Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-28 | Page 8 | University's Public Service

e t University's Public Service ONE public benefit from Irom the establishment of a year four-year medical school at the University University University Uni Uni- of Utah is already being real realized Iud It ItIs Itis Itis is the program of educational forums on medical medical medi medi- cal problems which the school plans holding from time to time with the first such forum the discussion of the poliomyelitis epidemic in Utah which was held at Kingsbury hall haU last Wednesday evening Dr A. A Cyril Canister Callister dean of the medical outlined the plan for a a. series of medIcal medical medi medi- cal forums but emphasized that the question of whether or not the programs are held will depend entirely on public interest We dont don't know just what the public reaction reaction reaction tion will be be but it seems to us that it should be good There are arc many questions of public health home hygiene and the recognition and treatment of various diseases In which people generally are extremely Interested They should welcome the chance to get from rec rec- recognized recognized experts in the field of medicine the latest and most authentic information on such matters Both Dr Callister and President LeRoy E. E Cowles of the university stressed the responsibility responsibility responsibility of a university to serve the public as aswell aswell well as to educate students It is a fact that the University of Utah has done a great deal dealin in Inthe the way of serving the public in the past and the establishment of the medical school with its avowed policy of community service cannot but add to the university's capacity for service in the future