Evening star., 1932-03-15
WORK WILL START
ON c. i. BUILDING
Jobs for 395 Men Predicted
by Or. NeviIs in Letter
to President.

Georgetown University is to start
work Immediately on a new science
recitation building on the campus OF
the College of Arts and Sciences, which
DR.. w. Coleman Nevils, S. j., president,
expects will give employment to an
average Of 395 men every working day
for the next nine or ten months. Its
estimated cost is $500,000.
The first announcement OF the prof.
ect was made in a letter addressed by
the university head to President Hoover,
explaining that the construction work
was to be undertaken at once so as to
put funds in circulation and contribute
to unemployment relief DR.. Nevils'
letter to the Chief Executive explains
the project as follows:
Recently. I called a meeting Of the
directors of Georgetown University to
ascertain how we might best cooperate
in relieving even in our limited way
the present worldwide unemployment
situation. For some time we have
contemplated rearing a much needed
recitation hall. We have now managed
to accumulate a certain amount toward
its construction, though by no means
the entire sum needed.
Urges Friends to Help.
"In order that we may put in circu-
lation what funds we have, and thus
extend the credit value of every dollar,
our decision is to start at once. We
have been able to secure from the
Charles H. Tompkins Co. Of Washing
ton a contract which will enable us to
suspend operations at any time should
We be unable to meet the expense. We
hope, however, that our friends will
help us and that thus We shall be able
to keep employed an average of 395
men every working day for the next 9
or 10 months.
Il have taken the liberty of sending
this letter as a pledge of Georgetown's
confidence and to assure you of our
100 per cent cooperation in the efforts
of your administration to meet the
present national emergency"
Building materials already are being
brought to the campus and ground for
the new building is to be broken at
once. 1t is to form the north end of
the Andrew White Memorial quad
rangle that is being developed on the
site Of the old athletic field.
delphia architect, the new recitation
nan WAlA OOAAOAAl W 4'NN- ONeAAAS
scholastic design of Copley Hall, the
senior dormitory which forms the west
side of the quadrangle.
1t will be known as the White
Gravenor building, taking its name
after Fathers Andrew White and Al
than Gravenor, two of the first
Jesuits to come to America with the
Lord Baltimore colonists in 1884. Like
Copley Hall, stone figures on the ex-
terror will symbolic the history of the
university.
EspIanade Provided.
The main decorative feature provided
in the plans calls for an esplanade 40
feet by 100 feet with seating capacity
for 900 persons. This will be used for
outdoor commencement exercises and
other fetes. Large loaded stained glass
windows will be placed in the center
of the building over the main entrance.
The structure itself will be four stories
high, with basement floor, the dlmen-
sions being 80 feet by 100.
1t will provide 20 class rooms and
will house also the Offices of the dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences and
the registrar. Fireproof vaults to serve
as the archives of the university Will
be provided for the safekeeping OF
records and historical collections.
The top floor will be devoted to
biology and the entire biology depart
ment will be moved there in time.
Laboratories will be equipped with sky
lights as the best means for lighting
purposes and equipment will include
proper compartments for biological
specimens.
The present biology building. in the
rear of the old quadrangle, will be con-
verted in time into tennis club house.
When the recitation hall is finished
the memorial quadrangle will have been
two-thirds completed. Even with the
new building the need at the Hilltop for
additional class room and dormitory
space still will be felt
In the past decade the student body
at the Hilltop has nearly trebled. Con-
fronted with a formidable waiting list
each year, DR.. Nevils has been exertirg
every effort to add to the accommoda-
tions so as to keep partial pace with
the normal growth Of the institution.