Evening journal., 1916-09-27
Delaware COLLEGE
OPENS INFIRNARY
Former Stoll Home Equipped
for Purpose With Nurse
in Charge
SEVERAL STUDENTS
HAVE BEEN TREATED

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, Sept, 27.-For the
first time In the history Of the instuu-
ton, Delaware College has an inhrm-
ary solely for the benefit Of the stu
dents. The infrmary has been fitted
up In what was formerly the nome OF
Daniel Stoii. at the southeast corner
~ delaware avenue and Depot road,
the property now being owned by the
college. The location Is ideal for tho
purpose and the building which was
only erected by Mr.. Stoil, three years
ago for his home WAS easily trans
formed into q modern inhrmary,
The inhrmary was opened at the
beginning of the college year. last
week. with Miss A. NJ, Beck, formerly
NJ MiddletoWn, in charge. Miss Beck
has had considerable experience IN
1osnitsl work. She will remain IN
he building at all times and ALREADY
has beeu called on 10 treat several
students for minor ailments. d.
Mitchell. president of the college
points out that the purpose OF the H.
urinary is largely to prevent sickness
among the students, A student Wh1
has even a minor complaint, is urged
IN take advantage Of the in1rmary ana
IN there for treatment At once, the
same as he would go TO his iholheri
should he be at home, With this ldea
I'm view 1t is anticipated that stuueh's
will often be saved from more serious
illness that might take them away
from college for al least a short time
nv going to the inhrmary for treat
mont as soon as they realize they arc
sick A physician will be in attendance
whenever desired. There will be no
cost to the student fer treatment az
the lnhrmary except for small annual
dues.
Ebep "A. Frazer one o. the trustees
Of the college, was chairman or the
Hpecial committee that htted the IN
Urinary up. It has been made modern
for the purpose IN every detail, On
entering the building from the main
entrance on Depot road there is To ne
found n modern first aid room ana
the office of the nurse in charge. The
remainder of this floor Is taken up
with the priyate quarters for the at
te1dants including a private bath ana
modern kitchen with all Equipment.
On the second floor there are four
wards for patients Each OF these
rooms has been equipped with all
modern sanitary furniture and equip
meut They are roomy and cheerful,
with plenty OF light and ventilation.
There is also a bath on this moor
Nothing has been left undone by the
committee to make these rooms Tor
the patients as attractive as possible
under all conditions. and In fact
thew are much more comfortable than
rooms could possibly be In the orol-
nary hospital.
One feature Of the lnnrmary Is the
fact that provisions have been made
FOR an infectious ward entirely $50
lated from the other part Of the In
Urinary This infectious ward al
ioins the main building, but Il can
only be entered from the outside and
therefore Is practically Isolated from
the other parts Of the lnhrmary. 1t
contain two separate rooms with
private bath
The benefit Of the lnhrmary has al
ready been demonstrated, as there
have been several patients. One young
student who had sore throat when
he arrived at college last week was
at once placed In the inhrmary. He
was kept there several days and has
now entirely recovered. Another stu
dent was treated for a sty on his eye
and a third for fractured RIB. There
Is hardly week passes that some
one OF the 200 and more students will
not require some minor treatment
that may save them a spell Of sick
ness.
The lnhrmary was also used yester-
day for the incubation OF students
against typhoid. Thirty-slx students
and members OF the faculty took this
incubation treatment.