News Scrapbook 1962-1964

And the Family

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Woman Today

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY, MAY 29 , 1964

EVE NING TRIBUNE

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-------- ight Little Helpers Will Watch Mom Graduate lly ,Jl Ul HE I 'J,J~lt

SPC'retly, Mrs. Nelsen ad- mits that she has given thoughts 1.o pursuing her own education further. "I might start working toward my master's degree hut not immediately," :sha said Mrs. Nelsen's graduation Sunday puts her in a special classification with three oth- er supervising nu rs e s a t Sharp. Mrs. Janice Sher- kenback, :."v1"rs. Helen Jame- ~on and Miss Barbara Ann Roane also completed their graduation requirement s while working full-time at thr hospital.

and problems with the <'hil- dren. She knows each ot their current special Inter- ests and talks enthusiasti- cally about them. Her brown Pyes twinkled w h e n she> said, "Jack ls the athlete in the family. He's a baseball fan at the moment, but foot- ball ls his first love." She also doesn't hesitate to advise other mothers to continue t h e I r education. ''It makes one more aware of what is going on in the world, and en a b I e s the crossing ol new bridges," she said.

years was spent studying. ''The children could al- ways detect when final exam per Io d s ha d arrived," she said. ''I'd hear them tell their friends, 'mom must be taking exams a g a In, she's aw f u 1 ly grouchy'." The children, Jack, 14; Lillian, 13; Linda, 11; June, 9; Sally, 8; Esther, 6; Mary, 4, and Richard, l',!,, are credited by their moth• er as being "extremely sell- sufficient." "Lillian has taken charge of preparing the e~·ening

meals and does a real good job. However, we n e v e r know If we're going to have an eight-course dinner or soup and crackers," she said, smiling. "Mary, here, Is my after- noon baby sitter. She keep~ a good eye on Richard when I take my nap. In fact, I don't know what I'm going to do without her next year, when she goes to school," she added, h u g g I n g the blond youngster. Working a p p a r e n t 1 y hasn't hampered Mrs. Nel- sen's joy of sharing projects

Catholic university because of its proximlnity to her Clairemont home and be- cause of its religious train- ing. "I believe you get a little something extra from a re- ligious - oriented school." she said. Determined to reach her goal, for seven years Mrs. Nelsen maintained a vigor- ous and often tiring sched- ule of heading for classes at the university many a night before reporting to work. Every demand-free minute she found d u r i n g those

A graduate of Good Sa- mantan Hospital School of Nursing In Portland, Ore., Mr:<. Nelsen only intended to work for a short while. "But M the children kept roming, I realized that I would have to keep working to make rnds meet," she said. Also realizing that there would be little chance for advancement w 1 t h o u t a bachelor of science degree, she enrolled In her first night class in 1957. Although a Morman, she decided to enter the Roman

dcrstandmg, I nr\'er would have succeeded." Bcsld<'~ being homcmak- f'f, mother and college stu-

VENING TRIIIUN• Staff w .. 11., '" en years ot determina- acr - 11res \\ Ill be rewarded Sun• day when lr . Erne t S. , 'elsen graduate!! Irom the t n!vrrs ty or San Dlrgo Col- l ge tor Women. l'ndoubtedly, the prou1l• e t wltn ~c ol the alter• noon ceremony will be her hu band and e-lght chtldrC'n "I've b en thinking or making special diplomas for all ol them." she said. "Wlthout their hC'lp nnd un- tion. ambition and

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J• , ·s DIPWllA-Mrs. Ernest S. Nel- . en will have her own cheering section in Ihe audience Sunday when she graduates _ from the University of San Diego College

for Women. Waiting t o watch mom get h~r. diploma are, from left, Richard, 11,~, sitting on daddy's lap; J une, 9; Sally, 8; Jack, 14; Lillian, 13; Linda, 11; Esther,

6, and Mary, 4. It took the Clairemont mother seven years of part-time stud)'ing to earn the degree, while working full- time at Donald Sharp Memorial Hospital.