THE MISSING LINK

With the number of cases of grippe among undergraduates already exceeding the capacity of Stillman, the need for a larger and more modern infirmary once again becomes glaringly apparent. Dr. Bock's recent report emphasizing past embarrassment and ineffectiveness has as yet produced no results. Built in 1903, one of the first institutions of its kind in the country, Stillman has passed through its period of usefulness and has become antiquated by progress along architectural and medical lines.

Under the present administration of the Hygiene Department, minor ailments and more serious illnesses have been capably handled by men handicapped only by purely mechanical inconveniences. During this epidemic of grippe, many students are confinen to their rooms instead of being quartered at the Infirmary. This condition endangers rapid spread of the disease and is altogether an inconvenient and make-shift arrangement. Until Stillman is completely remodelled instituting modern scientific improvements and increasing the capacity to prevent overflows in the future, Dr. Bock and the students will have to bear the present situation, but not, it is hoped, silently.