Evening star., 1928-03-13
S2,790,0)O PLEDGED
FOR c. i. INSTITUTE
$780, 900 Available Now for
New Research Laboratory
at University.

A gift of $2So.000 in cash. and pledges
totalng S25oo 900, OF which $3oo,ooo
has been paid. give assurance that the
proposed chemo-medical research Gen.
ter at Georgetown University will be a
reality. and the work will soon he
started on the building library ard
equipment, Rev. George Coyle. s, j..
director OF this project, announced to-
day
An endowment OF S4o00,000 is re-
CURED for this project which aims Ia
focus cooperative study in all branches
of science to seek out the fundamental
causes of disease. In this connection
the announcement emphasized that 2S
per cent of ell the deaths are due to
Ave diseases about which science knows
relatively little-heart disease, pneu-
monia, cancer, chronic nephritis and
tuberculosis.
Tho clerno-medical center at George
town is to carry out the recommends.
tlons made BY a committee OF nine CT
the most eminent scientists for the
American Chemical Society. AS the
work grows ii is expected that tfe
original endowment will be multiplied
and felloWSnipS cFcateu.
Group to BE Impressive.
With the addition just erected to the
Georgetown University Hospital ano
with plans to start next month on the
new medical school west Of N street.
between Thirty-sixth and Thirty
seventh streets, the chemo-medicsi
HEADQUARTERS on the adjoining square
will give GEORGETOWN University an I'M
nrcsslve group of new buildings.
The sift of S250,00o which Father
coyle announced today is made oy
Mr and Mrs. Thomas J. Maloney OF
WaIdwick. N. ]. Other large contrihu-
tions TO the endowment fund that nave
been pledged during the last f1Ve years
will now be Immediately available Tor
carrying out the project.
In the recommendations OF the
scientific leaders to the American
Chemical Society for concentrated
attack on disease. Georgetown recog-
nizes a call to duty and to humanity.
and n meet its obligations of national
service to the present age and TO gen.
erations vet unborn" Father Coyle said
TODAY. ut proposes to erect a chemical
laboratory which. while supplying need
ed facilities for its arts and science
schools. will at the same time contain
completely separate institute OF
chenao-medical research, equipped with
all modern facilities Of apparatus and
materials. Here. eminent specialists
chosen only for their performance and
stimulation OF original investigations.
free from the burdens OF teaching and
in the security of comfortable living.
can devote themselves to cheuo-medical
research in almost ideal conditions. 70
the end that human suffering may be
relieved. We are confronted with this
high duty, since it is agreed that the
Nation must look to private institutions
rather than to industrial or govern
mental laboratories to perform 1t.
Cooperation Planned.
"In the investigation Of Its vital prob
lens. the late war has taught US that
amazing rapidity and successful results
are best attained through the systematic
cooperation of trained Investigators In
the various fields OF science which bear
on the problems under consideration
that the work Of research Is fu-thered
by having these investigators housed
under one roof where. by daily contact
and conference. their united efforts will
be most fruitful"
1t is emphasized by those who have
been instrumental in the organization
OF the center that in Washington Is a
vast array Of Government laboratories
engaged on almost every type Of sci
entffic problem. Employed therein are
scientists numbering more than eight
thousand The Chemo-Medical Re-
search Institute will enjoy the advan-
tages Of close contact with these work
ers and make available for consultation
their varied knowledge and experience
besides enlisting the advice and aid Of
the distinguished foreign scientists and
members Of scientific associations who
inevitably come TO the National Capital
The library facilities here are also
unsurpassed. The various scientific liz
brgries connected with departmental
laboratories viii supplement the Library
OF Congress and the library of the Army
and Navy Medican Museum-juSt
famed for its special collection OF the
Ysre6t and most varied works on medi-
clne-al! valuable TO investigators,