Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-09 | Page 6 | Sound Bodies

SOUND BODIES. When Columbia university opens for its fall term, every student will be given a physical examination, and if he is found defective in any respect he will be obliged to undergo special treatment treat-ment for his trouble. The new plan, along with Columbia's recently adopted psychological tests, is partially the result re-sult of the disclosures made during the examination of registrants for military service. Beginning this month, Columbia will give students psychological tests in place of the customary entrance examination. exam-ination. If the student meets these tests and is afterwards found to be in good physical condition, the university authorities will know where to place the blame in case he falls behind in his studies. According to a member of Columbia's faculty, experience has shown the advantage ad-vantage of medical supervision for students stu-dents who show a tendency to fall below be-low average in their classroom work. This, he says, is often duo to some unrecognized un-recognized physical cause. Sometimes all that is needed to bring tho student up to his marks again is a change of schedule- as to exercise, recreation, rest and diet. Occasionally correctablo diseases dis-eases in process of development are easily eliminated in the early Btagcs, "with a coincident improvement in academic standing." Under tho new plan, when a student's stu-dent's record begins to show signs of failure, he will be sent to the universal' univer-sal' medical officer, and, if no apparent ,hvl'ii'al can ,e is found to account for iiis poor work, further investigation will be mailt; into the reasons for his delinquency. If, however, tho examination examin-ation shows that illhealth is responsible, responsi-ble, the student will be. fid vised of tint best nutans to correct, hia defects. The university doctors, of course, will not displace the family physician, niucu tiny will give only counsel. A special feature of the new order of things will be tho careful supervision of tho university rnataurant,. There Htn-'leitts Htn-'leitts giving indieationM of malnutrition, malnutri-tion, underweight or ill health from improper im-proper food will reeeivo ipeeial atten-lion. atten-lion. They will bo given good food, properly balanced ami individual diets practically at cost. The theory upon which Columbia will proceed is concisely net forth in a nfato-ment nfato-ment matin by Dr. W. II. .Mc.Cast line, Ilio H'ho'd's medical officer, "livery effort, v.'.ll be, mad''," ho says, "to give each (Indent (lie wliole-iome k novelet!;;,, that ho hIioiiI'1 1,,'tve of his o-.vti pln'Mca ,,, -;ri -i, litti i I a I ions ami peculiar lend'-n-eies. Good In-all h ill I he hit er anil mid lie periodi of life dependi really upon a proper iindoralnmli'tg of ono'n own phy .ie.'il liial.e-np. The nniveraily inittit l help men and women to appreciate tho important fact and yet stimulato them to live up to the limit of their mental and physical capacity."