Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-15
Effort Pledged
To Advance
Hospital Link
Freedmen s-Howord
Merger Plan Hailed
Dedication Event


Hospital and Howard Univer-
sity Medical School were prom
Used today at ceremonies dedi-
eating a new Howard medical
building wing.
Mrs. Bertha S. Adkins. I'M
dersecretary of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare, said HEW
and Howard leaders are con-
WINGED the proposed merger
would strengthen immeasur-
ably" the quality Of the educa-
tional program at Howard Med
ical School.
Mrs. Adkins, a principal
speaker at ceremonies dedicat-
ing a multimillion dollar new
wing for the university's pre-
clinical medical building, noted
that a merger bill died in the
last session of Congress.
One of the obstacles to its
passage was the fear on the
part of Freedmen's employees
that their transfer to supef-
vision by the university would
deprive them of certain civil
service benefits they now en-
Joy.
Long Association
Undersecretary Adkins noted
that since the post-Civil War
years when sick freedmen and
refugees were given care at
Freedmen's the hospital has
stood on ground owned by How
ard.
Howard University. almost
from the beginning" she said,
has been associated with
Freedmen's Hospital. This
close working arrangement con-
tinues to this day"
She pointed out that Howard
provides all the professional
services in the hospital and that
their combined work constitutes
a most valuable training facil-
! ity. Mrs. Adkins added that al
though Freedmen's has long
been used by Howard as a
teaching hospital it still belongs
] to the Federal Government and
! is operated by the Government
as a community hospital-the
only one.of its kind
1T is the hope of your (uni-
versityl president, DR.. Mordecai
w johnson. and the Depart
ment that details of the trans
fer Of Freedmen's to Howard
can be worked out to the salts
faction of all concerned that
the university can be strength
ened and thus carry forward
/ its important services to the
Nation" the Undersecretary
said.
Sees Unified Service
In another address to an au-
dience of more than 500 persons
attending the dedication, Mrs
Agnes E. Meyer. wife of Eugene
Meyer. chairman of the board
of The Washington Post and
Times Herald. called for crea-
ton of an Academy of scien-
tific humanism."
Such an agency, Mrs. Meyer
said, would serve as a clearing
house for social research and
could provide distinguished
service in the field of the social
services Just as the National
Academy of Sciences has done
important unifying work in the
physical sciences.
The proposed agency, she
added, would enable the Health
Education and Welfare Depart
ment to act on carefully sifted
recommendations instead of
fioundering around amidst
patchwork remedies which ;.
never catch up with rapid dis
indignation of our social sys-
tenn"
In the dedication exercises.
Undersecretary Adkins pre-
sented the wing to Lorimer D.
Milton. chairman of the uni
verSity's board of trustees.
Other speakers included DR..
johnson, and DR.. r. Frank
Jones. acting dean of the COL
lege of medicine.
Along with extensive removal
tons to the original pre- clinical
medical building-which will
reopen Monday as the west wing
of the structTe-the cost of the
newly dedicated wing totals $4.4|
million. Under the new setup,
classes may be enlarged to 100.
students.