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Show study entirely if the novel feature were not stricken from the course. The women sent a delegation to their Instructor, Professor S. A. Chambers, Cham-bers, and called his attention to some of the books to which they objected. The list Included Balzac, Zola, de Maupassant, Dumas, Jr., and Augler. The fair complainants stated thai these tales were "entirely too racy." They would not take Ftonch if they were required to read about alnnit-ies alnnit-ies and French heroines ol tho Zaza type. Professor Chambers, after considerable consid-erable deliberation, decided to substitute substi-tute as a compromise In the special course. Marcel Prevost, Anatoie France, Prosper Mcrlmee and other moro staid and proper writers. UNIVERSITY WOMEN . OBJECT TO NOVELS Berkeley, Cal.; March 2t. Twenty young women of the senior class at the University of California went on a strike (and gained their point) when they discovered .that several l-Yench novels, assigned to them for reading in connection with their French les-Fons. les-Fons. were "too shocking." They declared de-clared that they would give up the |