Medicine: George & Charlie Scholarship

Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons announced a new scholarship fund of $7,000 last week: in honor of its Doorman Charles Costello and the late George Peters, coatroom attendant. George and Charlie both went to work at P. & S. in 1898. They knew every student who ever marched through the doors, kept track of their whereabouts after they graduated. At an alumni dinner three years ago, Charlie greeted by name every member of the class of 1915. Once, said Dr. Louis Casamajor, chairman of the scholarship committee, he heard George mumbling discontentedly at his work. When asked the reason, George replied: "We've just had an exam in surgery and it wasn't fair."