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As a bid for more members, the
Salam Choral Society. mixed
chorus of fifty voices, will give a
hard times party at the Pariah
Home of St. Paul's Episcopal
church next Monday night. Each
member of the society has been
aksd to bring one or more pros,
pectire new members with the ob
ject of raising the membership to
one hundred voices.
-Professor R. W. Hans SeiU,
formerly director of the Salem 4
Apollo elub, the May Festival
cfcorus and the Salem Symphony
orchestra, is director, of- the
Choral society chorus. Miss Mar
garet JBlumeuberg is the accom
panist. Officers are Mrs. A. IC.
Bush, honorary president; Frank
O. Oeckebach, president; Mrs. .W.
A. Scott. vice-president: and Al
bert H. Ollle. secretary-treasurer.
The society meets for rehear-
I at the Parish House each
nday night, and has Just be-
,work on a number of classi
and seml-clessical selections.
A court Is planned for early
spring.
The invitation to Monday night's
affair is extended to a'.' musical
ly gifted men and women who
lore singing, especially choral
mudlc. A Bupper!'l be served:
Fpeci&l stunta andtaane will be
provided by. the members for their
guests. Prliea wlil b Riven both
women and men for the most ap
propriate and the most comical
i.ewtumes.
War Mothers to Meet
With Mrs. Mark Skiff
FROCKS ARE WIDE, BUT COAT LINES ARE SLIM
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In) fc" V-fi& :i
Mrs. Mark Skiff will be hostess
to the War Mother's for a social
afternon at her home on Court
nt i ee. Tuesday afternoon.
The club Is expecting to have
Mr. John Eubanks. state war
i mother, and Mrs. Garver. national
?lfld Star Mother with them ae
.special guests from Portland. In
.addition to these special guests the
Vlub has Invited the Albany chap-I
t-r to be with tnem as weu as
other guests from Portland.
' Girl Reserve Group
Elect Officers
Width, in the skirt at any rate, is one of the marked features of the up-to-date frock, but coats gen
erally maintain the slim line. IllustratiTe of which is the unusual two-piece street frock worn by Helen
Twelvetrees, cinema star, left. It consists of a wide, pleated black crepe-back satin skirt and a relvet
jacket cut in rest fashion. Fastening the latter are five white buttons, while a little pocket, such as is
inserted in a man's vest, is used to display the white silk "hanky." The slim, smart coat, right, worn
by Kathryn Crawford, also of the films. Is made of black broadcloth with contrasting scarf collar and
deep, flaring cuffs of chinchilla. With it Kathryn wears a small black felt hat and rhinestone ornament'
ed black suede bag.
POUD
DROPS
FROM SIGHT
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 11.
The strange disappearance of O.
H. Barnes. Portland real estate
dealer, and his business transac
tions prior to his sodden depar
ture from this city, were today
made the subject of a joint in
vestigation by the district attor
ney and state real estate commis
sioner's office.
Barnes was . reported missing
last Tuesday v Thursday, however
(inspector Craddock of the miss
ing; persons bureau, received word
that Barnes was on the Admiral
Benson bound for San Francisco.
A note Barnes left at first led of
ficers to believe he had ended his
life. v
The chief complaint against
Barnes was reeetvwl by Deputy
District Attorney 'Stockman from
Mrs. Hulda Shaver,, She informed
him that Barnes had represented
her in various business and real
estate tranactions since 1926 and
that he failed to make an account
ing to her for about $8,000.
Mrs. Shaver said she first de
manded an accounting about De
cember 34, bat failed to receive
It, aha want before the grand
jury. Lacking Information, how
ever, the grand Jury refused to
eoaeider her ease.
; Babe Ruth's trust fund from
which be plans to live after his
playing days are numbered, now
totals fUO.000. This assures an
annual Income of about $10,000.
Jo Guyan. great Indian athlets
and for years a player la the
American Association league, has
been added to the coaching staff
of Clemsoa college.
A Girl Reserve group was or
ganized recently at the Washing
tan grade school. Officers elect
ed included: president. Betty Dot
son; secretary. Eurnice Hanks;
treasurer. Kathline Rock; advisor,
HUi Florence Power.
Members of the organization
are 3ophie Hughes. Marie Trot
ter, Haiel Trotter, Virginia Scott.
Barbara Crltes, Vivian Noth, Vir
xiaia CoaAes. Annabelle Potter.
Elolse Elliott, Betty Dotson. Eu
nice Hanks and Kathline Rock.
Eagles Auxiliary
Sponsor Card Party .
The Eagles Auxiliary will' spon
sor a bridge and "500" party
Wednesday afternoon at tba Fra
ternal Temple. Playing will start
at 2 o'clock.
A feature of this party is that
there will b an instructor -in art '
t of cards present to teach anyone
( not knowing how to play and de-'
) string to learn.
For reservations for tables rail
w Mrs! Karl Chapel. The public is
IQTHBU.
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Ktolcto Club
3 j With Mrs. K. k-nckson
The Etokta club will be guests
of Mrs. Richard Rrlckson at her
home on North Liberty street
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Fern Golding will glv
special lecture'of -Interest to the
club members.: She will discos
puTUo health work.
The Woman's Foreign Mission
ary society of the Leslie Metho
dist 'church will meet Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the'home
of Mrs. E. T. Borkus. 890 Sagi
najv. Mrs. TI. C. Leavenworth will
be leader for the devotional whilo
Mr3. B. E. Otjen and Mrs. A. O.
Bil rnstedt will have the lesson
hour. A report of the "Mystery
Box" contest will be given at this
meeting. Mrs. Barkus will be as
eis'ed "as hostess by Mrs. Henry
Humphrey and Mrs. Frank Rock.
The Ever-Ready -Birthday 'club
will meet Tuesday afternoon for
their regular meeting. This meet
ing will be at the home of Mrs.
Miry Xeyhart. 860 "Electric ave-
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W. U. GRADUATING CLASS IS
SMALL, BUT LOSSES FEW
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University Registrar Graphs Attendance to Study
Cause of Withdrawals 1
By Wendell M. Keck
Although the class which will
be graduated from Willamette
university in June this year will
be the smallest since 19 23. it has
had a smaller proportional loss of
members than any class since
1919. The present enrollment of.
the class Is 68. according to R. A.
McCully. university registrar.
Throughout Us four year course at
Willamette its numbers have been
as high in proportion as claeses in
universities all over the United
States, when Its records are com
pared with those compiled by reg
iatrars in other schools. Whereas
the average mortality between en
trance and graduation Ik 61 per
cent for the country at large, this
class has had a lose of 82 per cent.
Sophomore Lots Low
At the beginning of its sopho
more year, the present senior
class bad lost SO per cent of the
membership it had at entrance the
year before; this compares favor
ably' with the average loss of 4S
per cant In the colleges of -the:
United States, as computed by the
American Association of Collegiate
Registrars.- The loss between the
second and third years was SS per
cent, which Is the average In most
schools. The loss between the
junior and senior years was 16 per
cent. -Mr. McCully stated that the
records of the present senior class
seem to Indicate that a class with
elected .membership has a lower
classes taken in without any re
strictions. This theory has been
fairly well substantiated by the
records of other schools of higher
learning.
Men Average 'Well
The ratio of men to women in
the present graduating class has
been exceptionally high during all
four years. In the first year the
men outnumbered their sisters by
a heir-dozen, with a total of 93 to
87. In the second year the men
had a heavy loss aad were out
numbered in the ratio of 68 to 57.
In the junior year the number of
men and women was equal, with
41 for each. This year there are
33 men aad 35 women. The num
ber of women is now 40 per cent
and the number of men 35 per
cent of what they were at the be
ginning of the class history.
"The history of classes at Wil
lamette university cow pares favor
ably with that of classes In other
institutions, and in f some points
our classes show up better.' de
clared Mr. McCully, who has re
cently completed histories of aM
classes since 1919. j
Ovtatde lnftaevcM Show
Several interesting sidelights of
university history were brought to
light in the figures recently com
piled. piled. As an example, there
Is the matter of the, exceptionally
high freshman mortality of 66 per
cent in the class of 19 20. The
class entered the university In the
mortality from year to year than Sail of 1916; the following spring
ame the call for volunteers for
he American army, and when the
lass of 1920 returned for its sec
ond year, it had a loss of about
0 per cent over the normal loss
expected. On the other hand, the
?las3es from 1923 to 1927 had
losses of between 49 and 51 per
rent between their first and sec
ond years according to Mr. Me
Cully. This low variation indi
cated that things were getting
back to normal In the world of
college attendance. More than
that, these classes were all large.
which is partly accounted for by
the fact that they entered during
a period when the university was
making some effort at getting
publicity, and when the Forward
Movement was beginning.
Lowest Loss Cttartert
The figures compiled by the
Willamette university registrar
have been Incorporated Into a
series of attendance graphs. The
loss of the present graduating
class is the lowest of that of any
class now In school, with the ex
ception of the freshman class, for
which figures are not yet avail
able. The present junior class lost
36 per cent of Its members the
first year, and the present sopho
more class lost 45 per cent.
Classes from 1920 to 1922
showed gaina of from IX to $3 per
cent In their enrollment. These
gains havs also been Interpreted
as an indication of adjustment
following the war. for it, was a
period when .many who had left
college halla for training camps
were corning back to complete
their formal education. The class
pf 1923 showed a loss of 11 per
cent for Its senior vear, but classes
from 1924 to 1926 had gains de
creasing from 22 per cent to four
per cent; the classes of 1927. 1928
and 1929 have shown losses for
their last year.
Variety of Causes
American registrars have been
studying the problem of loss of
enrollment for years, and the
causes for the losses are varied.
Approximately 20 per cent of the
losses come during the school
year. Sickness of students, sick
ness and death In the family, and
financial difficulties all take their
toll. Lack of ability to do college
grade work is given the leading
place among the causes of stu
dents quitting their books, and is
given as the reason for 4 5 per
cent of the total losses.
IDA MAT MATHEWS
Teacher and Soloist. Cello,
banjo, mandolin, guitar, Ha
waiian Instruments. Special
winter term rates to students.
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