Show several colleges join war to check syphilis stimulated by the national campaign to control venereal disease a few colleges and universities are making syphilis tests a part of the routine examinations required of incoming students judging from a survey made by the chicago tribune serological diagnosis for syphilis is not a common regulation among student health services however instruction on the sexual and social hazards of the disease is tar far more common many universities in fact require their freshman men and women to take courses in health or hygiene revealing the character of the disease others confine this instruction to medical and sociological courses beyond the reach of most students university presidents deans and health directors questioned were unanimous in declaring that syphilis does not constitute a major health problem on american campuses most of them agreed that itu students dents found to have syphilis and gonorrhea should be kept in school where they could have adequate treatment prep school leaders dealing with younger boys were just as certain that all syphilitics should be barred the university of chicago university of iowa and dartmouth college are schools which have elected to give or kahn tests to all newcomers new york sity offers free tests to all students but does not require them testing began on the midway with the winter quarter this month taking advantage of the chicago board of healtha healt hs program of free and secret examinations since the university health service lacked funds for this purpose dartmouth college began routine wassermann Was last fall fail and fo found und one case of congenital syphilis among incoming students the university of iowa started serological testing of freshmen in 1924 and continued until 1930 reported dr M E barnes head of the department of hygiene it ceased he said because of many objections the university then confined its testing to food handlers employees and others |