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OATHr.K on the church plaz-a at O/amJn C ity, Mindanao Inland, follow ini; a
undcrnca earthquake that rocked the Southern Philippine* April I. Thoimands fled their
mid 482 ha\e been reported dead. — (At* Wlrrphoto)
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MANILA (AP) The death
toll from the worst quake of
the century in th< Philippines
reached 132 Sunday, the Philip
pine Newa service reported.
Charles H. Burrows, U.S.
charge d'affaires, offered full
American aid in the tremendous
task of combatting disease and
suffering in the southern Philip
pines.
The Philippine Red Cross said
12.000 were homeless. It esti
mated 300 injured. But Philip
pine News service said the num
ber hud risen to 2,000 as f i esh
Campus Briefs
0 Anyone Interested In work
ing in the music library at
KWAX should attend a meeting 1
tonight at 7 p.m. in Studio A of
KWAX, on the third floor of Vil
lard, according to -Pal McCann,
music librarian.
0 The old and the new Pan
hellenic executive councils will
meet at 4 :30 p.m. Tuesday In the 1
Student Union, according to!
Janet Flatland, president.
0 Junior Weekend committee
chairmen will meet at 3 p.m.
Tuesday in the Student Union.
Junior Class President Bud
Hinkson has announced.
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0 Canoe Fete chairmen from
living organizations will meet
Tuesday at 4:30 in the Student
Union. Float plans are due April |
12. Sally Jo Greig and Darrel
Brittsan, co-chairmen, have an
nounced.
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0 The YWCA sophomore calr
inet will meet at noon today in
Gerlinger hall.
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reports came in from remote dis
tricts.
Hardest hit in Friday's groat
quake was the Lake Lanao dis
trict in Northern Mindanao, sec
ond laigest island of the Philip
pines.
Most of the casualties came
from this region, where the
earth cracked open, stone buil
dings came crashing down and
sleeping villagers were swept to
their deaths by a tidal wave.
Property damage was in the
millions.
Burrow's’ offer of aid was
made to President Ramon Mag
saysay. Magsaysay. who visited
Mindanao, said the destruction
w'as terrible.
"I hasten to extend to you
and to the Philippine people my
sincere sympathy and the sym
pathy of my government.” Bur
rows said in a message to Mag
saysay.
"You may be sure in this em
ergency that my government
atar.ds ready to be of assis
tance."
Red Cross Sends Aid
The Philippine Red Cross hur
ried food, clothing, medicine and
tents to the‘stricken areas. A
U.S. Air Force medical team
was sent from Clark Air Force
base.
Secretary of State Dulles also
sent a message to Carlos P. Gar
cia, vice president and foreign
secretary.
”1 assure you of my sym
pathy,” Dulles said, “and my de
sire to support whatever stops
United States government agen
cies can take to assist in meas
ures of relief.”
Operation Easter Egg
To Be Promoted on TV
Three members of the Opera
tion Easter Egg committee will
make a television appearance to
night over station KVAL-TV.
Appearing on the Red Rey
nold’s show at 6 p.m. will be Bud
Hinkson and Martin Bradcnfels,
general co-chairmen, and Anne
Hill, publicity chairman.
Miss Hill has also made sev
eral spot announcements and in
terviews for radio broadcasts
during the week promoting the
Easter egg hunt and variety
show to be held on campus Sat
urday afternoon.
Primary grade students in Eu
gene schools have been extended
invitations to the event, which is
sponsored by the Eugene Active
club and the junior class*
Open Rushing
Starts Today
Spring term open rushing for
both men and women opens to
day for a three-week period.
Rushing will be conducted on
an informal basis, with students
indicating what houses they are
interested in when they sign up
for rush at the office of student
affairs.
The houses wdll then issue din
ner invitations to the rushees
on an individual basis. All stu
dents who wish to rush must
have a 2.0 GPA in. their last
term of school, or a 2.0 accumu
lative GPA.
Women who intend to rush
must have signed up at the of
fice of student affairs by last
Friday. Men can sign up any
time before April 25. but must
sign up at least one week (five
class days) before pledging.
A $5 fee will be charged to
students who have not rushed
previously.
Campus Calendar
Noon Kluckhohn Lunch 110 SU
URC 112 SU
Spanish Tbl 113 SU
•1:00 Hds of Hses 214 SU
Econ Semnr 334 SU
Asbly Com 337 SU
Vet Com 319 SU
5:00 Oridcs
Pot luck Gerl Snprch
7:00 Exch Asbly
Rch Ballrm SU
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'American Dream' Faulkner's Topic
William Faulkner, winner of
• he 104(» Nohel prize in litera
ture, will apeak April 13, in the
Student Union, Faulkner, who is
appearing on campus as a Fail
ing distinguished lecturer, will j
speak on "The American Dream
What Happened to It?”
Generally considered America's
outstanding novelist, Faulkner
has won many literary honors in
his twenty-five ^-ear career. Be
NAACP Elections
Postponed Thurs.
Flection of officers for the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People was
postponed at Thursday night’s
meeting because: of poor attend
ance. The election was re-sched
uled for the next NAACP forum.
The group voted to continue
its forum program during spring
term. Tentative topics are
“Causes and Cures of Prejudice,”
“The High Cost of Discrimina
tion,” “Re-legion's Role in Group
Relations," and “The Role of the
Emancipated Woman in Amer
ican Society."
Thurgood Marshall, prominent
American Negro lawyer and ie
gat counsel for the national com
mittee of the NAACP, also will
speak at one of the associa
tion’s meetings during his stay
on the University’ campus.
Read Emerald classifieds.
side* the 1949 Nobel prize, he
won the O. Henry Memorial
short story award in 1939 and
1940 and the National Goid brioic
award in 1951.
This year he received the Na
tional Book award for “The
Fable"
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