Arizona republican., 1919-12-14

SON, Dec. 13.-The university basket ball season opened officially Monday afternoon when the Kappa Sigma fra 1 ternlty quintet won from the repre- senatives of South Hall dorInitory in a fast game, 34 to 16. Immediately following this game the Sigma Alpha Epsilon team met and defeated the Tau Delta Psis by narrow margin of one point the score being 16 to 15. In the evening Sigma Nu team came out vic- torious in another close game, winning from the Arizona Hall team by a score of 13 to Il.
 These are the first three games of a basketball schedule between the fra ternities and dormitories, and later an interclass contest. A great deal of in terest has been shown and real scrap will be assured in the Freshmen -Soph- more game.
 ] At the sound of Referee Porter's whistle, the Kappa Sigs and South Hall 1 lined up and were soon in the midst of fast and furious game, which proved to be the most interesting of the three. The Kappa Sig five bid strong for the winners of the tourna- ment. Pistore was responsible for the larger part of his teams scoring and ! his work at center was good. Tom Wallace played heady game also. Overson and Shumway were the bright l light of the dormitory team. They, with their teammates put up a scrapy battle and their opponents worked for every point they gained.
 The games will continue throughout the week, two in the afternoon and one in the evening.
 Application for local chapter of the American Association of Engineers in Tucson has been sent to national head quarters with S5 names attached These include every member of the University staff engaged in engineer ing or scientific work. The organiZa- tion of local chapters elsewhere in the southwestern district, which includes l Arizona. New Mexico and Texas west of the Pecos river. is progressing rap ally, and it is believed that there win be over 1000 chapters within the next month or two.
 A district convention will be held in Globe Miami January g, 10 and il, where a splendid opportunity will be l offered to visit the Roosevelt dam and to inspect the wonderful mining, smelt ing and ore dressing plants in this district.
 | January 19 to 24, inclusive, is the date set for the Eighth Annual Farm CTS and Housekeeper's week, accord ing to the announcement of E. P. Tay- Tor, director of agricultural extension service at the university
 This is an annual event which brings to the campus each year large numbers of farmers and farmers wives. A program for the week is to
 be provided for the benefit of the farmers, stockmen and their wives.
 The instruction given will consist of
 practical talks and demonstrations.
 Twenty club achievement champions
 will receive free trips to Tucson dur ing January to attend the Second An nual Boys and Girls short course
 This has been made possible through the joint courtesy of the Arizona
 Bankers association, the chamber oi
 commerce of Phoenix and the exten- sion service at the university.
 These trips have been offered at the
 close of the club season for the last
 four years. Usually, the trip lasts
 three days during that time, every ef- fort is made, by blending instruction and good times. to make their stay
 pleasant as well as profitable. This
 short course is offered by the regular , Farmers and Housekeepers' week ano
 these champions are always urged tc | stay.
 The memorial fountain, the gift of 2 | friend of the university who does not | wish to have his name disclosed, i. | nearing completion. The stone work i: entirely finished and the finishins touches are being put on.
 l The fountain occupies a central DO sition in front of the main building an( ! will be a splendid addition to the | beauty of the campus. It is built ot
 native malpais stone from the Tucsor | mountains and gray synthetic stone re-
 sembling granite. Concealed light: | will play on the water at night as il
 sprays from the center and pours into
 the reservoir. A circular grass plot l will be set about two feet above the | ground. between the outer wall and the
 reservoir. Seats will be made on the ! eight sides, and the whole will be en | closed by a small hedge about a foot | high.
 A dedication service will be held | when the fountain Is entirely com
 pleted, probably about the beginning ol | the year
 Approximately 100000 carcasses ot l pork are required each year to supply
 the needs of the people in Arizona, ac- | cording to Dr. R. H. Williams, anima | husbandman. College of Agriculture. Tt is doubtful" he states, Eff there
 are more than 30.000 hogs in the state
 at the present time, so that the home
 supply of pork products amounts tc | approximately one fifth of the actua | demands.
 "A packing plant is nearing comple-
 tion at Phoenix, where they plan te handle many more than the total mum
 Der of hogs produced in the state. Be lieving that the number of hogs will be
 increased since Arizona has such ia
 vorable conditions for hog raising, the
 packers feel that it is a safe proposi tion to invest money on a plant fol
 slaughtering hogs and curing theil products. This should be such good
 assurance to stockmen that they vii be willing to raise more hogs" South Hall Open House The boys in South Hall held oper house Saturday night from 7:30 til ! 9:30 Christmas decorations were uset | in the. reception hall and here ant
 there in the rooms. One of the room.
 downstairs was called the Christmas | room. Crepe paper covered the lights so that a soft red glow pervaded tho