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

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In an account given by one ofthe original fivel' probationers, she states ofthe first day We Went on duty-the longest day I ever spent in my life. I had never been in either a women's or men's ward, but afterwhile the Little Lady in WVhite', came in and told us to straighten up the beds and make the wards tidy. XVe did not know Whether there were patients or not, but somehow We got through the day. My next move was to the Medical VVard with its wooden beds and soiled linen, dirty Walls and windows and floors. I was glad to be where I could be occupied. The orderly was good-naturedntbout helping me, and I started in to Wash Window sills, tables, chairs and anything that I saw which was not clean. The beds had been made up by a convalescent, so I put off cleaning them until the next dayf, . . . From the University Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Bulletin, 1925, p. 8-10. 6 .

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ll ll! I I 61 l ,srl , 1121 , 6 in 'Ns 0 5,3 ,Z V .Elf . .1 542' fm f if 1 :,. 'fn f' 12.-1 ,n .Q ' ' s-:ZZ T . 5, 1, f fm Fm X, --vfnzfri-eww W.. .. xi: Those who remember Miss Parsons say that she was a Woman who would immediately be singled out as a person of distinction, a woman of charming manner, with a pleasant voice and the brilliant complexion ofa gypsy, a wo- man who loved animals, who was always found doing something for someone else, but a Woman of determination, prompt of action, knowing no indecisiong a woman, moreover, who appears to have been capable of instilling in others because of her unselfishness, modesty, and charm, such a devotion toward herself as she in turn gave to those in need ofher professional care. Her last request was that her medals be left for this school ofwhich she was the founder. . . Taken from The University Hospital Nurses' Aluminae Bulletin, 1923, page 11. 5 f s 2 ' We l 4 4 1 I 4

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As the school grew, we heard that a new home for the nurses was to be built. We were to receive 358.00 a month, and furnish our own uniforms and books. After the new home was completed, we had more room and more comforts. The chapel was made into a sitting room, where occasionally we had music, or a dance, and the Little Lady In White would occasionallyjoin in the merry-making. . . . From the University Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Bulletin, 1925, p. 11. 7