Karla Perce of Radcliffe sees the hospital program as a manifestation of the college student's "decline from the Ivory Tower", and the de-emphasis of the seclusion of college life. "Experience in the hospitals gives you a frame of reference. When you see the problems which some people must contend with, it makes the prospect of an hour exam pretty petty."

'A Humbling Effect'

Mike Cooper of Cambridge City's Accident Room agrees: "Suffering is a great leveller. Seeing someone suffer makes you respect him. It has a very humbling effect."

Head Tutor Brown says he would not be surprised to see the college volunteer movement gain momentum nationally. "The same competition and search for moral reassurance exists everywhere," he believes.

Reiss finds that one of the Program's most important aspects is that it puts University students in a different and new context in the Boston community. "It presents to all classes of the educated and uneducated a new slant on Harvard. Students show the city another dimension of themselves. Moreover, a gradual growth of the volunteer idea to other colleges seems entirely likely," he believes.

Regardless of the volunteer movement's future on a national scale, PBH workers have made a significant contribution to community welfare. Their enthusiasm shows little sign of dwindling