New Hampshire girls who were among the 33 nurses graduated from the New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing at the 33rd annual commencement exercises held at the Harvard church, Brookline, Mass. Left to right, sitting, Marion Jewett of Milford, G. Elaine Merrill of Hudson; standing, Rita Palmer of Hampton, Phyllis Pender of Farmington, Marguerite Carlson of Hampton, and Marjorie Briggs of Berlin. [Courtesy photo]