Evening star., 1927-05-19
c. i. EXPANSION
PLANS REVEALED
Building for, Medical and
/ Dental Departments to
Be Built.

Coupled with an appeai for alumni
support, plans for the future eXpan-
nion OF Georgetown University took
definite shape today when it became
known that the university intends to
erect in the vicinity of Georgetown
Hospital a new building for the more
3dequate housing of its medical and
dental departments.
The first step undertaken for the
development Of large medical center
in Georgetown will be realized this
Summer with the completion of the
new hospital wing now under con-
struction. This wing will increase
the capacity of Georgetown Hospital
TO 450 beds, making it the largest
private institution in the District. Ad-
Giitionai clinics and laboratories in
the new hospital building will facili-
tate greatly the work of the Medical
School until the plans to move it out
of the present quarters on II street
can be fulfilled.
Purpose Is Outlined.
President Charles w. Lyons out
lined the purpose Of the university to
expand its me zeal department Dartic.
uIarly at a reunion dinner attended
last night in Ryan Hall by more than
500 alumni of the medical school,
tion Of the American Medical Asso
citation. Members Of the faculty
Joined in the plea of President Lyons
that the alumni generally come to the
support of the medical school so that
its equipment might be second to none
in the city.
Stressins the high standards Of the
school, President Lyons quoted sta
tistics from the Medical Association
journal showing that out of 50
Georgetown graduates examined by
state boards in 13 States during
1895. all passed their examinations.
This is a record excelled by no
other school in the United States and
equaled by only two others" Presi-
dent Lyons sal
Explains Endowment Need.
1--WE need the last word in medical
equipment at Georgetown" lRe added,
''and we need an adequate endow
ment"
Georgetowns medical department
has struggled along for II years with
out an endowment, President Lyons
told the gathering, and it is now the
hope of the university to secure funds
so that the university may emulate
= the financial strength of other great
institutions.
without an endowment from which
they might legitimately expect return
for their services" 3" he said, The medi-
cal faculty has served practically with
no material remuneration. Mindful of
the mold of the men who founded our
school and who through her long
years and at present serve her so de-
Votedly, we have no fear of the fu-
Iure.''
Architects Plan Shown.
An architects drawing of the pro-,
posed medical and dental building, pre-
pared under the direction of DR..
George NJ. Kober, dean of the Medical
School for nearly 80 years, was placed
on exhibition. These plans call for a
brick structure of colonial type. four
stories high at one end and six stories
at the other. with unusual facilities
for clinics, laboratories and other fea-
lures.
The site has not yet been an
nounced. but it is planned to erect
the new building in the neighborhood
of Georgetown Hospital. This is in
accordance with the policy established
four years ago to center all the build
3ncs of the university ultimately near
the college
DR.. William ]. Stanton, president of
the Georgetown Clinical Society, in
troduced as toastmaster at the din
her DR. Joseph S. Wall of the medical
faculty. In an address latter to the
alumni, DIR. Stanton declared that
Georgetown is the only Catholic med
ical school in the East, and is de-
serving of support from the Catholic
laity.
DIR. k0ber to Remain.
Dean Kober. who is a member of
The class of 1873, declared while he
had hoped TO retire this year on ac-
count Of falling health, he intends to
remain with the Medical School until
the movement to secure an adequate
endowment for its maintenance has
been carried out successfully. Presi-
dent Lyons and other alumni paid
tributes TO the far-seeing policy of
Dean Kober, which has done much to
develop the school in recent years.
The exactness of a medical educa.
tion, Or. Frederick c. Schreiber, IA
stressed. requires additional clinics
and calls for more adequate facilities.
I'VE cannot sit back and watch the
trend Of medicine go forward else
where" he said
Addresses on behalf of the faculty
were made by DIR. George Tuliy