Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
TWO CLINICS BUSY
At GEORGETOWN j.
Medical and Dental Aid for
School Children Being
Widely Extended.

One of the most significant although
little heralded activities connected with
Georgetown University is the public
medical and dental clinics conducted
for school children of Washington by
the Medical and Dental Schools in their
Joint new building on Reservoir road
While careful records are compiled
OF the numerous cases handled there
on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each
week. when some Of the city's finest
physicians and dentists give actual and
consulting services free of cost to the
young people, no one has made statiS-
tics showing the gain In good health to
the citizenship as a whole from this
special work
The dental clinic Is primarily con-
Quoted as a part of the curriculum of
the Dental School. under DIR. William
N. Cogan, the dean, with senior stu
dents doing such work as is necessary
under the eye Of members of the dental
faculty. Children from many of the
parochial schools in Washington, as
well as many from the public schools,
have specially benefited and no dis
elimination Is practiced against any
child coming to the clinic for aid.
Effort to Extend Work.
Child health authorities are bending
CVGIy EuOIt W CAOCllu Co
animation, and the public clinical idea
is so widely developed that it eventually
win reach every citizen. Aside from
the interest of the Georgetown schools
in promoting better health among chill
dren Of school age, the work being done
there is designed to demonstrate to the
student dentists particularly the value
of such public health work. 1t Is the
hope of the Georgetown authorities
that they will take with them on grad
uation an understanding of the need
for the establishment of such clinics
everywhere.
AS one of the faculty members point
ed out. public health clinics have made
a very definite contribution toward the
reduction of mortality in the DISTRICT
of Columbia and has helped to carry
into adolescent stages, the Natlon-Wloe
movement to lower the infant oeatn
rate.
A complete dental examination, IN
Guiding X-ray, is given to children ap-
plying at the dental clinic in the new
building, one of the largest and perhaps
the most modernly equipped IN the
country. Recommendations are then
made to the parent and an A-ray Is re-
uuired before any extraction is per-
mitted. The hours of the dental clinic
on Saturdays are 10 to / o'clock.
PHYSICAL examinations are given by
competent surgeons and physicians at
the Georgetown University Hospital
during the same hours. On Wednes-
DAYS, Miss Bergman of the Takoma
Park Sanitarium brings in number OF
children for a general health clinic. IN
Guiding physical and dental, from ~
am. to S pm.
wears ago among parochial school chill
dren and 1t met with such success that
it has been conducted since as an an
nual feature.
''Home- Coming" Events.
At the Georgetown-West Virginia
shome looming game" Friday night, Dr.
W. Coleman Nevis, S. j., president OF
Georgetown, had as his special guests
for the game the Chilean Ambassador
and Chiie's entry in the international
Oratoricai Contest, Clemente Perez
Zanartu. a graduate of San Ignatlus
other members of the embassy stan |
also saw the game as DR.. Nevis guests; |
The School Of Foreign service hao
quite q large foreign contingent In us
section. These included the Amodssa-
sador of italy, the Minister OF Austria
and his wife, the secretary OF the Ru-
rnanian legation and his wife, the secIe-
tary of the italian embassy and tne
charge d'affaires of Egypt and his we.
The GEORGETOWN College Journal, pacK
in its familiar color Of gray background
with q reproduction Of the college sea-
In blue, viii make its nrst appearance
this year November i.
last wear the Journal staff changed
the cover design Of the publication with
rather reluctant permission from Fresl-
dent Nevis. For upwards OF naH
century the old blue and gray cover
of the journal has become 1amiliar
thing In the homes Of Georgetown
alumni. so this year Dr.. Nevis oroereo
Il restored.
One of the features Of the November
issue, according to the announcement
of Richard X. Evans, 81, editor-n-
chief, is the appearance OF last year
winning essay for the Morris Historical
Medal. The contest was won by VIII
liam q. McEvitt, 81, for his essay ON
the Tyrol.'
The following men have been APP
pointed to the staff Of the Journal as
contributing editors: J; Q; sernnarot'
drcks. 80; Raymond Mentally, 30;
Robert Mcnamara, 80; J. G. Neville,
az: M. J. White, ga; Rowland Harmon,
'32 and John Hooley, 80. The bust
ress manager Is Peter Collins, IT., 81,
and his assistants are Charles II. Lee.
i3I: Horace e. Grove, 81: John p.
Steiner, '32, and Charles q. Trundle, "a
IN tribute TO its late founder and
moderator, La Societe Franchise, OF the
school Of Foreign Service, has changed
its name to La Societe Jean Lanat'
PROT. Labat, head Of the French de-
nartrnent at GEORGETOWN, died last
summer. Leon Dostert. professor OF
French at the school. Is the new mod
orator Of the society and was greeted
by its members at Q recent meeting
when the change In name was made
The president Of the society Is Andre
de Perry.