University of Alabama School of Nursing - Pectoris Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Semin 7016 Being of sotmd, but not particulary ingenious minds, we, the senior class of 1957, do hereby be- queath all that is near and dear to our hearts, to the faculty, the hospital, underclassmen, and ou.r co- workers. - ARTICLE I To the physicians we leave our deepest gratitude, for their kind patience and understanding attitude. The faculty deserves the most we can give, which they will receive the day we walk on the stage dressed in white, ready to graduate. Of course, the O. B. Department receives our fondest memories, and a generous supply of guaranteed not to tear rubber gloves. Old O. R. brings back to us the smell of ether and alcohol: we leave them five gallons of Chanel No. 5. Four East Lower and Twelve West Female deserve new examining tables from us. We leave to every nurse on Three East a pair of rollerskates. ARTICLE II INDIVIDUAL DISPOSALS Donna Pennington bequeaths her wittiness and personality to Sue Rutherford. Shirley Smith leaves her smile to Jane Stinnet. Martha Knowles, Betty Chandler, and Nancy Waddell leave their loaded datebook to Marie Watkins, Sylvia Terry, and Marilyn Smith. Genell Hall, Emile Michel, and Martha Branyon leave their book on How To Make A's and Influence People. Erma Alston leaves Betty Thorpe her supply of lanolin hair spray and five nylon hair brushes. Barbara Holt doesn't know what to leave to Jean Stallings, except ten bus tickets and every weekend off. Carol Jones leaves her tired feeling to the energetic frosh. Pam Bragg and Mary Alice Edmonds leave their ability to catch a man to Phyllis Jackson and Pat Helton. Richard Spanjer leaves his charming accent to Nellie Rada. Mary Cook leaves all her worries with Student Council to next year's prexy. Mary Mauldin leaves Joyce Owen her Tom, Dick, and Harrys. Tiajuana Stanfield leaves her study hours to Mary Watson and Eunice Roberts. June Marshall leaves Jackie Robertson her strength and stamina. QA doctor's wife leads no easy 1ife.J Edna Windham, Maxine West, and Sarah Owens will their over supply of patience and friendliness to Mary Ann Moore, Wyvonne Isom and Helen Scott. Sue Long gladly wills all her worries with the annual to next year's editor. Joy Thompson leaves her gift of gab to Florence Rhodes. Eufaula Humphfrus leaves her love' of basketball to Ira Burgess. Willie Fay Barber leaves her timid ways to Ann Holley. Betty Smith and Gail Bentley leave their ability to take life easy to Dot Hawk and Betty James. Amanda Polhemus wills all her bop records to Georgia VanSandt. Pat Dorsett leaves her quiet disposition to Martha Caldwell. Dot Davis leaves her Nursing Arts Techniques to Joyce Owen. Martha Gilliland leaves her love of O. B. to Eleanor Davis. Joyce Bryant leaves her jar of vanishing cream to Betty Baugh. Rebecca Monks and Ethel Prater leave their corn remedies to Jeannette Mozley and Margaret Ann Hyde. Lorene Randolph leaves her photogenic profile to Mary Threadgill. Emily Gilbert leaves her happy married life to anyone lucky enough to get married. Geraldine Ryan leaves her iron hand to next year's third floor hall monitor. Joyce Rasbury leaves her love of Houston to Patsy Hurd. Betty Vinson leaves her faith in the future to all the hopeful. Inge Silton and Vivian Miller leave their friendship and their cheerful outlook on life to Beverly Geddie and Eleanor Davis. Carol Ribinski leaves her Yankee Accent to Dan Jesswein. Ann Walker forgot what she was going to leave. Jeanelle Thompson leaves her poise to Peggy Easterling. Charlene Allen leaves her pleasing manner to anyone who would like to receive lt. Susan' Christian bequeaths her short haircut to Wilma Vice. Elowese Ishee leaves her ability to say what she thinks to Eunice Best. Joyce Simpson leaves all her energy. . . We do hereby declare all former testarnents and wills or legacies revoked and annulled and do this day, the second of Jtuie, in the year of out Lord, 1957 set our hands and seal. The 1957 Senior Class, University Hospital School of Nursing, Gayle Davie, testator,

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As I look into the future I find that my classmates after graduation have gone north, south, east and west in search of fame and fortune. I decided to come back to University Hospital to see if the director of education knows the addresses of any of my classmates. To my surprise Joyce Simpson and Sue Long are Co-Directors of Nursing here. Ann Walker, after making up months of sick leave, is a staff nurse on 10 West. Geraldine Ryan has joined the faculty and is advisor to student council. Just across the street working at the V. A. Hospital are Emile Michel and Genell Hall - incidently they are still roommates. They tell me that Barbara Holt is Educational Director at the V. A. Hospital in Tuscaloosa. She has on her staff Carole Ribinski and Elowese Ishee. I understand they make the stu- dents affiliating for psychiatry really study. While in Tuscaloosa I ran into Charlene Allen, who is now working on her master's degree at the University of Alabama. It seems Edna Windham returned to Moundville and is supervisor of the hospital there, she married the doctor. As I board the plane in Tuscaloosa I find Nancy Waddell is the airline hostess and she tells me that she is currently the Alumnae's candidate for the Miss University Hospital Contest. On the plane also is Richard Spanjer, a recent anesthesiology graduate, on his way back to Holland. My first stop is Atlanta, Georgia, where I find Eufalla Humphrus is coaching a girls' basketball team Of course it is just a hobby of her's as keeping house for her son is her career. I noticed an ad in the local paper - it seems that Pat Dorsett and DeLores Huff are in business together. They are co-owners of the local nursery school. Next stop is Washington D. C. , at Capitol Hospital. I find that June Marshall's and Amanda Pol- hemus's husbands are staff doctors there. They have both settled down and made homemaking their careers. Joy Thompson is head nurse in the obsterical department now. While in Washington I just happened to see Donna Pennington. It seems that after graduation she took an extended vacation and hasn't as yet decided just what aspect of nursing she wants to do. As I arrived in New York I met Carol Jones and Joyce Rasbury. We went out to their apartment on Long Island and talked over the old days at University Hospital. They occasionally see Vivian Miller and Inge Silton who live in the surburban area. The two have permanently retired from nursing. 'While in New York,I ran into Ethel Prater. She is a captain in the navy and with her I find Anne Murphree, Rebecca Monks, and Maxine West. They sure believe the saying, Join the Navy and see the world. Prater tells me she saw Tiajuana Stanfield in South Africa a few months ago. Tiajuana is a medical missionary there. My next stop is Cheyenne, Wyoming where Lorene Randolph and Dot Davis live with their families. Together their children make up the neighborhood football team. of course, we can't go out west and not stop at the world famous Reno, Nevada. Here I find Betty Chandler, Gayle Davie, and Martha Knowles - as private duty R. N. 's naturally. Living in California are Betty Smith and Jeanelle Thompson with their little men. As I arrived in Houston, Texas, I find that Mary Cook, Jeanette Brown and Willie Faye Barber are out there now. By the way they are still looking for those millionaires the movies always talk about. Pam Bragg is also out there with Tex and is teaching English at the local extension center of the univer- sity to student nurses. As I returned by way of Miami I find that Shirley Smith and Betty Vinson are now life guards at Miami Beach. They tell me that Sarah Owens and Mary Mauldin are doing public health work there. As I get back to Birmingham I find that Mary Alice Edmonds, Emily Gilbert and Martha Gilliland are adding extra rooms to their homes - the only problem is deciding between pink or blue. Gail Bentley married that good looking policeman and they are now raising three little prospective cops. It was a wonderful experience to see all my old classmates but so nice to get back home - Think I'll call Joyce Bryant, Susan Christian, and Erma Alston - we can all manage to take time off from our families for a good rook game. Martha Branyon