St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing - Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Tscks wont by and wc struiwlod through Anatomy, Micro- biology, and Chomistry snccossiycly, tryin? moanwhilc to learn how to fake Ecds in thc cost accoptahlo-mannsn Our first wccks on thc floor worn hcctic for cvoryonc concofned. hiss Blake, out vofy capable and wcll-liked Iursinf Arts .instructrcss must have dospaircd many times of over making nurses of ns. 'Such colossal mis- takes havo probably nctcr hcfofo boon witnosscd, except porhhps by thc proccdiho classes of freshmen. Hhand Cnc his? A blithcly yiving a rcctal.thcrmomstor por youth. Hi: classmatc, hiss E, showed unusual sympathy and tact as indicatcd by thc following' convdrsatioh: Patient: Hhufso, I'v2 had an--ah sort of an accidsnt.H Liiss B: fall'hIi?fht and ready. to listcni Oh, you did! Than Sid it happen? During tho holidays?U y Hof facs was a noticeably dccpor shade of pink when tho nature of the accidcnt was more fully cxolainsd. l 1 '4 It fould soon this new class has two outstanding traits, enormous acpotitos and healthy lunfs. ,It has bson said of us that no uncouhtcdly can ontcat' and outycll iany crcvious Hroup.' 'c bout our titlo with duo amount 'of fodcsty until suddenly We found ourselves campuscd foi- Musss what? Tho third nnliconssd'dosocrt?' No! thosc wild scfca S'UHT could hs hoard cchoingin.ouf corridors when lights wsff snoposod to he out. Folloyinv this chastisoxcnt, self-appointed monitors could hc sccn--- darching vrinly up ani down the halls With fingers to lips Ushoshingn yiolontly. nftnr a Wcok wc wore onbdid That little coisods out the noisc doin '1. hy half. at last thi lonf awaited dats of cappinc, February 22 lC42, arrived. Thats tors 35 of us lined up in front of th? Hallctt Hoyc to hs photoffaphcd in ou? uniforms stout to hi qriccd with cuffs and our hcads with caps. lllncii, unfcrtun ,i'- taly, had boon tho chicf factor Mirc- jucint our class no bcrehip. No xero Ki iillod with pridc and a ocnsc of achicvcwcnt thc nicht we carried our candlsf and stooped up tc hrs. Propcr and Miss Wolf to have cdr caps pinned on for thc first time as Mrs. Ecniiog cfllod our nqmcs. Lost of ,ourgfcmilics and fricnds w,fc hsr. to yitnsssv this creat, syont in our lives, held in th: louncc of the NUTSfS,HOmQQ 'ly ICM vc dr: fl ci ht-hour duty,. and'it.is our foxprsss kbps that mf 134 shi? ,-,, to.ow3ry our share of thc fcspons ililitv ,ni duticcg Thntfrc lack in ,oicctidnccni and V , n, , M , 1, .. .,..f .- A .. ' i ,.- ,, .V 1 ., '-, .: . - - , ,Qc l,x ,, 'o ill, ,ide fin? to in,,e11o fci ,n1'villinn- 5 ' . -, . ' -- gf-.fa - 5-1 ,, .J O .v . I ,

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4-1Ji7 'H t rvr' 4 4' ,I Presi ctsss or 1944 orrrcrns dent--Barbara Carpenter Vice President--Betty Irey Treasurer--Hope Miller Repor ting Secretary--Dorothy Hansen Corresponding Secretary--Dorothy Warriner n A Spons On August sv, 1941 or--Frankie Gore . , sixty-one girls of varied sizes and shapes arrived at St. Luke's Hospital.4 Six weeks later the shapes were even more varied and none were notice- ably smaller. Class election was were chosen. 1Thus cessful career for We participeted'in parody on the sons and tribulations a held, and the officers and sponsor besan what is hoped will be a suc- ancther class of nurses. our first social event by doing a HDo I Vorryn, forecastinv our trials s probies at a welcoming party given for us by the upper' classmen. A tea was given for us by the Auxiliary Ladies, and the class attended a party at St. Johnfs Cathedral during the course of the next few weeks? Our class had the usual problem facing it of how to raise funds. We solved this by serving breakfast in bed to anyone who wished to dine in luxury on Sunday morning at a nominal fee. Another meager source of in- come was our shoe cleaning project. Anyone with a nickel could get a super-deluxe cleaning job done on two pair of duty shoes. Our was and first attempt at entertaining Us rest of our school done at Halloween. By diseuisinp the lower halls the recreation room with luridly painted newspapers we managed to create what we sincerely hoped was a very spooky atmosphere. Entertainment consisted of several skits depicting probie life as we saw it and ranving from UYoung Love 50 Years Aeon to Whinnie the Moocher?. Following said proaram refreshments wer: served and the room was filled with the pitter-pattor of so many hun- dred fect beztinp out the rhythm comin: from a piano and an apple-box drum.

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