Evening star., 1923-01-07

= Detailed plans for the proposed
nurses home at Garfield Memorial
Hospital at l1th and Clifton streets
we're made public today by the hos
pital authorities.
The home Will be four stories hish'
with a basement, and will provide
living quarters for 100 nurses, IN ad-
dition to recreation, assembly and
class rooms for the Nurses Training
School.
Fronting on nth street at Clifton
street. on the portion of the hoSpitdl
grounds above the willard building
the structure viii be located on an
ideal site, with high elevation, giving
abundant light and air on al sldeS.
With a frontage of 22S feet the cen
trail part of the building will have q
depth. of 55 feet and the wings 80
feet.
Many Facilities Planned.
The architects. Marsh Peter
have sought to provide living quar-
tcrs for as many nurses as possible
within the limits of the space deSl
mated, and at the sam" time to make
ample provisions for recreation rooms
and for ClassroomS and other tac'li
ties for the Nurses Training SChool.
The basement will contain lecture
. hall. IS by so feet: q classroom and a
recreation room. 12. by Ga feet. On
the first floor viii be an assembly
and class room. - by 81 feet. ThIch
will occupy tho space in tho left
wing pn either side Of the veStIbule
near the main entrance. viii be the
library and reception rooms, and in
the rear of these. at the back of tht
building z large living room, with
aIcoyes on either side. The superin-
tendent and assistant superintendent
of nurses and the diettian will taNt
their living quarters in the right
wing on this floor. which Will also
contain cloakrooms and utility rooms
The SECOND and third floors will
each contain forty bedrooms for
nurses. these being arranged so thai
all are outsid" rooms. with al
. abundance Of light and air Thirteen
bedrooms for nurses are located o.
the fourth GOor. and on either side
Of this structure. which covers only
the central part of the building. vii
he a covered roof, furnishing ROOT
garden and sularium for the occu-
pants of the home.
of brick and concrete. with walls
of light brick, the new structure VII
harmonize in architecture ana con,
struction with the other hoSplta
buildings
There are now nine ty-siX nurses a
the Garfield Hospital, eighty-tour o.
them in training, and the hospital au'
thorities regard il Us absolutely neces'
They arc at present quartered in ST,
different places. For more than twenty
five wears nurses have been quartered IL
the old administration building, and a!
tn" number increased quarters were
found for them in any space that coulC
be utilized. Two Old residences on th'
same block were purchased and fttet
up for them. Still there was not suifi
cient ROOM so an attic over one of The
wards was converted and fitted up "a:
nurses bedrooms and small residence
on 18th street was rented for them
Finally il was necessary to take Owe
one of the wards in the Willard build
ing. where thirty probationers now oc
Cupy beds which can be used for pa
tients when the nurses home is erected
Home Badly Needed.
I'VE have reached a point" said Mis-!
Alice McWhorter. superintendent O
nurses and head of the Nurses Train
ing School, where we feef that
nurses home must be provided II ha:
been needed for many years, and as tht
number Of nurses has increased the de.
mand has grown until we feel that W,
simply cannot get along unless we have
better quarters for the nurses. Founded
= in 1889. the Garfield Hospital Trainin!