Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-02

I sioh 10 medical colleges necessitating as
,hey 40 minimum of six years college
WORK together with an additional year or
hterhsnip IN some recognized hospital,
prevents young men of little or no means
from entering the medical profession lie
must choose some other vocation where
MS preparation can be completed sooner.
| the young man with means who pursues
medical course in some other state Is
reluctant to return to the small COM
! munity from whence he came. The last
Legislature recognized the need Of some
| action to remedy this situation by pro-
viding certain number of scholarships
| In the college of medicine for Vermont
students An analysis of the statistics
| giving the number Of physicians In YER
mont VIII show that in number per cap
ita we are not much worse off than the
neighboring States, but many are not
now practicing, while others will OF ne
cessity be obliged to give up practice in
the near future. Their places are not
| being filled. 1t will then remain for our
college of medicine to devise some means
to meet the situation. Lecture courses
must be established which will furnish
| information direct to the people respect
| ing the problems of infection: the bac-
teriology of water, milk. air and sewage;
! the diagnosis and management of infec-
tious diseases; Industrial farm and child
| hygiene; sewage and water publication;
and other problems relating to the public
health.
Clinics for the special treatment Of GER
tain diseases should be held at stated
intervals with special courses for the
training of nurses that will enable them
to supplement the work OF the regular
| physician.
| The college Of engineering demonstrated
its ability to render service of the high
est type when from September 1917 to
December 1918 1t trained $50 men In signal
corps work and 1,034 mon in the mechan-
| les school, Tor the United states army.
Its faculty responded to a man to this
call to service, with the result that the
university and the State gained very
favorable distinction.
| Repeatedly words Of commentator from
war department officials and elsewhere
have come to us praising the initiative,
resourcefulness and grade of service rem
| dered by the college OF engineering, and
future generations may we'll be proud or
its record in character Of training service
rendered equaled by few, II any, insti-
| tutlons OF its size.
the time is now ripe for the installation
of short courses that will be of peculiar
interest to the highway and street COM
rnissioners OF the state. FOR several
years health officers from the various
towns attended an annual meeting. their
per diem and expenses being paid by
| the State. A similar provision or Ia"
| should be enacted whereby men charged
with supervision of highways should be
permitted to attend the snort courses
| given by the college OF engineering. Inc
| college would welcome the opportunity
TO give such courses without charge,
which should include the principles OF
| highway construction. particular! win
reference TO bridges Ihese courses shouiu
be developed with the idea IN NINA OF
| AIDING In the solution OF Vermont Par
ticular highway problems.
course on the design and construc-
ton OF concrete highway bridges ana cui-
verts would be exceedingly popular and
would result in improving the character
of our country highway bridge material
~. Other courses that might be develop
ed. include subjects In water power en-
gineering, topographic ana geooeeic en-
gineering. municipal and sanitary ensin-
eering, hot air heating, hot water neat
ing and hand-hred power plants.
All courses should emphasize the prac-
| tical rather than the theoretical Phase.
| The state highway commissioner ana MS
department should be consulted frequent-
~ so that Fronting py their suggestions.
| based upon a wide experience, all courses
offered may be OF the greatest unity. IN
addition to complete engineering equip
| ment, we now nave with'n three miles
OF the university the longest piece OF con-
| crete roadway IN Vermont ana every
one in this immediate vicinity VIII con-
cede that we have about all or the other
problems in highway construction that
, the average highway commissioner VIII
ever be called upon TO consider. Ihen'
too, the testing laboratory, with its equip
ment for conducting experimental inves-
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