Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-27
IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Many Citizens visit and Admire the
Ncw Omaha Medical
College.

thursday night was an enjoyable occasion
Tor the members OF the faculty and all
others interested in the medical department
OF the University Of Omaha. II was an oc-
casion when the Institutions new home was
throWn open to the inspection OF the public
and during the evening hundreds OF people
passed through the building, congratulating
the faculty and at the same time feeling
natural pride in the institution which is
rapidly stepping into the front ranks Of the
colleges OF the country.
Early last spring the faculty and officers
OF the University Of Omaha discovered that
the medical department needed more room
for the accommodation of the students and
1t was decided to erect an addition to the
college building at Twelfth and Pacific
streets, this city. Work was commenced as
soon as frost was out Of the ground and last
night the building was thrown open that
the citizens might see what had been ac-
complished in the few short months.
The building as completed presents a front
OF 100 feet on Pacific street. extending back
some eighty feet. 1t is four stories high,
with basement. constructed OF stone and
red pressed brick and equipped with all Of
the modern conveniences.
All the rooms are we'll lighted and are
finished in oak and hard pine. The rooms on
the first floor of the addition are used for a
laboratory, capable of accommodating 100
students. Here each student has his working
table, with lockers for tools and materials
There are also large lobby, cloak and
smoking rooms. On the floor above are the
reception rooms for patients Offices for
members OF the faculty, library and toilet
rooms. Above these rooms and on the next
floor is the operating room. where there are
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more, which will be put in when needed.
There are also lockers for the students. The
upper floor is used as laboratory for the use
OF the students and place for keeping the
chemicals and materials used in carrying on
the work of the college. Upon this floor
stationary tables are placed for the con-
venlence of the students, each table being
sufficiently large for three students to work
over.
In the old part of the college number Of
changes have been made in the Arrangement
of the rooms. In the basement toilet rooms
have been placed. Here are also located the
boilers and apparatus for the heating plant,
the watts for the storage OF the subjects for
dissection and the general store room. On
tho outside a cold storage room has been
built, where subjects are kept until placed
in the picking watts. On the first or main
moor are the onceS. the museum, surgical
operating rooms and the rooms for children,
| together with the shower baths. The Sec
ond floor is occupied by the cloak. lecture,
reading and rooms where the X ray instru-
ments are kept. On the floor above are the
| rooms for the professors, lecture rooms and
laboratories for students Above these rooms
and on the next floor are the dissecting
rooms, with ten tables and large labora-
tory.
At the present time there are seven women
and eighty-five men in the medical and
one woman and seventy one men in the den
tai department. Every room Is equipped
throughout with new instruments and ma
terial for the teaching OF the two profess
sions The instructors are among the best
| in the land. many Of them being physicians
| and dentists of the city.
At the opening of the new building
Thursday night the dedicatory address was
delivered by Rev. T. J. Mackay, who dwelt
upon the rapid strides made by the college
The address to the students was by Dr.
Jonas and the affairs OF the college were
discussed by DR.. Harold Clifford. In addi-
tion to the addresses and the music, there
were two huge punch bowls that were fire.
quently replenished.