Bio: Schwarze, Lila (Nurse's Cap – 1963)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Schwarze, Timmerman, Hopmann, Hill, Bruclik, Finn

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 02 May 1963

The freshmen students from Luther Hospital School of Nursing received their nurses' caps in a traditional ceremony Sunday afternoon, April 21, 1963, at Schofield Hall Auditorium, Wisconsin State College, Eau Claire. Among the 45 young women presented with caps was Lila Schwarze, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Schwarze, R. 3, Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.).

The entire student body of the school entered the auditorium attired in their blue and white uniforms. The Rev. Howard Timmerman, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, offered the invocation. This was followed by a musical selection by the Nursing students' Chorus, directed by Mrs. Roland Hopmann. Mrs. Eldon Hill, R.N., gave the address. The president of the Student Government Association, Miss Sally Olson, greeted the class.

Caps were place by Miss Helen Bruclik, director of nursing, and Miss Patricia Finn, assistant director. Miss Olson handed a lighted lamp to each newly capped freshman. As a group, the students recited the Florence Nightingale pledge to signify their entry intot he profession.

A reception for nurses, their families and friends, was held in the Epiphany Lutheran Church Hall following the reception.