The San Francisco call., 1906-08-21
HOMES
OPENED AGAIN.
Stanford Greek Letter
Societies Settle Down
for Work of Term
CO-EDS IN PLENTY

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Aug. 20
The majority OF the fraternity houses
of Stanford University opened their
doors for the season this morning.
Cooks and walters have been secured.
and the members of the Greek letter
societies are once more at home. The
upper classmen busy themselves with
looking for future material and the
rushing time is close at hand Every
train is watched for "freshies" who
look good TO the frat men.
The young ladies who belong to the
sororities do not take any part In the
rushing OF freshie co-eds. as the fair
sex of the Sanford community has
formed a Pan-Hellenfc agreement by
which a set day is named on which all
of the societies may rush their friends.
Before the agreed day the various So
rorities are not supposed to take their
prospective members on drives or in
vite them to the houses. For this rea-
son fewer of. the fair students have put
in an appearance upon the campus.
The registrar has ample proof that
the girls from the various preparatory
schools will appear in full Iorce, how
ever, when the time comes. The regis
tration limit upon the woman students
at Stanford is 500.
1t has been announced that the dor
mitories of Stanford University will
not open until the day before regis
tration- This means that the students
who return prior TO August 27 will be
forced to seek temporary accommoda-
tions. 1t has always been the plan OF
the university to open the dormitOrieS
at least one week before the work of
the university began The repairs that
have been made upon Encina and RO-
bic halls were retarded by the strike
of the union plasterers.
All the rooms in both of the dormi-
- H. N-r-- = l..
Of the male students, this has been the
state Of affairs for some time. The old
students have returned early and taken
up their familiar quarters, and the
prudent entrants have also spoken for
accommodations. A waiting list has
been instituted. Many students fail to
return after reserving rooms, and then
the students on the waiting list get
opportunities in respect to their Sc
niority Of application.
Contrary to rumors, all the chem
istry courses Of Stanford University
will be given as scheduled. 1t was
feared that the lack of laboratory ac-
commodations in the chemistry build
ing would cause several of the pri-
mary courses to be dropped, and that
only the students who were required 10
take the subject would be allowed 20
register in the department This would
eliminate a large number OF students
VINO take up the study as an elective
branch OF their education This state
of affairs was due TO the damage suf-
fered by the building. which contains
all OF the laboratories
Professor r. E. Swain said today;
'All courses will be given as they are
scheduled. We will be able to accom-
modate all students who may apply to
be registered"
Professor Swain is one OF the heads
Of the department OF chemistry, and
has been intrusted with the entire work
OF repairing the building. All the por-
ticns of the walls that broke away
have been replaced by temporary
wooden snoring. The laboratories will
bG reftted with new glassware and
other pieces OF apparatus that were
broken. Professor c. d. Marx. head OF
the civil engineering department and a
member OF the Engineering Commits
sicn, stated today that the university
could open tomorrow il it Is so desired
BY next week the plastering will be fn<'
iShcd