University of Maryland School of Nursing - Pledge Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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The 1933 P. R. N. CLASS PROPI-IECY Url-llOL1'1't sure of it 7' Certain Then Allie BIcKeel, the anesthesist. put the mask over my face. Breathe in and you will see the witch, and perhaps a prophecy she will tell. I took a deep breath. XYell. we shall see. .-Xs I kept breathing, everything suddenly became quiet and I saw before me a witch. dressed in a U. of Md. uniform. Her dwelling seemed to be the basement room of the Nurses' Home. She had a fish kettle over a Fire and seemed to be watching some- thing boil. I listened and heard her say, A city-I see a city. 'Tis Baltimore in the year 1943. In it I see nurses-famous nurses. VVho are they? I asked. One I see, the Superintendent of Nurses in a newly erected hospital. ' 'Tis Ruth Dahlmer. Here comes some dignified person through the lobby, Marie Viiengerd, Supervisor of the Operating Room. Still other familiar faces appearg Virginia Stack, Head Nurse in the Pediatrics Department: Dorothy Christopher, in charge of a Surgical 'Wardf' She must be a true prophetessf' I murmured. The witch threw a handful of Soda Bicarb into the fish kettleg the water boiled up. She lowered the Hameg as the bubbles died down, she gazed more and more into the liquid. Many are famous-many-lfarie Clark has made quite a fortune on her latest book, One Hundred 'Ways to XYear a Cap in the Operating Room. Dorothy Blum is now the leading Psycho-Analyst at The Nut and Bolt Hospital. A nurse in dark blue steps forward. It is Anna Stein, now an active member of the Outside Obstetrical Service. Arm Burnette, Daphne Barclift and Katherine Mattingly have become quite successful as head nurses in the New Maternity Hospital. I also see that another of your friends has become a

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e 1933 P. R. N. 1 DOROTHY CAROLINE WRIGHT VVi1liamsport High School Potts Shorthand College VVilliamsport, Pa. The Closed Book. wav YIVTAN VVALKER WYNNE Columbia High School East Carolina Teachers College Columbia, N. C. Curley Locks. 3

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The 1933 P. R. N. Superintendent of Nurses. As she comes nearer, we recognize her as Martha Skinner. I-ler voiie changed and I noticed a change in her expression. Right this way we see several new homes. As we enter the iirst one, we are greeted by Thelma Caldwell. Her husband We learn is a famous doctor. NVe pause here for a moment. At the next home we are welcomed by Gladys Hix. As we glance about the living room, our eyes fall on an open book on the table. It is a P. R. N. She has been reading tales within its cover. Her voice suddenlv chanffed affain. . 6 b N ow they come to me one by one. Vivian VVynne has be- come a lecturer, her subject being 'Obesity and I-Iow to Overcome It.' XVe see two Public Health Nurses strolling down the streetg they are Sallie and Edna Melsonf' This is no prophecy, I grnmbledg this is only gibberish about events in the life of unknown nurses. VVithout any signs of an approaching end, the witch continued. Bess Conner's in charge of a class in Surgical Technique. 'Bigger and Better Babies' is the title of a monthly magazine published by Mary Mcfune. Dorothy XN'right is an honest to john modernistic housekeeper. Doris jones is specializing and has just come off a long case, she seems to be quietly contented in front of her hreplace. Now here comes another famous nurse, Dorothy Bowman, who has joined the Army Nurse Corps. The patients seem to be enjoying a bit of harmony rendered by this jolly nurse. Mildred Reese, who is now an instructor, her prize class being Ethics. Margaret Sherman, after studying abroad for several years, is head of a big Gynecological clinic. The witch faded away. As I opened my eyes I saw that I was back in 1ny room. Standing by my bedside was Betty Scar- borough, head nurse on that hall. I closed my eyes again, hoping the witch would continue her prophecies, but alas, my wishes were in vain. The magic power of my anesthetic had vanished. J. WADSWORTH.