University of Oregon School of Nursing - Lamp Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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L ft to right, Max Parrot, John Rodd. , H. ldD ' B ' ,mei Gxoudahl, olof Lal-sell, John Rdss, 381361-ualllisiyteifil eiligifif? MEMBERS, MEDICAL HISTORY CLUB, 1939-1940 The Medical History Club was founded in the spring of 1932 by Dr. O. Larsell, Professor of Anatomy. The membership consists each year of twelve to Hfteen seniors. Monthly meetings are held for presentation of topics of medical history by members of the club. Many of the papers have been on the history of medical practice in various parts of the Pacinc Northwest, so that potentially valuable material is being accumulated in this field. Other? papers have been on the history of various branches of clinical and scientific medicine. The club affords a medium for informal discussion of the general background of medicine and of intensive study of the Helds in which individual members are interested. IUNIOR MEDICAL AUXILIARY President, AIDIEE BRYANTQ Secretary, NIARION XVOODQ Treasurer, NIARY Romav The junior Medical Auxiliary is composed of the wives of medical students, internes and residents. At each month- ly meeting, after a business session, entertainment and refreshments are provided by each class in rotation. The activities of the group include contributing time to the Red Cross Roll Call drive, making Christmas stockings for AIMEE BRYANT journal juniors, assisting the Senior Medical Auxiliary in the sale of tickets to the Broadway and United Artists theaters to beneht the Students' Loan Eund. A Blue Room play is sponsored for one evening, the pro- ceeds of which are used to meet current expenses. The Theta Kappa Psi Fraternity opens its house annually for a dance given by the members of the auxiliary. Spon- sored by the auxiliary are two Book Clubs-junior and Senior, headed by Catherine Heffron and Lurraign Wooliever, respectively. w '-fee E651 i 7 u

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Front row, Margaret Tynan, Lois Pierson, Ellen Baldwin, Betty Schlapkohl, Louise Farnsworth. Eva Davis. I . . , Back row, Maizie VVetzel Gretchen Powell, Jane Doyle, Lucille Higby, Mary Jo Gillespie. ALPHA TAU DELTA Eta Chapter, Alpha Tau Delta, was installed on the University of Oregon Cam- V pus at Eugene in the spring of l932 by Miss Catherine Bastin, an instructor in nursing at the University of Oregon. A branch of Eta chapter was installed in Portland a few days after the Eugene installation. In October, 1933, a branch of Eta chapter was installed on the Corvallis campus. In September, 1934, Eta chapter quarters was transferred to the Medical School cam us. Anlpha Tau Delta is a professional sorority, whose. motto is United in Service. Its object is to: cultivate a closer bond of friendship among college nurses that the highest ideals of nursing may be fostered. Eta Chapter oflicers: President, Betty Schlapkohlg vice president Ellen Bald- 2 win, corresponding secretary, Eva Davis, recording secretary, Marion Hardvedtg treasurer, Virginia Pearson, historian, Margaret A. Tynang custodian, Louise Farnsworth. ALPHA OM ECA ALPHLA D Society, membership to Which is based entirely upon scholarship, moral qualifications being satisfactory. It was organized at the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois, Chicago, August 25, l902, and is the only order of its kind in medical schools on this continent. Its dennite mission is to encourage personal hon- esty and the spirit of medical research. It is not a social organization and its meetings are devoted to the presentation of clinical cases and scientinc papers with discus- sion. Public addresses by distinguished physicians a1'e given each d year un er chapter auspices and many addresses have proved to be notable contributions to medical literature. Only the institutions of highest rank in the United States and C d h ' - - 'T ' ana a ave chapters. Alpha Chaptei ol Oregon was established f at the University of Oregon Medical School in 1923. RAYMOND E.WATKINS, M.D. I64l President. Alpha Omega Alpha is a non-secret College Medical Honor

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36 Back row, Mable Jones, Ge1'aldine Burns, Ruth Denny, Barbara Hansen, Vera Klingman, Mary Gathorney, Patricia Geiscr, Third row, Ruby Goff, Leslie Bailey, Lillian Munson, Betty Schlapkohl, Fern Peterson, Eleanor Swedenburg, Eileen Goodall, Catherine Barry. Second row, Elizabeth Hanks, Mabel Turgesen, Helen Huish, Lucy Davison, Elma Mullins. First row, Bessy Hansen, Helen Ryan, Peggy Lindblom, Martha Howes, Sarah Bernard, Leora Simon, Margaret Dunnigau. Public Health Nurses not in picture, Ruth Boedefeld, Grace Brennan, Goldie Carlyon, Merwyn Darby, Edna Farris, Electa Garten, Rita Gease, Gail Grebe, Marion Hartvedt, Helen Hill, Henrietta Holcomb, Amy Johnson, Marjorie Johnston. Thelma Jones, Imogene McDaniel, Jane Mehle, Elizabeth Panck. Florence Paulin. Gretchen Powell, Bernice Skinner, Ellen Stadius, Li11ia11 Urban, Freddy Jane XVelch, Mary Xvilliams, Margaret XVilliams, Elizabeth Yocum, Elvena Schaefer. PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING Public Health Nursing has come into its own. ln the school year l939-'40 there have been nity-four advanced professional students taking this curriculum. They are here from nine western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mon- tana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming. They gain their knowledge of public health nursing in both theory and practice from the text and tield work. At commencement time nity-two of these nurses will receive a certificate in Public Health Nursing and two the certincate in Supervision in Obstetrical Nursing. it 3 ' Q s :ei of 4' Ia 152: E661