WHEN IS WATER
COMMON ENEMY?
Ordinary Aqua Pura Causes
Damage; Moot Court
Gives $500
When is water, ordinary surface
water, a common enemy and a ruth
less trespasser without malice ?
This question as covered in moot
court last Tuesday night in the law li
brary when Ben Ivey, council for plain
tiff, won a favorable verdict on the
merits of law against W. J. Matson
for the defendant by a vote of 5 to
3 in the case of Brown versus Smith.
Matson won the decision on merit of
argument by a secret vote of 7 to 3.
Jones, Smith and Brown in the case,
are landowners on a hillside. Jones’
land lying highest and along the upper
boundary of the land of each of the
owners.
Surface water drains naturally from
the land of Jones to the land of Smith.
In order to keep this water from his
property, Smith builds a rectangular
wall which, Mr Matson contended was
not a nuisance, as it did not extend
over Smith’s lino in any direct di
rection.
However, following tho molting
snows and rainfall, surface water was
diverted by this wall and overflowed
on tho land of Brown, washing out an
orchard of young fruit trees causing
$500 damage.
Brown brings suit against Smith
and recovers damages.
Ivey based his plea for tho plaintiff
on the civil law, which makes it a rule
that a property owner may protect
himself, but not to the detriment of
the property of another. no must
keep in mind not to in.juro his neigh
bor, according to Ivey, who contended
that tho defendant, knowing tho cli
matic conditions and that tho wall
would cause water to run over tho land
of the plaintiff, should have provided
adequate means of conveying tho
water away from his neighbor’s prop
erty.
Matson bnsod his plea on tho com
mon law, which holds that a man may
protect and improve his property in
any manner he chooses regardless of
damage done to another. lie was un
able to say in how many states this
seemingly liberal minded law predomi
nates.
The question--“Is surface wator a
common enemy?” was still unanswered
at the conclusion of tho argument.
“For the law itself,” Mr. Ivey saidj
“iH undecided.”
Miles McKey officiated as chief
justice. Kenneth Armstrong and Her
bert Decker were associate justices.
Revision of Group System In
Minor Details Also To Be
Considered
Two important reports will come in
at th(> next faculty meeting which is
scheduled for next Thursday afternoon
at four o’clock in (luild hall. They
have to do with the revision of the
group system in some minor details
and with tho registration system.
Dr. W. 1’. Boynton as chairman of
the eonunitte of lower division advis
ers will report on their findings as to
a few proposed changes in the group
system. These, however, the commit
tee says will not be radical. The com
mittee has also been considering the
establishing of a new group, that of
fine arts.
The committee on registration, of
which Carlton Spencer is chairman,
will report on their decision. They
were instructed by the • faculty at the
last meeting to reconsider seriously
the return to the old system of regis
tration whereby the students get the
signature of each individual instruc
tor before their registration in com
plete. This plan may not be adopted
but changes will no doubt be made in
the present system at any rate, Karl
Onthank,' secretary to the president
says. He also says that nothing as
to the feeling of the students on the
return to the old plan had been learned
as yet and that the students ought to
have something to say.
MISS GORMAN SAILS SOON
Physical Education Instructor Will
Start for Russia About June 3
Miss Gladys Gorman, instructor of
physical training for women at the
University, who signed up for work
in Russia under the direction of the
Y. W. C. A. will probably sail about
June 2 or 3, according to information
received by her from the headquarters
in New York.
No one has been chosen to take her
place on the staff of instructors, Miss
Mabel Cummings, head of the depart
ment said this afternoon. Miss Gor
man has received no further informa
tion as to what her work will be when
she arrives in Russia.
800 TAGS SOLD IN
ONE DAY FOR
JUNIOR WEEK-END
Continued from .Pago One)
Roll will be called at 8 o’clock
and a strictly accurate tab of all men
present and absent will bo taken. With
Brick Mitchell in charge of some 80
policemen, things promise to keep go
ing or there will be something doing.
Lyle McCroskey’ is in charge of all
the committees for the Campus Day
work, and lias appo^ited as his right
hand assistant, Leslie Schwering.
Following are the heads of commit
tees and the men appointed to work
with them. Any one who has not been
assigned to any particular committee
will take it upon himself to go to the
tennis courts and do his chare of the
campus work there.
Track and Millraco
Track committee, Ned Fowler in
charge, (meet on track,) Bib Karl,*
Wayne Laird, Stanley M. Knapp,
Chester Adams, F. C. Adams, John C.
Adams, Raymond Atkinson, Wayne M.
i Akers, Pedro Alcantara, Robert T. A1
t'rey, James W. Allan, J. L. Almack,
Kvon Anderson, George A. Anderson,
Roy Anderson, Kenneth Armstrog,
John M. Askoy, Walter Bailey, David
W. Baird and William R. Baird.
Millraco committee, meet at boat
house- Sprague Carter in charge, Al
lred Id. Baker, Wayne Barbour, Harold
Barde, Lee Bartholomew, Reese Bates,
Day T. Buyly, Frank F. Beck, Wesley
Behnrrol, Felix Belosco, David L. Bid
well, Alfred B. Selwvu, W. 11. Blowers,
Robert M. Boettieher, Milton W. Bow
er, Floyd F. Bowles, 1*1. 1/. Boyer, Fit
gene Boy Ion, John W. Brack, Robert
Bradshaw, Peter M. Bran ton, Kelly
Branstetter, Wolcott Boron, Wyndlmm
Duron, Ralph Burgess, Kaudall Burke,
.lay Butler, Howard Kelley, Herald W.
King and Arnold 11. Koepke.
Cleaning up of the canoe fete debris
from the mill race, Morris Morgan,
assistant to Sprague Carter, meet at
raceway, O. 11. Moores, R. F. Moores,
Preach Moore, Kenneth Moore, Rouel
Moore, M. D. Murehie, John Musgrovo,
Andrew Naterliu, Elmer Neely, Jack
New hall, Walter Niehol, Ray Osburn,
Howard Owens and Frank Palmer.
Painting of the “O”, Lloyd Tegart
in charge, meet in front of men’t gym
nasium Prince Oallison, F. B. Jacob
berger, Vincent Jacobberger, John
Watson, Martin Howard, Joseph Leo
O'Rourke, Carl F. Nelson, Arthur
Kiihnhauseii, Lloyd F. LaLonde, George
La Roche, Percy A. Lasellc, Mare
Latham, A. W. Leavitt, Jack Lee,
James Leggett, Carl F. Liebe, Ole B,
Lieu, Purest F. Littlefield, David 11.
Logan, Fred Lorenz, Harry L. Pond,
Locus D. Bronx, Clifford Manerude,
Joe Trowbridge. John Tuerk, Dow Wil
son and Fverett Brandenburg.
To assist Woman's League in setting
up the tables for the campus luncheon
and cleaning up afterwards, Billy Mor
rison in charge, meet in front of Me
Clure—Sam Lehman, Lawton McDan
iel, Donald McDonald, Fred C. McDon
ald, Garfield Madden, Fred H. Main,
Eugene E. Marsh, Francis E. Marsh,
Richard H. Martin, Jim Maxwell,
George Mayo, James Russell Meyer,
Odine Mickelson, Charles W. Miller
and Kerby Miller.
Decorate for Prom
Prom decoration committee, Lee Hul
bert in charge, meet at the Armory
Robert M. Hayes, Sidney Hayslip, Al
lord Heitkemper, Clarence G. Hicock,
Arthur C. Hicks, O. , G. Hilderbrand,
Frank L. Hill, Gale A. Hilderbrand,
Max Himmelfarb, William O. Holmes,
Jacob Holzman, William Reinhart, Hor
ace Foulkes, Harry Hargreaves, G. E.
Finnerty, Wilbur Hoyt, Dean E. Hurd,
W. W. Jones, Warren Kays, Claire
Keeney, Eugene Kelty, Henry Koepke,
George Korn and Stanley Knapp.
Remove dirt for the tug of war,
Bruce Yergen in charge, meet at north
side of Villard—Alfred E. Payne, Les
lie Peery, Henry Patterson, James B.
Pfouts, W. W. Porter, T. E. Powers,
Dewey Probst, William Purdy, Harold
Quayle, W. C. Ralston, Hugo Reed,
Henry Riedel, Cecil E. Robe, Roscoe
D. Roberts and Charles Robertson.
To Build Walks
Build walk from Friendly hall to
journalism annex, Don ' Belding in
charge, meet in front of Friendly—
Kenneth C. Hendricks, Ralph Hoeber
John Holden, Bill Hollenbeck, Harley
B. Holmes, Ralph Holzman, George
Hopkins, John Houston, Edward How
ard, George Horsfall, Randolph How
ard, Henry Howe, Wilbur Ilulin, W. C.
ITumplirews, Wayne Hunt, Victor Hus
band, Joe Ingram, Elston Ireland, Ben
Ivey, Boyd Jenkins, Arthur H. John
son, Ogden Johnson, Phillip. E. John
son, Ralph Johnson, Ilollis Johnson,
Norris Jones, Raymond Koessel and
Robert E. Lees.
Building walk from Eleventh street
to University avenue, Harold Grey in
charge, meet in front of music build
G. Byrne, N. T. Byrne, Clar
ence Cady, Bob Callahan, Virgil Came
ron, Arthur Campbell, Cogswell Camp
bell, Lindsay Campbell, Clarence Can
non, Arnold Chaimov, T. I. Chapman,
p. E. Christenson, Russel Christenson,
Earl C. Clark, Walter Cofoid, A. L.
Cohn, Fred Coley, 8. R. Collins, A. N.
Combs, Kenneth Comstock, Remcy Cox,
Mark R. Crain, P. A. Cumings, George
E. Cusick, Rex R. Dallas, Clyde D.
Davis, Quincy Davis, Charles G. Dawes,
Herbert R. Decker, F. O. DePue, Ralph
Dresser, Edwin Driscoll, Verne Dudley,
Louis S. Dunsmore, Asa W. Eggleson,
Stanley Eisman, Harry C. Ellis, Ear
nest J. Evans, Arthur N. Ely, M. D.
Ely, Stanley Fargher, Crecene A.
Fnriss, Wayne Farias, Frank N. Pas
set t, Gordon B. Fauley, Donald Fee
naughty, Lon B. Fishbaek and J. Ray
mond Fite.
To Clear Away Earth
Removing dirt from back of Admin
istration building, Gordon Fletcher in
charge, meet at back of the Adminis
tration building—Jay Foust, William
W. Frater, Giles French, Bradford
Froude, Norman Furuset, Lester G.
' Gale, John Gamble, Herbert Geary,
Sanford Gehr, Ermine K. Gentile, Hjal
mar Gentle, Morris Glicksinan, James
; Goff, George Goldstein, Bartlett Gray,
Lawrence Gray, Forest Hodsall, Estle
It. Hanson, Albert B. Harding, J.
Chandler Harper, Fred E. Harriman,
Edgar M. Harris, George W. Harris,
Warren Hastings, Malcom Hawke,
Boyd Haynes, Henry Leggett, Martin
Purelius, Lester Parton, George Pasto,
Dorian E. Patterson, Sterling Patter
son, Vincent Patterson, William Pat
terson, Charles Robinson, Abe Rosen
berg, Guy Snore, Carlton E. Savage,
dames Say, Paul Schafer, Joe Boyd,
Dong Kinney Chu, Marvin Kavnnaugh
llnllord, Earnest II. R. Thun, Wayne
Wells, Mortimer Brown, A1 Bowles,
Newton Estes, L. J. Estes and Roy
Davidson.
To Entertain Guests
Entertainment committee for all
guests, track teams especially, meet all
trains and show guests aifuind the
campus, Flint Johns in charge, meet on
library steps—George Beggs, Curtiss
Peterson, Forest Watson, Carter Bran
don, Curly Lawrence, Jerry Back
strand. Fred Paekwood, Lay Carlisle,
Harris Ellsworth, George Van Walters,
Eugene Business College
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Virgil Meador, William Rebee, Lindsay
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Guardians of the Law
Official campus policemen, Brick
Mitchell, chief of police, (meet at the
fountain)—Herman Lind, Miles Mc
Key, Elmo Madden, John Masterson,
George W. Baney, Jim Burgess, Oran
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Foster, E. E. Brosius, Creston Had
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W. Rutherford, Donald D. Smythe,
Paul Spangler, Glenn Stanton, George
Taylor, David Wilson, W. J. Mulkey,
Walter Amspoker and Sophus Winther.
Removing of dirt from new tennis
: courts, E. Rutherford in charge, with
Arvo Simula and Irving Smith as as
sistants, (meet on the cement tennis
court)- Dwight Parr, Blair Paul, Al
bert Runquist, Dick Thompson, Roy
Andrews, George Walker, Glenn Walk
ley, Glenn S. Ward, Charles Waugh, A.
C. Weatherhead, Walter Wegner, Paul
Weidenheimer, Gordon S. Wells, Wayne
Wells, Horace Westerfield, Harry Wes
terman, James Whitaker, J. C. Will
iams, Ford Wilson, Howard S. Wines,
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SENIOR CLASS PLAY
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