Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1928, Page 5

" $300000 HOSPITAL ADDITION FINISHED New Building at Georgetown, U. Institution First Step | for Medical Center. ’ Under conditions in sharp contrast | 5 itx humble beginning 30 years ago. | Georgetown University Hospital, now we largest privately conducted hospi- tal In the District, is making prepara- tions to observe the opening of its new 200.000 addition. which marks the sevement of the first step in plans | e versity to crect an enlarged ampus connected with 1 some who recall sinking heas pected guest. the for- g of the little 24-bed build- B erected m had fallen the arduous oving the debris left by en and outfitting and pui- in conditions for its For weeks they had ¢ in the thought of scrv- only to sleep at night on maiiresses spread upon the hour. Happy s first step in 10 comprised waited hopefuliy ing staf. ) to welcome reccption hall The hour came and p: Tht ed liks dows of darkness settled upon ee lonely women whose high hopes had given way to saddened dis- sppointmen.. But the sacrifices of Sis- ter Pauline were not to be made in vain for the next day. and th> others that followed. brought patients in increas- ing numbers until the little hospital soon had outgrown its capacity. The history of Georgetown Hospital story of phenomenal growth. Could > three silent sisters have looked the corridor of 30 years on that artening opening night, their dis intment would have turned to £mazement at the present picture show- inz the fruition of their early labors. Now Large Institution. From the small building erected at th> corner of Thiriy-fifth and N streeis at a cost of $37.500, the solid lines of th> Georgatown Hospital build- ings now encircle almost an entire block. with a valuation of more than £1.500.000. From 24 beds the hospital has grown to 459 beds, and is second in capacity only to the great Govern- ment plant at Waiter Reed Hospital. Now more than 1.200 patients receive treatment yearly in the emergency de- partment. which has done an important part in saving human life. The hos- pital's dispensary service has expanded until last year it treated more than £.000 patients. With the opening of the new build- ing. providing additional accomoda- tions for these valuabie departments for safeguarding knalth, the hospital will be in a position to extend this " service and 2dd to the number of | high, which occupies a portion of the charity ts %ho form more than | 10p floor adjoining their quarters. one-thifd of the entire ceses handled | Each floor of the south wing contains cach yes 10 private rooms in addition to wards year. Rev. Charies W. Lyons, From the rooms with southern exposure > 'may be viewed the scenic splendor of the National Capital, the broad sweep s Gt 1 viow Interior view gated a group of experts to make a special study of the largest and most modern hospitals in the country in| planning for the new unit. As a result, ) ings contain the 1 equipment and land and Virginia hills beyond. A well appointed roof garden for the use of patients and staff tops the wing A" the floors are equipped with spe- sterilization methods. » clal dict kitchens and electric refrig- {erators There is also a utility room Rooms Are Homelike. and combination sterilization apparatus The new five-story central building on each floor with rest rooms for th and four-story wing completes a front- | nurs age of 300 feet on Thirty-fifth street | Completion of this new unit of the to Prospect avenue. In one respect, hospital release rpace in one. of th-~ 8t least, the furnishings differ from |older bufldings formerly occupled by the usual hospital cquipment. All | the ctaff of sisters. This will serve to offices and rooms are equipped with accommodate more adequately th> metal furniture. mahogany colored, the students attending the training school idea being to depart from the custom- for purses and resident nurses of the ary hospital whiteness and give to | staff the rooms a homelike appearance, Of the ploneers of Georgetown Hos- The entire basement 15 devoted 10! pital who have remained with it from the dispensary service and contains |the beginning, two still stand out ns among other facilities, 26 clinical ex- | beac his in its march of progres amination rooms, accommodations for These arc. Dr. George M. Kober. mem- pre-natal and infant welfare work, cor- section of speech defects and a social service department. Rooms are pro- or the medical and surgical itics, such a5 affiictions of the ear, nose and throat, dis and ment There for de and dean of the medical school since 1991, and Dr. George Tully Vaughan. Messor of surgery in the medical ! and chief surgeon of the hospital ding stice Martin F. Morris of the District Court of Appeals 15 eredited with originating the idea of a hospital 1. with the Rev, J. Havens patie r J.. the then president of wards ‘or Justice Morris first ex- ement to an assemblage of E Francis Riggs, a Jirited rosident who eontributed suecess of the hospital, Sister Mary Pauline in Charge, fon of the first husld- the care of the 15 and from this house of which 13 there cams, with r Mary Pauline, to ns- gertal burdens. How well ne did this task the growth ution during her stay there Bisters Have Chapel y of this buliding sume 1 chapel for the r Pay feet and 17 feet of the inx feature Gothic 50 feet by 25 A Favorite- s‘l’,”"'“ in one proclunimed *ou favorite by a 1. The vietues that put one in the spotlight are behind the suceess of our optical de- partment. The people of Washington favor Castel herg's hee e they get her un oprometrvical serviee se ond 1o none in the city, Pay 50¢c a week! CASTELBERG'’S o, 1004 F St. N.W, ol 2diiien whi of the Potomac River and the Mary- | ber of the medical staff from the first | DAY until 1913 speaks for jts~lf. &! uline died a year later :n Trenton, N. J, where she had gone to superin- tend the St. Francis Hospital ‘Two years ago the ladies’ board of the hos! 1 founded a memorial warl to Sister Pauline for the indigent sic Through the generosity of other I triet residents and members of the hos- | pital staff, varfous units of the hospita' were added from year to year Mrz. E. Milton Alle nospital in 1997, suggested the organ- 1zation of the ladles’ board, and fits first vas to erect a nurses’ home on avenue. In 1908, through the of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lisner ving was added to the hospital, and twh years later Mrs. Medora Riggs provided funds for the erection of the E. Francis Riggs Memorial Bullding From time to time the university added to the hospital and in 1912 Dr. Kober. | realizing the need of A maternit e for colored patients and private accomodations for white women n moderate circumstances, provided for the erection of a four-story build- | ing adjoining the Memorial Chapel Other additions were made to the horpital in that year and in 1924 what 15 known as the Franz A. R. and Sofle A. Nordhoff-Jung Memorial Building was added through an endowment from Dr. Sofie Norhoff-Jung Riggs A chemical method of staining con- crete with durable attractive colors has been announced Desirable Business Site On 15th St. NW., Bet. L& M Containing Over 10,700 Sq. Feet M STREET 10,7/8 SQ.FT. 5 15TH STREET L STREET Lot 97x110, Corner of Alley Suitable for Mercantile Business, Apart- ment House, Office Building or Hotel, For Price and Particulars Apply 1o J. Leo Kolb 923 N. Y. Ave. b ralses ihe capaz oy of the hospiai to 150 beds. owing one of the 12 wards in the new building. . a patient in the STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FEBRUARY 12. o 1. 1928 PART iFlflfl[l CURB URGED BY REFORESTATION | Senate Bill for Purchase of | Treeless Lands Reaches i House. Repetition of the Mississippi flood of last Spring and Summer, if it was | caused by denudation of wooded areas Ialong the upper reaches of the r {will be halted, in the view of forestry experts, if the House concurs in the |‘action of the Semate fn passing the bill | introduced by Senator McNary of Ore- ! gon, providing a large appropriation to |aid the States in the purchase of tree- | denuded lands for reforestation pur- | poses. 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