Battle on Syphilis Begun by Medical School Reformers

Demanding that each student in the University be required to take a compulsory Wasserman test, a group of Medical School reformers announced today the opening of a widespread antisyphilis campaign.

Because there are "far too many cases of venereal diseases at Harvard," Ernest Sachs '38 IM, spokesman for the health drive said last night that pressure will be brought to bear on students as well as University officers to stamp out the menace. "We're going to work from the top down and the bottom up."

By urging student councils and university newspapers to take up the cause the committee hopes "to wipe the national campuses clean." Attempts will be made immediately, according to Sachs to enlist State legislatures in the anti-syphilis drive. He urged the passage of laws requiring Wasserman tests before issuance of marriage licenses.

The committee acknowledge the importance of the gonorrhea danger but maintains it will stick with syphilis.