Swedish Covenant Hospital School of Nursing - Candle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Senior Cla A Prvplaecy The scene is a hospital room at the Swedish Covenant Hospital. The year is 2006. In the room we lind the former student, Ella Halla and Elsa Knudsen, who have both fractured their hips. As the scene opens Elsie H. is reading a letter she has received from her former classmate Millie Keller. Elsie: Oh, listen to this Elsa, lloesn't that sound just like Millie. 'After being here in Bolivia for forty eight years, and reaching the ripe old age of seventy three, I have become just like the people here with only two speeds - slow and stop.' Elsa: Oh yes, doesn't that sound just like hcl. Say, isn't lxlfjlllll Klint on the nlission field too? Elsie: 'AOh yes, but didn't you know her nane isn't Klint anymore. She married a plumber out on the field. Elsa: A plumber! That ought to suit her line. Remember the time when she flooded the sterilizers batik in O.B ,... Boy, was that funny! There she stood, ankle deep in water and mopping like mad. And all the time the water was leaking down to third lloor. Elsie: Oh, those fourth floor memories. Remember the time Audrey Mouthaan's boyfriend snuck up the back way and they were overheard talking. Her boyfriend said: 'Hey Aud, do your eyes bother you? Aud told him 'No'. XVell, they sure bother me,' he said. I wonder which one that was - Andy, Rog or Art. She surely had the boyfriends. Elsa: And who was it Elsie, that we used to call 'the stork? Oh yes. Nystrom. Remember how she used to get called out for sections night after night. I guess they knew she was the motherly type. Elsie: How many children does she have anyway - eight, wasn't it? Elsa: I believe so, but I think Carol johnson beat her. Do you realize she had ten children, fholding up her knottingj and this is the forty-third bonnet I've knit for that familyfl Elsie: Oh, this cast is tight. Since Marilyn Stark went into retirement they certainly don't have a very good E. R. supervisor. This is my second cast, tool Elsa: They did a good job on us in surgery, though. Elsie: XVe were i11 good hands. Elsa: Yes, with Evelyn Rohrbach as the anesthetist and Dorothy Hultberg supervising the whole thing, how could we lose? Elsie: I suppose eventually they will transfer us to Nelson Hall. They say that Carolyn Swalin will have to retire from her job as supervisor there pretty soon. ' Elsa: Well, she's had a full life. Elsie: Oh, here's an interesting little tidbit, Elsa, listen: 'I heard that Carolyn Coleman won her last trophy in a tennis tournament held down in Rio de Jan- iero last monthf Isn't it funny how Carolyn mar- ried that Parish fellow and how they won tennis tournaments together all over the country. and to think she won her last trophy at the age of seventy- three! I wonder whatever happened to Dot Vander Veer, she was always such a tennis fan. Elsa: Oh didn't you know - she became the physical education instructor out at Westmont College. Elsie: Oh, really? fSeveral students go by the doorj Elsa: Have you noticed how pert these students look? I guess Arnell and Elna Pete really make them toe the mark. How long have they been superintendent and assistant now? Elsie: f'XYell, nigh unto forty years, I guess. Let's see, who else have they got on the staff here from our class? Elsa: XVell, there's Verlyn Hultman, occupational ther- apist at Nelson Hall. Elsie: And don't forget Nancy Thomson, head of C,S, She always did clean a mean steri-tube. Then there's Goldie Fooy, supervisor on 2 South.