Standish High School - Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Standish, ME)

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WBut what will Rusty say?N WI don't know, that is the worst of it, but we must have the money. We can always get another colt.W That seemed to settle it for there was nothing else said. When Rusty's father told him that they were going to sell Star, he knew there was no use to protest. He was so upset, he eouldn't find enough time to spend with Star. Star was taken away the next day. Everything seemed gloomy after that. Rusty wandered about restlessly. There seemed to be nothing of interest to do and school was to begin soon. Then, one day, Vr. O'Rielly came into the house with a wide smile on his face. Nwhat has happened?W Yrs. O'RieIly asked anxiously. WYou know the bank where we had our money when the depression came and all the banks were closed? It says here in the paper that they are starting up again and they are paying a percentage of the amount they owed. They are to open sometime before the New Year.W A few days after this happening a colt was born. Rusty was one of the first to see it. The first time he set his eyes on it he decided that he was going to call it his own. It lifted its head and seemed to be looking right at him. Mr. O'Rielly was away from home at the time, but on his arrival home, Rusty was there to tell him the news and to take him straight to the stable to see the colt. His father was as pleased as Rusty. The new little colt was just the color of Sta NOh, Daddy, may I have him for my very own?W Wwhy, yes, you deserve it. You may care for him and I think Tom will help you break him when he gets a little older.H WOh, may I really break him?W Why, sure. What are you going to name him?W WI don't know yet. I must think up the best name.U But this didn't prove to be a hard task for the next morning the colt was wide awake and looked at him with bright twinkling eyes. He knew in a minute what the name was ---- NTwinkles.W Daphne Gould '51 Mother: WJimmy, you have your shoes on the wrong feet.N Jimmy: NBut, Nom ie they're the only feet I have.W I'

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Sunshine After Storm Rusty is a boy of seven. He has red curly hair, dark blue eyes and freckles that look like the dots on tiger lilies. His mother and father had nicknamed him 'RustyN from the start because of his beautiful, Wrustyn, curly hair. His father, Mr. O'Rielly, had loved horses as a boy and continued doing so to the present day. Because of this liking, he had started a horse ranch when he was only seventeen. Mrs.O'Rielly and he had lived in happiness for quite a few years until misfortune after misfortune came their way. Finally, they were forced to sell many of their fine, thoroughbred horses. Rusty was the only speck of sunshine that came into their lives during this time. Three years later a.shining black colt, with a white star on its forehead, was born. This colt was named Star. The sleekest colt there could with Star. Hardly a time didn't go along to Whelpn. O'Rielly's thought he was the be. Mr.O'Rielly spent many hours arrived to care for him that Rusty Star became the family pet. Mr O'Rielly spent many precious hours in training him. Then came Rusty's turn to learn to ride. He enjoyed the summer months of vacation, riding and attending to Star. Of course, he liked the other horses but none could compare with Star. Worst of all Rusty hated to go to school. He could not see so much of the horses and had to stay indoors and study. The summer Rusty was nine, his father let him stay around where the hands were working, and some of them who liked him, as most everyone did, taught him many facts work. He liked every bit of the work about hated to go to school. Especially the fall enter the fifth grade. He was to go to the fall because all grades, from the fifth up, about the ranch the ranch and that he was to town school this had to go there. With this added expense along with others, the O'Rielly's were worried as to how they would make ends meet. Then, one day, Rusty heard his parents talking. It was his father who was speaking. nMr. Brandon was here today and offered me two hundred and fifty dollars for Star.W NBut we can't sell her. We are all so Doesn't he want any of the others?W attached to her. WHe needs a special horse and he says none will do if he can not have Star.W .

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WHY I PLAN TO FOLLOW THE VOCATION OF A NURSE Anyone who has been ill knows how welcome good nursing can be. Dressed in starched white clothes, the nurse moves quietly about the sickroom, doing the things that makes a patient more comfortable. By following the doctor's orders, she brings relief and physical comfort to the patient and helps promote a speedy return to good health. If you can visualize our civilization without these medical helpers, you will suddenly realize how important they are. The demand for nurses has increased greatly, and is still growing. More and more people are joining hospitalization plans and health insurance groups. This makes it possible for more people, than formarly, to go to the hospital when illness comes. Physicians hospitalize more patients nowadays to give them the benefit of new equipment, treatment methods, and drugs. Another factor is the growth of health education, which emphasizes the importance of early treatment for illness. The increased medical research in hospitals requires the work of nurses for treatment procedures, tests, and accurate observ- vations. The high birth rate of recent years has placed an added strain on hospital facilities and nursing staffs. These trends promise to continue, although the minimum requirement for public health, is one public health nurse for every one thousand people. About 900 counties in the United States have no public health nurse at all! That lack must be filled. National, state, and local health organizations are working to put health service within the reach of every American citizen. Health insurance programs are expanding constantly. ' This all adds up to an ever-growing need for trained nurses Many opportunities, therefore, wait for the young woman who feels the urge to serve her fellowmen as a nurse, and who has 1 the necessary qualities and education to make good in the profession. As in many other professions, salaries in the nursing pro- fession are subject to many changes at the present time. The increased cost of living and the growing demand for nursing services constitute at least two important factors responsible for this. In addition, salaries vary in different parts of the country, and may even vary from one hospital to another in the same city. However, in general, the young nurse to day will begin at a salary ranging from a possible S190 to 3210 a month, her maintenance being deducted from this amount, which is anywhere between 630 to 350 a month. Specialized nurses, such as psy- chiatric nurses and operating room nurses, usually, begin at slightly higher salaries. Hospitals pay some S10 to 820 extra for evening and night duty. Average salaries in the field are higher, of course, than starting rates, and vary from one locality to another.