Watts School of Nursing - White Cap Yearbook (Durham, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 100 of the 1949 volume:

SHeIgG Cell PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS OF THE WATTS HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING ses 7 3 e ) Liew (el © 3) os [ ume hie eaverieevate oon INGUIN ETE EN FUN RE DEO Ral N LINE DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CEE SSS Ss LIZZZZZZZZTIZIZZZZIZAN sR) DEAR READERS: Here it is! The finished copy— We have tried to relive for you the life of a Watts student nurse as it really is; the activities, the people, the departments, and the “behind the scenes” life which makes Watts what it is. If, as you look at the pages following, they help recall your days in the Operating Room, those weekends on call in the Delivery Room when the moon was full, “H” night duty, the long hours in class when the hands of the clock just wouldn’t move, the picnics, dances, and the “after-lights” jam sessions, then our task has been accomplished. We wish to express sincere thanks to all persons whose advice and assistance made this annual possible. THE WHITE CAP STAFF. THE WATTS HOSPITAL MAIN ENTRANCE PAGE 4 THE HILL House IN SPRING Gis on Because of your pleasant, spirited manner, your devoted interest in the welfare of the students, and your wise counsel and understanding of all our problems, we, the student body, in order to express our admiration and gratitude, dedicate to you, Mrs, Warren, the 1949 edition of the White Cap. ss THE NIGHTINGALE edge SOLEMNLY pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly: To pass my life in purity and to practise my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is dele- terious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harm- ful drug. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standards of my profession and hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practise of my profession. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care. ADMINISTRATION Mrs. BESSIE PERRY BURGESS, R.N. Director of Nursing Service and the School of Nursing MESSAGE TO GRADUATING CLASS To the Class of 1949, I offer my congratulations. Your three years with us has helped to make our Watts School of Nursing a better School. The Class of ’49 has been out- standing both in theory and in nursing service. I am proud of the Class and wish for each member happiness and success as a graduate nurse. As a Watts graduate, you have a firm foundation upon which to build your future. Many of you will become leaders of our noble profession; and as leaders you will turn to the task of peace, to rebuilding and strengthening the nursing schools and nursing organizations of every country, to creating an environment in which health of mind and body can flourish. So— DON’T YOU QUIT “When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit! Success is failure turned inside out. The silver tint of the clouds of doubt; And you never can tell how close you are— It may be near when it seems so far; So, stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit— It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit!” BESSIE PERRY BURGESS Director of Nursing Service and the School of Nursing PAGE 8 ADMINISTRATION Miss BLANCHE JACOBS, BS., R.N. Assistant Director in charge of Nursing Service SAMPLE B. FORBUS Hospital Director JOHN F. MOULTON Assistant Hospital Director First Row: DR. TROGLER ADKINS, DR. RAIFORD BAXLEY, DR. FOY ROBERSON, DR. WALDO BOONE, DR. NORMAN BOWLES. Second Row; DR. MAX SCHIEBEL, Dr. EMIL CEKADA, DR. WILLIAM COPPRIDGE, DR. ELEANOR EASLEY, DR. ANNIE SMITH. Third Row: DR. W. B. MCCUTCHEON, DR. MABEL GOUDGE, DR. JUNE GUNTER, DR. R. E. NICHOLS, JR., DR. RICHARD PEARSE. Fourth Row: DR. LOUIS MCKEE, Dr. ISAAC MANNING, DR. I. E. HARRIS, JR., DR. ARTHUR LONDON, DR. JOSEPH MCCRACKEN. Fifth Row: DR. A. H. POWELL, DR. R. B. RANEY, DR. NUMA BITTING, DR. B. ROBERTS, Dr. LOUIS ROBERTS. PAGE 10 RALPH FLEMING, Dr. LOIS STANFORD. Second Row: DR. HUNTER SWEANEY, DR. GEORGE WATSON, JR., DR. JAMES WILSON. RESIDENT STAFF First Row: DR. WILLIAM BANDy, Dr. THOMAS CROWELL, DR. JOHN FOUSHEE, DR. HILL GRIMMETT, DR. PAUL JONES. Second Row: DR. DAVIS MOISE, DR. GEORGE LILES, DR. FRANK OWEN, DR. SAMUEL PARKER, DR. JAMES PIVER. Ss YZ RY P ACG Ey ol First Row: DR. WALTER BARNES, DR. EDWIN BOYLE, DR. JAMES DAVIDSON, DR. JOE FREEMAN, Dr. WILLIAM HAYES. Second Row: DR. HAMPTON HUBBARD, DR. GEORGE JOHNSTON, DR. ROBERT JONES, DR. DONALD LITTMAN, DR. ROLAND MATHEWS. Third Row; DR. BOBBY RANKIN, DR. MARTHA RICHARDSON, DR. DURWOOD STALLINGS. IP INMG.IE) W OPERATING ROOM SA prems PHARMACY KITCHEN PRIVATE WARD HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS PEDIATRICS NURSERY OBSTETRICS | } — S) ee eer meee) PAGE 14 First Row: Mrs. EVA THOMPSON, MISs EDITH MONROE, MRS. MARGARET BROWN, MRS. LolIs BRIGMAN, MRS. JESSIE O’NEIL, MIss AGNES ELLIDGE. Second Row: MisS MADALENE HAMMOND, Mrs. DorIs NELSON, MRS. MARY FRANCES BERRY, Miss NANNIE BLACKWOOD, MRS. JEAN SANDS, MISS RUTH JONES. Not Pictured: MRS. VIRGINIA CHEEK, Mrs. NANCY BROWN, MRS. MARGARET TEW. First Row: MRS. FRANCES BRIGGS, MISS FANNIE CARDEN, MRS. MARY CLAYTON, MISS BLISS GRIFFIN. Second Row: Mrs. ETHEL LUTHER, Mrs. ELEANOR MALLARD, MISS HILDA RAKES, MRS. ETHEL RIGGSBEE. Third Row: Miss VIVIAN ROBERSON, MISS WILMA WADE. BEES PeANGHE MIG IN MEMORY of Mrs. NONNIE S. WEsT Former Assistant Director in charge of Nursing Service of The Watts Hospital School of Nursing, who died July 10, 1948. “She has never quite left us, our friend who has passed Through the shadows of death to the sunlight above; A thousand sweet memories are holding her fast To the place she has blessed with her presence and love.” PAGE 17 EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF NURSING EDUCATION — Mrs. EVA WARREN, A.B., R.N. NURSING ARTS INSTRUCTOR ——- RUTH RASBERRY, R.N. FIRST ASSISTANT — ELLEN HOWARD, A.B., R.N. SECOND ASSISTANT — WILMA WADE, R.N. NUTRITION LABORATORY CHEMISTRY LABORATORY NURSING ARTS LABORATORY PAGE 18 Mrs. PATTON Mrs. BEATTIE Mrs. THOMPSON Even though they have sent us to bed with the 10:30 bell, dragged us in at 11:55, and turned our radios off during quiet-hour, numbers of times, we will never forget the many nice things they have done for us and the good house- keeping habits they have taught us. They have been mothers to us and have helped make Watts HOME for the past three years. “MISS MCRAE, PLEASE.” EVENING IN HILL HOUSE Miva 8 PeATG E20 WYCHE HOUSE STUDENTS AND CLASSES THE NURSE The world grows better year by year, Because some nurse in her little sphere, Puts on her apron and grins and sings, And keeps on doing the same old things. Taking the temperatures, giving the pills To remedy mankind’s numberless ills; Feeding the baby, answering the bells Being polite with a heart that rebels. Longing for home and all the while Wearing the same old professional smile; Blessing the new born babe’s first breath Closing the eyes that are still 1n death. Taking the blame for the doctor’s mistakes, Oh dear, what a lot of patience it takes; Going off duty at seven o'clock Tired, discouraged, and ready to drop. But called back on special at seven-fifteen With woe in her heart, but it must not be seen. Morning and evening, noon and night Just doing it over and hoping it’s right. When we lay down our caps and cross the bar, Oh Lord, will You give us just one little star, To wear in our crowns with our uniforms new, In that city above where the head nurse is You. PAGE 2] SENIOR CLASS Motto: “So build we the ladder by which we climb.” MASCOTS MARY ANNE BERRY and MIKE HACKNEY Class Flower: White Rose Colors: Blue and White Greed: “I expect to pass through this life but once; li, therefore, thetepismany kindness I can show, or any good I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again.” BRANCH CLASS '49 PAGE SENIORS SENIOR PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY AND TREASURER ADVISOR HISTORIANS PROPHETS TESTATORS HIGH, SUMRELL, KELLY E. WARREN GIA SSOUEIGERS MARGARET HIGH BETTY KELLY DOROTHY SUMRELL Mrs. EvA W. WARREN PATRICIA MISNER AND MARTHA COOPER MARGARET HIGH AND FRANCES RHODES VIRGINIA BURNS AND HARRIET HINCE PAGE 2 2 CLASS HISTORY N SEPTEMBER 30th, 1946, twenty-five excited and bewildered young girls embarked upon a course of training that would set them apart from their lay sisters and give them a new purpose in life. While we walked down the halls of Wyche House for the first time, each of us | wondered if she were really following the vocation for which she was best qualified. As the days passed we became engrossed in our studies and in adjusting ourselves to the new life of a student nurse. There was a lot of hard work to be done but dormitory life had its com- pensations as well. We remember with a smile the “pie beds’ we made of onions, salt and nuts, and the parties after lights out. These and the many other childish pranks we played on one another helped to relieve the monotony of dormitory life. We remember also the seriousness with which we attended our morning devotions at seven a.m. as well as the earnestness with which we assembled in our classes All of us will remember the names of Oscar and Mary Chase to our dying day. They held the secrets of our early untrained treatment and the resultant blunders we made, but their lips are forever sealed. Bless them! We shall never forget the pungent odors created in the chemistry classes which were only excelled by the concoctions we created in the nutrition classes. Even now it is difficult to visualize how any food which looked so delicious could be so devoid of taste! We remember how proud we were when our “prelem” days ended and we donned our new white caps. Naturally enough we were all very happy to get our first three-week vacation. It was during this brief interlude that we first felt the pride that comes from being a part of the nursing profession, when despite our protestations, our families and friends looked upon us as nurses. When we returned from vacation we weren’t the same bewildered young girls of the preceding year but we fancied ourselves competent young women. It wasn’t until our second year’s work commenced that we realized how wholly inadequate our knowledge was. With this realization came a new humility which we shall never lose. During the clinical period that followed we entered the operating room, donned our masks and gowns to assist the surgeons for the first time. This new experience was thrilling and yet frightening in that we feared we might inadvertently make a mistake which possibly would destroy the life we had been trained to save. During this second phase of our training we were endoctrinated in some of the mysteries of birth in our obstetrics class. We remember with amusement how we had to climb up on the beds in the elevator to get the prospective mothers from Ward B to the delivery room. We also recall the long nights we spent “birthing babies.” At the end of our second year we were given a vacation of three weeks to relax so that we would have renewed strength to embark on our third and last year of training. During this third and last phase of our training we sewed the black bands on our caps and enjoyed the senior privileges for the first time. Now we could date our favorite beau at least two nights a week ‘til midnight. We also began the fascinating study of psychiatry. Soon we will leave our alma mater, but before we do there remains one other great hurdle in our studies and that is the State Board Exams. If we pass these tests we will be confronted with the most difficult test of all—the world’s test; the one for which we have been working, studying, and preparing these many months. In conclusion, we, of the graduating class would like to go on record as stating that we are confident that we have been given the very best education possible at Watts Hospital but that we are now more humble than ever in that we realize a truly good nurse never knows all that is to be known about her profession. PAGE 24 JOSEPHINE BRANCH RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA “Tgnorance—no, on second thought— I mean innocence is bliss.” VIRGINIA BURNS HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA “Late arrival, but what an addition.” VERNELLE CAMERON JONESBORO HEIGHTS, NORTH CAROLINA “Mischief is her pastime!” PIALG Ea fv SARAH COLLIER } GARNER, NORTH CAROLINA “T agree with no man’s opinion, I have my own!” MARTHA COOPER WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA } “They say the finest comes in packages small: If that is true she’s ahead of us all.” SARA DALLAS NATHALIE, VIRGINIA “A long drawl and a winsome grin Helps Dallas all her friends to win.” LA VERNE HACKNEY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA “She’s going to make the most of life and all her talents.” MARTHA HESTER BUSHY FORKS, NORTH CAROLINA “Jolly and carefree, come what may, She laughs it off—that’s just her way.” MARGARET HIGH DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA “How much richer are you than millions of people who are in want of nothing. PAGE 27 HARRIET HINCE B; CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA “It says ‘six days shalt thou labor’ But it doesn’t say what kind of work.” BETTY KELLY JONESBORO HEIGHTS, NORTH CAROLINA “Her friends, there are many. Her foes—are there any?” JUANITA LEE RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA “Of this girl we are justly proud She is admired in every crowd.” PATRICIA MISNER RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA “Time never lay heavy on her hands— She improved the chiming hour—” Joyce MCRAE : HOPEWELL, VIRGINIA “Life is to her a serious matter.” MAry NICHOLS DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA “She is modest, she is shy, but There is mischief in her eye!” PAGE 29 PEALG Emo1 0) JOSEPHINE SCOGGINS DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA “It’s better to kill time than to let it lay around and die.” SE ZZZZZIZIZZZIZIZILR RY SENIORS FRANCES RHODES LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA “Things are bound to happen, why worry? Everything comes to him who waits, Why hurry?” DOROTHY SUMRELL GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA “How lovely common things must seem to you Who have such lovely eyes to see them through.” EES CAPRING He wore a crown of thorns that I Might wear a crown of light, And so in deep humility ll wear this cap of white. I'll walk in quiet confidence, Befitting one who knows The path He trod once long ago, The way a Christian goes. And as I minister to those Who need His healing touch, I'll serve them in the name of Him, Who gave for me—so much. And somehow may His light shine forth Through me from day to day, That those entrusted to my care Will find the living Way. For Him who wore a crown of thorns I'll wear this cap of white, That when He calls I'll worthy be To wear a crown of light. ALICE HANSCHE MORTENSON PAGE 32 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the senior class of Watts Hospital School of Nursing of the city and county of Durham, state of North Carolina, having fulfilled our obligations to our school and teachers as we make our departure through the portals of said institution into another world, where freedom is the accepted right of all human beings, and as we subject our talents upon our unsuspecting public, and having been taught to share with others our earthly possessions and experiences, we do hereby will and bequeath the following to the undergraduates who have not as yet reached the pinnacle of success in nursing and who may thus benefit from our wisdom and experiences acquired and developed with the aid of the patience, benevolence and fortitude of our revered teachers: I, Dorothy Sumrell, do bequeath a portion of my battle-scarred and foolproof judgment to “Kitsy” Bridges, however, there is a part that I must keep for myself. I, Joyce McRae, do hereby leave my various colored herbs and potions for “externally caused” blemishes to Arlee Wallace. I, Frances Rhodes, leave with due sobriety my exotic philosophy for self-understanding to Mary Lee Anderson. I, Josephine Scoggins, do relinquish my greatest vice, lending freely, and immediately regretting to Pearl Garrison. I, Sara Dallas, do implore Julia Clark to carry out the Virginia traditions—eat, drink and be merry and grab your man while you can. I, Betty Kelly, refuse to part with my dancing feet and South African rhythm, but will gra- ciously offer instructions concerning the above to Pete Hunter. I, Sarah Collier, bequeath my knack for getting into the goll-darndest jams and a “whole” package of fags to deserving Marie Lawrence. I, Harriet Hince, do generously dispense with my unexcelled wit and an autographed copy of “Hincey’s Report on the American Male.” Minus I, La Verne Hackney, do entrust my aloof dignity to Ruth Hollingsworth with the provi- sion that the aforementioned preserve it as a remnant of the fading 20th century female culture. I, Martha Hester, nonchalantly impart to Marilyn Seeber my carefree and irresponsible formula for living. We, Jo Scoggins and Jo Branch, leave the war-worn room 116 to any brave soul who can appreciate it as the site of momentous, never to be forgotten battles of temperament. I, Pat Misner, leave my bizarre clinical com- plications to Ruth Elliott with the sincere wish that someday internal medicine will have at- tained such heights that I may experience a slight relief from pain. I, Mary Nichols, am contemplating becoming the “brunette” that was waltzed with and in arranging for this, I am entreating Frances Gurley to wear her strawberry blond locks well, as I have failed. I, Vernelle Cameron, reluctantly leave my sole interest in the Bell Telephone Branch at Watts Hospital to Lea Graves, thus facilitating the necessary communications of a large clien- tele of admiring males. I, Martha Cooper, do cautiously entrust my Sherlock Holmes perception of the undercoy- ered in the Hill House, to Jean Casey; and to Geneva Derden I leave Watson’s needle. I, Juanita Lee, bestow my coveted titles to Willie Drummond and my bed to Montgomery Ward’s for advertising purposes—‘‘Nita slept herons I, Margaret High, will dutifully share my comprehension of Salvador Dali and Picasso to Yvonne Pickard. I, Virginia Burns, do lastly and willingly bequeath my perseverance towards the end of — a job well done to Faye Covington. We do hereby appoint and instruct Mrs. Bessie P. Burgess and Mr. John Moulton as sole Executors for this our last will and testa- ment, to carry out the same, their decision as to any matters being final. Mirus PROPHECY To WHomM It MAY CONCERN: After answering Professor Sergei Vavilovi’s desperate plea for experimental assistance in his latest atomic venture, we were involved in a fantastic revelation of the future. Upon reaching the professor's laboratory lost in the northern woods without outside communi- cation, we were rendered helpless and conscious-free by a series of electrical devices placed at intervals along the dim corridor leading into the chamber proper of this timeless vacuum. We were engulfed by the stratosphere, blinded by the aurora borealis and deafened by the incognizable roar of the atomically controlled “Televo-Scope.” Now we are participants in the fearful launching of the first in a series of projections into space and time, focused on a small, bizarre group of nurses, once situated in the vicinity of a Watts Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. The trialogue of the professor and us has ceased—the machines are focused, the lights have flashed and now the STUPENDOUS undertaking—seeing the future with the unknown “Televo-Scope.” There is a vague form appearing. Now it is assuming the proportions of none other than Jo Branch. But where is she and what is she doing? Having been temporarily deranged by Wd. H., Jo is still, decades hence, consulting the famous Dr. Psychositz of Garner, North Carolina. A ball of yarn is rolling into view, at the end of which is Jo Scoggins, chief occupa- tional therapist for the U. S. Navy (the knitting and tatting unit). Vernelle Cameron and Betty Kelly are assisting with home deliveries in Jonesboro Heights, N. C. for the betterment and increase of racial propagation. Sara Dallas is now directress of the Todd and Tott Institute for better homes and expectant mothers. Among her patient and conscientious clientele are Virginia Burns and Harriet Hince. The machin2 has faltered. What is wrong?-—Only technicolor. Tis “Nickie” Nichols doing what—Nothing! We see Pat Misner, the charming wife of a successful New York lawyer, dividing her hours between the Pagoni Nursery and Bellevue Hospital. La Verne Hackney is seen boarding the “Slow boat to China” at the request of the Navy Department. She is en route to the interior to relieve Dottie Sumrell of her cam- paigning for Dr. Scholls corn plasters and bunion removers. CESS PAGE 34 This is a most unusual scene. The appearance of the surroundings would indicate the A. A. A. It is, and Nita Lee is still applying for her driver’s license. This time for the latest thing in perambulators—three seated affairs for triplets. The “Televo-Scope” is now focused on an International meeting of the Navy Depart- ments. It seems that an unknown character has motivated an inestimable loss in men and finances. It all started when Joyce McRae modeled P. J.’s for the Annapolis Midshipmen. Martha Hester is seen still rolling her own in defiance of the American Tobacco Insti- tute’s latest reports on net profits. Martha Cooper, after having explored the earth’s surface from Timbuktu to Podunk in search for her “ideal,” was last seen sailing in a tailor-made glass bottom boat with the latest in binoculars investigating any “marine possibilities.” As Martha sails away, we see Sarah Collier in quest of same, peering from the sights of an especially magnetized helicopter, susceptible to anything 6 feet tall, brunette and brawny. There is a terrible roar as the “’Televo-Scope” ceases to function and everything goes out of focus. The trouble—one little atom, in the atom controller, got mad and exploded. —So ends the first projection into space and time of the know-all, hear-nothing, de- termine-everything and see-all of the notorious Professor Sergei Vavilovi’s now famous unknown “Televo-Scope.” CUE SSN SENIOR CLASS SNAPS PAGE 35 Left to Right: JANE HOLLAND, HATTIE SEEK, LOUISE LINDERMAN, ESTER WHITE, MARTHA EVANS, SARAH PRICE, MARJORIE STRICKLAND, THELMA JONES, ANNICE LARSON, ETHEL BOCCHECIAMP, ANN MORGAN, FRANCES SHOOK. Not Pictured: MARTHINE BLISS, ROSE HINES, LOUISE JONES, MARY KUSTER, HELEN WINNELL. In September 48 for the first time, The Watts Hospital School of Nursing had a group of students affiliating from other schools of nursing. The first group consisted of 18 girls from Mountain Sanitarium and Hospital, Fletcher, N orth Carolina, and three girls from Goldsboro Hospital, Goldsboro, North Carolina. We feel that this program has broadened our outlook on nursing and enabled us to become friends with a lovely and personable group of nurses. PAGE 36 DRUMMOND, KING, BRIDGES, CASEY H. RAKES JUINIORS GLASSES OFFICERS ; - } : . WILLIE DRUMMOND PRESIDENT . : : ; : ‘ : VICE PRESIDENT . . : : eae ‘ be ho ars . . . CATHERINE BRIDGES SECRETARY . . ee a SS a. OMe et . . JUNE KING TREASURER... Pe Re cay yo = © + LE ae eee 2 Cae JEAN CASEY ADVISOR. : , : y . 3 ; ‘ rae: : ; Miss HILDA RAKES ANDERSON CLASS ’50 JUNIORS MARY LEE ANDERSON APEX, N. G: CATHERINE BRIDGES GOLDSBORO, N. C. JEAN CASEY MOUNT OLIVE, N. C. JULIA CLARKE KENBRIDGE, VA. FAYE COVINGTON DANVILLE, VA. GENEVA DERDEN DURHAM, N. C. WILLIE DRUMMOND AMHERST, VA. PEARL GARRISON BURLINGTON, N. C. PAGEs38 Mivuuumms¥ JUNIORS CARENE GOODWIN HILLSBORO, N. C. LEA GRAVES DANVILLE, VA. FRANCES GURLEY RoOcKY MOUNT, N. C. JOSEPHINE HOLLEMON WILMINGTON, N. C. RUTH HOLLINGSWORTH WILMINGTON, N. C. CATHERINE HUNTER BLUEFIELD, W. VA. JOAN JORDAN FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. JUNE KING CAMP LEJEUNE, N. C. PAGE 39 Ss ZZZ222Z21222200002204§ RY JUNIORS MARIE LAWRENCE DURHAM, N. C. CATHERINE LEGWIN WILMINGTON, N. C. PEGGY MOOREHEAD ALBEMARLE, N. C. YVONNE PICKARD DURHAM, N. C. MARILYN SEEBER BURLINGTON, N. C. MARY VESTAL MT. VERNON SPRINGS, N. C. ARLEE WALLACE PRINCETON, W. VA. MILDRED WOODS DURHAM, N. C. PIAGE 0 UNIOR CLASS SNAPS PAGE 41 RUTH ELLIOTT EVELYN GOODRICH LAURIE HARRISON MARY FRANCES MCBANE LOUISE POPLIN Small, but powerful! CE SSS PAGE 42 FRESHMAN CLASS PALMER, GIFT, G. JACOBS, DAVIS B. JACOBS FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER ADVISOR BEDE SSS LUCRETIA GIFT GRACE JACOBS NELL DAVIS PATRICIA PALMER Miss BLANCHE JACOBS ALLEN CLASS ’51 First Row: SARAH ALLEN, BETSY BARNES, JUNE BELL, HAZEL BRYAN. Second Row: LA RUE BURNS, DOROTHY CAMPBELL, CHRISTINE CARTWRIGHT, SHIRLEY CHERRY. Third Row: MARY COLTRAIN, GLADYS COPELAND, LA VERNE CRABTREE, NELL DAVIS. Fourth Row: JANET DEAN, MARY EVANS, JEAN FOWLER, LUCRETIA GIFT. Mims PAGE 44 First Row: FRANCES GROVES, RACHEL HALL, ANNE HENDERSON, JEAN HIGHT. Second Row: RUTH HINTON, GRACE JACOBS, ANNA JORDAN, DOROTHY LAHR. Third Row: CHRISTINE LAMM, MITZIE LILES, DELORES LORD, BETTY LOWRANCE. Fourth Row: NANCY MCKINNON, WINIFRED MASON, OVELIA PAGE, PATRICIA PALMER. PAGE 45 First Row: MARIAN PANTAGIS, MARTHA PIERCE, ROSEBUD POOLE, RUTH RIDENHOUR. Second Row: ELSIE ROOKER, DOLORES RUMLEY, BETTE SMITH, DELLA SMITH. Third Row; PEARL SMITH, LA VERNE TEW, MARY WIGGINS, SARAH WILDER. Fourth Row: ARLIENE WILSON, CARLIENE WILSON, NANCY WINN. Mivuuuimumess PING BAG PRECLINICAL SNAPS nN PAGE REMEMBER? By P. R.N. Remember those first weeks when you served your probation And, capless and gawky and lowly of station, You took all the jibes and the snubs and the blame? And ran all the full gamut of insults and shame? Remember Mary Chase—or whatever its name— The dummy of anatomical fame About which a million or so jokes were rife— And generations of “probies” learned about life? Then remember the day when you got your cap And how for some time you felt like a sap For, no matter how careful and measured your tread, The bloomin’ thing wouldn't stay perched on your head? Remember those first days assist in O. B. When you were as scared as you knew you would be; But you granted results more than compensated For a process so thoroughly complicated? Those weeks in O. R. brought the “sweat and the tears”; And remember you wanted to box both the ears Of bad tempered medics whose petulant lunges Upset your most carefully counted sponges? And remember those sessions put in “on call,” When you'd lean against any and every old wall To grab forty winks, asleep on your feet, When the going got tough and you felt dead beat? Remember you studied the soporifics Like bromides, et cetera—the good old specifics— Then, later, the complex, involved anaesthetics, But concluded that none beat those lectures in ethics? Then remember the time that the lift became stuck And you, with your usual rotten luck And through endless red tape and stupid palaver, Spent an hour in the dark with a grisly cadaver? Remember how often you made up your mind That those years were an endless discouraging grind, And you knew if you'd used just an ounce of discretion You'd never have chosen the nursing profession? STEW DES CARSSS PARE JUANITA LEE Editor-in-Chief SARA DALLAS Assistant Editor SARAH COLLIER Feature Editor BETTY KELLY Sports Editor DOROTHY SUMRELL Photographic Editor VIRGINIA BURNS Advertising Manager MARGARET HIGH Business Manager We, the staff of “The White Cap” present to you the product and reward of the many enjoyable hours of work and play spent editing “The White Cap.” We have tried to summarize those things which you would like best to remember and we feel sure that in the future years as you look through this book many things not mentioned will come to mind, and you will smile and think, “’Twas wonderful, those three years.” Photographic Assistants Advertising Assistants KATHERINE HUNTER MARIE LAWRENCE LA RUE BURNS KATHERINE LEGWIN RUTH ELLIOTT MILDRED WOODS NANCY WINN ELSIE ROOKER LEA GRAVES LA VERNE HACKNEY PEARL GARRISON FRANCES RHODES PAGE 49 Left to Right: LEA GRAVES, FAYE C OVINGTON, “ANNIE,” BETTY KELLY, SARA DALLAS. “Annie,” now a prominent member of the senior class, came into being in 1943. Since that time it has become tradition that she should be presented to each senior class to be kept by two members of the class considered worthy of being her caretakers. Misses Sara Dallas and Betty Kelly, ’49 seniors, are proud to present “Annie” and all the good will, cooperation, and fellowship for which she stands to Misses Faye Covington and Lea Graves of the ’50 class. Previous holders have been: 1943—Miss Connell 1944—Miss Dot Smith 1945—Miss Dot Vaught and Miss Betty Sentz 1946—Miss Nell Mason and Miss Edna Wilson 1947—Miss Norma Elkins and Miss Mary Brown 1948—Miss Dot Dezern and Miss Peggy Dameron 1949—Miss Sara Dallas and Miss Betty Kelly Pass her on— Mirus PAGE .50 GLEBS CLUB September of 49 saw the materialization of the dreams of many—the Watts Student Nurse Choir has become a thing of reality. Under the direction of Mr. Jack Brummitt, Minister of Music of the First Baptist Church of Durham, thirty girls were organized into a glee club with practices held weekly. The first public appearance of the club was in November at the First Baptist Church -—a great success. May the Glee Club prosper and grow, for music tends toward peace of mind, an essential in the nursing profession. Sse VaZZ2ZZ1Z720000022084§ A) PyALGane SPORTS BASKETBALL TEAM First Row: LOUISE POPLIN, DELLA SMITH, JUANITA LEE. Second Row: NELL DAVIS, SARAH WILDER, FAYE COVINGTON. Third Row: RUTH ELLIOTT, JEAN FOWLER, PEARL GARRISON. Captain — Juanita Lee Manager — Willie Drummond FORWARDS GUARDS Juanita Lee Ruth Elliott Joan Jordan Nell Davis Elsie Rooker Sarah Wilder Frances Groves Willie Drummond Pearl Garrison Faye Covington Louise Poplin Nancy Winn Jean Fowler Della Smith Minus PAGE SPORTS SNAPS ete si Sitting, Left to Right: MARGARET HIGH, EVELYN GOODRICH, ARLEE WALLACE, MRS. Doris THOMAS, ALICE CREECH. Standing: GLADYS COPELAND, SARA DALLAS, MARY VESTAL. Believing that “all work and no play makes Jill a dull girl” indeed, steps were taken to prevent such a condition. At the beginning of the year, a social committee was selected with representatives from each class. This committee met and prepared a schedule for the year, planning some major activity for each month. Dances, picnics, watermelon cuttings, Halloween masquerade, Bingo parties, and Christmas Caroling were planned, and under the general supervision of these girls, the social attractions have been exceptionally outstanding thus far. Though changes have been made in the membership of the committee, it has con- tinued to function well and has become a vital program in the school of nursing. Mi muuaimss 8 PyAGG Ee 4 SOCIALS PAG EDD PAGE 56 Miss JUANITA LEE, '49 SUPERLATIVES Miss DOROTHY SUMRELL Most Likely to Succeed MIss VERNELLE CAMERON Best All Around PIA GRE Dey Miss LA VERNE HACKNEY Most Professional Miss MARGARET HIGH Most Intellectual PPG EES Miss JUANITA LEE Most Athletic Miss JOSEPHINE SCOGGINS W ittiest SUPERLATIVES Miss SARA DALLAS Most Attractive Miss VERNELLE CAMERON Most Popular PAGE 60 SUPERLATIVES Miss MARTHA HESTER Cutest MIss JUANITA LEE Most Versatile PeAtG Eee ‘best Washes--- Gy RUD MUA; (CIES OWE LGxAG WM. MUIRHEAD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED Construction “By Muirhead” for Centralized Responsibility DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA THE OWL 1113 Broad Street Soda Sundries Beer ee Mary Chase’ was never like this!” The Owl Record Shop First With the Hits Popular and Classical | an Invitation... TO SEE OUR SUPERLATIVE COLLECTION OF NEW FASHIONS, ALL DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU LOOK YOUR BEST: LADIES’ OUTFITTERS DURHAM, N. C. ME shin Compliments of Foi gees Personal Flower Service Hotel Malbourne and CALL L-965 Coffee Shoppe 117 North Mangum Street Corner Main and Roxboro Streets Durham, N. C When Better automobiles are built Buick will build them COMPLETE BUICK ONE STOP SERVICE FOR 33 YEARS Get the thrill of a Dynaflow Drive JOHNSON MOTOR COMPANY, INC. Dial L-1841 — J-1491 East Main Street Durham, N. C. COMPLIMENTS OF M. E. H. HARDWARE COMPANY Hardware — Builders Supplies PHONE R-129 204 RIGSBEE AVENUE Butler’s Shoe Repair Shop Durham's Oldest Telephones L-961 - N-135 and Best Sanitone Dry Cleaning 110 East Parrish Street MODERN COLD STORAGE SECURITY BUIDING LOAN ASSOCIATION Where Friends Meet to Eat Traveler’s Inn TRUST BUILDING Hillsboro Road Phone KO et | DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA | Johnson Sea-Horse Outboard Motors SALES SERVICE We specialize in outboard motor service. Everything for expert conditioning and repair of Johnson motors—genuine Johnson parts, special Johnson tools and thor- ough Johnson training Granite Service Station Main Ninth Streets West Durham, N. C. Telephone X-1211 Dealer E. S. Phillips PAGE 66 Durham Drug Company, Inc. | FREE DELIVERY SERVICE LOs0O RAM Ie 2:00PM. and 5:00 2M. Daily Durham, N. C. Prescription Dept. L-945 330 West Main Street Main Floor F-8341 Compliments of Koss VCE ° | ————_ INC. ———_ | Yi | Sporting Goods and V , Auto Supplies 434 W. Main St. L-7281 House Furnishings PHONE X-1127 BOX 428 706 NINTH STREET Andrews 1 | Furniture Co Compliments Furniture and of Hockfield Hosiery WEST DURHAM, N. C. Budd-Piper Roofing Company CONTRACTORS MANUFACTURERS DISTRIBUTORS Roofing - Waterproofing - Sheet Metal Work - Ventilating DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA PAGE 67 ne. Durham’s Best Store Since 1886 ca ae Headquarters for Bob Evans Paul Jones and White Swan Uniforms Sher’s Shoe Shop 345 West Main Street Durham, N. C. Williams Motor Co. SALES 7laek SERVICE 401 Foster Street Durham, N. C. Sales Department Phone: J-6091 Service Department For Those Who Want The Best Phone: J-4081 Inc. Wholesale Distributors DURHAM, N. C. J. M. Mathes Company Compliments of Rinaldi’s Grill PAGE 68 Compliments Compliments McDonald’s Cut Rate Drug Store of Herring Finance Co. DURHAM, N. C. 732 9th Street Durham, N. C. oo SCARBORO’S VE BELL 1920 Perry Street FOOD STORE - Durham, N. C. Phone X-6646 Fresh Meats and Groceries REFRIGERATED PRODUCE— FROZEN FOODS Heating Ventilating Contractors Phone X-1241-42 1002 9th Street DILLON SUPPLY COMPANY MILL SUPPLIES—MACHINERY PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES ERIE CITY HIGH PRESSURE BOILERS COMMERCIAL AND DOMESTIC STOKERS MYERS HOME WATER SYSTEMS Consult us for your needs... 112 South Duke Street Durham, North Carolina PAGE 69 Compliments of The Oriental Wy Bodom AES A INDESE RV ICE Washing Polishing Lubrication Gulf Tires Batteries Hillsboro Road Ninth Street Phone X-1204 Duthamy NG: Gordon’s | Your Neighborhood Store for MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S CLOTHING 746 Ninth Street Phone: F-1274 PAGE 70 Compliments of Sear’s Wholesale DURHAM; N.C. CONGRATULATIONS FROM FOWLER'S FOOD STORE TELEPHONES R-723—6-0171 ROXBORO ROAD AND CLUB BOULEVARD Brown Brothers PLUMBING HEATING OIL BURNERS Telephone J-2671 2914 Roxboro Road Durham, N. C. Bottled in Durham by Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co. W. K. Rand, President Delicious and i Refreshing | Style Shop Exclusive Fashions Dresses, Suits Coats 117 E. Main St. Durham, N. C. Compliments Compliments of of Toast Rite Sandwich Company MANUFACTURERS Peanut Butter Sandwiches Salted Peanuts Carswell Drug Co. CASH CUT RATE Toast Rite Grill Fountain Corner Club Boulevard Watts Street French Fries—Hamburgers | Durham, N. C. Phone X-1178 817 Ninth Street Quality Meats—Fancy Groceries SERV-ALL FOOD STORE 704 Ninth Street Durham, North Carolina COURTEOUS SERVICE FAIR DEALINGS PAIGE 27 1 (Congratulations and “best Wishes (lass of 1949 We Appreciate Your Patronage and Will Be Proud to Serve You Always The House of Fashion and Style Center of Durham, North Carolina PNG i If 2 A. C. STEPHENSON SON PUMP TANK SERVICE 2306 Knox Street Dial X-1116 Durham, North Carolina WE INSTALL ANY SIZE TANKS FOR GAS OR OIL General Upkeep and Repairs To Service Station Equipment Work Guaranteed We Are Interested In Your Business How Do You Measure A Store?.... Not by square feet, or number of floors, or the brick and stone and steel in the store . . . but by the depth of courtesy, the broadness of hospitality, and the circumference of service. Shop at the BELK-LEGGETT COMPANY and you shop with confidence. DURHAM'S SHOPPING CENTER PAGE 73 O’Brient’s Music Store 113 W. Parrish St. GRAND, SPINET PIANOS MAGNAVOX COMBINATIONS AND RADIOS POPULAR CLASSICAL RECORDS SHEET MUSIC Phone F-6261 “Slippery?” PeANGuE mae YOUR GOOD- HEALTH MA = od EE g EZ i : iG 4 = ’ 27 gmt quanyuiquin = ' Vege LONG ; [Jay MEADOW Te Zs Nee E [a urize: i 5 Dair ae £ uc ia Z i Z za ZZ p = NA EM FB | Tee? . r. cae ia f i 4 LONG MEADOW Parleunrized GRADE’ CSOT TNT TIE Compliments of Durham Office Supply Complete Office Supplies Shaw-W alker Fire Files Steel Furniture and Equipment Posture Chairs Wood Furniture Genuine Engraving Greeting Cards Social Stationery Carbon Papers Rubber Stamps Binders Files Folders Indexes Ribbons Phone L-919 105 West Parrish Street Durham, North Carolina Congratulations Class of 1949 Remember— You have a date to visit the latest in fashions at the Annie Lee Shoppe 109 East Main Street Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Girls in White Godspeed to a most Important Profession Brame Specialty Company A. J. FARGO ORIENTAL DOMESTIC RUGS, CARPETS CLEANING ALL MAKES OF RUGS 324 West Geer Street Durham, N. C. Best Wishes from COLEMAN DRUG Ce: DURHAM, N. C. PAGE 5 (Congratulations AND ‘Best Washes OG he CATIZENS NATIONAL AL ant OF DURHAM, N.C. -——— “The Friendly Bank Since 4 905” | MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION COMPLIMENTS OF Durham Fruit Produce Company INCORPORATED Wholesale Only DURHAM, N. C. PAGE 76 Hall Miles Maroon Room MONRIES IDIR TV Belt “BEST FOOD IN DURHAM” Western Steaks Southern Chicken Barbecue and Brunswick Stew Roxboro Road at City Limits on U. S. Highway 501 PHONE F-3051 Best Wishes to the Class of 1949 from WEEKS MOTORS, Inc. —_o_—_———__ Lincoln Mercury Distributors 408 Geer Street Durham, N. C. Telephone F-139 PAGE 7 7 COMPLIMENTS OF STEPHENSON-WILSON, INC. “PONTIAC SALES SERVICE Phone R-188 823 Morgan Street Durham, N. C. BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1949 FROM THE DURHAM MORNING HERALD AND THE DURHAM SUN Complete Newspaper Service | WDNC at 620 Kilocycles and WDNC-FM at | 105.1 megacycles are the Radio services of | THE HERALD-SUN PAPERS Plan the Years Ahead Today THE HOME SECURITY WAY Home Security Life Insurance Co. BASCOM BAYNES, President GEORGE WATTS HILL, Chairman of the Board DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA PAGE Js We Welcome Accounts From All Watts Hospital People Use our THRIFTICHECK checking account service. Your name printed on each check. eS PEGS BANS West Durham Branch at corner of Ninth and Perry Streets is convenient to Watts Hospital Compliments of Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. Durham, N. C. “Something must be done ? about these mis-fits!” if PAGE 79 Compliments of UNITED DEPARTMENT SLORES TCO: “Room for one more?” Compliments BROAD STREET DRUG COMPANY 1139 Broad Street Durham, North Carolina PAGE 80 Compliments of PORTERFIELD'S HARDWARE COMPANY Incorporated Telephone F-132 F-133 ORD Hardware, Paint and Mill Supplies CRD 322 North Mangum Street Durham, N. C. CLAUDE M. MAY Painting, Papering and Decorating 105 W. Chapel Hill St. Tel. L-0381 Durham, North Carolina DRY CLEANERS For Quality For Value For Price THE VARSITY MEN'S SHOP Durham, North Carolina ree HUME SEWING MACHINES Singer Expert Repairs, Sewing In- struction, Sewing Notions, “Molded- to-You” Dress Form, and Finishing Services Call only Singer Sewing Center J-6801 325 West Main Street Durham, N. C. This is the only official Singer Sewing Center serving your vicinity. Look for the Red “‘S” trademark on the win- dow. It identifies genuine Singer Sew- ing Centers the world over. PA. Gre 8 1 Compliments of CLARKS ESSO SERN IGE Washing-Greasing-Polishing Road Service ESSO PRODUCTS 2913 Roxboro Road Telephone 9-4648 Durham, North Carolina EFIRD’S Department Store Your Store for Nationally Advertised Merchandise For all the family “Ward F—6 ‘til 11?” PAG E32 B. C. Woodall Co. Established 1894 Compliments of Sporting Goods C enter Bicycles and Toys “Playthings” . Carolina Wholesale and Retail Rialto 316 Holland Street Theatres Phone J-6451 Upon Your Graduation... The admiration of all Durham goes forth to you graduation members of the Watts Hospital School of Nursing. Please accept our congratulations. We know little of the hardships which test an aspirant to your goal, but the patience, kindness and devotion shown by your Profession is an inspiration to all. DUKE POWER COMPANY PAGE 8 3 Service Phone Tee Olajal UNIVERSITY MOTORS, INC. AUTHORIZED SALES , SERVICE Dodge-Plymouth Cars — Dodge Job-Rated Trucks 806 West Main Street Durham, North Carolina Office Phone L-4341 Morris Plan Bank @ LOANS @ SAVINGS ACCOUNTS @ CHECKING ACCOUNTS MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Main Market Streets Congratulations and Best Wishes H. W. Dodson’s Esso Service Broad Street and Club Boulevard Phone X-5586 Durham, N. C. Marvin’s Restaurant The Ivy Room The Hunt Room LUNCHEON DINNER BANQUETS PARTIES 1002 West Main Street Phone R-5951 PAGE 84 Marks the Spot Where you find What you want § eosin Bookmaking - Advertising - Publications - Commercial, Bank and Factory Forms - Commercial and Social Engraving Printers of The White Cap ES TABLISHED IN 1904 124 West PARRISH STREET, IN THE HEART OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA PAGE 39 Best Washes from DENNIS MOTOR SERVICE h gh A yi GENERAL REPAIRS WRECKER SERVICE “Just around the corner. Oh joy! — Oh rapture!” 2833 HILLSBORO ROAD PHONE X-2256 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Compliments of Compliments of Roscoe Griffin’s SHOES FOR NURSES STEWART'S Distinctive Apparel for WOMEN Compliments of Waffle Shop 206 West Main Street DURHAM, N. C. PAG BSG Compliments NY ve of TSE Hospital (are Association INC. CRUTCH’S | | A Good Place for the Whole GaN) | | Family to Relax Roxboro Road and Club Blvd. Durham, N. C. Durham, North Carolina Phone J-2441 INCORPORATED : | | Durham Furniture Co. | | | | Best wishes to Handmade Reproductions Antiques | | Class of AO sO From Repairing, Refinishing and Upholstering | | DURHAM Hillsboro Road | | BUILDER’S U. S. Highway 70 at City Limits | | SUPPLY P. O. Box 1249 ® Phone X-1281 Durham, North Carolina PAGE 87 R. W. Roycroft Durham, N. C. The Ltttle Aeon Kestauraut “FOR FINE FOODS” Phone F-6001 Proprietor 700 Rigsbee Ave. THE PEABODY DRUG COMPANY WARIO ADP Oey 0 7% 305 WEST PETTIGREW STREET DURHAM, N. C. PAGE 88 The TRANSPORT CORPORATION The Epes Transport System (Van Division) PIONEER TOBACCO TRUCKING LINES UNEXCELLED EQUIPMENT, SERVICE DEPENDABILITY FULL INSURANCE COVERAGE Please Address Reply To AVONDALE DRIVE EDGAR STREET PO, BOX. 506 Durbamy IN) C. PAGE $9 PA GH 90 COMP MEE Ne isS of 1105 BROAD ST. - PHONE X 1224 7 a _ = +o =e) ee k? 7 ¢ _ he . _ 7 a 75 e Vex = � S a ° Ls , han : 4) = a _ = ae. . 7 eV iy Aa My y Ate - —_ ea - A Te — 7 . - . a a “a i} fone, f He Ht