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...critical point in the match came in the second bout of the second round. Harvard had edged into a 5-4 lead by the end of the first round, but this quickly collapsed into a 5-5 tie when captain Bob Damus lost 5-1 to Norman Stillman. In the next sabre bout, Harvard's Paul Profeta piled up a seemingly indestructible 4-0 lead against Dan Cohen. But Cohen rallied with five straight touches to claim the bout...
...entered the match in less than peak condition. Damus played with an injured leg, and Dave Redmond was lost because of illness. However, Paul Profeta was back for his first match after a year's leave of absence. Profeta contributed the only sabre victory, a 5-3 decision over Stillman...
Carlston is currently recovering from severe facial lacerations in Stillman Infirmary...
Given the desperate shortage of nurses in this country, the over-staffing of nurses at Stillman infirmary is unconscionable. The average daytime nurse-patient ratio at Stillman is 1:8 in contrast, for example, to 1:13 at Boston City Hospital where medical problems are much more serious. (Among the less educated and poor, people often do not go to a hospital until in or near critical condition). If this difference in ratio were fully reflected in a difference in medical care it might be justifiable, but many of Stillman's nurse-hours are employed making beds, serving cookies, filling...
After speaking to patients and nurses at Stillman, I have found little evidence of benficial nurse-patient relationships developing at cookie-serving time. Even, however, to the extent that there is some value to the "non-professional" functions of nurses in their professional capacity at other hospitals with serious under-staffing. (According to the head nurse at Boston City Hospital, that hospital has funds to hire more nurses but finds the supply exhausted). While the relative security of a Stillman nursing position attracts enough nurses to allow perpetuation of the present situation, the present situation is morally unjustifiable...