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World News Events Today Tornado Ruin Great Chauncey Depew Dead Lindy Has New ‘We” -by United Press_ KANSAS CITY, April 5,-(lTP) — Deaths hail increased to six today and estimates of property damage to more than one million dollars in the most severe storm that had swept the southwest in months. Dour persons were missing. Bodies of two persons previous ly reported .missing were found in the debris littered streets of Shaw nee, Okla., center of the tornado and cloudburst. It was feared the four missing had been drowned and! their bodies swept into the north | Canadian river. All relief agencies in the district I ■were called upon to assist in re-1 liabilitation work at Shawnee. Bus iness men in the city met in con ference today as rescue workers con tinued their search to find shelter for the 200 families left homeless. More than six inches of rain fell in Shawnee and water ran six feet deep through the city’s streets. Chauncey Depew Dead NEW YORK, April 5—(UP)— Chauncey Depew, 0.1 years old and chairman of the Board of New Yoik Central railroad died early today of pneumonia. He had been il! only a few weeks. Recently he was in Florida and contracted bronchial trouble. He was brought back to New York and enroute home suffered a severe chill. Last night doctors said he had developed bronchial pneumonia, but added they did not believe his con dition was serious. Doctors watched over the veteran railroad executive throughout the’ night. His condition gradually bc ^ came weaker and at 4 a. m. members of the family were called to the bedside. Chauncey Depew and his optimis tic views towards life had become cne of the nation’s institutions. He would have been 94 years old on April 24 and before he left Florida was looking forward eager ly to April 23 when he again would meet newspapermen—an annual oc casion—and give his now famous version on how to attain longevity of life. “Do everything and anything j ou want, but do it in moderation. In this way you ease yourself men tally and do not hurt yourself phy sically,” was bis creed. Lindy Has Narrow Escape SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 5—(UP) —Colonel Clias. A. Lindbergh nar rowly averted a crash while tak ing off on the second trial flight of (Continued on page six) Students-Facuity Form War Prevention Group At L. L, W'irt Luncheon . * A now organization whoso pur I poso is “education for peace’ ’ was | formed yesterday at a luncheon for j Dr. L. L. Wirt, assembly speaker, at the Anchorage. The new the Eug. tion of 1 of the 1 Prevciitioi Con, head mathematic and Williai professor of tary. Membership is unlimited fifty cents r cover the cost monthly from ■rup will be known ns unoil for the Preven d is a local chapter Council for tho Edgar E. De department of elected president, Maddox, assistant ml science, secre r .1 C. yr lie organization he fee is only is charged to i bulletin sent mtional head quarters. “The group will meet whenever an issue arises of national or inter national importance and discuss it from the viewpoint of its further ance or hindrance of the world peace movement which has made such rapid strides during the past two years,’’ states Professor De Cou. All students and faculty members who are interested may become mem bers by paying the fee of fifty cents to the secretary, Professor Maddox. Y. M. C. A. Holds Election Today Bristol To Be President For Next Year President— Alson Bristol Vice-President Wayne Ventch Claud Addison Secretary— Lawrence Mitchelmore Shailer Peterson Treasurer-—• Bob Ilynd. Annual election of executive of ficers of the campus Y. M. C. A. organization will be held in the Hut Friday, April 6, from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. The election will be in charge of the nominating com mittee, of which Joe Holadav is chairman. Members assisting him are Wm. Schulze, Ed Johnson, Joe McKeown and H. W. Davis, ad viser. The above list represents the names and offiees of nominees ap proved by the nominating commit tee of the “Y” cabinet. Success ful candidates in the coming elec tion will hold office during the present spring term and the fall and winter term next year. 'The four officers selected today hvil) represent the executive committee. With the assistance of II. W. Davis, advisory member, eight men to fill cabinet positions as heads of com (Continued on page four) Harmonious Voice Blending Liked In Girls9 Glee Club Presentation By ALICE GORMAN It is a surprising tiling, and de serving of the highest praise, that a director can take a group of girls with such a wide range of voices a3 was disclosed in last evening’s performance at the Wo- ( man’s building and blend t,hem in to such a lovely scale of harmon ious tones, and this is what Eugene Carr, director of the Girls’ Glee club of the University of Oregon lias done. The program, too, he had prepared with a view to* it’s sup plying a variety of song, scenes, and characters. The drawing back of the curtains disclosed a crescent of lovely girls in lovely dresses—and with the first song they sang, the excellent blending of their voices, together with a fine rhythm and delicate in terpretations of the spirit of their scngs was apparent. The hunting song, “Tally Ho,” was especially veil done, imitating the rhythm of galloping horses—now near, now far. Miss Anna Kathryne Garrett’s soprano solo was highly pleasing because of its utter simplicity and j the sweet tonal quality of her voice. Doris Helen Patterson’s harp eolos were enthusiastically received —she played with a fine technique and was obliged to comply several I times with the audiences requests S for encores. The Russian renditions from 1 Rimsky-Korsakoff and Moussorg skv were an experiment, Mr. Carr has said in a previous interview— but last night proved the experi ment justified. This group was the 1 | most colorful and effective of all v/ith its humming effects, peculiar ly marked Slavic rhythm, and croon ing lullab}' "enticements to sweet ] sleep. The group of children’s songs t were as popular as any-—perhaps because of the big brown bear that went “WoOf” in a most disconcert ing way-^amid little soprano and alto and contralto screams. The last number iu this group, “Swing Along,’’ a negro cake walk, was lull of vivacity and sparkle. In the setting of an old fashioned garden, the members of the chorus danced to the Minuet in G as a background to Richard Adam's ten or solos. The effect of this number was particularly marked by the beautiful lighting. The quartet was great! In every thing but the finished tone, it sug gested impromptu harmony, done in sheer exhuberance of spirits! Miss Margaret Holbrook returned to school especially to give her number on the Glee club concert, and it was unquestionably a suc cess. From her rakish little black beret to her quick black slippers, Miss Margaret characterized the young Parisienne (with an exquisite voice—and dimples)—iu love. The last number Mr. Carr had se lected from “The Mikado” for his trio of Evelyn Hollis, Janet Pearce, and Louise Storla—with a finale l of the whole chorus, all in brilliant Oriental costume. Mr. Carr’s presentation was al together pleasing in charm, and simplicity, and astonishingly excel lent in blending of voices. X Nations Must Think Peace Says Dr. Wirt Council Table Needed Before—Not After War Is Over Value of Lindbergh Flight To Mexico Lauded by Assembly Speaker “As a nation thinketh, so is that nation. When wo begin to think ponce, wo’ll have peace,” declared Hr. L. L. Wirt, Near East relief worker, missionary in the Yukon, and Fellow of the Royal Geogra phical Society, in his plea for uni versal friendship at yesterday’s as sembly. His subject was “Our Courageous Nation.” “How far have we come from the jungle?” asked the speaker. “Cain killed bis brother with a chib or some like instrument, and we’re still killing young men with a more refined or shall we say more diabolical?—club. We’re so perfect ly stupid we ’re doing it still.' Shall we be able to bring up this line in rhe chart that is way below scratch? ’1 Boundaries in Danger Five hundred miles of boundary were changed at Versailles, accord ing to Dr. Wirt, and there are nu merous Alsace-Lorraines that may blow up at any time and become another Serajevo. “‘A battlefield never settles any thing. We always settle the dispute around the council table after the war is over.’ Is there any reason why we can’t have the council table first, settle the dispute there and leave the young men to settle civilization?” asked Dr. Wirt. A school teacher once said, ac cording to Dr. Wirt, ‘‘We drift into war. Peace lies upstream. Peace lies on the heights.” He be lieves that ft only remains for the nations to regain the sinews of war for them to fight, but that youth will find a way out. Coast Students Promising ‘‘As I look in the faces of 50, 000 young people in universities of the Pacific Coast, I cannot but feel that God’s in his Heaven and all’s right, .potentially, with the world. Stand with right in your right hand and truth in your left and go out into the world. Measure this world of yours by these yard sticks. Your challenge is to rebuild the world. This is the new chivalry. This is the new crusade.” While Dr. Wirt was watching the children at play in the gardens of the Tuilleries, a shell, that had come from Germany, 70 miles away, zoomed down into the midst of them. Dupont, who makes explo sives, claims for his new shell that it will go ten times as far as 76 miles in the next war. Louis Pasteur, who isolated the di sease germ, and not Napoleon Bon aparte, the war hero, received the i vote of the school-children of France in. a recent plebiscite. They had seen both sides of the shield and can’t be swept off their feet with , a siren, Dr. Wirt said. 1 Other Side Shown The jaunty blue-clad soldiers 'tepped high when Dp. Wirt saw them march under the lindens down Hie Champs Elysees to the strain E'f the Marseillaise, but ten years later he saw 25,000 of the broken ones come back, going to the Hotel lie Ville just to get a little bread to keep them alive. There was no cheering then, and no pretty girls ' to give them flowers so the school children c;f France voted Pasteur 1 to be greater than Bonaparte. A year .ago the United States was 1 ready to fight Mexico, the ‘naughty boy who needed to be spanked’, ns Df. Wirt described him. Colonel Charles Lindbergh went across the Rib Grrfnde with his sympathetic understanding, and President Calles tore up the objectionable constitu tion and rewrote it. ‘‘Build bridges of friendship, of sympathetic understanding, and we ’ll redeem this world from war.” ' And Dr. Wirt took his seat. Tomorrow Last Day For Adding Courses Today and tomorrow are the Idst rays in which it is possible to add courses. Courses may be added dur ing the first two weeks of any term at one dollar per course except up on registration day when there is no charge. Courses may be dropped as late ar the week preceding final exam inations. Dean Straub Reaches 75 Today; Half Century On Oregon Faculty Tales of Early Collegiate Life Remembered by “Young Pion eer” of ’78 Today is Good Friday—but for the University of Oregon and John Straub, Dean (Emeritus) of Men, Dean Straub it is ••good in more ways than the cal endar indi cates. For it marks t HJh seventy- fifth ! birthday o % t, h e Dean. Quite as im portant, i t marks his fif tieth anni versary a t Eugene, and j s i in u I tane- | ousi.v, ins ririrorn year or active work in the University. Lean, straight as a young fir, and minus any senile tubbiness or bald spots, Dean Straub hardly shows that his yearly milestones have already piled up past three-seorc and-ten. Each morning finds him at his place atop the front steps of the Administration building, with the understanding smile that twin kles to a grin when ho sees a stu dent who stands in need of a bit Df teasing. With Bill Hayward, track coach, and the rest of Oregon’s “grand old men,” Dean Straub stands as the pioneer. He is the first to wel come students when they come for the first time, green and homesick, to register at the Administration Building; he is the last, perhaps, to grip their hand when the four gruelling years have put. Commence ment. behind and started his boys out with their sheepskins. Full of pathos, tragedy and wit are the tales that the good Dean ean tell about his earlier life at the University—and many ar§ the stu dents who got to classes in the middle of the roll call because they forget to tear away during thy ten minutes in between. Time was when .Tolm Straub taught seven different subjects in this university; when all the collective classrooms were concentrated in Deady Hall. He taught seven hours a day—ev erything from trigonometry to French. The Dean remembers when Sig ma Nu and Gamma Phi Beta, first fraternity and sorority on the cam pus, were established. He remem bers clever little scandals and facts connected with former days, which knowledge, if the Dean were mer cenary minded, might bring him a fortune in hush-money. He recalls the hard-fought bat tles between Eutaxian and Laurean, debating societies, when the Eu taxian co-eds gracefully lifted their morning-glory skirts up the stage steps and contended prettily for woman suffrage. And ten o’clock or thereabouts was the dead-line for return, in case the bold senior wished to oil up his tandem bike and go a-speeding with his lady over the week-end. And on remembering the evolu tion of all these things, Dean Strnub chuckles, and continues to remain young with the rest. Four Houses to Be Serenaded Song Book Sales Victors Led by Tri Delts The victors have been selected. Die prize serenade will be pre lented to the slumbering members )£ the Delta Delta Delta and Pi 3eta Phi sororities and ..Kappa Sig na and Phi Delta Theta fraterni ties the night of April 28. The contest closed yesterday noon miF the four groups! named turned, in the largest number of sales of the “Book of Song -Hits,” a col eetion of pieces to be used in tho Dream Follies with the one excep ion of a last year’s hit, “New Means.” The music is written en irely by Billy O’Bryant, head of die Dream Follies which will be riven at the Heilig theatre April >7 and 28. Musical talent for. the serenade •vill be selected from the hits of die Follies. Some of the partici rants have already been selected md will include George MeMur rhy’s Kollege Knights, a men’s ind girls’ trio, Madge Normile and Itlier entertaining features of the ihow. The Tri Dolts went over tho top md sold a book to every member, [dioy led the list with 34 sales, fol owed by the Kappa Sigs with 32, he Pi Phis with 8, and the Phi delts with 9. Altogether there fere 242 books sold during the con est which make it possible to give hem out at the doors of the Heilig heatre the nights of the presenta don of tho Dream Follies. Many )f the houses reported. no sales ■ither for financial reasons or lack >f interest. Further' orders for the woks mnjb be given to Billy O’Bry int. The complete report among the lororities as as fallows: Tri Delt, 14; Pi Phi, 28; Kappas, 22; Al rha Gams, 13; Thetas, 12; Gam na Nu, 12; Delta Gammas, 11; Chi Jmegas, 9; Alpha Omicron Pis, 7; Vlplia Phi, 7; Gamma Phi, 14; Kap 5a Delt, 7; Delta Zeta, 3; Alpha Dhi, 4; Alpha Xi, 5; Alpha Delta ?i, 3; and Sigma Beta Phi, 1. The returns from the fra tern i ies were: Kappa 8ig, 32; Phi'Delt, >; Delt, 4; Phi Sig, 3; Delta Ep lilon, 2; and Alpha Beta Chi, 1. Luy Takes Position On Eugene Register _________ * Paul Luv, senior in journalism, 'rom Medford, and a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, has withdrawn 'rom the University to accept a rosition on the reportorial staff of he Eugene Register. Mr. Luy takes lie place left by Glen Radabpugh, i former student in the school of journalism here, who is now work ing for the Springfield News. Elijah To Be Given First Week in May The last rehearsal of “Elijah,” by the Engeno Oratorio society, pave promise of being the finest oratorio ever given the University. It will be a tremomlous thing prej seated here the first week of May which is National Music Week. “Elijah” will be our contribution. Under John Stark Evans’ direc ting the over two hundred voices have attained a coordination and an interpretation most' effective. In the story of Elijah, heavenly fire leaps to the earth. So in the pro duction 200 voices leap and crash like thunder. It is hectic, and fren zied, but in beautiful rhythm which makes it sublime. The moods are there from dignity to delicacy, re verence, frenzy. The end of a tri umphant chorus hero and there dy ing on a sustained note that sounds like the beating of a great heart. Even the Messiah will not rank above this. Whong Named Head Of Cosmopolitan Club Samuel Whong, Korea, was el ected •president of the Cosmopoli tan elub at a meeting held at the “Y”hut last night. The other of fieers are: Anna Christine Holt} vice-president; Augusto Espiritu, secretary; and Louise R. Lewis, treasurer. The elub voted to have an in ternational carnival April 21 at the “Y” hut. A representative of each country in the club will have a booth that will contain articles rep resentative of that country. Wen dell Balsiger, chairman of the com mittee to supervise affairs, be lieves that this carnival will sur pass the one held last year. An invitation has been given tlie O. S. C. Cosmopolitan club to at tend the entertainment. Playground Activities State Association Topic Administration of playground and recreational activities will be the topic of a general discussion to feature a meeting of the State Physical Education association to be held at the Lincoln High School, Portland, on April 14, it is an nounced by Hr. John Bovard, dean of the school of physical education here and president of the state group. Physical education directors from all parts of the state are expected to attend the session as the guests of the physical education department of the Lincoln school. Robert Krohn, director of physical education of Portland public schools, is assisting in arrangements for the meeting. Hr. Bovard will lead the round table discussion. Taylor and Davis Beat Montana in Last Debate Contest for Oregon Mark Taylor ami Roland Pavia, who returned from their northern trip yesterday, made their final appearance as debaters for the University of Oregon, when they overwhelmed the University of Montana .'5-0 at Missoula Tuesday night, each man completing three years of varsity forensics. Davis began his forensic career at Oregon in 102(5 when he repre sented the University in a non-de cision contest against the Univer sity of Utah. Last year he was a member of an Oregon team that defeated the University of Ari zona, and this season he and Tay lor handed successive upsets to the University of Idaho, and the Uni versity of Montana. Taylor has participated in three debates in ns many years against the University of Idaho. Two years ago, as this year, ho journeyed to Moscow to defeat the Vandal speakers there, but last year he and Avery Thompson wero beaten 2-1 I bv Idaho here. I • - Race Begins For League Offices Chairmen Report; Revised Constitution Passed At its annual mass mooting hold yesterday in the Alumni hall, Wo men’s Longue placed the following names on its ballot: president, Edith Dodge, Katherine Kneelnnd; vice-president, Jane Cochran, Mar tha Swafford; secretary, Betty Sehmeer, Harriet Atchison; trea 1 surer, La Wanda Eenlason, Helen Peters; sergeant-at-arms, Gracia Haggerty, Eva Davis; reporter, Dorothy Kirk. The names which will be voted upon next Tuesdny, were submitted ns a report of the nominating committee and read by Eflna Ellen Bell, chairman. No nominations were mado from the floor.-' Esther Hardy, president of Wo men’s League, has appointed.Beat rice Milligan, sergeant-at-arms, to tako charge of the elections which will be opened to all women of the : campus between the hours of 9 and 12, noon, and 1 and 5 p. m. Polling will take place in front of the old library, and names of those who will have charge of the polls through out the day will be announced la ter. The annual meeting of the League, ■which is strictly a business meet ing is held for the purpose of pirer seating to all the women of tin? campus the work done throughout the year by the executive council c f the League. Revised Constitution Accepted A revised Women’s League con stitution was presented to the mass meeting by Esther Hardy and ac cepted by the League. As Wonlen’s league is a creation of the student council of the A. S. U. O. it was necessary that its revised consti tution meet the approval of this body, which it did, and later passed the executive council of the League. Marion Sten, treasurer for Wo men’s League gave her report for the last year. With $2,476.70 taken in by the League during the last year and its expenses amounting to $980.4.'l the organization now has $1,496.27 on hand. Other eommittco reports were given by Helen Webster, chairman of the Big Sister committee; Mazio Richards, chairman of the Foreign (Continued on page five) Spring Term Social Plans Announced Recitals, Plays, Dances, Teas, Picnics, Sports On Program Graduation Festivities on June 9, 10, 11, Close Year's Events Mildame Schumann-TIoink’s con port, Junior Vod-Vil, and thp com mpncement exercises are the fea tures of tlie soeial calendar for tho spring term. A number of fraternities and Uonoraries wifi give formals, and a long list of informal dances and picnics are scheduled. The Guild Theater “Repertoire Week” is dated for April 10 to 10, inclusive. The school of music will sponsor several recitals, and the Eugene Or atorio Society will present “Elijah,” May 2, 3. The dates for Senior Leap Week are April 19-21, and April Frolic will be April 14. Memorial (jfiy, May 30, is a holi day, and the following week-end is closed to dances. June 9 is Uni versity Alumni day, the Baccalau reate sermon will be given the next day, and Commencement fh June 11. Baseball, track, tennis and golf are the spring sports which have a prominent place on the calendar. Schedule Given The complete schedule follows: April 7, Saturday: Phi Kappa Psi junior class dance. Alpha Chi Omega open house, Sigma Phi Epsilon underclass dance, Alpha Upsilon informal. April 8, Sunday: Phi Gamma Delta Easter Break fast. April 10 to 13, Tuesday to Friday: Week of Repertoire, Guild The ater. April 13, Friday:. Alpha Xi Delta spring dance, Al pha Delta !Pi informal, Friendly hall informal, Sigma Nu upper class dance, Alpha Gamma Delta underclass dance, Chi Omega spring dance, Delta Gamma tea dance. Women to Frolic April 14, Saturday: April Frolic, Woman’s League. Kappa Alpha Theta tea dance, Al pha Omicron Pi tea dance, Delta Delta Delta tea dance, Delta Zcta tea dance, Pi Beta Phi tea dance. April 17, Tuesday: Allen organ recital, school of music. April 10-21, Thursday to Saturday: Senior Leap Week. April 18, Wednesday: Hopkins-Lake recital, school of music. April 19, Thursday: Onmpa Shoppe no date dance, sen iors. April 20, Friday. - Bachelordon formal, Senior Bar Room Bust, Hendricks llall. Del ta Delta Delta spring informal. April 21, Saturday: Allied Arts League dance, Pi Beta Phi formal, Theta Chi spring informal, Oregon Knight informal, Senior picnic. April 25, Wednesday: Hieks-Adain joint recital, school of music. Junior Vod-Vil April 27, Friday: Junior Vod-Vil. (Continued on page three) Sophomore Woman’s Honorary Elects Nineteen New Pledges “Kwama, clefts you to member ship,” wore the words read by the nineteen new pledges as they met in front of the old library yester day morning. The girls who were selected to sophomore woman’s hon orary society, wero Phyllis Van Kimmol, Elsie Sundbom, Iteba Brogdon, Kathryn Lapgenbcrg, Dor othy Kirk, Alice Morrow, Daphne Hughes, Jane Colors, Elizabeth Cris sell, Wilma Enke, Alberta llives, Frances Munro, Margaret Cummings, Bess Templeton, Eva Davis, Vir ginia Moore, Gladys Clausen, Doro thy Eberhard and Orplia Jane Ager. Kwama stands for character, scholarship, leadership and activi ties and the nineteen freshmen wo men on the campus each year nre elected who possess these qualities. “In 1916 when I first came hore as dean of women, Kwama was in active existence and was considered as the little sister group of Bcroll and Scrip, now Mortar Board,” said Mrs. E. E. DeCou, when asked about the early days of the organization on this campus. “Kwnma was al ways regarded as a stepping stono to higher scholastic attainment. Kwama’s usher at Vespers, are hostesses at Woman’s League teas, serve at the various University ban quets, and help in other school ac tivities. “Democracy” is the key word of the organization. The nineteen newly 'elected pledges met in front of the library at eleven o’clock yesterday, re ceived their ribbons, bids and big red tulips, formed two by two and led by Dean Esterly and Ile'len Peters, inarched to the assembly, between two lines of To-Ko-Lo’s, members of sophomores men’s hon orary society, up to the seats in front of the room. Active members this vear are Helen Peters, Harriet Atchison, Betty Beam, Betty Schmeer, Elsio Goddard, Beatrice Milligan, Lou Ann Chase, Mary Wilson, )Emi|y Williams, Braneis Cool, Glenna Hea .coek, Agnes Ferris, and Naomi Hol man.