To the Editor:
—In view of the importance of arriving at some measure of standardization for the various degrees and certificates offered in the field of public health, Yale University invited a group of representatives from neighboring universities to confer in regard to the matter at New Haven, Feb. 28, 1919. Johns Hopkins University was represented by Dr. W. H. Welch, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Prof. W. T. Sedgwick, Harvard University by Dr. M. J. Rosenau, New York University by Dr. W. H. Park, and the University of Pennsylvania by Dr. H. F. Smyth, while Yale University was represented by a special committee from the Graduate School, including Profs. S. E. Barney, L. B. Mendel, L. F. Rettger, M. C. Winternitz and C.-E. A. Winslow.After very full discussion of the various points involved, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:That the degree of Doctor of Public Health