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Caption: Booklet - War Program at the UI (1942)
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University of Illinois 23 Advisory Committee on Delinquency Prevention, while Dr. F. II. Falls, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chicago, is Chairman of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Maternal Welfare of the State Department of Public Health. He is working on a plan for maternity care for the families of service men. Drug Cultivation. Members of the College of P h a r m a c y are working on a cooperative project in drug cultivation with the Department of Horticulture of the College of Agriculture. Approximately three acres of ground will be used to cultivate digitalis, belladonna, and hyoscyamus in order that the supply of these important drug-bearing plants may be sustained. Casualty Station. T h e College of Medicine is organizing a casualty aid station in connection with the civilian defense p r o g r a m ; several members of the staff are planning for medical emergency service in anticipation of any disaster which might strike the Chicago area. Campus Conferences. Many University departments are giving their assistance to conferences of citizens meeting on the campus for discussions of war problems. T h e College of Commerce is a frequent host to business groups. Its Bureau of Economic and Business Research is actively compiling information on how individual communities are meeting emergencies and then organizing and redistributing this material. It is hoped to expand the service in the immediate future to aid the small business of the State. T h e College of Education sponsors conferences of representatives of the public schools, and is vigorously stimulating the planning of educational programs both for the war and for the post-war periods. Refresher courses in nutrition for workers in the field are being given by the Department of Home Economics. Many other exam PERSPECTIVE The University of Illinois is the product of the vision and energies of a free society. It was conceived in the understanding of the forces of democracy by farseeing statesmen who held that a free society could not endure unless supported by a system of free education which had as its capstone the state university. T h e University of Illinois was made possible through the passage of the
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