Word: sicked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mexico City last September a troupe of Russians examined themselves ruefully, decided that they all had measles. Great was their relief when the little pink spots turned out to be nothing worse than flea bites. Members of the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe could ill afford to be sick just then: they were starting on a tour which was to cover 20,000 miles of travel, give performances in 90 cities...
Like Tammany in its prime, the Chinese Benevolent Association can be benevolent. It cares for its poor (throughout Depression, Manhattan's Chinatown has had no breadline), runs an employment bureau, looks out for its sick, provides funerals. Also like Tammany, it has its hostile Press...
...still they're sick of it: still dying...
Your criticism of the Department of Hygiene is unjust, unfair and unwarranted. Stillman Infirmary is a clean, modern, well-equipped hospital. No facility exists which is not available to the sick student. Your condemnation of it is based solely on the triviality that the corridors leading to the X-ray room are drafty. But if you could see the care in keeping the building clean, airy, and pleasant, I believe you would overlook the fault...
...students. If competency replaces incompetency, careful diagnosis replaces careless and indifferent examination, and thoroughness replaces haste, a great deal will be accomplished. Perhaps, then, replacement of Stillman Infirmary can await the day when some philanthropist may see fit to provide Harvard with new facilities for caring for the sick. But some drastic reform and reorganization must take place now and University Hall should undertake some investigation of the prevailing menace. It is not a request but an earnest plea on behalf of students who depend so vitally upon these facilities...