Scalpel : the 1911 yearbook of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania . e registered, and a heavy sigh of relief for the first timeescaped our breasts. The medical school was not as dreary as we hadimagined it, no. Wasnt Miss Neubergers smile, her sweet tone of voice,her friendly attitude, her prom-ise that surely the letters fromhome wotild be there next morn-ing, all encouragement? Whenshe told us, Now be sure to callfor your mail every day, did wenot feci our heart beating joyously ?She told us slie had been the col-lege clerk for years, and was it pos-sible that the dreary atmosphere
Scalpel : the 1911 yearbook of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania . e registered, and a heavy sigh of relief for the first timeescaped our breasts. The medical school was not as dreary as we hadimagined it, no. Wasnt Miss Neubergers smile, her sweet tone of voice,her friendly attitude, her prom-ise that surely the letters fromhome wotild be there next morn-ing, all encouragement? Whenshe told us, Now be sure to callfor your mail every day, did wenot feci our heart beating joyously ?She told us slie had been the col-lege clerk for years, and was it pos-sible that the dreary atmosphere wehad imagined to prevail in amedical school had not extin-guished the bright smile in hereyes ? Then leaving the college buildingand starting in our search forrooms, did we carry a heavy suitcase in one hand and a huge hatbox in the other? It was trying togo forth alone up stairs and downstairs, inspecting third front, thirdrear, sitting room, etc., listening tothe great advantage of each overthe former (according to the land-ladys convenience), meanwhile ^,55 112 sizing up the landlady, and feeling sure she was doing likewise to us,tiiough with far greater experience. Or were we among the fortunateones who had an upper classman as pilot and adviser? I feel sure theresult of that endeavor made us all say my room with satisfaction. That first night we shall never forget: tired and we could not rest;sleepy and we could not sleep, because the scrutinizing landlady heldus in cross-examination until eleven oclock. Once in a while shereferred to her girls of the year before, to emphasize that others
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