Evening star., 1926-10-24
EXPANDS HOSPITAL
AT GEORGETOWN
University Begins Construc-
tIon of $3.50, 900 Addition
to Enlarge Facilities.

| first accomplishment in a campaign
to expand the hospital and medical
| school facilities of the university.
! Excavation work at the site, fronting
| on Thirty-fifth street and extending
to Prospect place, began last week.
Plans for the hospital extension
| constitute the second phase of the
down by President Charles w. Lyons,
S. j., under whose business-like ad-
ministration the program Is being
carried out successfully. The first
phase Of this expansion was the COM
pletion this Summer of the new
North Building on the Hilltop, a $780,
900 students dormitory and the re-
modelling of the old North Building,
the Oldest structure at Georgetown.
Will Be Four-Story Structure.
The new hospital building, it was
announced, will be a four-story fire.
proof steel-and-concrete structure Of
pressed brick and limestone finish,
fronting on Thirty-fifth street. 1t
will provide quarters for the admin
istrative department, including doc
tors rooms, a new treasury and filing
department and superintendent's
office.
The present capacity Of 276 beds
will be increased by the addition of
80 private rooms in the new build
ing, with private baths. Above the
administrative Offices and in the CEN
ter of the building there will be pro-
vided q private rooms fer the Fran
ciscan Sisters who have charge Of
the hospital.
In many other respects the present
| hospital facilities will be enhanced
through the additional space to be
Iof fforIad in, noxxy building II will
house six large wards and four model
diet kitchens, among other things,
and a small but adequate chapel In
the Gothic style.
AS the erection of this hospital
building is the first step in the ex-
pansion Of the medical school, ample
facilities for medical and research
work will be provided. At present
the medical school has been seri-
ously handicapped for lack of ade-
quate laboratory facilities, necessitat-
ing overcrowding of clinics. This
will be remedied by the inclusion of
III large clinic rooms and three
standard, modern laboratories in the
plans for the new building!
New Sister Superior.
The nurses training school also
Is located at the hospital and these
Young women likewise will benef1t
through the increased facilities to be
afforded. This year the training
school broke all previous enrolment
records. The training school was
organized In 1903 and in 1907 was
registered under the new registration
act of the District of Columbia. IN
1914 it was registered under the
board Of regents and Is now a CLASS
A training school, meeting all re-
quirements of the American Meolcai
Association.
Announcement also was made at
GEORGETOWN that Sister M. Illuminate,
10. S. F., sister superior at the hos
pital and training school for the last
six wears, has been transferred to ST.
Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia. upon
the expiration of her term. Her sue
cessor Is Sister NJ. Donata, o. 5. r.,
who brings to her work experience
gained in the direction of the Fran
ciscan Hospital in Wilmington, Del.
Dnring her six years at Georgetown.
Sister illuminate did valuable work
in cooperation with the ladies' board
in improving conditions at the hos
nital and raising funds for charity
work.
clinic for the treatment of chill
dren affected with suffering was one
of the recent innovations at the hos
pital.
Kappa Alpha Phi Celebrates.
Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity at
the foreign service school, gave a
smoker at it's chapter house, 2ooS
@ street, Friday evening, arrange
ments for the affair having been
made by Eugene Ribiero, chairman
of the social committee. The frater
nity is anticipating an active soclal
season and entertained at Its home
the evening of October Is. following
the game with West Virginia Uni
versity. The officers Of the fraternity
are. Carhol Orescan, president;
Frank Ahern, vice president; John
Green. secretary; Frank Hirt. treas
urer: Michael Meehan, sergeant-at-
arms. and James Mccormick, house
manager.
The sophomore class at the school
of medicine has elected the following
officers: Robert M. Megargee OF
Scranton, Pa. president; John u.
Wyncoop Of Washington, vice presl.
dent, and Anthony F. Frier1 OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, secretary-treasurer.
The freshman class, largest IN tne
history of the school, 11S students
having registered, Is headed by Fran
els King. of Lawrence, Mass. Other
officers are William Carroll OF Tren-
ton. n. j., vice president, and Thomas
King of Jersey City, N. j., treasurer.
DR.. Harry S. Bernton, associate
professor of bacteriology and pathol-
ogy and instructor in hygiene at the
medical school, has just returned
from Madison, Wis. where ne ao'
dressed the State Medical Association.