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...grown from what Dr. Farnsworth called an "abominable" setup in 1954 to what he now says is "the most imitated and studied College Health Services in the country," its problems have naturally changed in character. Instead of the adventures and dangers of starting a new health network, Dr. Farnsworth now faces the more sophisticated, if less dramatic, problems of maintaining a going concern...
...diagnostic facilities grow increasingly complex," Dr. Farnsworth explains, "it becomes more difficult to maintain the warm, friendly relationship between student and doctor...
...determined to keep it personal," he emphasizes. Dr. Farnsworth is the creator of the giant complex of men, machines, and buildings which is the University Health Services. But he is also a psychiatrist, author of many books on student problems, and a genuine interested-but-not-pushy father figure, who prefers talking about young people to talking about the headaches of administration. And he wants to keep his baby from turning into a Frankenstein...
...Dana L. Farnsworth, director of UHS, spoke next and departed from his prepared statement for a moment to admit that the "needle that she [Miss Switzer] aimed in our direction was deserved and accurate...
Although he believed there is "not enough admissions information to go on," Dr. Farnsworth conceded the possibility that Ivy League schools admit a smaller percentage of handicapped students than other schools. "If it is so, it is because of our selectivity," explained Dr. Farnsworth, who reads a number of admissions folders every year. "If you have a choice between two equally excellent students [and one is disabled], you naturally take the healthier...