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

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Seniors prove they can coexist with Freshmen by treating them to a watermelon party by the pool. Guess what's in store for you Freshmen! 1S Juniors cook. Freshmen clean-up. Seniors enjoy!

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Sear eine ome ae we “hou Should not be SOB X FOOD, FUN | i ; lor SSE or ‘You AND SONGS [She He pen Bd ond THOR 8) I wii-not need CPR or Del The week of Orientation is the only time the stu- f or ERE 4 Or dent body consumes good food for free. Freshmen od COP ), You Mc q ; are wined and dined by the student body, their big Le - D, Mie se Sy ; y ave BRP sisters (Juniors), and, last but not least, the BG OD tre Me mast SD or SENIORS! This is a good time for Seniors to take their frustrations out on Freshmen Wyche House is redecorated Senior-style just for the new Freshmen. This year while the redecoration was go- ing on, the rest of the Seniors were taking the Freshmen on a tour of the campus — by dark. They were provided with “unique” flash lights to guide them and were then introducted to the DCHC EMTS. The Freshmen were persuaded by the Seniors to serenade them. Even the general pop- ulation of Durham was included in this event. As the Freshmen made their way around campus, they stopped (reluctantly) and sang to passers-by. Each year the incoming Freshmen are required to compose an original song just for the Seniors and sing it to them at the Student Body Picnic. By the end of this first week, when all the fun and games were over, everyone settles down to long clinical hours, endless required readings, and last minute exam-cramming. Seniors prepare Freshmen for the foreign language of Medicine The best part of the first week is the free food! A little sister gets the once-over by the Junior Class. 14

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ee Lub dub ... lub dub ... lub dub. “T hear it! Or is that my own blood pressure?!” “Okay, time for return demonstration of catherterization”... “Is it this little opening or this little opening .. oh heck, I knew I shouldn't have skipped that Anatomy and Physiology lecture!” The freshman year is a time of great change and growth — a nine month period of adjustment. It’s a growing time, a learning time, a time of confusion, bewilderment, frustration and satisfaction. It’s a time of gladness, sadness, illusions and delusions. And during this very trying first year at Watts, some very strange things happen. The nursing student attempts new feats she'd never even dreamed she could perform. Along with all the heavy theoretical part and the not so heavy clinical part, she learns she can mix all the bad times with the good times, and all the hard times with the easy times. And in spite of it all, when that mindbending, hairpulling, first year is behind her, she finds she still wants to be a nurse.