Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing - Oak Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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Class History Do you remember the day we eagerly started out in our career? It was September 17, 1951. It seems like ages ago, doesn ' t it? We had all passed our aptitude test and physical examinations and after a summer ' s vacation from high school, we were ready to continue our education. We met Miss Evans and the school faculty as we registered at the Louisa Street Nurse ' s Home. We also met our big sisters who helped us to get settled in our new rooms and answered the many questions we had to ask. Miss Thomas, our housemother, was a big help to us. There were thirty of us and we all lived in the same nurse ' s home. The first couple of weeks brought an entirely new experience to us. Many of us got homesick, but this didn ' t last very long. Our first week was filled with orientations, tours, and social events at the Lycoming College. It wasn ' t long until we were well acquainted with our classmates and more contented to be away from home. September 24 found us starting classes at the college— Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, and of course, Chemistry. Every morning we went to the college and returned to the hospital for classes in the afternoon. Our initiation into training was something we will never forget. Of course we thought the Seniors were a little hard on us, but it was certainly a lot of fun. It wasn ' t long before we were allowed to work on the hospital wards. We all felt pretty stupid at first, but every day became a little easier. We had to wear scrub gowns which looked like sacks tied around the middle. Didn ' t we feel important the first day we wore our new student uni- forms! But, oh, what a time we had trying to fix our little black ties! We soon found out that white shoes don ' t stay white very long. Day by day we were able to do a little more for our patients. Finally after our six month ' s probation period, and having passed our college finals and satis- factorily completed other subjects we received our caps at the traditional Florence Nightingale ceremony held at the Y. W. C. A. auditorium. Of course it had to rain, but who cared? We were all too happy and excited to worry about the weather. The next morning we were glad to go to work to show off our new caps and bibs. Vacation time soon rolled around. That meant the end of classes and of study hour every night for the summer months. It wasn ' t long, though, before it was time for fall classes again. A new class entered training and how good it seemed to have them behind us. Our goal didn ' t seem so far away now. Our Intermediate year was filled with classes and specialties. We all loved Obstetrics and Pediatries and of course the Operating Room of which we were petrified until we actually worked there. Our study hour had been cut down to two nights a week and by now we were working all shifts— nights and relief included. We were busy, but always found time for fun now and then. Some of our class left for a three month affiliation at Warren State Hospital on June 30. This was farther away from home for most of us but letters kept us up to date on everything. We had to write care studies and community projects, and weren ' t those something? In August we moved from the Louisa Street Nurse ' s Home to the new rooms at the Rural Avenue Nurse ' s Home. We loved our new living quarters and tried to keep it as nice as possible. This meant a change of housemothers. Poor Mrs. Harding, many times she probably wished she had never laid eyes on us! We gave our Senior Banquet on September 1 at the Village Tea Room with Dr. M. Colvin as the speaker. How does the subject of cows always wind up in his speeches! We didn ' t have many classes in our Senior year but were kept busy working on our yearbook and care studies. Althouoh it has been hard work and we have had many rules and regulations to live up to, this has been three of the best years in our lives which we will never forget. There are twenty-fiv e of us who will finish together and then each will go her separate way, proud to be a graduate of The Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing. 22

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Our Three Year Diary To recall all the happenings in three years time, We turn to our diaries— yours and mine. As we turn each page we ponder and smile And now we realize it was very worthwhile. Each page in our diary holds a story that ' s true Of the pleasures and heartaches we ' ve been thru; Of things that have happened as days roll by; Of failure or success in the things we try. Our diarv is divided into three different parts, To bring back memories so dear to our hearts. We think of our hrst vear, we stop and gaze Remembering our capping, the greatest of days! Our second year held a brand new light— We worked in our specialties— day and night. Then came our third year— Seniors at last, Waiting for weeks and months to roll past. Yes, time has flown by and our diary we close, We ' ll always be happy in the profession we chose, To all those who ' ve aided— our thanks we extend, For the road of success you ' ve helped us ascend. We ' ve reached our goal— graduation day! We ' ve whitened those clouds that seemed so gray. In the future our duties we ' ll proudly perform, In our white nurse ' s cap and our white uniform. Marie C. Eck MottO : The student of today is the leader of tomorrow 21

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Class of 1954 . . . Then First Row, Left to Right— Shirley Waehner, Joyce Artley, Mary Bair, Flo Livermore, Kathleen Connelly, Jane Pelkey, Ethel Rea, Catherine Lyons. Second Row— Suzanne Stuemptle, JoAnne Donnell, Amelia Larson, Beatrice Fraser, Lois Fluff, Mary Rougeux, Dolores Stanzione, Lorma Baker, Ruth Neff, Peggy Fullmer. hird Ron ' — Nancv Ever, Catherine Winters, Kathleen Wolfe, Jane Lanterman, Janet Cupp, Doris Abernatha, .Marie Eck. Lila McQu ' illen. Class of 1954 . . . Now First Ron , 1 eft to Right-Shirley Waehner, Joyce Artley, Mary Bair, Flo Livermore, Kathleen Connellv, Jane Pelkey, Ethel Rea, Catherine Lyons. Second Rou ' -Suzan ' ne StuempHe, JoAnne Donnell, Amelia Larson, Beatrice I raser, Lois Huff, Mary Rougeux. I),, lures Stanzione, Lorma Baker Callahan, Ruth Neff. Third Roir-Nancv Ever, Catherine Winters, Kathleen Wolfe, Jane Lanterman, Janet Cupp, Doris Abernatha, Marie Eck. Lila McQuilien. 23