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Dedicatory Exercises –––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Thursday October 17, 1929

11 a.m. Dedication of the William H. Welch Medical Library.
Great Hall.
11 a.m. 

President Joseph S. Ames.

Remarks, with presentation of the Key of the Library by The Architect, Mr. E.L. Tilton.
Acceptance by Mr. Blanchard Randall in behalf of The Trustees of the University.
Address by Dr. Harvey Cushing, Professor of Surgery, Harvard University.

1 p.m.

Luncheon. Great Hall.

3 p.m.

Conference on Medical Libraries and Bibliography.
Auditorium, School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street.

4 p.m. 

Tea. Great Hall.

9-11 p.m.

Reception. Great Hall.

Between the formal exercises the Library will be open for inspection on Thursday and Friday.

At five o’clock, a bas-relief designed by Mr. Paul Manship in memory of Dr. John Howland will be unveiled in the Harriet Lane Home of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

 

Friday, October 18, 1929
11 a.m. 

Inauguration of the Department of the History of Medicine.
Auditorium, School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street

Professor William H. Welch Medical Library,
JHU SOM Address by Mr. Abraham Flexner.
Address (in German) by Professor Karl Sudhoff,
Director-Emeritus of the Institute of the History of Medicine, University of Leipzig.

1 p.m.

Luncheon. Great Hall, Welch Medical Library.

3 p.m.

Conference on the History of Medicine.
Auditorium, School of Hygiene and Public Health.

4 p.m.

Tea. Great Hall.

5 p.m.

Exhibition of Harvey Tercentary Film.
Auditorium, School of Hygiene and Public Health.

On Saturday, October 19, a Lecture on the Herter Foundation will be given at 12 o’clock in the Auditorium of the School of Hygiene and Public Health, by professor Otto Warburg, Kaiser Wilhelm Institut, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany, on

The enzyme problem and biological oxidations.