Hygiene Department to Face All-School Inquiry

A summertime campaign by the Law School Record for investigation of the Hygiene Department reached fruition last night with the formation of a University-wide committee to gather evidence and report on "whether the Department provides the best possible service for the fee charged."

Prime movers in the probe are Chandler Davis 2G, representing the Graduate Advisory Council, and Bernard Marcus 2L of the Record. They said last night that they were acting in response to wide criticism from dollars-and-cents-conscious family men in the graduate schools. "Clearly, medical attention costs the student too much," the Record had editorialized.

Will Poll Students

The committee's immediate agenda includes a poll of student opinion on the Hygiene Department, a study of medical departments at other colleges and universities, and an inquiry into the cost problems of a group insurance plan.

Committeemen emphasized that they were out to conduct a fair investigation of the Department and were making no "a priori assumptions." Clyde C. Snyder, Jr., a Business School supporter of the probe, commented, "We hope neither the students nor the University will consider this a purge."

Dailey Asks Survey

Patrick D. Dailey '50, who attended the meeting for the Student Council, stated he was definitely "in sympathy with an investigation if even a very small segment of the student body thinks it necessary." He too voiced the desire for a "dispassionate" survey.

Replying to the Record's assault this summer, Dr. Andrew W. Contratto, acting head of the Hygiene Department, asserted that the present system offered better protection, more facilities, and a higher quality of service than any other system could provide.