New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-01
WOMAN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE
THE FIRST RECEPTION HELD IN THE
NEW BUILDING. FIFTEENTH ST. AND
LIVINGSTON PLACE.
AN EXHIBITION MADE OF THE ENTIRE HOUSE
SHOWING IMPROVEMENTS on OLD col
LEGE-F-NDs NEEDED TO MAKE
THE EOr-fp8ENr PERFECT.

SHOWING IMPROVEMENTS on OLD COT
IEGE-FTNDs NEEDED TO MAKE
THE EQUIPMENT PERFECT.
large concourse OF interested friends and guests
crowded the new building OF the Womans Medical
College OF the New-York Infrmary for Women
and Children at No. 52l East Fifteen,h-st.. on the
occasion Of the frs: reception. which was given
Yesterday afternoon. Most OF the hundred
students registered at the college and many Of,
the faculty besides the trustees and officers OF ad
ministration were present. The guests we're re-
oeved in the recepton-room which is the main
floor, a large. sunny apartment overlooking Lv-
ingston Square. This room has been refurnished
by the students. and yesterday they were anxiously
discussing what prospect there OF their being
presented with another picture for the adornment
OF the walls. This Is fine photogravure
Or the Venus de Milo which hung in con-
spicuous place and was balanced by fine COP, o.
SIR Gaahad The portraits OF Dr. Emily and DR.
Elizabeth Blackwell. the founders Of the college
also hang In this room. Other departments or this
floor are the physical diagnosis room. Offices a
large cloakroom with convenient lockers for the
disposition Of students books and TWO halls and
stairways. one % these descends to the basement.
where tho dispenslry Is situated and where patients
nre received and treated the other ascends. the
steps are of slate, on iron supports Every part
Of the building is made nreproof possible. FOR
was reckonod a nearly overwhelming calamity.
One o, the students. In narratng the occurrence,
said 1; pitiful at the time the building was
burning 70 see the poor people stand and watch f..
expressing the most intense and concern Tor
the fate % place where their ailments had been
kindly treated.
The building has been erected with the funds
collec 81 from the Insurance augmented by private
contributions. but many things are YET needed 10
fully equip tho place. and donati lions hoped for.
second floor contains
which extends the length OF the building. j IL fur
nished with long tables supplied with apparatus.
Tho private Laboratories o. the professors are sit
uatcd az one end. ard the opdoa-room is arranged
AZ one side. The lower floor OF the amphithea ire
Is on The Fifteenth-st. side. and under the VIDE
ON the floor above f. the entrance to the gallery
% the amphtheatre. and there ere lecture rooms
iccture-rooms are ca bineis allied with models when
hav" been brought from abroad and are sad to be
o. great value The library. on the hfth ioor - =
beautiful room. flooded with sunshine. II has also
been htted up with money raised hy students me
books fortunately. were rescued from the IRE and
nov atorn the new cases 4 most beautiful copy
OF the choice possessions.
On the tor noor is the dissectins-Toom and ID q
sixth floor has been added IN order to accolnmods .
tho improvements made over the old building IN
the cod-storsge dispensary and dssectng depart
From the college building the guests passed into
the indrmary. in Livingston Square. and after IN
speciing the various wards. were received IN ne
doctors dining-roOm. where 'ea vas served by MISS
T.rany Ms Wits. Miss stimson' Miss hu'"'e'
and Miss Claiiin
Among the visitors present were J. Lawrence
AspnvaU Mrs p VI Bryson. Mrs John Claain.
Miss Irlia r. dc Forest. Mrs. Edward &. Nendcr-
son. Mrs Thomas Hicks Miss Anna Jennings. Miss
Hannah y Lawrence OF Lawrence. Long Island.
Miss Louisa Plerpont Morgan. Mrs. George \.
Pli,npton Mrs n " stimson Mrs rs. Gilman
Thompson. Mrs Louis {. Tiffany: Mrs Henry
Vtghs
eye ars 4 Dr. Eny Biackweli Dr. Elizaheth Black
vel Josephine cheyalisr professor o. chemistry
FIoano- p Kilham. Dr. Elizabeth ". Cushier. Or.
Gertrude p Kerev. Or. Martha Wollstein, pr
Louise Cordes. Or. Emily Levi ana Dr Julia CABOT
Wide ,,.-.
BESIDES these on he dlspensary star Of clinlcol
Instructors are Drs Helen Baldwin. Edith B. Black
vel Caroline Herring Dennis. Anna NJ GARNER.
Elizabeth Johnson Henrietta p Johnson, Anneil e
Lubitz Marian y Macdan,el Julia 9. McNutI.
Frances 5 Merriam. Estelle {. Merrill Mar r.
Mitchell Jane r Robbins. Elizabeth VI. Sturzs.
Augusta Vedn. Alice T.. Wakefield. Margaret VIII
son Elizabeth C. seight and Kate Mcmillan