The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29
HERE'S A CHANCE.
Man With $4,000 Can Ex-
change 1t For Fame.
Kansas Medical College Looking
For an CANCEL"
NEED NEW QUARTERS.
School Has Outgrown Its. Pres
emit Building.
DIR. Minney Talks About Needs
of the Institution.
NEED NEW QUARTERS.

Members OF the faculty Of the Kan
sas Medical college are looking for
philanthropist who is willing to ex-
change the sum of $40, 900 for a chance
of perpetuating his name.
The Kansas Medical college has out
grown its present home at Twelfth ave-
nue. and Tyler street and before anoth-
er school year opens it will be forced to
find larger and more commodious quar-
tiers. The college was founded eleven
years ago with an attendance of just
twenty students. Since that time it has
grown until now it is regarded as one
of the best medical schools of the west
and graduates carrying diplomas from
this college are recognized everywhere.
The attendance this year is over 100.
The officers and faculty of the col
1ege are anxious to secure a new home
for the college Land has been offered
for the institution on the grounds oc-
cupied by Christ hospital. The mem
bers of the hospital association, as well
as members of the faculty of the med
ical college, feel that such an arrange
ment would be advantageous to all con-
cerned.
THE school work at the medical col
lege is being carried on this year under
very cramped conditions, said J. E.
Minney, one of the executive commit
tee to a State Journal reporter. 'sThe
present home of the college has only
ten rooms. A new home would be built
with fifteen rooms, and each of the reci-
tation rooms would be of larger dimen-
sions. The classes are cramped in the
various class rooms of the present
school building.
1T is estimated" he continued, "that
the cost of a building suitable to the
needs of the college would be about
$4,000, with an additional $1,000 for
equipment. The equipment of the pres
ent college, while the best that the mar
ket affords is not adequate for furnish
ing a large building.
1.-The school has always been conduct
ed on the basis of earning only enough
for it to pay its own way. Consequent
ly there is no fund to assist in building
a new home. The officers of the school
and the board of directors are quite
anxious however, to induce some one
of wealth and who is interested in the
furtherance of the science of medicine
to come forward with the means to
the offer to name the college after the
donor of the money for its construction
is made. 1t is a handsome way in
which to perpetuate ones name and has
been done by many capitalists"
The college is a member of the Amer
lean Medical association The work of
the school and certificates of gradua-i
ton from it are recognized throughout
the country. Cards issued by this col
lege are accepted at any higher school.
The course of study requires the stu
dents to pass four years here, and over
1875 practicing physicians testify to the
excellence and efficiency of the college.
The present CORPS of teachers num-
bers about 81 of the best known names
in the medical fraternity of this vicin-
ity. Physicians come here from num-
Der of the surrounding cities to deliver
lectures each week before the students
of the school. To secure the best re-
suits it is found to be imperative that
the school be soon enlarged