The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-23
CLASSIC Old GEORGETOWN
DESCRIPTIVE ARTICLE ON THE
FAMOUS CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
AT WASHINGTON
HISTORIC SPOT DEAR TO MANY
Its Equipment Equal to Any .Univer-
sity in the Country-StiII
1t Has One
Need.

SSOi SebOWu university, or, as IT IS pet
ter known at large, Georgetown college.
is now in its 18TH year The organiza-
ton consists of the college, the school of
medicine and the school of law The
Rev John Carroll, the first archbishop of
Baltimore, was the founder of George
town. He first proposed it in the year
1885, although the college was not opened
TO students until 1871. In reality the uni
versity dates from 17SS, when the first
building was erected. This old building is
still standing, and is of red brick. The
first directors of the new college were
the Rev. Messrs. John Carroll, James Pei
leriz, Robert Molyneux, John Ashton and
LEONARD Neale. 1t was given over to tho
fathers of the Society of Jesus in 1906.
and has been under their control ever
since.
1t was first spoken of as IAN academy
at Georgetown, Potowmack river, Mary
land" Later Georgetown came within
the District Of Columbia and the follow
ing act was passed by congress, dated
March 1, 1875: BE it enacted, etc. That
1t shall and may be lawful for such per
sons as now are, or from time to time
may be, the president and directors of
the college at Georgetown, within the
District Of Columbia, to admit any of the
students belonging to said college, or 9th
er persons meriting academical honors, to
any degree in the faculties arts, sciences
and liberal professions, to which persons
are usually admitted in other colleges or
universities of the United States; and to
Issue IN an appropriate form the diplomas
or certificates which may be requisite to
T6StlIV adj mi eli TO
Approved March /, 1915. James Madison. &"
In the year 1888 the holy see granted
Georgetown the power to confer degrees
In philosophy and theology
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
The school of medicine of GEORGETOWN.
which is perhaps the best known and most
important of all the schools of that col
lege, was founded in 1851 by DR.. Henry
Howard and DR.. F. Howard, of Wash
1ngton. Before the school was opened
for students DR.. Henry Howard left to
become dean Of the medical faculty of the
University of Virginia, and DR. T. How
ard became the first president Of the
school, position which he held until his
death, which occurred in 1888 It is con
coded the finest school of medicine in
this country, after that of Harvard, which
Is considered to have some advantages
over 1t. DR.. George Lloyd Magruder is at
present the head of the school. He was
one of its first graduates, and he has
been connected with it ever since A
glance at one of the old catalogues of
the university, will show how the school
OF medicine has grown. In 1868 it gives
DR.. Robertson Howard as demonstration of
anatomy and DR.. G. L. Magruder assist
ant demonstration. The last catalogue
shows three demonstrators of anatomy
and six assistants. In morbid anatomy
Georgetown has great advantages over
the other schools in having at hand the
army medical museum, which is the most
complete and remarkable of it's kind. II
had the advantage of this museum from
the start, as DR.. Robertson Howard, who
was one of the first demonstrators of an
atOmy was also assistant surgeon in
charge of the army medical museum. 1t
has also fine clinical advantages in the
Georgetown university hospital on n
street; Providence hospital, on Capitol
hill; Emergency hospital, on Ohio ave
nue., and the Garfield Memorial hospital,
on Florida avenue The Emergency hos
pital, where last year over $4,000 patients
were treated, was started by four young
Georgetown professors, DrS Morgan Ma
gruder, Howard and Johnson.
The building of the medical school Is
very fine one in every way, and stands
on H street between Ninth and Tenth
streets. 1t contains large lecture rooms,
chemical, astrological, meteorological and
physiological laboratories. The dissect-
ing rooms are the finest of the, kind I
have eyer been in. They are lighted from
overhead windows and by electric lights.
and the tables for opera tive surgery on
the cadaVer- are so arranged that the
whole class may look on without any in
convenience. The laboratories are well
equipped with appliances to enhance in
-
and microscopes. To be admitted to this
school one must pass a preliminary exam
nation that is by no means an easy one,
and that will show if one has the proper
foundation to study medicine The course
is of four terms.
LAW SCHOOL.
The law school of the University of
Georgetown is also in the city of Wash
ington. in a fine building of it's own on
e street. 1t has many advantages over
other law schools, as it has the law IL
braTy of, the capitol to draw upon, and
also several of the judges or the su-
preme court who lecture for it. 1t was
founded in 1870 and has g. aduated a great
many students. The curriculum covers
over three years, and is equal to that of
any university in America To attend
this school it costs $3.50 a year, which is
about the same as ali other law schools
One Of the most interesting features of
visit to Georgetown college IS the OBJ
serVatory. The great white buildings
standing out boldly against the blue sky
quickly call your attention I found the
staff at the observatory to consist of tbs
Rev. John S. Hegen as director and Rev
John T. Hedrick and Rev. George Zivack
as assistant astronomers and Mr.. Hugh
Reilly as attendant. The building is near
~ as well equipped as the naval observa-
tory, which is not far from here. In one
of the rooms is mounted huge transit
seven feet long, and with a one-inch OBJ
ject glass;, made by EiteI & Son, of Mu-
Mich; and in. another room is a nine-incI
Photographic instrument with collirnators
by Saegmuller, of washington. The build.
ing itself is sixty feet long and thirty
feet wide, and is divided into three rooms
The room below the dome is used as the
library, and here may be found the obser-
vations and publications of all the OBJ
servatories in the world Under this room
IS what is known as the clock room, anC
here are six great pendulum clocks, two
chronometerS, a chronograph and :
switchboard. The switchboard is connect
ed by a special wire with the switchboard
of the United States naval observatory
There is another and separate done
standing upon the brow of the hill II
which is the old equatorial of Trouehtnr
and Simms. Tine grounds around thu
buildings are very beautiful and we,
kept, and overlook great extent of couu
try. A great work is being carried on BY
the Rev John G. Hazen and his efficien
staff of astronomers. He is using tn,
tweIve-ineh equatorial to make an alta.
of the variable stars, work he has beer
engaged at for the last eight years Only
two observatories are doing greater
work. Yerkes and Harvard observatories