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

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FOREWORD Soft melodies drift lightly amid the oak leaves of our yearbook, as we dreamily reminisce. There — like a soft summer breeze, we can see the days gone by, lingering in the shadows. 1959-1960. The first step on our musical scale — feelings of joy as we first ventured into our newly chosen career. Happiness — in the delight of helping others in the little ways we were able. Sadness — as carefree high school days gently faded away into days of more meaningful purpose. 1960-1961. Our Junior year — we found our- selves halfway up the musical scale and nearer to our goal. Eagerly, with a song in our hearts and the courage to do, we went forward to newer and greater accomplishments. 1961-1962. We have finally arrived! The scale is completed, and we will soon go our separate ways, climbing to still greater horizons, learning, teaching, but most of all truly nursing, the goal we have held so dearly in our hearts. Join with us, the Class of 1962, and SING ALONG through the pages filled with memorable events which we will treasure forever.

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APPRECIATION Appreciation, what docs it mean to you? Your reply would probably be that it has many different meanings to different people. The reasons for these differences in opinion is that many personality traits come into play when analyzing the meaning of appreciation. The class of 1962 has manifest their appreciation in many and varying ways. Our highest regards go to our parents who with their unselfish love and sacrifice has made possible this, the finale of our three years of training. Through our trying years of classroom and unit work, our faculty has aroused in us the desire to accept the true consideration and responsibilities of a nurse. One of the basic elements to secure a good foundation for a future nurse i to have a strong curriculum. The person who has seen to this important facet of our education is Miss Anna Pfaff, our director. Every hospital has the desire to stay abreast of the times. To maintain this peak of efficiency in administration, Mr. Paul Wedel has worked con- scientiously to provide our hospital with modern materials and facilities. The vital importance of nurse-patient relationships was fully brought to our attention by the supervisors and clinical instructors. We were given the opportunity to put to use our accumulated knowl- edge which we acquired through the patient and understanding instructions of the doctors, residents and interns. The Alumnae Association further completed our graduation activities with the annual banquet and dance in our honor. The success of our student projects was made possible through the willing support of the hospital employees. The cooperation which was gained by the resident director and house- mothers from the students has made our residence one which to be proud. The availability of information concerning student functions was made known to the public by Mr. William Harris, our public relations director. Photography is an important asset to a yearbook, and this ability which Mr. George Renninger possesses has made our yearbook a success. Mrs. Byerly who was our former adviser and assistant educational director, helped counsel and teach us during our first year of training. The typing and clerical work done by Miss Reeder was at all times prompt and accurate when she was requested to have it available. Our appreciation of these people can not be expressed in mere words, but in our thoughts and feelings we hold for them.

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Student nurses are found everywhere, underneath, on top of, running around, jumping over or slithering past patients ' beds. Doctors yell at them, head nurses criticize them, interns tolerate them, residents over- look them, mothers worry about them, and patients love them. A student nurse is courage under a white cap, a smile in snowy white, strength in starched skirts, energy that is endless, the best of young womanhood, a modern Florence Nightingale. Just when she is gaining poise and prestige, she drops a glass, breaks a syringe, or steps on a doctor ' s foot. A student nurse is a composite. She eats like a team of hungry interns, and works like the whole nursing staff put together. She has the speed of a gazelle, the strength of an ox, the quickness of a cat, the endurance of a flagpole sitter, and the abilities of Florence Nightingale, Linda Richards, and Clara Bar- ton all rolled into one white uniform. To the head nurse, she has the stability of mush, the fleetness of a snail, the mentality of a mule, and is held together by starch, adhesive tape, and strained nerves. To an alumna, she will never work as hard, carry more trays, make more beds, or scrub on more cases than her predecessors. A student nurse likes days off, boys her own age, the OR. affiliations, certain doctors, pretty clothes, her roommate, mom and dad. She ' s not much on work- ing 3-11, days off with class, alarm clocks, getting up for roll call, or eating corn beef every Tuesday. No one else looks forward so much to a day off or so little to working 3-11. No one else gets so much pleasure from straightening a wrinkled sheet or wet- ting a pair of parched lips. No one else can cram into one little head the course of a disease, the bones eomprising the pelvis, what to do when a patient is in shock, how to insert a Cantor tube (especially at 3 A. M. ), plus the ten top tunes of the hit parade. A student nurse is a wonderful creature; you can criticize her. but you can ' t discourage her. You can hurt her feelings, but you can ' t make her quit. Might as well admit it, whether you are a head nurse, doctor, alumna, or patient, she is your personal rep- resentative of the hospital, your living symbol of faith and sympathetic care. Barbara Garrity WHAT IS A STUDENT NURSE?