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committment, the practice of professional detachment, the objectiveness of medicine and the subjectiveness of personal care that comprises the art of nursing, of all branches of medicine. Miss Quinn set up the schedule of advisors and quite naturally assigned herself as Mr. Boyle's advisor.

The heart of this program was a personal rapport, usually established by a social visit, a dinner in- vitation, or some similar event, divorced from the actual school as much as possible.

It was late fall when Mr. Boyle received his in- vitation for dinner at Miss Quinn's apartment. There was an uncertain look in his eyes when Miss Quinn finished delivering her invitation and she smiled inwardly--at last she had him nonplussed. To show her mastery of the moment, she calmly said, "Dress is optional. No uniforms, please, we see enough of that during the day." One-up.

She would have been less than human if she had not wondered as to just what he would wear. She had seen him on several occassions studying during the weekends in the school library. Usually he wore something neutral--slacks of no particular gender, bulky sweater, tennis shoes.

Now, as she nervously waited for his arrival, she wondered at her own mood. What had she to be nervous about?

The doorbell rang announcing Mr. Boyle. He wore a blue suit.

"Come in. Please be seated," said Miss Quinn. "Dinner will be ready in just a few minutes. Ruth my roommate is seeing to the last minute details. May I offer you a mild cocktail--the school policy is against that sort of thing--but we all break it for dinner engagements. It's sherry, so you will experience no ill effects."

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