The Washington times., 1902-04-20
COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY.

| consummationr which has been de-
voutly wished for in the past will soon
crown the efforts OF those in charge of the
medical and dental departments of Column
bisn University, as the g-hoped-for
new building will in, few months be a
reality. The work Of demolishing the old
building and the adjacent livery stable is
scheduled to be commenced about April
| l, and as soon as the site can be cleared
the foundations of fhe new structure will
be laid. sze
The plans provide for new hospital
adjoining the present one and a building
for the medical and dental schools. The
Medical School wfiI3oecupy the site of the
present building, but will extend back 144
/ feet and Will be four stories high The
! style of architecture chosen by the de-
/ signers is the old colonial which will be
/ carried out quite effectively By the gem
/ eral color scheme as both edifces will be
I built OF red brick and light colored stone
| Another feature. more important, is that
! both buildings will be absolutely fire
| proof
! The school building Will contain four
/ large lecture halls, each furnished with
seats, lighting apparatus and other equip
ment. all CT the latest design. In the
| Easement will be reading, recreation, and
coat rooms for the students. also the Of
fee of the dean. the faculty room and
cold storage room, The first floor will
contain professors rooms, the janitor's
room. ani the pathological and anatomi-
cal museum. The chemical and phar1na-
ceutieal laboratories with rooms for pro-
fessors CT the two departments, will be
| located On the second floor. These labor
atories will be completely fitted with the
most modern scientific appliances and will
stand as models of their kind
The third floor viii in part be devoted
to the dental department, as splendfdly
furnished dental laboratory and a clinic
room will be located there One of the
most important Innovations intrcd1cel nv
the new order of things will be the ply
sioiogical laboratory. The school has
been in need of a room where practical
study and research in physiology could he
carried on. but owing to the large number
CT students there has been no room for
such a laboratory. 1t will be ecuippeti
Win instruments, electrical lpparatus
and all other devices which have come
into such great use of late in the study OF
physiology One of the four lecture halls
viii be situated en- the third floor. The
dlssecting room, which will be larger
better lighted, and in every way s,perior
TO the present one. will be on the fourth
moor. Adjacent to it Will be rooms for
the professor and demonstrator of ana.
omy, room for quizzes, and another for
the astrological collection On this floor
the historical, pathological and bacter
lologicai laboratories will be located
These Will be equipped with the same care
and thoroughness of detail which will
mark the furnishing, of the other iabora-
tories. The building will be lighted nv
electricity entirely and special atteption
VIII be given to the ventiiating and heat
ing apparatus
The hospital has been designed on the
same lines as the school building, but il
VIII not nave as great depth As il will
be thirty feet from the building line and
twenty from the Medical School il will
be almost entirely surrounded by lawns. A
handsome driveway Will lead to the front
door. In the baSdGetlt there will be n
laboratory. the autopsy room, laundry
isolating ward, boiler room, kitchen cold
storage room, seryant3' quarters, and din
ing room. On the first floor will be To-
Gated the Office. aaNHIl-filied library, su-
perintendentS and r.rrsident physician's
rooms, dispensary5Han waiting rooms
The second floor win contain private
rooms for patients and Il large obstetricaI
room. Each one N tho private rooms will
have an open fireplace. A private bath |
will also adjon eaohiToom. An amphi- |
theater, larger than Che present one, and |
more rooms for the patients will be ON |
the third floor Large, cheerful, we'll |
lighted wards will take up the greater |
part OF the fourth floor The nurses |
quarters will be situated on this floor. The |
old hospital will be used merely as an |
annex to the new one. The dispensary |
will be conducted ia il. The amphitheater |
will be used for clinical purposes. The |
contractors Will probably have both |
buildings practically completed by Sep |
tember 90
The heed OF new building has been |
felt for several years. When Dr.. De |
SchweinitZ became dean he began to for |
mulate plans for one and it is largely !
due to his influence and activity that the |
erection of the new structure has become |
possible. The hospital was opened about
four years ago. hence it was only OF late
that new building was proposed. How
ever, owing to the immense amount D.
work performed there, the imperative need
of "A new and larger structure has become
manifest. The roster of students at the
Medical School has become OF such dinen-
sions-the number is 375-that larger