Nursing pioneer Louise Williams recalls early training days
Louise Williams, Harris County public health nurse and LC student, recalls 1915 enrollment at St. Joseph's Infirmary and postwar Red Cross influence. She details initial fear, the wandering incident with a NO ADMITTANCE sign, and early nursing experiences, including California relief work, a Rosenberg post, and a West Coast dream funded by thrift.
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Louise Williams
Harris County
Louise
Red Cross
Mont Belvieu
St. Joseph’s Infirmary
Simly
California
Los Angeles
Williams
Rosenberg
Fort Bend Hospital
Baytown
Cleveland
Little New Hospital
Naturalists Begin Project To Collect Specimens
Zoology instructor Jack Harrington leads field trips to study living animals in natural settings. Students seined for mullet at a bay and visited the Herman Park Zoo in Houston to observe reptiles birds and mammals. The group plans continued field trips and expansion of the living and preserved specimen collection.
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Jack Harrington
Harrington
Herman Park Zoo
Houston
Robert Wright
Zoo
Mr. Harrington
Library Lists Continue to Grow with New Additions
Miss Sylvia Stern announces a long list of new arrivals at the LC library to meet rising demand. The collection includes Shakespeare, Messages and Papers of the Presidents, biographies, art and music histories, poetry, novels, and an extensive Hyperion art series featuring major painters and masters.
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Sylvia Stern
Shakespeare
Josephine Tey
Speranza
Lady Wilde
H. Wyndham
Blum
Richard Wagner
Mathilde Wesendonck
Robert Schumann
Parry
Smith
Brooks
Rabindraneth Tagore
Hansford
John Milton
Grove
Beethoven
Schubert
Beaconsfield
Aldridge
Marshall
Peter
Kirstein
Lagerkvist
Jesus
Connolly
Hyperion Art
Brueghel, the Elder
Fra Angelico
Velasquez
da Vinci
Goya
Rembrandt
Toulouse-Lautrec
Manet
Picasso
Gaughin
Cezanne
Renoir
Botticelli
Degas
Giotto
Rubens
Delacroix
Vermeer
van Gogh
el Greco
Dominico Theotocopuli
Nurse Overcomes Fear Bathing Male Patient in Training
In Baytown a student nurse describes her fear of bathing a male patient during early training. The supervisor redirects her to the task, teaching proper sponge bath technique. She later works toward a public health nursing degree and gains hospital experience.
Forrest Sees TV Expansion Aims East From Baytown Shop
George Forrest of Lack's TV Center in Baytown previews new coaxial cable links from the West Coast that will bring more channels and better reception with color TV on newer sets. He notes FCC delays during the Korean War but says Lack's is ready. Forrest adds that ongoing reception bugs are being ironed out by technicians as he shares his Navy veteran background and view on college study and speaking with impact.
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George Forrest
Lack
Baytown
Channel Two
Houston
Forrest
Federal Communication Corporation
George
REL
USAFI
Navy
Army
Truman
Lack’s
Pelly
Sam
Globe
Physics Lab Displays Student Projects and Screws Collection
George Nelson of Lee College physics department hosts open house showcasing a screw collection from radio repair, a homebuilt 16 inch turntable and amplifier, tube tester, signal tracer, and demonstrations of gravity and optics. Music from Coke bottle resonators fills the hall as students enjoy hands on experiments and demonstrations.
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Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Dixie
Brahm
Health program director oversees 2000 students in East and Mount Houston
Mrs. Williams directs a health program for about 2000 enrolled children from East and Mount Houston schools, covering first through ninth grades, and travels roughly 75 miles daily. She says she was not in Texas City when disaster struck, but would have helped with gauze, future and anesthetic had she been there.
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East
Mount Houston
Texas City
Louise
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Lee
George Nelson
Lee College
Shome
Mount Calm
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