Sneezers Writhe As Posies Bring Seasonal Malady

Even the pert brunette seated at the Hygiene Department's receiving desk can't make an impression on a special group of students who visit the ivy-covered building at 15 Holyoke almost daily seeking relief from a peculiar seasonal malady.

The dictionary calls it "a catarrhal affection of the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, and respiratory tract," and Oliver Wendell Holmes said that the only cure for it "is six feet of gravel, taken externally," but all these unfortunates cursed with hay fever know that it is one damn nuisance.

200 Take Shots

Disregarding Holmes' advice almost 200 handkerchief-wielding, bleary-eyed University students flock to the Hygiene Building at bi-weekly intervals to get injections for their malady. So great has been their onslaught that the bottles of serum used for the shots have overflowed one refrigerator, and the Hygiene Department has been forced to install another one to handle the rush.

Despite the quantity of injections, few concede that they bring permanent relief.

First signs that the sneezing season was at hand came yesterday from Earnest I. Sly ocC, who was overheard repeating mournfully "A rose is a rose is a rose . . ."