tion. In fiscal year 1q49, the budget of $125,088 was derived from
these sources: Island Government Navy (IGN): $44,100; Trust Terri-
tory of the Pacific Islands: $53,800; Government of Samoa: $27,188.
Of the total Trust Territory educational expenditures for fiscal year
1950, $113,755, Or approximately 30 percent, was spent on the schools
on Guam and distributed thus: School of Medical Assistants: $50,485;
School of Dental Assistants: $32,800; School of Nursing: $30,470. The
yearly cost of maintaining an individual student in May 1950 was
$1787 for a medical student, $1362 for a dental student, and $673 for
a nursing student.’ These sums included the monthly stipend of $20
given each student by the Trust Territory for the purchase of clothing
and other personal necessities and the cost of his quarters, laundry
and subsistence which was paid from civil administration funds of
his homedistrict.
A total of $103,679.04 was requested for the supportof the schools in
fiscal year 1951 based on the following requirements:
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Reduced appropriations forced the High Commissioner to request
that this sum be lowered to $55,876" but the Commanding Officer,
School of Medical Assistants, could see no hope of reducing it byless
that $29,000.""
The medical and dental practitioners training program had been
established basically as an interim and emergency measure. It was
not intended that medical and dental assistants would permanently
meetthe need for doctors of medicine anddentistry and the long range
public health programs. therefore. did not include planning for permanent construction of these schools.’ The Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery considered that 56 medical assistants and 36 dental assistants
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