Show t CANCEL CAMPUS SOCIAl Step Taken to to I 1 Prevent Spread of Meningitis at University of Idaho MOSCOW Ida March 5 6 AP APAll APAll AP- AP All social events scheduled on the University of Idaho campus this week-end week have been c canceled be because because because be- be cause t of f fear of the spread of meningitis on the campus Miss bliss Evangeline Bennett Bennet Coeur dAlene the only student ill with the disease is reported to be getting along nicely although she still is is' seriously ill m. Throat cultures of students have been taken and several positive re reactors reactors reactors re- re actors and at t least one carrier have been found Three members of Alpha Chi Omega Miss Bennetts Bennett's sorority were found to react affirmatively af affirm affirmatively af- af firm and have been isolated One member of the school of f mines faculty was found to be a possible carrier Dr William Gibbs head o of the department of bacteriology who has been conducting the tests discredited discredited dis dis- Is- Is credited rumors of a possible epidemic epidemic epidemic epi epi- demic among the students Strictest Strictest Strictest Strict Strict- est precautionary measures it Is believed will wm stop all spread of the disease Students Students' have been warned to have a throat culture taken if It the slightest symptom of meningitis is felt |