Nursing Diary no1 - 5 September 1922-3 June 1923

Thursday Sept 14/22

Dear Dairy I am tired to-night and almost homesick again - but I rec'd a letter from Mae tonight and I should feel a little better. Breakfast at 7 15 - and the day was much the same as others - practiced bandaging - but made a poor job - It rained all day - a dreary drizzling rain. The afternoon was supplies and practice and a lecture from Miss Ross. If we

have passed the day - without a smile - we must smile when she is here. For she says the most humorous thing - dry humour but very funny. Dinner at 6 15 and we just sat around making notes till Murphy & WIlliams came - we were all in the Dorm. Scotty - Just, Cahill and myself - with Murphy & Williams - when the lights went out. Then Murphy told us a ghost story - really

Dairy I was scared stiff - because I really didn't think it was a ghost story - I really thought it was true. but I was most awfully scared going to bed - and I do hope I wont dream bad dreams.

Friday Sept 15/22

A nameless man, amid a crowd that thronged the daily mart Let fall a word of love and hope unstudied from the heart

A whisper on the tumult thrown A transitory breath - It raised a brother from the dust It saved a sould from death MacKay.

Dear Dairy - You were sadly neglected yesterday - but I will write a little this morning and tell what happened yesterday - Nothing much - The day was just the same as other days - We had Hardy camera and took a whole

lot of snaps. We are going to get them to-night - so I do hope they came out O.K. Scotty - Lewies & I went down town after four - bought lemon soap 2 - 25 ¢ balloon for Ruth - 15 ¢ Back here for dinner - wrote to Happy and Billie - bathed and went to bed - so I should feel good this morning. The little poem at your head dear dairy - is from Katharine Kent's page - and it actually seems to be very much just