St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-06
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.
Detailed Description of the New Medical
College to be Begun This
Week.
The City Enjoying the Calm Succeeding
the Storm of the Noisy
Holiday.
Estimate of the Census Enumerator
Very Indefinite as to the City's
Population.
Ed A fferhur-U whflOrr1 Journalist.
Ed Atterbury, Whilom Journalist,
Has Scheme for Starting an
Afternoon Sheet.
THE NEW MEDICAL COLLEGE.
Detailed Description of a Model
Building of Hts Class.

Detailed Description of a Model
Building of Hts Class.
Work will begin this week on the new
Minneapolis medical college, at the corner
of Seventh street ana Ninth avenue south.
The college has been the object of the
greatest solicitude on the part of the medi-
cal fraternity of Minneapolis, and its con-
struction will be the elimination of series
of earnest efforts by the profession, headed
by Dr. Dunsmoor and aided by several lib
eral and public-Spirited citizens, who con-
sidered its establishment necessary to the
rounding out of municipal completeness,
and spared neither their money nor their
influence. When circumstances compelled
the sale of the East Side College hospital and
it seemed probable that Minneapolis would
altogether lose the institution, then began
the efforts now to be crowned by the new
college. which, though neither large nor
very expensive. will be handsome and
complete institution, with every facility and
accessory that experience can suggest.
THE NEW COLLEGE.
A GLOBE reporter yesterday examined
the plans, drawn by Architect Hayes
and in the possession of DR..
DunSmoor. Minor changes in the details
OF interior arrangement may be made, but
the description following will convey cor
rect and sufficiently perfect idea Of the
structure and the various uses TO which Its
several departments will be put. The
building viii be rectangular in shape, 'front.'
ing on Seventh street, four stories in height
and composed of red brick and cut stone
trimmings, with timed roof pierced by
glass dome and two SkylightS. Ii VIII be
siXty-SiX feet long by forty-four wide and
over fifty feet in height While the eXter-
ior will be slightly and imposing the appear
ance of the building has been subOrdinated
to the uses il is to serve, and light, conven-
fence and utility have been especially con-
sidered. The first floor, which is sort of
sub-baSement. is Quadrisected by two halls,
the four rooms being large and commodious.
The main entrance is in the center OF the
front on Seventh street, broad steps leading
to the second or diSpenSary floor and give
access beneath them to the basement story.
In this story on either side of the main hall
are the dental dispenSary to the left, and
the general dispenSary 20 the right. The
left rear room viii be used as a morgue,
and the right rear room devoted to the
apartments OF the janitor. The heating ap-
paratus will occupy the intersection of the
halls in the center of the building and the
morgue room will be drawn upon for a fuel
room, being amply large for both. In the
center of the rear of the building is tower
ike projection from ground to roof, which
carries a spiral stairway, while ali elevator
will ascend from the hall TO the left of the
main entrance.
THE DISPENSARY FLOOR,
which is the first floor properly, is divided
b. a hall running from the entrance to the
rear. The left front, or corner room, will
be large drug store, with an entrance
each OH Seventh street and Ninth avenue.
Behind it. with entrances from the hall and
from Ninth avenue, will be located the
main and private offices of the college. The
right side of the hall is divided into four
rooms, as follows: Practice of surgery,
gyn9cology and diseases of women, practice
of medicine and diseases of children, treat
ment Of the eye and ear. The first two oc
cupy the front of the building and the last
two the rear. Closets and cloak-rooms are
in the hall. from the rear of which aScends
the winding stair.
THE SECOND OR LECTURE FLOOR
is admirably adapted and arranged. In the
center is q room, opening from the elevator
and enclosed by folding or sliding DOORS on
both sides. so as to be thrown entirely open
when desired. On the right is the main
lecture room. the sliding doors opening on
the platform which faces the seats, rising
in amphitheatrcal form, TO the roof and
capable OF accommodating 800 persons On
the left is the class lecture room, the plat
form, upon which the other sliding doors
omen. 1t faces a small amphitheater,
which will seat about sixty persons. The
arrangement is such that when subject IS
brought up on the elevation, into the room
first named, by means of the sliding doors
mentioned the room is thrown into either
lecture room desired. Back of the stage,
in the class lecture room, is the chemical
laboratory, and as the stage is provided
with rear sliding doors, it may be thrown
open To the chemical class. This triple ar
rangement is an admirable one, perfect in
its results and ecOnOmiZing in space. The
large amphitheater rises abruptly and gives
ample room, beneath the rear of il, for
three large rooms, which will be
devoted to pathology and pathological
museum. In the same manner, the rear of
the small amphitheater gives space for two
smoking rooms for the students. This
floor also provides for professors room,
connecting with the large stage, and also
closets and cloak rooms.
THE UPPER FLOOR
is necessarily small, as both amphitheaters
below rise to the roof, leaving only the space
over the laboratory and the two stages.
This is abundant, however. for the general
dissecting room, and a smaller private room,
besides closets and set of preparing rooms,
connecting with the elevator. The dissect-
ing room, occupying the corner, on both
streets, will be cOmmodious and well lighted,
and will contain six dissecting tables.
This completes brief, but comprehen-
sive description of the new college, which
will be ready for use by the first week in
October.