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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1927.
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RUSHING OF
LOCAL HIGH
MEN BANNED
t ...-fraternity Committee End
IerfK. iUin High School
Student Any Time
RULING WAS SURPRISE
r.ma After It Was Advocated
By Lincoln High School
07 Official.
Prohibition of rushing of all local
hieh school students aurin mc
school year or during vacation per
Za, iu ordered by the executive
;ita of the interfraternity
council at a meeting held Wednes
Aav nnon
The ruling came as a distinct sur
prise to the campus although con
trol over rushing of local men has
besn advocated for some time by
Lincoln school officials. Representa
tives of the high school and the Lin
coln school board have approached
the University several times on the
gubject as the rushing of high school
men has become a nuisance in their
opinion. '
Effective January 15
The ruling goes into effect Janu
ary 15. Any fraternity violating
any of the newly enacted rules will
lose the privilege of rushing and
pledging of local high school stu
dents for one year.
The order affecting local high
school students as issued by the ex
ecutive committee of the inter-fraternity
council yesterday is as fol
lows: 1. There shall be no rushing
or pledging of local high school
students, either during the
school year, or during vacation
periods. By local high school
students is meant the students
enrolled in the Lincoln high
school, the Teachers' College
high school of the University,
the School of Agriculture, or
other local secondary schools,
who are not registered in the
University.
2. Specific rules concerning
local high school students are
as follows: '
a. No local high school boy
shall attend any University fra
ternity party, formal or infor
mal, during his hgih school
course.
b. No local high school boy
shall be entertained at any Uni- 1
versity fraternity house), for
mally or informally, during his i
high school course.
c. No local high school boy
shall be entertained during his
high school course by an active
or an alumnus member of a Uni
versity fraternity when two or
more boys belonging to the fra- '
ternity are present, unless at
least two members of other fra- j
ternities are present also.
' Authority to pass regulations on
such matters is given the executive
committee of the interfraternity
council by the University and the
inter-fraternity council. The execu
tive committee is composed of Dr.
R- J. Poole, Dr. R. B. Adams, Ro
bert Ferguson, James Lawrence, Ar
thur Dobson, David Erickson, and
Ealph Weaverling. Copies of the
rules will be mailed to all fraternity
houses before January 15 when the
order becomes effective.
Plan No Other Reles
Dr. Poole, chairman of the execu
tive committee, stated that no furth
er limitation of rushing was con
templated. "As yet," he said, "we
cave never had any complaints from
school officials outside of Lincoln in
regard to rushing their high school
students. Until there is some reason
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PRE-LAWS TO UEET
OH THURSDAY MIGHT
r E. Cochrane Calls Meeting
Te Orranize Fotere Husker
Law Students
A get-together meeting of all pre
w students will be held at 7:00
P-m- Tharsday, January 1?, in the
&1 Science Auditorium, This
meeting U calied by Roy E. Cochran,
Professor of American History, who
e advisor of the pre-law students.
Professor Cochran ir.tendg to have
meeting start promptly tonight
to make it short. The several
Jadred students expect to form a
se organization, electing a presi
ent and other officers. Several meet-
2 ftiT31 inform11y tht
the future law men may become
acquainted. The Nebraska law fac
nd leading practitioners will
i'ht'fferent times invited t0 m6et
ofth 8tndent ap1 explain aome
sionTeir experienpS in the profes-
ihi TZ the group
u,a o assured of vital and inter-meetings.
JANUARY ATOAN
IS OUT NEXT WEEK
Last Itu of Semester Delayed
Because of Vacation New
Staff te be Named
On account of Christmas vacation
the January number of the Awgwan
scheduled to come out on the fif
teenth will not appear until next
week some time, according to an an
nouncement yesterday by Louis Tur
ner, '28, business manager.
The January number will be an
"Exchange" number. It will be the
last put out by the present staff
Macklin Thomas, editor, and Turner,
business manager. The Publication
board will appoint next week the
staff for the' remainder of the year.
VARSITY PARTY
GROUPS NAMED
Committees Selected To
In Charge of Dance
Saturday Night
Be
Committees for the Varsity party
to-be held Saturday night in the Coli
seum are announced today by Robert
V. Hoagland, general chairman of
the University party committee.
Extensive plans have been made to
make this party one of the largest
of the year. There will be a num
ber of circle dances and tag dances
in order to encourage a more general
mixing of the students.
The decorations will be very sim
ple, consisting largely of the pen
nants which are hung overhead in the
Coliseum.
The Collegians ten piece orchestra
which is appearing for the first time
at a University mixer will furnish
the music for the party.
The committees in charge of the
party are:
Robert V. Hoagland, general chair
man; Ruth Palmer, secretary; checking-Donald
Samuclson, chairman,
Henry Schulz, Frank Macklen, Dick
Kelly, Gus Choate, Glen Bennett,
Henry Ruchs; entertainment, Gregg
Watson, Helen Raegor; decorations
Vint Lawson, Ernestine McNeil; re
ception, Robert Davenport, Cather
ine Allen; publicity, Eloise Mac
Ahan, Eloise Keefer, Archie Eddy,
Lee Vance; refreshments, Jessie
Red Beckman, Theodora Klose, Bon-
Kerr, Oscar Norling, chairmen, Mild
ita Dudley, Eunice Hammer, Pauline
Clarkson, Sue Hall, Fred Buffett,
Camile Horaeek, Harold Trumble,
Willard Baley, Gordon Larson, Keith
Walker.
SOUTH DAKOTA TO
HAVE BUSY SEASON
Debate Squad Ready for Nebraska
In Opening Contest of Year
January 20
Vermillion, S. D., Jan. 12. The
University of South Dakota will open
the most extensive debate season it
has ever attempted with a dual con
test with the University of Nebraska
on January 20. The schedule includes
debates with Creighton, Drake, Mor
ningside, Des Moines university,
Kansas State, Omaha university,
Denver, University of Colorado, Car-
leton and South Dakota State.
In the contest with Nebraska next
week a new method of debate, in
troduced into the west for the first
time thia season, will be employed.
It is called a "split team" debate in
which the opposing teams exchange
members. One member of the South
DakoU team will debate with two
Nebraska men against another team
composed of two South DakoU men
and one Nebraska debater.
The subject to be debated is the
question of changing the government
of the United States to include the
principles of cabinet government. No
decision is to be rendered, the pri
mary interest in the debate being
the discussion of the question.
Th nersonnel of the South Dn-
kota teams have just been announced
by H, G. Barnes, debate coach and
instructor in public speaKing, as
TIT lf-V
lows: affirmative, cnaries v-
Parkston; Grant McGee, bisseton.
if.,, Welles. Madi?"; negative,
Charles Christopherson, Sioux Falls;
TVnms. Ttumona: William
tjlUICl A w " f -
Knight, Sioux Falls.
New Skull Labels
Made in Museum
f 'forum discussion at 4:00 o'clock to
More complete labels bave re"", 'day and his closing address will be
ly been We for the models of skuas MThin?s Worth Fighting For,"
in the anthropological displays in . 7;lg at su panl
the Museum by F
- .nrotnr. This has nu"u .
. - s. nnn,
siderable reseercn a. to vu. -
location of the originals from which
4 1 nJa vara TTIfinA. These skuiis
belong to the country in which they
j .1 nnite widely
are iouna -
FOUR GAMES IN
CAGE TOURNEY
ON WEDNESDAY
Pi Kappa Phi, Delta Sigma
Delta, Delta Sigma Phi,
Alpha Tau Omegan, Win
EIGHT GAMES THURSDAY
Teams Scheduled to Play on
Coliseum Courts After
noon and Evening
Yesterday's results
Pi Kappa Fhl 21, Delta Chi 6.
Delta Sigma Delta 8, Tau Kappa
Epsilon 3.
Delta Sigma Phi 17, Lambda Chi
Alpha 10.
Alpha Tau Omega 30, Mu Sigma 6.
6.
Thursday's fames
Kappa Psi vs Kappa Sigma,
League 3, 3:30, Court 2.
Pi Kappa Alpha vs Theta Chi,
League 4, 4 o'clock, Court 2.
Phi Kappa Psi vs Acacia, League 5,
5 o'clock, Court 2.
Sigma Nu vs Phi Sigma Kappa,
League 6, 5:30, Court 2.
Phi Delta Theta vs Alpha Gamma
Rho, League 1, 7 o'clock, Court 1.
Zeta Beta Tau vs Alpha Theta
Chi, League 2, 7 o'clock, Court 2.
Delta Sigma Lambda vs Beta
Theta Pi, League 2, 7:30, Court 1.
Kappa Rho Sigma vs Alpha Sigma
Phi, League 4, 7:30, Court 2.
Wednesday's interfraternity bas
ketball games resulted in walk-aways
for Alpha Tau Omega and Pi Kappa
Phi and fairly even battles in the
Delta Sigma Delta-Tau Kappa Epsi
lon and Delta Sigma Phi-Lambda Chi
Alpha tilts.
First Came Close
The Delta Sigma Phi-Lambda Chi
Alpha contest was anybody's game
until the second half was well over.
The playing was not very smooth,
as both sides fumbled frequently and
seemed lacking in accuracy. Delta
Sigma Phi was ahead throughout the
game, the first half ending 7 to 3.
In the second half both fives im
proved, and scored more easily. . J.
Mason was the high point man of
the game, netting nine points for
Delta Sigma Phi while Poet, at guard
did some nice work for that team.
The points of the Lambda Chis were
well divided, but Elliott did most of
the floor, work for them.
Alpha Tau Omega smoothed over
the Mu Sigma boys with ease, 30 to
6. The A. T. O. quintet looked good,
but they did not have much opposi
tion. The Mu Sigs tried hard, but
could not get past the defense of
their opponents. All the five men
starting the game for Alpha Tau
Omega scored at least once, with
Armstrong at forward garnering nine
for the highest number. Hullsker
performed capably and Wirsig and
Richardson made a good pair of
guards. The best men for Mu Sigma
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MEMBERS MAKE
CHURCH SACRED
Bishop McConnell Emphasizes
Idea in Talk at St. Paul
M. E. Church .
"The church is not sacred on its
own account that idea will have to
go," said Bishop Francis J. McCon
nell of Pittsburgh, Pa, in his lec
ture on "Christianity and Human
Values," given last night at 7:15 at
the St. Paul M. E. church.
Bishop McConnell, in his fifth ap-
'pearance in Lincoln, explained that
the only sacredness the church can
claim is in the people that compose
it We must judge the church by the
kind of life it produces. If holiness
adds hatred to the world, we will
have to do away with that kind of
holiness.
Speaks Araia Today
"The supreme test of Christianity
and of every other institution is
'What does it do to human values?' "
he said. "Christianity has the right
to demand that this standard be used
as the test for other institutions
patriotism, education and industry.
"We are inclined to bow down to
instruments such as the constitutor
more than to symbols of the church
but the greatness of the United
States does not lie in that elastic
document but in the kind of people,
who make it up."
Bishop McConnell will speak at a
convocation at - 11:00 o'clock this
morning on the College of Agricul
He will lead an open
chorch tonight.
Personal interviews with the
arranged today from
p
to 4
at ti
00 p,
m., through C. D. Hayes
the University Y. M. C. A. in the
Glen Johnson Said Most Versatile
Man on the Nebraska Track Squad
"Glen Johnson, captain-elect of
the cross-country team and varsity
distance man last spring, can run
anything." That was the concensus
of opinion expressed by track can
didates and fans after watching him
go through some fast work Wednes
day afternoon under the observant
eyes of Coach Schulte.
Johnson ran everything from the
half to the two mile in meets last
spring and performed creditably in
all of them. He led the Nebraska har
riers to the tape to place eighteenth
in the valley cross-country meet at
Norman, Oklahoma, last fall. Last
night he surprised track followers
by his performances in the 440 and
in an 184 yard sprint
Bill Hein paced the lanky Husker
on the first of an 184 yard sprint on
the indoor track after Johnson had
taken a moderate share of over-distance
work. Hein can still run but
Johnson ran him shoulder to shoul
der or a little better the length of
M'GONNELL IS
FORUM TALKER
Bishop Not Concerned Over
Fact That Students
Are Doubters
"The great doubt at the present
time is whether principles capable of
saving civilization can be put into
practice," declared Bishop Francis J.
McConnell in his address before the
World Forum yesterday noon at the
Grand Hotel.
Bishop McConnell discussed the
question of the attitude to take
toward student doubt He stated
that the student attitude of doubt
was not surprising as students are
set aside from the practical world
to get an attitude toward things. He
expressed confidence that if not
forced, student attitudes will adjust
themselves.
Faculty Causes Doubt
That some forms of doubt are due
to a faculty composed of specialists
was pointed out by Bishop McCon
nell. "Each tries to make hio spec
ialty explain everything. . Each one
insists that religion must be explain
ed or explained away, generally
explained away, through his special
ty," he asserted. He showed little
concern over this, stating that these
arguments would eventually be ad
justed and fit themselves into gen
eral knowledge. "The College at
mosphere is a good thing for the
professor," he declared. "It gives
him a chance to make his results
understood.
"Neither fate or the country is
being upset by what is coming out of
the universities today. Nothing is
going to be very greatly upset by
the earnest search for truth. We
need to work things through for our
selves," he insisted. "Too much doc
toring or preaching is bad for us."
McConnell Not Worried
Having declared that he was not
greatly worried over student doubt,
Bishop McConnell expressed himself
as much more seriously concerned
with the present attitude of doubt as
to the adequacy of our religious in
stitutions. He pointed out that the general
opinion of the world today is that it
is in bad shape, that it is generally
recognized that the application of
Christian principles could put thngs
in order but that there is great
doubt as to whether these principles
can be put into effect He declared
that the most hopeful sign in this re
gard is the number of people ques
tioning whether those principles can
be applied.
"VALENCE" SUBJECT
OF CHEMISTRY TALK
Or. W. A. Noyes of Illinois Univer
sity Will Talk Before American
Chemical Society
Valence will be the subject of the
lecture which Dr. W. A. Noyes of
the University of Illinois will give
Thursday night before the regular
meeting of the Nebraska section of
the American Chemical society in
Chemistry halL
Dr. Noyes has also given a series
of lectures on this subject during
the week at various other universi
ties, speaking at Iowa City Monday;
at Ames Tuesday; and at Omaha
Wednesday.
This lecture will be open to the
public. It is one of the lectures spon
sored by this organization this fall
and includes an .interesting phase ofJ
the chemical sciences, mere wiu De
another lecture by Dr. Noyes Friday
evening.
Women Have Better Grades
Women consistently have 25 per
cent better grades than men, accord
ing to The Daily Trojan of the U.
of Southern California.
the track to the first curve where
Hein dropped out Johnson then tore
down the last straightaway to finish
the distance in 20 seconds, over a
second faster than Bob Davenport,
fleet varsity 220 man, had run it
Tuesday night. Johnson's running
was as pretty as anything shown this
season on the indoor track.
A little while later he ran a 440
with Milt Tappan, member of the
mile relay team which took first place
in the valley meet last spring. Tap
pan has been showing up better than
ever this year but he couldn't stand
the pace Johnson set. Tappan made
it in 54.2 seconds. But Johnson, run
ning as easily as if he'd had a
week's rest, strode in with a prety
finish and a time of 53.5 seconds,
fast time anytime on the indoor
track and especially for this time of
the season. Which all goes to show
that possibly Coach Schulte knew
what he was doing when he scheduled
a meet with California this spring.
A. W. S. Council To
Meet Thursday Night
The A. W. S. council will meet
at 7:10 Thursday evening at El
len Smith hall, when a discussion
of the point system will be held
under the direction of Helen An
derson, chairman of the commit
tee in charge of revising the sys
tem. Viola Forsell will preside and
Laura Margaret Raines, chair
man of the ticket committee for
the Co-ed Follies, will distribute
tickets to the representatives of
sororities, rooming houses and
dormitories that make up the
membership of the Council.
Daily Nebraskan
Inquiring Reporter
Erery day he asks a question
from different students picked at
random oa the campus.
Readers are invited to contribute
questions they would like to have the
Inquiring Reporter ask.
Today's question: Do yon think
that there are too many required
courses to take in order to get a col
lege degree?
Asked at different places on the
campus.
Florence Brinton, Ag., '27, Lincoln.
"Different colleges require differ
ent things; I think that the amount
of requirements is governed by the
college you are in. Undoubtedly some
colleges do have too many require
ments." Helen Wilson, A. S., '28, Lincoln.
"No, I don't think there are too
many requirements, because they are
all essential"
Walter GuU, Eng., '30, Lyons.
"If there were no requirements,
the students would take only the sub
jects that seemed to them to be
'pipe courses,' and in this way would
not receive a broad education."
Lawrence Bakewell, Bizad, '29,
Stapleton.
"Yes, I do, because when a student
has too many required subjects, he
will not put the amount of time on
each that he should, that is of course
if he is not interested in them. By
choosing his own courses, he will
have more initiative in doing his
work, since he will like them or he
would not have taken them."
Laura Perkins, F. A., '30, Omaha.
"Yes, I think there are too many
required courses because it doesn't
give one a chance to take enough of
the courses that he likes."
Esther E. Dickson, T. C, 29, Lin
coln. "I do not think that there are too
many required courses or the uni
versity would not ask us to - take
them; they must have a good reason
for the requirements or they would
not ask us to take tnem; they must
have figured out what was necessary
before they asked them."
Leonard Woods, A. "30, WonMee,
S. D.
"No, I don't think so; it seems to
me that to have a college degree the
person should have a very broad edu
cation in all fields, or the degree
would not mean anything."
Two Geology Student
Return to University
Elmer Pond, '26, formerly geolo
gist for the Henry Doherty Co
Eagle Pass, Texas, who has been
working in Mexico visiting ihe De
nartment of Geoloery this week. He
expects to return to school here next
semester. Arthur Huddleston '26,
who has been working for the same
company also expects to attend the
University next semester.
Ac Students Lead
Students in the College of Agricul
ture at the University of Wisconsin
led those of the other colleges in
scholarship last year.
LEAVING
r
r i fin rii iiii hi r-T - .w. .. t
Chancellor Samuel Avery, who
leaves the University today after
eighteen consecutive years at the
head of this institution, for an in
definite leave of absence, granted
because Dr. Avery is in ill health.
He has been connected with the Uni
versity for thirty-five years.
FIRST DEBATE
IS NEXT WEEK
Husker Squads In Shape For
Season Opener With
South Dakota
SPLIT SYSTEM IS USED
With the University of Nebraska
University of South Dakota dual de
bates but a week away, the Husker
debaters are rapidly putting their
work in shape for the opening of the
1927 intercollegiate debating season.
Debating the question, "Resolved:
That the government of the United
States should be changed to include
the principles of parliamentary re
sponsibility", the debaters will swing
into' action next Thursday, January
20. The split team system will be
used by Nebraska in the South Da
kota debates this year for the first
time in the University's long debate
history.
Speakers Are Chosen
Nebraska will be represented at
the debate here by two affirmative
speakers and one negative speaker
with South Dakota sending two nega
tive speakers and one affirmative
.speaker. Nebraska will send one af
firmative and two negative speakers
to Vermilion for the debate there
the same night- The local debate
will be held in Memorial HalL
Although the speakers have been
chosen, selection has not yet been
definitely made as to whom will tra
vel and whom will debate here. Lin
coln Frost, Jr., member of the affir
mative team against South Dakota
here last year on the child labor
question, will be probably Nebraska's
negative speaker here to work with
the two South Dakota negative men.
Definite assignment of the speakers
will be made shortly.
Think Shop" Busy
Meanwhile, the squad of eight de
baters is hard at work in the "Think -Shop,"
historic center of Nebraska's
debating activities, assimilating the
masses of material available on the
subject. Under the direction of Pro
fessor H. Adelbert White, Varsity
debate coach, the files oi the "Think
Shop" have been put into shape and
the "Think-Shop" is functioning full
blast
The members of the squad are:
George Johnson, Law '29, Lincoln;
Evert M. Hunt, '28, Lincoln; and
John P. McKnight, '29, Auburn, af
firmative speakers; Joseph Ginsburg,
'29, Ponca, affirmative alternate;
Lincoln Frost Jr., '27, Lincoln; Arch
ibald W. Storms, Pre-Law '28, Hoid
rege; and Carl F. Hansen, '27 Wol
back, negative speakers, and Dennis
M. Dean, '29, Seattle, Washington,
negative alternate.
Public Speaking Group
Is Organized in Dakota
Vermillion, S. D., Jan. 12. A
companion organization to the High
School Debating league, which now
has 104 South Dakota high schools
in its membership, known as the
High School Extemporaneous Speak
ing league has been organized and a
constitution adopted, according to H.
G. Barnes, instructor in public
speaking at the University of South
Dakota and promoter of the new
league.
The object of the new association
is 'the promotion oi intelligent
thinking on questions of importance
to city, state and nation and the ex
pression cf these thoughts by the ex
temporaneous method."
The district winners will compete
at the state contest which will be
held at the University of South Da
kota et the same time as the final
debate tournament in March.
CHANCELLOR
AVERY LEAVES
SCHOOL TODAY
Heid of University Begins
Leave of Absence; Is
Broken in Health
GIVES PARTING WORD
School Head Expresses His
Regret At Leaving The
People He Loves
After eighteen years of active ser
vice as chancellor of the University
of Nebraska Samuel Avery today re
tires from that office. He was gran-
'ted an indefinite leave of absence by
the Board of Regents some few days
ago and he leaves this afternoon for
I San Diego, California where he will
probably stay lor six weeks. When
he returns to the university it shall
be as chancellor emeritus and pro
fessor of research in chemistry.
Chancellor Avery has been con
nected with this institution since
1891. He came here, after leaving
the University of Heidelberg, as an
To The Students:
During my enforced absence, I
shall miss the students of the uni
versity, individually and in
groups, my association with you
has been one of my chief pleas
ures. I anticipat3 still greater
happiness in the years to come.
Lyman Abbott once said, "It is
delightful to be a grandfather.
One has all of the joy and none
of the responsibility of the par
ents." I shall as chancellor emer
itus have s similar experience.
S. Avery
adjunct professor of chemistry. He
was made permanent chancellor in
May, 1909. He has seen the Univer
sity of Nebraska grow from a small
institution into one of the leading
universities of this country.
Editorial Reprinted
The following editorial relative to
the action taken by the Board of Re
gents in their appointment of chan
cellor in the May 22, 1909 edition
of the Daily Nebraskan:
"At the meeting of the regents in
Omaha yesterday Dr. Avery was
made permanent chancellor of the
University of Nebraska. After a trial
of five months as acting chancellor, -the
regents have expressed their con
fidence in his ability as an executive
and their highest approval of his ad
ministration by electing him to the
highest and most important post at
their disposal.
"Dr. Avery becomes chancellor of
the University of Nebraska with the
deepest love and most thorough re
spect of the whole student body.
While he was not widely known by
the students at the time of his selec
tion as acting chancellor he has by
his actions since that time, so won
the hearts of all who have come in
contact with him that the universal
feeling over his election is one of
deepest satisfaction.
Familiar With Problems
"Familiar through long association
with every problem that Nebraska
has to solve, having the ultimate
confidence of all who know him, with
a united faculty to back him in what
ever he may endeavor to do. Dr.
Avery has a bright future as chan
cellor of the University of Nebraska.
Everything indicates that the next
few years will be unparalleled in the
history of Nebraska as years of rapid
and yet solid growth.
"No man ever took the position of
chancellor of a great university bet
ter qualified for his work than does
Chancellor Avery. He knows the
problems he has to solve and the men
(Continued on Page Two.)
JUDGING TEAII TO
DENVER CONTEST
Junior Livestock Men LeaTe For
National Western Livestock
Show; Competition Keen
The University of Nebraska Col
lege of Agriculture junior livestock
judging team made up of Cecil
Means, '28, Red Cioud; Robin
Spence, '29, Crab Orchard; Clifton
Bill" Wehnnan, '28, Nelson; Paul
Fowler, '28, Alma; and Paul Jen
kins, '28, Gothenburg, left last night
for Denver where it will compts in
the inter-collegiate judging contest
of the National Western Livestock
show on Saturday. They were ac
companied by Prof. A. D. Weber,
coach of the team.
They plan to visit the Colorado
State Agricultural college where they
will judge livestock for practice be
fore going into the contest
Lively competition is expected at
Denver since Colorado and KtLra
have each won the Judgw? t-cphy
twice, which becomes a pennant ;.t
possession of the ccfcool which whs
it three tirces.
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Temple building.
scattered.