is a girl for a change. Aren't nine boys enough? Aloha, Pauline.

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First row: H. Alves, I. Brush, E. Kuboiiri, D. Goo, G. Chung, E. Lau, I. Rodrigues, C. Spencer. Second row: F. Tsuchiya. I. Sukaiiani. A. Ycxmashiro, M. Oshiro. M. Nishimuru. B. Nishimiyu, M. Arashiro, S. Kino, F. Inouye. Third row: F. Moriia. F. Timbreza, I. Arcrshiro, C. Mori, A. Saiki, K. Tanaka. C. Kodc. T. Fuke. I. Eko, R. Miyagi. A. Botelho. lt is somewhat surprising to realize that the green , carefree probies have blossomed into serious-minded Iuniors. Two years have passed rapidly since We first expectantly set foot into St. Francis l-lospital-two years 'qi hard Work with its encouraging and sometimesvdepress- ing moments. The Iuniors have plodded on in their struggle for knowledge afnd in the struggle have not forgotten character development as well as kindness, understanding and loyalty to others who have needed our help. There is that long road still ahead before We are actually ready to accept the responsibilities of a grad- uate nurse, yet the burden will be lightened because We have learned to know and help each other- We are one in one World. 5321 Miss I. Lange MBIGHZCEH