Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
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NEW STRUCTURE
Corner Stone Blessing viii
Be Feature of Exercises at
-.130th Commencement.

University and the blessing of its cor
ner stone this afternoon by the apos-
tolic delegate, Most Rev. Peitro Fun1a-
soni-Biondi, today's program in con-
nection With the l30th commencement
at the Hilltop will be crowded with
events.
Georgetowns 13oth academic year
Will close tomorrow afternoon at COM
mencement exercises at which DR..
Hugh j. Fegan, assistant dean Of law,
will address the graduating classes.
The approaching completion OF the
Medical-Dental Building marks a sue
ceSsf,ll achievement at the closing of
the first academic year for President
w, Coleman Nevis, S. j., whose fore
sight made it possible to erect the first
unit of Georgetowns proposed enlarged
medical center as an integral part OF
the university on the section of the
college grounds reserved for it on Res
ervoir road
Rev. Walter G. Summers. S. j.. re-
gent of the two schools, will make the
opening addresS-.at the dedication ex-
ercises at 4:50 o'clock this afternoon
on the building site. which overlooks
the Broad Branch Valley. The part
the MEDICAL School will have in the
development and expansion Of the
medical. center will. be outlined in an
who has been a member of its faculty
for. upward of Is years. DR.. William
N. Cogan dean of, the Dental School,
will speak on behalf of that depart
ment. The closing address will be
made by President Nevis.
Procession TO Open Exercises.
The opening of the exercises will be
marked by an academic procession,
Nf-1Nf n1xyD Dull n
about 3:45 O'Clock. Earlier in the morn
ing the faculties and seniors will assem-
Bile in the corridors of the Healy Build
ing for the annual academic procession
to Dahlgren Chapel in GeorgetoWn's his
toric quadrangle. where Right Rev.
John M. Mcnamara, D. D.. Bishop of
Baltimore, will preach the baccalaure-
ate sermon at 10 o'clock.
Members Of the faculty who will take
part in this solemn mass are Rev. Hugo
Augustus Gaynor. S. j., celebrant: Rev.
John j. O'Connor. S. j., deacon and
Rev. Peter ". Masterson, g.. j.. sub
deacon. Rev. George P. MCGOWAN. s.
j., will be master of ceremonies Fol-
lowing the mass. the board of regents
will hold its annual meeting at 1870
O'Clock in the afternoon. at which Presi-
dent Nevis will render his report on the
affairs of the university. The presi-
dents reception to the alumni and
graduates will. be held at $3.50 O'Clock
in the parlorS Of the Healy Building.
followed by the Glee Club concert at
$50. o'clock in the quadrangle.
The dedication of the Medical-Dental
Building will mark the most important
step ia the development and extension
OF Georgetown since the founding of the
School of Foreign Service. which intro
duced.,a new branch of education to
this country 10 years ago. Development
OF the Reservoir road site is due pri-
narily to the vision of Dr.. Nevis.
Originally it had been planned by his
predecessor Rev, Charles w. Lyons, 8.
j., to, erect. the Medical-Dental Build
ing on a site adjoining the Georgetown
Hospital DR. Nevils believed that IL the
proposed medical, center were to be an
integral part or the university, the old
site should be discarded. Upon taking
Office, he formed a committee to study
the situation, upon which committee
Father Summers took a very active part.
1t was decided ultimately that the col
leee grounds on Reservoir road provided
logical site for the development of a
large center,
a. Plan, Other Buildings: ...-...'
Plans already under contemplation at
this site call for the erection of a new
hospital building, cherno-medical re-
search laboratory, a nurses home, rec
reational center for the medical per-
sonnet and students and a small club
house aEsi -
The new building, already up to its
second story, will be of Colonial design,
four stories high and of red brick
construction with limestone trimmings.
Commanding view Of the surrounding
territory from broad plateau, 1t will
be approached by series of terraces.
Every possible advantage of study and
research has been taken in planning
for the equipment OF its scientific and
working laboratories. In this respect,
particularly, it will be one of the most
advanced IN the East.
The building will cover large area,
as it is being constructed in the form
Of a capital H" Each of the main
wings will be 282 feet by 40 feet and
will be connected by a central wing
102 feet in length.
Announcement was made by Father
Summers. in connection with plans for
the development of these two depart
nents of the university, that the faculty
and student body had established four
fellowships in medicine and dentistry.
Each fellowship provides for research
work. One in medicine was founded by
The members OF the present senior class
at the medical school. The dental
faculty provided for two in dental
research and the student body OF the
dental school made possible the fourth.
It also was announced that a resident
dental inferno would be introduced at
Georgetown Hospital during the coming
year.
Extend Surgical Facilities.
Work already has begun on an ex-
tension of surgical facilities at the
hospital. This does not mean that
the plans for the erection of a new
hospital building have been. postponed
in any way, Father Summers explained.
but is being done as step in the right
direction in order that recepic and
non-recepic cases can be arranged. The
changes will mean that no patients
will be taken through public corridors
orl''the way to or from operating rooms.
1t is understood that all of George
towns regents. some serving their flrSt
year on the board will be in attendance
at today'S meeting. The board consists
OF DR.. Nevis as chairman, John Hughes
Cassidy of Waterbury, Conn, Rev.
Thomas e. Chetwood S. j.; Martin
Conboy of New York. Rev. John A. Dix
on. S. j.; John S. Drum of San Fran
cisco. James A. Farrell of New York,
Rev Joseph A. Farrell, S. j.; George E.
Hamilton, DR.. George M Kober, Walter
s. Martin of San Francisco. Rev. Vim
cent S. McDonough, S. j.; George Nc
Neir of New York, Rev. r. Rush Ran
kin, S. j.; Raymond H. ReiSs OF New
York, Rev. Walter G. Summers. S. j.,
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S, j., and
Francis X Anglim of New York. secre-
tary. DR. Walsh is the only local mem
Der of the board who is absent from the
city.
The Georgetown Doomsday, Booke
made its appearance Thursday. Most
Of the credit for its success goes to NAL
coin J. Brady Hilltop senior, who was
its editor in chief. and James F. O'Don-