Word: health
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Several fellowships, it was announced yesterday, each carrying a salary of $1200, will be available at the new University School of Public Health for the year 1922-23. These fellowships will be for award to those qualified to take up work in any of the medical sciences bearing upon public health, in vital statistics, or in the more directly practical divisions of public health work. Applications must be received by August 1 by the Secretary of the School...
...have no desire or intention of criticising the scientific work which has resulted in the discovery of those wonderful unknown substances called vitamines" said Mr. H. G. Lythgoe, director of the Division of Food and Drugs of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, in a recent interview for the CRIMSON on the subject of what he called the "Vitamine Bunk". But I do wish to point at certain abuses which have been made by commercial houses, and the relation of these abuses to our Food and Drug laws and our false advertising...
...University has announced that the new School of Public Health will open in September; it has been made possible by an endowment from the Rockefeller Foundation which will ultimately amount to over two million dollars. "The object of the school," reads the statement, "will be o prepare students for careers in public health by providing the scientific round work of expert knowledge which underlies efficient health administration, together with actual personal acquaintance with modern public health practice of the best types...
...organizing this department, the University will do much to improve methods of public health work; at present the majority of men in this field have had no specific preparation, and on account of lack of background, have not had the vision to develop many new ideas. True, there are some who have had the mechanical training--builders of sanitary systems, waterworks architects, city planner--; and some who have had adequate medical training; but practically none who have had both. To offer a combined training is the purpose of the new school...
Speaking of the need of such instruction Mr. Geer said today. "Twenty-eight states now have laws providing for health and physical education in elementary and secondary schools. This legislation has been enacted during the last five years. College are also placing more emphasis on this phase of education. While many college presidents have considered the problems surrounding intercollegiate athletic completion of sufficient importance to warrant the holding of several conferences during the past few months, it is rather significant that all have recognized the educational and moral as well as physical values of athletics...