Commencement Bares Risks Of Medical Mind on Prowl

A hush fell over the Yard as James S. Simmons, Dean of the School of Public Health, stepped up to award the degrees in that subject at Commencement ceremonies last week. Maybe a shoemaker should stick to his last, but no doctor should be completely immersed in the test tube.

For after the Dean had done with the preliminaries, he turned to the token sheepskin before him with a mind focused on other and larger things. Or maybe the doctor was disturbed by the contagion possibilities inherent in such a crowded gathering.

"I now confer the following diseases," he declared to the smiling recipient.