The scene is Louisiana State University medical school.
The room is tense, hot, filled with excitement and the smell of formaldehyde.
The operation is difficult, new, sure to make med. school history.
But the slender fingers of "The Chief" are deft and sure.
Slowly, under the hot lights, The Chief approaches the table.
The students crowd closer to observe her every gesture.
In the muffled silence, she addresses her assistant:
"Stencil!"
"Stencil," the reply is low and cool.
"Ink!"
The bottle changes hands instantaneously.
''Paper!"
Paper;"
There is no excess motion, no need for undue haste. For the Chief knows the staff will live, and Operation "Tiger Rag" is going to be successful.
Today at her desk in the LSU Pediatri s department, Teko (Janice) Wiseman is busy editing copy for the next edition of the new medical school paper.
It was her idea, and her husband's enthusiasm which combined to get the first edition of "Tiger Rag" out last Friday....In subsequent editions, Miss Johnson, who majored in piana at Newcomb, will handle the mechanical end of the paper, as well as vital statistics on new secretaries.
"That's always a popular feature," Teko explained. /'The students want to know about the new secretaries so they can ask them for dates."
