Evening star., 1929-12-01
DENTAL |NF|RMARY
AT G. i. MODERN!
Unit Will Occupy Third Floor
of New Structure to Be
Opened February 2.

The new building for the Georgetown
University school of dentistry, now
nearing completion, on Reservoir road
is equipped with one of the largest and
most complete dental infirmaries in the
country. according to Rev. John l.
Gipprich, S. J., regent of the school.
Occupying nearly the entire third
floor of the building, the infirmary Is
approximately 80 feet long, admirably
lighted and ventilated. and is already
equipped with SO Of the latest type
Ritter dental chairs. Ample space re-
mains for the installation of 81 addi-
tional chairs to meet the growing needs
of the school.
Such rapid progress is being made In
connection with the installation OF
equipment that the formal opening of
the new building and its occupancy has
been set for February 2. This is the
beginning Of the second semester. The
dental building undoubtedly will be
ready for occupancy g good while be-
fore then, but the school authorities de-
sire no interruption with the present
semester which moving out of the old
building on H street would involve.
+ Equipment Up to- Date.
Father Gipprich and DR.. William N.
Cogan. the dean, are supervising the
equipment of the building. This has
involved an extensive study of dental
plants and laboratories, with a result
that the Georgetown school has prof
tied by the latest scientific develop
ments. Utmost care is being taken in
equipping the laboratories for work in
pathology, chemistry, physiology and
the like. A special dental laboratory
has been equipped on the second floor
of the building, and each professor will
have an individual laboratory for study
and research and his own separate
Office.
Two large amphitheaters, each with a
seating capacity Of 280. are being put
in readiness. The class rooms, large
enough to accommodate 100 and 200
students, likewise are being finished
The dental school will occupy the
south wing of the big building, which
also will house the new school of medi-
cine. The dental building is four stories
high, while the medical building is five
stories. They are connected by a three
story wing, 100 feet long.
Some time will elapse before the med
ical building is ready for occupancy.
This will house also the administrative
offices, which open onto large foyer
Antique marble is being installed in the
foyer, and the marble floors are in
place. Georgetown's great seal, iden-
tical with the seal of the United States
Government. except that the eagle holds
cross in its right claw, has been i'm
bedded in brass in the center Of the
floor.
Add Rare Medical Books.
Equipment of the medical and dental
library, the pathological and anatomy
museums is in progress, and many rare
medical books are being added to
Georgetown's already extensive volumes.
Among these is the library of DR.. Ham
ilton; former surgeon general Of the
Public Health Service, considered one
of the rarest in the country.
The most important scholastic event
at Georgetown before the Christmas
vacation is the Merrick debate on De-
cember 8, staged annually by the Phil
odemic Society. 1t will he participated
in by Edward l.. Cox Of Brooklyn. N
Y; John F. Lynch, jr.. Of Jersey
City, N. j.; j. Godfrey Butler Of the
District of Columbia and J. Fred
Schlafly Of st. Louis, Mo.
With the wide discussion aroused by
Senator Sheppard's proposal to make
under the law with the seller, this
new phase of prohibition has been
chosen as the topic for the Merrick de-
bate. Interest in the Philodemic So
ciety itself, will draw a large crowd OF
students and alumni to CASTOR Hall
where the contest next Sunday evening
will be held. The Philodemic Society
is observing its one hundredth anniver-
Sary this year and is said to be the
Oldest debating society in the country
Band Accompanied Train.
Glasses will be resumed at the COL
lege tomorrow following the close oil
the Thanksgiving holidays. In view oi
the large number of students that de-
sired to attend the game in Detroit yes.
terday. the recess at the college begar
Wednesday morning. The r. o. T. C
band, one of the mainstayS in the
cheering section, went along with sew.
| eral hundred students and alumni. Fa.
| ther OBrien. the faculty advisor o.
| athletics. and Father Gaynor made
| the trip with the team.
Rev. w. Coleman Nevils, president o.
| Georgetown. was one Of the Sub-dea
cons participating in the colorful Par
| American mass at St. Patrick
Church on Thanksgiving day. A mum
Der of the Georgetown faculty attended
tlle impressive ceremony.
The dean of arts and sciences, Rev
r. Rush Rankin, S. j., has Just re
turned from Atlantic City, where h
attended Friday and yesterday, a con
ference Of college and high school Of
f1cials. DR.. John A. Foote, dean o
medicine, also represented Georgetown
and the District of Columbia Medica
Society, Of which he Is president, at
medical convention in Miami Fla, dur
ing the past week. He returned Thurs
day.
Oficials of the School Of Foreigl
Service have learned that Eugenio An
zorena, a former student at the schoc
attached in his student days to the stat
of the Mexican embassy, has accepte
a position with an investment compan
in Bogota, Colombia. Another recen
graduate, Corhal d. Orescan, will sa
from San Francisco for Shangha
China, as the representative of a
American firm. There are already sey
eral former Georgetown students /
Shanghai and Mr.. Orescan is lookin
forward with pleasure to renewing HI
acquaintance with these men.