Remodel Old Medical Building

Plan On Foot to Entirely Remodel It

NOT UNTIL FEBRUARY

Will the New Medical Building Be Ready for Occupancy – It Will Cause Many Changes

The medics’ chances of seeing the inside of their building are decidedly “up in the air” at present. Dean Vaughan told the Daily-News, last night, that the students could not, by any possibility, go to work there before the beginning of next semester, and possibly not till after the spring vacation.

“The greater part of the furniture is in,” he said, “but the plumbing and the electric wiring are away behind. We are powerless to hurry the work along, and so it all depends on the contractors.”

“If all our plans are realized,” he added, “there will be some big changes on the campus. The pathological laboratory in the rear portion of the homeopathic building will be moved to the new building and will be succeeded by the psychological department. The hygenic laboratory will move and will leave the upper floor of the physics building to Prof. Carhart. And, by the way, not everyone knows that that structure was originally built for the hygenic courses and that the physics department came in on sufferance.

“Two large rooms in the chemical buildings which have been devoted to physiological chemistry will be left vacant, and the dissecting work will no longer be done in the old anatomical building, and we may have no more use for that place.

“The medical faculty are asking the regents for an appropriation to remodel the old medical building. If we are successful, you will see an unfamiliar look about that ancient pile before many days. The whole interior will be torn out and rebuilt – in fact, little will be left save the east front which we will preserve for tradition’s sake. It is the oldest building on the campus except University hall, and the regents, faculty and alumni are all anxious that it shall not pass away. Of course, we may not get the appropriation and that would cripple us somewhat. Dr. Herdman would then have to transfer his quarters to the anatomical building.”

“Will there be any special ceremonies at the opening of the new building?” was asked.

“That is not decided,” replied Dean Vaughan. There has been some talk of holding dedication exercises but nothing has been done as yet.”