Evening star., 1933-10-01

stitution avenue. the first i'm
posing structure one sees coming
across the Arlington Memorial Bridge
into Washington, Is ready Tor oc-
cupancy.
The formal dedication of the build
ing. which is constructed of snow white
| marble from Proctor. VT will be held
some time next year, when the national
convention of the American Pharma-
ceutical Association assemblies here. Be
ginning Immediately, the men who will
occupy the new home of the American
I, Pharmaceutical Association, will gather
in Washington as its tenants. DR.. E.
F. Kelly of Baltimore. secretary of the
association, will have his offices there,
and Dr. E G. Eberle of Baltimore. edi-
tor of the Journal of the American
Pharmaceutical Association, who has
just been named librarian. will like
wise have his headquarters there.
Preparations to grade and landscape
grounds will begin Tuesday. InaSmuch
as the Bureau of Public Roads is now
engaged in supervising the widening OF
Constitution avenue. the two projects
will go forward together and obstruct-
ing trees removed. so that full view
of the American Institute of Pharmacy
can be secured The George A. Fuller
building. has Just been given the con-
tract for the grading work. The en-
trance from Constitution avenue will
form series of platforms and steps.
Bronze Grill at Entrance.
Considered by pharmacists as the
masterpiece of the noted New York
architect, John Russell Pope, the Amer
- he
visitor with a bronze grill over the main
entrance and the windows. The light
ing fixtures outside are of bronze, as
are the main doors, each weighing 1000
pounds. Carved urns, eXquisitely done
out of a block of solid marble that
came out of the Green Mountains, flank
the main entrance, on the terrace.
The inner doors are of birch, cov-
cred with leather. Throughout the
building. birch wood is utilized. There
are catwalks in the upper reaches OF
the structure, SO that Workmen can
have easy access to the dome.
A beautiful foyer opens out as one
walks through the main doors, simple
In its beauty and dignity In the
future, the names of prominent phar-
maciSts are to be engraved on the
panels over the doors in the foyer.
Copper radiators give heat in that
section of the building, noted for heat
ing up quickly and cooling equally as
faSt-considered the latest thing in
heating. Indirect lighting illuminates
the dome and the foyer itself is
lighted with globes mounted on marble
columns.
A pharmaceutical library will occupy
the east end. Specially manufactured
lighting fixtures, reminiscent of the
old-fashioned oil lamp chimneys, are
found in the reading room. with its
cork floor. easy on the feet. Above,
natural daylight streams in through a
skylight while the sun is up. The
!, window frames are of steel.
Office in Northeast.
In the northeast corner of the build
ing. DR.. Kelly will have his office. The
Revision Committee of the United States
Pharmacopoea-theo official standard for
drugs under the food and drugs act
and also the National Formulary-will
have rooms in the rear of the building,
so that the important work of caring
for Americas health. in requiring pure
prescriptions. can be carried forward
On the west end of the building will
be located the museum. depicting $50
years of American pharmacy. This
will be open to scientists and others,
so that they may study the growth of
medicine and push ahead with research.
The ground floor contains dark rooms
for storing valuable books and docu-
ments as well as housing chemicals, for
on the west end ON the ground floor
will be established the pharmaceutical
research laboratory Flues have been
built into the walls to carry of noXlouS
gases, as white-coated scientists seek TO
Wrest further secrets from Mother Ma
ture. All the lighting there is indirect
and ducts have been set in the floor Tor
compressed air. gas and electrical con-
nectionS, so that the scientists may
have the latest equipment.
The American Pharmaceutical Asso-
citation is more than 80 years old and
it has been planning actively for the
new Headquarters here for a dozen
wears. The, American Institute OF
Pharmacy has "a rooms in all. The
partitions are of hollow tile and the
structure is built upon solid rock. The
association has donated II feet to the
Government on TWenty-third street Tor
the widening of that thoroughfare.
Taking an outstanding part in the
construction of the American Institute
of Pharmacy are DR.. Samuel L. Hilton,
chairman of the council, Twenty-second
and l. streets. here; DR.. Robert l..
Swain. the associations president, and
DR.. Kelly.
In Memorial Frame"
H. P. Caemmerer. secretary of the
Fine Arts Commission. explained the
new building is one of the structures
forming the frame for the Lincoln
Memorial The commission approved
plans for building and landscaping
Congress authorized the closing OF
Little Water street, SO that the new
structure might be erected. 1t is tax
, exempt, as it is to be utilized entirely
for scientific purposes.
Special fire precautions have been
| taken in the boiler room. for the con-
struction of which sledgehammers had
| to be used to get down into the solid
rock, the builders being fearful of
| blasting lest an earthen bank nearby
| tumble down There are two boilers
| for oil heating. considered the latest
| in this type of equipment. Should
| fire occur. master electrical switches
| that control the whole system in the
building could be shut off Immediately
| and the doors automatically shut.
Outside the building. panels on either
side of the main entrance will hold
decorations, indicative of pharmacy
from the very beginning in ancient
Greece down to modern times
Such is the snow-White structure
resting among the greenwood that is
the newest home of science here, in the
shadow of the great Lincoln Memorial