PTOMAINE POISONING
SUSPECTED AS CAUSE
OF STUDENTS’ILLNESS
CERTAIN SOURCES OF MILK SUP
PLY INVESTIGATED BY DE
PARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
HEALTH COMMITTEE TAKES PRECAUTIONS
Sudden Illness of Florence Avery
Alarms After Dance—Others
Affected.
Following the severe illness of
Miss Florence Avery early last Sun
day morning, just after the informal
dance, comes the announcement by
Dr. Stuart of an investigation, now
being made by Prof. Sweetser, of
milk that is being furnished the vari
ous houses, and of the lacteal fluid
that enters into the products of the
confectionery stores of Eugene.
This latest case of ptomaine poi
soning is not the first that has come
to the attention of the University
authorities, as several students have
been taken ill recently, the cause in
each case apparently being an impure
milk supply.
In the case of Miss Avery, suspi
cion points so strongly to milk pro
ducts, that samples of ice cream from
various soft drink parlors were se
cured, as well as samples of the lead
ing product from several dairies ad
jacent to the city.
Prof. Sweetser is now engaged in
making an analysis of the supposedly
tainted products. The tests have not
been sufficiently developed to permit
of any accurate knowledge concern
ing the supposed danger.
Should sufficient evidence be adduced
to justify any action, steps will be
taken immediately to abate any pos
sible further danger from this
source.
Miss Avery’s illness was alarming
for a brief period, but her recovery
was rapid and she was able to attend
classes by Monday.
PRES. CAMPBELL WILL SPEAK
AT NEXT Y. M. C. A. MEETING
The regular meeting of the Y. M.
C. A. will be held Thursday evening,
October 3, at 7 o’clock. President
Campbell is to speak on the subject,
“A World Religion.” Two special
musical numbers are scheduled for
the evening.
The coming speakers and dates are
as follows:
October 3—President Campbell, “A
Woild Religion.”
October 10—Dr. H. S. Wilkinson.
Subject not announced.
Octoer 17—Dr. L. R. Dyott, “The
Decisions You Have to Make.”
October 24—Dr. Geselbracht, “The
Judgment You Have to Endure.”
October 31—Dr. Wm. Parsons,
“The Character You Have to Im
part.”
November 7—Speaker not secured,
“The Man You Ought to Envy.”
Mr .and Mrs. Strang and Professor
and Mrs. Dunn were dinner guests of
Mrs. Jessup’s Sunday.
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Mr. F. E. Merrick, of Medford, was
a Chi Omega dinner guest Monday
evening.
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Gladys Farrar, ’09, returned home
Sunday. She has been visiting at the
Gamma Phi house.
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Mrs. Hemenway, of Cottage Grove,
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
Chi Omega house.
SWEETSER FIRST SPEAKER
IX Y. M. HEALTH SERIES
Professor A. R. Sweetser will ad
dress the men of the University
Wednesday evening- in Deady hall on
“Plant and Animal Sexology,” the
first of the physical hygiene and sex
education series offered by the Y. M.
C. A.
Professor Sweetser will illustrate
his lecture by specimens and stereop
ticon slides. The hour will be con
cluded with a fifteen minute discus
sion.
Speakers have been secured for the
remainder of the series as follows:
October 9—“Anatomy and Physiol
ogy of Man As a Creator of Man.”
Dr. O. R, Gullion.
October lb—“Hygiene of the Young
Man.” Dr. G. S. Beardsley.
October 23—“The True View of the
Four Sex Lies.” Dr. James B. Tay
lor.
October 30—“Eugenicst” Profes
sor John Bovard
PRESS
Reporter’s Club of Last Year May be
Enlarged—First Meeting Set for
Wednesday.
The first meeting of the Press
Club for the school year will be
called Wednesday afternoon at
4 o’clock, in Professor Allen’s class
room in McClure hall.
Professor Allen, of the Journalism
department, will take an active part
in the organization and conduct of
the club.
Those eligible for membership will
be the correspondents of Eugene and
out-of-town papers, and the editors
of the Emerald.
The number of members will prob
ably be considerably increased from
that of last year, as the personnel of
the 1911-12 Press Association in
cluded only representatives of Port
land and Eugene papers, and the edi
tor-in-chief and the managing editor
of the Emerald.
It is the plan of the organization
to have the disciples of Greeley meet
at the Osburn several times during
the year. At these meetings local
and out-of-town newspapermen will
be secured to address the associa
tion.
BRIDGE PARTY HELD
The Sigma Nus, Alpha Tau Omegas,
Beta Theta Pis, and Phi Gamma Del
tas, entertained at bridge last Sunday
morning. The bridge used was that
which spans the mill race at Ninth
street, and the entertainment took the
form of a “shower” for the Freshmen
of the four houses participating.
The delightful affair grew out of a
wager made in the Sigma Nu house
before Saturday’s underclass mix, the
agreement being that the defeated
class should suffer mill-racing. Upon
the victory of the Sophomores, the Fi
ji’s, Beta’s, and A. T. O.’s decided to
follow suit.
Eutaxians Meet This Evening—Pro
gram Announced.
The first regular meeting of the
Eutaxian Literary Society will be held
tonight in Prof. Schafer’s room, at 7
o’clock. All visitors will be welcomed.
The program is as follows:
1. Talk—“Vacations,” by Amy
Rothchilds.
2. “Current Events of the Sum
mer,” by Gretchen Sherwood.
3. Talk—“Early Experiences in
Practice Teaching,” by Lena Newton.
4. Open Discussion on “Social Ac
tivities in College.”
GEARY FIXES DATES
FOR GLEE CLUB TOUR
IN EASIER! OREGON
DISCOUNT OF FIFTEEN PER
CENT FROM FORMER RATES
GIVEN BY THEATRES
TIME NOT SETTLED FOR EUGENE BILL
Bungalow Proves Only Available
Portland Playhouse—Valley May
Be Visited.
Glee Club contracts for this coming
season, covering the Eastern Oregon
trip, have been closed by Manager
Geary, who returned last Sunday af
ter a three day’s trip into Eastern
Oregon. Geary reports contracts
at three Eastern Oregon towns,
which are from ten to fifteen per
cent better than contracts of former
years. The Bungalow has been se
cured for the concert in Portland, the
Heilig and Baker being booked until
January 15th. Manager Geary cor
responded with Manager Pangle of
the Heilig as early as last July, but
was unable to secure the house.
The exact time at which the Eu
gene program will be put on the
boards is uncertain, and will be an
nounced later.
The Glee Club will gather in Port
land on December 26th, preparatory
to filling the following engagements:
Astoria, December 27.
Portland, December 28.
Hood River, December 30.
Heppner, December 31.
Pendleton, January 1.
La Grande, January 2.
Baker, January 3.
The Dalles, January 4.
Albany and Corvallis may be visit
ed on the return trip.
FEW TRACK MEN APPEAR
Hayward Is Disappointed at Poor
Turnout—Necessity of Fall
Training Urged.
In responce to the call of Bill Hay
ward, 20 men put in an appearance
at the meeting1, Monday, in the gym
nasium, to receive instructions for
fall track work. Hayward was no
ticeably disappointed with the num
ber present. He urged the exper
ienced men to see that more students,
especially Freshmen, take advantage
of the opportunity to get into condi
tion this fall for the hard strain of
the spring season.
The plans so far call for distance
work over a measured three-mile
course on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoons, at 4 o’clock. While
this work is primarily intended to
build up endurance in the men who
expect to enter the full cross coun
try run, Hayward considers it essen
tial for success in any branch of track
atthletics.
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP
Mrs. L. H. Johnson, president of
the Alumnae Association of the Uni
versity calls attention to an error
which appeared in the Saturday Em
erald. The scholarship recently
awarded to Miss Ethelwyn Boydell, of
Nyssa, Oregon, is known as the Mary
Spiller scholarship, and is awarded
by the Alumnae Association instead
of the Alumni Association, as was
stated Saturday.
“CONFERENCE ECHOES" ARE
HEARD AT V. W. >1EETING
The first regular V. W. C. A. meet
ing was held Monday afternoon in
the Women's Gymnasium, Miss Flor
ence Cleveland presiding.
Following the opening service,
Ruth Stone spoke on the religious
side of the A'. W. C. A. conference at
Gearheart Park. Hazel Tooze, con
tinuing the conference echoes, spoke
; of the social side of the meeting. The
; purpose of the conference, and con
ference leaders were topics discussed
by Zella Soults and Mae Norton, re
spectively.
Following the regular program,
Airs. Fletcher, general secretary,
talked informally to the girls, on Col
lege Influences.
Mrs. P. L. Campbell, Airs. Albert
! R. Sweetser, and Airs. A. C. Clark,
] constituting the advisory board, spoke
to the girls, encouraging them to
make this a banner year.
A solo by Rose Easier concluded the
meeting.
j Personnel of Team Gradually Crystal
lizing—Hailey
Recovers.
With Ed Bailey’s ankle rapidly get
ting back into shape and the rest of
the “cripples” working at hard scrim
mage practice, the Varsity hopes are
being put through the paces in prep
aration for the Willamette game a
week from Saturday. The team has
suffered a slight slump during the
last few days, due mainly to the
strenuous work-outs with the scrubs.
The personnel of the first team dur
ing the last week has been Grout, cen
ter, Fenton and Fariss, guards, Soden
and Hall, tackles, Bradshaw and Jones,
ends, Cornell, quarter, with Walker,
Huesner and Cook, backs. Bailey’s re
turn to the game will mean the shift
ing of Soden back to the scrubs. This
will probably be the first lineup on
October 12th.
Raphael Geisler, ’12, vice-president
of the Student Body in his Senior year,
and a Glee Club veteran, now instruc
tor in mathematics at Baker High
School, has organized a Boy’s Glee
Club in this high school. He is leader
and director of his “prep” warblers.
PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK
President Campbell will be the as
sembly speaker tomorrow, with
“Standards of Efficiency,” as his sub
ject. The Glee Club will furnish spe
cial music.
There has been a general impression
current to the effect that Wednesday’s
assembly will be supplanted by the
first monthly class meeting. This
rumor spread when it was learned
that Governor West would be unable
to speak this week, but arrangements
have been made for President Camp
bell to occupy the hour.
Laureans Meet Tonight.
The Laurean Literary Society will
hold its first regular program tonight
in Prof. Schmidt’s room in Deady
hall.
The proposed season ticket plan will
be discussed by all members. Maurice
Turpening and Clarence Brotherton
will review current events, while Fred
Hardesty will tell why Freshmen
should affiliate with the society.
David Pickett, varsity debater and
orator, has been chosen to fill the
vacancy on the program committee,
caused by the resignation of Harold
Young.
VARSITY women OF
SOPHOMORE RANKING
IMITATE TG-KO-LO
KYY AM A" IS NAME ADOrTEl) HY
THE NEW SECRET
SOCIETY
CLUB WAS ORGANIZED LAST SPRING
Membership List Large, Including
Names of Nineteen Second Year
Co-Eds.
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Shortly after the opening- of col
lege, there appeared on the campus
numerous pins of weird design, prom
■ inently displayed by a select number
of Sophomore co-eds. The badge, re
sembling a carpenter’s square in
shape and inscribed with mystic coytic
I characters, occasioned much comment
j and idle speculations on the part of
the uninitiated as to its significance,
until the secret was let out that the
wearers of the emblem are members
of a new Sophomore society, “Kwa
ma” by name.
The club was organized last spring
shortly after Easter vacation, but the
display of pins this fall was the first
intelligence conveyed to the college at
large of the existence of the organ
ization. The first regular meeting of
the year was held yesterday at 5 P.
M. at the Tri Delta house.
Following is a list of the charter
members: Irmalee Campbell, Ruth
Dorris, Lyle Steiwer, Gretchen Sher
wood, Nellie Newland, Hazel Tooze,
Gertrude Taylor, Katherine Kirkpat
rick, Amy Rothchild, Minnie Poley,
Vera Redman, Lucille Cogswell, Gene
vieve Cooper, Marguerite Sheehy,
Velma Sexton, Edith Clements, Edith
Moxley, Elsie Rain, Edna Harvey.
OXFORD DOES NOT APPEAL
TO MANY OREGON STUDENTS
Only one candidate for the Rhodes
Scholarship from Oregon has appeared
among the colleges of the state, and
unless a contestant makes his ap
pearance, the gift of $1,500 a year as
spending money at Oxford, will go to
George Stewart, Jr., of McMinnville,
hy default, provided, of course, he
passes the examination.
The examination is to be held Octo
ber 15 and 16, at a place designated
by the State Committee, of which
President Campbell is chairman.
Should no other applicant announce
himself, Mr. Stewart will tussle with
the Greek and Latin verbs in his home
town.
Albany and Dallas Colleges notified
President Campbell that there was no
one sufficiently ambitious at their insti
tutions, while, so far, neither of the
state institutions have shown signs of
prospective Oxonians.
DRAMATIC CLUB WILL
MEET THURSDAY EVENING
The Dramatic Club is again under
headway and ready to take its place
amonic the activities of school life.
As yet nothing definite has been set
tled, except that the first meeting will
he hold at 7:30 o’clock, Thursday even
ing, in Prof. Straub’s room. The first
tryout will probably be in about two
weeks. It is thought that a number
of new places will be open for the
right material.
“Spud” Hill is expected in Eugene
Wednesday, from Pendleton, where
he acted as assistant secretary of the
“Round-Up.”