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Show UNIVERSITY HAS AN EPIDEMIC TO COPEJITH TEN tlNGAGEMENTS AMONG STUDENTS STU-DENTS ANNOUNCED PAST WEEK Faculty of University of California Has Decided to Add Course in Household House-hold Economy. Berkeley. Cal . May 6 Startled by the announcement during the past week of tenpengagements among the students of the University of California, Califor-nia, tho faculty of that Institution has decided to add a courso in household economy to the curriculum of the coming summer session. Several years ago. there was an epidemic of tngagemcnts and secret marriages among the students of the university and so serious was the matter considered consid-ered that President Wheeler made a special address to the co-eds advising them against encouraging marriage until the men students had become wage-earners. This talk put an end to the secret marriage.!, but the engagements en-gagements have gone serenely on, un-til un-til the record of this week was made. The announcements have revived tho question of the desirability of co-education and the discussion among tho faculty and students has already become be-come animated. |