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...dramatic advances and development of facilities are in a sense the climax to a long-range program that began with the appointment of Dr. Dana L. Farnsworth, then of M.I.T., as director (and as Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene) eleven years ago. Farnsworth led the long search for funds for a new building, planned it carefully, and shaped the very-much-expanded facilities in his own image. Dr. Farnsworth himself is an institution. The recipient of about as many honorary degrees as anyone else at Harvard, he is widely regarded as the "dean" of American college health care...
When complaints do become specific, they usually refer to a particular experience, when a diagnosis was wrong or a student was in extreme danger. The Health Services is invariably able to discuss the difficulty in presise detail and explain the problem quite reasonably. But as Dr. Farnsworth points out, anyone is likely to blame even his family doctor for an error, and the frame of mind induced by a communal medical setup only tends to exaggerate the anger...
Five years ago a CRIMSON feature reported that the old skepticism toward psychiatry frequently noticed in the Harvard Faculty was disappearing; professors just weren't saying "Those damned psychiatrists want to run the University" any more. The ascendancy of psychiatry represents a deeper recognition of Dr. Farnsworth's theory that educational institutions have a responsibility to care about the emotional development of their students. As he once put it, "education and educators should acknowledge that skill in handling emotional conflicts and tensions and the training of character are just as important as traditional subject matter...
Five years ago a CRIMSON feature reported that the old skepticism toward psychiatry frequently noticed in the Harvard Faculty was disappearing; professors just weren't saying "Those damned psychiatrists want to run the University" any more. The ascendancy of psychiatry represents a deeper recognition of Dr. Farnsworth's theory that educational institutions have a responsibility to care about the emotional development of their students. As he once put it, "education and educators should acknowledge that skill in handling emotional conflicts and tensions and the training of character are just as important as traditional subject matter...
Particularly because of the increased attention to mental and emotional health, the University Health Services has come to play a crucial role in all areas of University life. Regular conferences are held between the members of the Administrative Board of deans and the psychiatric service. Dr. Farnsworth sits as a member of the College AdmissionsS...