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for educating physicians, which George Harrell expressed very

clearly. I'm not sure that we ever followed this philosophy completely,

but at least it was stated, and it gave one some guidelines to follow.

I'm not sure that the philosophy currently is as clearly stated,

and one might have to observe carefully to see what is underlying

all of our activities. I'm sure there is something there, but I

think we have no clear voice stating it, perhaps. I think that

many of our faculty, perhaps, devote less time to thinking about

the problems of medical education for the school as a whole than

was true initially. Initially, I think we were all somewhat

concerned with the overall education of the medical student, but

as the place got larger, and as the individuals in various departments

developed more oustide interests, they felt their stake in medical

education was rather a restricted one, and didn't bother to be concerned

with the problem as a whole.

 The faculty forum, which was an informal meeting of anyone

on the faculty who cared to come for lunch in one of the small

dining rooms off the main cafeteria. This indeed was a forum

where anyone was free to sound off on whatever he wished to, whether

it was a matter of curriculum, or economics, or anything else

which might be pertinent or even not pertinent. This, I think,

was a very good thing, because it did allow everyone to speak

his peace, and no one was held to any. It was informal, and

no one was held to any commitments, as a result of what he may