We believe it is impossible for us to raise $7 million without State or Federal help because we are a State college. We believe the people of Vermont cannot afford $7 million in addition to the rate of annual operating help they are presently giving us. Unless attitudes radically change, we will be unprepared to meet the well-established projected needs of the large group of young people who will be age 21 in 1966, standing at our doors. Our achitects tell us that if we had the money in hand now, completion of our entire planned program would occur in 1963. We need a little more time to find the matching money, too, gentlemen. The passage of H. R. help us to find it. will THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Dr. WARD DARLEY, Executive Director, Association of American Medical Colleges, Evanston, Ill. DEAR MR. DARLEY: I am writing concerning the importance to our school of the proposed bill providing Federal construction funds for medical and dental schools. This would be of great significance to us. We are currently completing plans for a research wing of 64,000 square feet of usable space for which funds are at hand. In the past year we increased our enrollment by 10 and with the fall semester will increase it 10 more to a total freshman enrollment of 100. We anticipate no further increase in the forseeable future mainly due to limitations of clinical material. However, we do have some pressing needs. Foremost among these is our need for a medical library building. Our current facilities are completely inadequate and will be more overburdened due to increased medical school and school of nursing enrollment. In addition, the library serves physical and occupational therapy students, medical technology students, graduate students, and the physicians of the State through a mailing service. We estimate that approximately $350,000 would be required for this building and are confident that we can procure matching money. Our second urgent need is for renovation of our teaching facilities. The building in which most of our teaching is carried on was completed 30 years ago and has not been remodeled since that time. In order to provide adequate teaching facilities for the enrollment increase already effected and that contemplated in the current year extensive remodeling is required. Utilities are inadequate throughout the building and teaching laboratories are outmoded. It is estimated that the amount of $300,000 is required for this purpose. Yours sincerely, JOHN Z. BOWERS, M. D., Dean. |