COMMITTEE NAMED FOR INQUIRY INTO STILLMAN POLICY

A visiting committee, headed by Dr. Daniel F. Jones '92, surgeon-in-chief at the Palmer Memorial Hospital in Boston, has been appointed by the Board of Overseers to visit Stillman Infirmary and the University Clinic. The announcement of the committee, the first of its kind ever appointed for Stillman, comes after several years of criticism of the medical facilities provided by the University.

In addition to Dr. Jones, the committee includes Dr. George H. Bigelow '13, of Boston, retiring Massachusetts Commissioner of Health; Dr. Eugene F. Dubois '03, of New York City, professor of Medicine at Cornell Medical College; Dr. Channing Frothingham '02, of Boston, physician-in-charge at the Faulkner Hospital; Henry S. Grew '96, of Boston, the only layman on the committee; Dr. Edward B. Krumbhar '03, of Philadelphia, professor of Pathology at the University of Pennsylvania; and Dr. Ernest G. Stillman '08, of New York City, a relative of the donor of the infirmary.

Reached last night, Dr. Jones, head of the committee, said that he considered Stillman Infirmary inadequate at present for 7000 students. The Medical School is the only department of the University whose students are not served by Stillman.

"This is the first special visiting committee for medical facilities alone," Dr. Jones said. "The new committee will almost certainly accomplish more towards an improvement of Stillman and the Clinic."

The functions of a visiting committee vary greatly with the composition of the committee. While some of them are generally inactive, others conduct thorough investigations of the department and recommend changes.

Stillman was built in 1901 to serve as a hospital for members of the University. For some years, it is understood, the University has been anxious to provide better infirmary facilities, but the necessary money has not been forthcoming. Dr. Roger I. Lee '02, who was chiefly responsible for putting in a department of Hygiene at Harvard and who is now a member of the Cor- poration, said last night that Stillman is getting old, but that there is not right now much prospect of getting any money to replace it.

The appointment of the new committee brings to 52 the number of Overseers' visiting committees.

The personnel of the committees for other medical departments of the University was also announced yesterday. The committee for the Medical School continues without change from last year. That for the School of Public Health includes one new member, Dr. Henry Dexter Chadwick, of Boston, a pioneer in the investigation of tuberculosis, and originator of the Chadwick Clinics in Massachusetts for the examination of school children.

For the Dental School, four new members have been appointed. They are Robert K. Cassatt '95, Percy H. Clark '96, and Frank G. Thompson '97, all of Philadelphia, and George C. Cutler '13, of New York City. The one new member on the committee for Health and Athletic Sports is Henry S. Faxon of Boston