Plans for the Presbyterian General Hospital, which will be a 
unit of the center, are well under way. 
While the University of Pittsburgh draws students from 
abroad, it is primarily a Pittsburgh institution. Nearly 50 
per cent of its students live in the city, and almost '75 per cent 
are from Allegheny County. More than 90 per cent of the 
University of Pittsburgh student body are from the state of 
Pennsylvania, the majority of them representing the 26 
counties of western Pennsylvania, which have a population 
of about 5,000,000. More than half of the full-time students 
are women, and women are admitted to every school, both 
undergraduate and professional, and take a prominent part 
‘n student activities. 
The roster of the University of Pittsburgh’s alumni con- 
tains the names of many who have achieved distinction and 
brought honor to their Alma Mater. Among them are 
Washington Roebling, the engineer who built the Brooklyn 
Bridge from the plans of his father; George Wilkins Guthrie, 
ambassador to Japan under President Wilson and the first 
mayor of Greater Pittsburgh; Andrew William Mellon, the 
Secretary of the Treasury; Senator David Aiken Reed; 
Ethelbert Nevin, composer of music; Hervey Allen, modern 
poet, and numerous others who have taken an important 
part in civic, educational, and professional life. 
In the frontier days Pittsburgh Academy expressed the 
courage and tenacity of the pioneer settlers of the trading 
post community. Something of that same spirit has been 
carried through the years of the University’s transition and 
growth. The time has now arrived for another step to be 
taken to meet the increasing demands upon the university. 
Facilities have proven inadequate, and an extensive building 
program has been adopted. The new plans for the expansion 
of the University include a building which will express the 
traditions of the city of Pittsburgh and express the spirit of 
hope and achievement for which it stands. A Cathedral of 
Learning, unique in design, in that it will tower to a height 
of more than 30 stories, is now in the process of construction 
on the plot of ground bounded by Fifth Avenue, Bellefield 
Avenue, Bigelow Boulevard and Forbes Street, and with 
the present buildings, will accommodate 12,000 students.