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'qlTxXVIL. NO. 95.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1928.
PRICE 5 CENTS
HUSKERS HAVE
TWO WEEK-END
BASKET TILTS
Varsity Cagestera Drill For
Contest With Sooners
And Jayhawks
SQUAD IS IN GOOD SHAPE
Kansas la Not Overconfident;
Quintet Reports Some
Serious Injuries
Engaging in the first of their last
three home games this ' season, the
Nebraska basketball team will meet
the Kansas Jayhawk cagesters on the
Coliseum court at 8 o'clock this eve
ning. The second tilt of the week-end
will take place Saturday with the
Oklahoma Sooners as the opponents.
Tapering off on their practice drill,
the Huskers went through a light
workout Thursday afternoon. Brown
and Witte, as forwards, Munn at the
pivot position and Krall and Holm
guards were getting the call as reg
ulars during yesterday's scrimmage
and will probably start the Friday
tilt with the Lawrence team.
Jayhawk Have Injuries
Talk of injuries and dour predic
tions on the outcome of the tussle
with Nebraska are being broadcast
by "Phog" Allen, coach of the Jay
hawk quintet. Maney, star' guard, is
reported as suffering numerous in
juries from previous games and will
be finable to participate in the week
end tilt. According to Allen, the Jay
hawks have not much chance to pull
out ahead of the Huskers on their
own court.
All of the Nebraska cage squad
members are in good physical condi
tion and appeared ready for the twin
home games. Holm has recovered
from a slight injury to his foot, and
will start both the games for the
Huskers.
Othmer Work at Center
Kenny Othmer has been working
at the center position regularly for
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AG SCIENTISTS ARE LISTED
Professor of Agriculture Appear
In Lail; "Men of Science"
Names of several men from the
College of Agriculture recently ap
peared in the new edition of the
"American Men of Science." These
men have completed some outstand
ing research work in some phase of
scientific agriculture.
Following is a list of the names
and the department with which he is
associated: Dr. Samuel Avery, agri
cultural chemistry; Professor E. A.
Burnett, agriculture, animal nutri
tion; Dr. M. J. Blish, Biochemistry;
Professor W. W. Burr, agronomy;
Professor H. P. Davis, dairy husban
dry; Professor T. A. Kiesselback,
agronomy; Dr. H. M. Martin, animal
pathology; Professor S. J. Sjogren,
LARGE STAFF
OF REPORTERS
COVERS NEWS
Twenty-five Students Work on
Regular "Runs" During
Second Semester
Perseverance
Is Vital Says
Miss Cdnklin
Success in Foreign Language Is
Dependent Upon Factor of
Determination
(By Lyman Cast)
"I don't know any 'highroad' to
success in the study of foreign lan
puaras. but if vou will set vour mind
SEVERAL WRITE FEATURES definitely to learn it, and you have
' enough perseverance to go through
Athletics Are Source of Much with it, you will seldom have
trouble."
Miss Clara Conklin, head of the
romance languages department thus
Nearly twenty-five reporters on expressed her view on a subject that
regular "runs" and twenty others causes trouble to many students. The
who have renorted at intervals this romance language department teach
agricultural engineering; Professor semester is the workincr staff which es more hours than any other depart
M. ii. bwenk, entomolotrv: Professor hat hoan nroi-in TTniwor-oifw nam mont in sphnnl. over 1400 students
for The Daily Nebraskan this sem- being enrolled, most of them for five
CINDER TEAM
WILL CONTEND
ON SATURDAY
Squad Will Meet Individual
Champions of Nebraska
Conference
Leads Traclanen
VARSITY IS WORKING OUT
Interesting Material
For Nebraskan
L. Van Es, veterinary medicine, and
Professor C. C. Wiggans, horticul
ture.
PROM FAVORS
ARE SELECTED
Each Couple at Junior-Senior
Party Will Get Leather
Bound Souvenir
NATIONAL OFFICER
SPEAKS TO Y.M.C.A.
Nipps Talk to Cabinet and Faculty
Member About Missionary
Project Planned
John W. Nipps, secretary of the
national council of the Y. M. C. A.,
who has been doing considerable
work in China for a number of years,
met with groups of the University
Y. M. C. A., yesterday.
Mr. Nipps met with the "Y" cab
inet at luncheon at the Temple yes
terday noon and in the afternoon was
present at a meeting of faculty
members. The purpose of his visit
here at this time was to discuss the
possibility of interesting some stu
dents and faculty members in parti
cipating in the support of C. Steele
Holcombe, Y. M. C. A. secretary at
Cairo, Egypt.
Holcombe Is Nebraska Alumnus
Mr. Holcombe received his A. B.
Degree from this university in 1916.
For the past nine years he has been
actively engaged in Y. M. C. A. work
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DINNER DANCE PLANNED
Novel favors for the Junior-Senior
Prom have been prepared by Bal
four's university jewelers and will
arrive Monday, in time for the party
Friday evening. The favors for this
year's prom are especially distinctive
Each couple will be presented with
one of the favors at the opening of
the ball. A sufficient number has
been ordered so that there will be
enough for all.
Favor Are Bound in Leather
They are leather bound with uni
versity seal stamped in gold letters
on the front. The words, Junior-Sen
ior Prom 1928, are also stamped
in gold letters below the Nebraska
seal. Instead of the usual program
for dances, that have proved worth
less at Nebraska social functions, s
calendar for the year will be printed.
The favor is made up in the form
of a date book, which should prove
valuable and worthwhile to Nebraska
co-eds.
The names of the chaperones, at
tendants, and the names of the com
mittee in charge will also appear in
the booklet. The favors will no doubt
be an ideal souvenir for thU year's
prom.
Feature Entertainment I Secured
Feature entertainment is being ar
ranged for and prom goers are as
sured of a rare treat. It is the plan
of the committee to select two acts,
a singing and dancing act, to fill up
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ester.
The problem of covering Univer
sity news adequately is indicated by
the large number of reporters util
hour courses.
Determination Is Important
Determination and perseverance
are the largest factors in learning
ized in turning out the University any language. For this reason lang-
daily. Despite the number working, uage is stressed as a basic course in
regular reporters have often had to ; the Arts College. Even though the
MRS. BRDMUITT IS SPEAKER
Af Forum Hear Address Giving
Idea About Csecho-Slovakia
"The Land of the Cup and the
Book" was the topic discussed at the
As" Forum meeting yesterday noon
by Mrs. Dan Brummitt of Chicago.
The land referred to was Czecho
slovakia, where Mrs. Brummitt vis
ited last year. In her talk she told
of conditions existing there at the
Present time, and the impression
ad upon her by these people.
The meeting was attended by a
'wge number of students, as an evi
dence of the increasing interest in
we Ag Forum meetings.
Wisconsin Man Says
Digging Up Old Cities
Benefits Citizenship
Madison, Wis., Feb. 23. Digging
up ancient cities or making explora
tions such as led to discovery of
King Tut-enk-amon is not merely in
teresting to the public and to the
excavators, but contributes to intel
ligent citizenship, says Prof. Grant
Showerman of the University of Wis
consin in lectures on archaeology
which he is giving.
Lessons learned from such work
increases our intelligence, aids our
judgments of men and nations, rip
ens our wisdom, and improves our
sympathies, asserts Professor Show-
erman in his illustrated talks.
Knowledge Should Be Aid
Although the statement that his
tory repeats itself, and that by know
ing the past we shall know better
how to deal with the future, has
much to recommend it, Professor
Showerman asks that knowledge of
ancient times be looked upon as an
aid in cultivation of intelligent citizenship.
"We agree in the belief that in a
commonwealth based on the princi-
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work overtime to handle all the
campus news.
Athletic I New Source N
Athletics furnish one of the most
prolific news sources. Douglas Tim
merman has been covering varsity
basketball, the major sport in prog
ress at the present time. This "run"
which takes from one to two hours'
daily,with the track "run" is prob
ably the heaviest single "run" on the
paper.
Ray Murray, track man and journ
alist from Topeka, Kan. is handling
varsity track. Jack Lowe is covering
the Coliseum and Maurice Akin has
covert d most of the inter-fraternity
athletic contests this semester. Lowe
and Joe Toman are covering varsity
wrestling. "In the Valley", sports
column, is again conducted by Jack
Elliott, whose 'column has given him
recognition as one of the best col
lege sports writers in the Missouri
Valley.
Building; Are Covered
Cliff, Sandahl has been handling
the University Y, alumni office, and
three buildings, chemistry, pharmacy,
and Bessey Hall. Don Carlson covers
World Forum. Morrill Hall and the
Library have been covered by Clif
ford Smith who has also contributed
features.
Bill McCleery, who covers debate
and Kosmet Klub, has also been a
prolific writer of features. Others
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elements of the language are for
gotten, the faculties which are de
veloped linger on.
"If I should stand at the door of
my classroom and hand out ten dol
lar bills to every student who had a
perfect lesson it would not take long
to expend a lot of money," said Miss
Conklin, meaning, of course, that
such an incentive would soon develop
the perseverance that is necessary to
be a good student. "We have good,
bad and indifferent students heTe,"
she went on, "but the best ones are
those who really want to learn for
eign languages enough to study, by
themselves, with sufficient vigor and
concentration to get down to the
basic facts and not skim over the
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Museum Puts
Collections in
Phylum Groups
Engberg Believes Dogmatism
In Science Depends on Person
(Editor, Notei The following
" the fifth aerie of inter
views with Uniersity of Nebras
ka scientists concerning scientif
lc dogmatism, which will be
Published in The Daily Nebras
.) T (By Paul Nelson)
There are fundamentalists in
f,ence just the same as there are in
wieology. wa, tne statsmnt of Dr.
V. Engberg of the department of
hematics concerning the belief
iMt Bcienoe is becoming as dogmatic
ts assertions as religion was once
admit that scientists make very
drifts ,M- , ,
EUteiiints and that science
can be just as dogmatic as theology,"
he continued. "It makes no differ
ence what the subject matter is.
Dogmatism depends on the person.'"
Ha exDressed the opinion that
science, being more in search of
truth does not lend itself to dogma
tism quite as readily as theology,
but that, if a man is of a dogmatic
nature, he will exhibit it whether he
is a scientist or a theologist.
A man natumliy has certain con
victions concerning his subject, ac
cording to Professor Engberg. These
convictions may be so strong that
they become dogmatic. This is a
With the increase in display space
provided in Morrill Hall the museum
has been able to arrange the various
collections of animals in their proper
order according to phylums and
classes.
Recently the vertebrata have been
arranged in five cases down the cen
ter of the lower gallery of the mu
seum to show the development of
vertebrata from the first animal to
have vertebrae up to the mammals.
Five Division Are Shown
This development is shown by five
divisions, beginning with fish and
going through amphibians, reptiles,
and birds up to, and including the
mammals.
Arrangements of the displays in
their classes and phylums facilitates
the use of the museum by classes in
Natural History, and still such ar
rangement in no way detracts from
the interest to the general public.
Mr. F. G. Collins, assistant cura
tor of the museum, says thai such
arrangement makes it possible for
the museum to correlate with other
departments in the university and to
play the role a university museum
should play.
CHINESE THEME IS
KEYNOTE OF DINNER
One Hundred Co-Ed Hear Talks On
Work of Mis Grace Coppock
At Y. W. C. A. Event
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The Y. W. C. A. staff dinner held
Thursday night in Ellen Smith Hall
carried out a Chinese theme in hon
or of Miss Grace Coppock and her
work in China.
Miss Elsie Ford Piper described
Grace Coppock, Nebraska's first wo
man missionary in China, as she
knew her on the Nebraska campus.
Miss Coppock was pictured as having
a live, vivid personality, and having
a great influence on all who knew
her.
"She made a compact with herself
to volunteer for service in China if
she could persuade one of her dear
est friends to join the church, and
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Hastings and Doane Colleges
Will Send Some Strong
Sprint Entrants
Nebraska track fans will see the
Cornhusker cinder team in action
when it competes ngainst the indi
vidual champions of the Nebraska
College conference in an indoor
meet, starting at 3:30 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, February 25.
The champions of the Nebraska
colleges were determined in a con
ference track meet held in Lincoln
last May. As some of the winners in
last spring's meet have either grad
uated or are members of the basket
ball squads of their respective col
leges, the N. C. C. team will have to
substitute other men for the vacant
places.
Good Competition Will Be Furnished
Hastings and Doane colleges will
furnish the greatest competition for
the Huskers as these two teams have
alternately taken the state college
meet during the past two years, by
close margins. Hastings will send
Oran Ballinger, miler and two miler,
and Dave Hamil, who will start in the
mile and half mile events. Harold
Hamil and Greenslit will represent
Hastings in the .prints and 440-yard
run, while Whitaker and Millen will
compete in the pole vault. Lindell,
Hasting's main point scorer in the
meet last spring will not be able to
perform Saturday because of a bad
knee.
Captain Ray Alf and J. G. Jones
will come from Doane to aid the col
lege representatives in the sprint
events. Other Doane entrees will
probably include F. W. Geer in the
high jump; Phil Taylor in the hur
dles; D. M. Perry, Don Morton
Lloyd West and Maurice Wolff in the
half mile and two mile.
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1 1X1-11
Perly Wyatt, captain and quarter
miler of the Nebraska track team,
will lend the Huskers in the first
home meet of the 1928 season tomor
row afternoon. State college cham
pions will compete againbt the var
sity on the indoor track under the
stadium.
EDDY IS HEAD
OF COMMITTEE
Student Council Appoints New
General Chairman for
Varsity Parties
PROBATION AS
NOW PRACTICED
IS ABOLISHED
Interfratemity Council Votes
To Amend By-law About
Present Plan
DECISION IS UNANIMOUS
Action Follows Thorough Study
Of Situation; la Favored
By Faculty Members
An amendment was proposed to
the by-laws of the Interfratemity
Council last evening, to abolish pr"
bation week or period as it is undc.
stood and practiced on the Nebraska
campus at the present time. The
amendment was unanimously accep
ted by the Council after attention
had been called to the fact that
this did not mean abolition of pro
bation except in its present form.
The proposal was made after a
thorough discussion of the probation
practices of certain fraternities dur
ing the last informal initiation per
iod. The fact that fraternities were
calling forth severe criticism as a
result of exhibiting their freshmen
before an unsympathetic public dur-
Archibald R. Eddy, '28, Lincoln, jng the three days of probation week
was selected general chairman of the led to the offering of the above
OTHER MEMBERS REMAIN
Pike Pawnee Village
Incident 1$ Now Closed
VOCATIONS WILL BE
TOPIC CF LECTURES
Peterson Will Open Series of Talk
With Address on "Law" Next
Wednesday Night
u
The first of acseries of five lec
tures on "Vocations," sponsored by
the University Y. M. C. A., will be
given next Wednesday evening at 7
j'clock in the Social Science Audi
torium. C. Petrus Peterson will be
the speaker at the first gathering,
alking on "Law."
The other four lectures will follow
on consecutive'Wednesdays, and will
consist of talks on "Business,"
"Teaching," "Medicine," and "The
Ministry." Speakers on these topics
have not been chosen yet, but will
be Announced iron time- to time.
Emphatic, forceful illustrations will
be used, to show the opportunity for
Christian service through these va
rious professions. The meetings will
So far as the Kansas State Histor
ical Society is concerned the Pike
Pawnee Village matter is a closed in
cident, according to William D. Con-
nelley, secretary of Kansas Histor
ical Society, in his correspondence
with A. E. Sheldon of the Nebraska
Historical Society.
In a recent letter 'Mr. Connelley
says in part: "In regard to the pro
position which you make, which in
volves the employment of experts
from the outside; to determine the
exact location of the Pike Pawnee
village, I will say that that is en
tirely unnecessary. We made thor
ough investigations of this matter be
fore we erected the monument on the
Pike Pawnee village in Republic
county.
We were sure at tffat time that
we had located the village beyond
question, and we feel the same wu.
about it today. So far as the Kan
sas State Historical Society is con
cerned, the Pike Pawnee village mat
ter is a closed incident. The village
has been identified and marked by
the Kansas State Historical Society.
The identification is complete and
the monument erected by this So
ciety is on the site of the Pike Paw
nee village."
Many University Men
Are Available for Talks
Deans of several collegs, chair
men and professors of various de
partments, student pastors and
the chancellor of the University
are numbered among the fifty-six
university officials, who are avail
able for high school commence
ment and baccalaureate addreuej.
Prof. A. A. Reed, director of
the University Extension dMsion,
who compiled the lists of speakers
and subject", suys that- Beveial
high schools have already ar
ranged to have university faculty
members speak it graduation ex
ercises. '
Alumni Prove
Ways of Fate
Are Peculiar
As just another bit of evidence
that the world is small and the ways
of fate are strange is a letter recent
ly received at the Alumni Associa
tion of the University from Dr. And
rew Sinamark of Minot, North Da
kota. While Dr. Sinamark, who re
ceived his degree from the Medical
College of the University in 1917,
was studying in Vienna during the
past winter he met an old college
room-mate, Dr. William Wildhaber
of Beatrice, Nebraska.
Ihe two doctors had roomed to
gether during their senior year in
the Medical College. They received
their degrees in the spring of '17
and both have enjoyed sucassful
practices since.
They both attended the American
Legion convention in Paris last fall
Then both went to Vienna to take
special three-month post-graduate
courses in their profession. But
neither knew that the other was
there until they met at the European
college. The Nebraska alumni re
vived old times, although far re
moved from campus scenes and sur
roundings.
LUTHERANS MEET TONIGHT
Club Will Hear Report of Delegates
To Regional Conclare
The Lutheran Club of the Univer
sity will meet in Temple 204 Friday
evening to hear reports of delegates
to the regional conference was held
in Lindsborg, Kansas, February 17-
19. Lucile Blecker and Muriel Bix-
by were the representatives of the
local group. It is planned that Miss
Mary Markley, student worker for
the United Lutheran church, will be
present at the meeting Friday, but
definite arrangements have not been
concluded. A pie social will be held
following the reports of the dele
gates and several musical Lumbers.
Museum Adds Stuffed
Parrot to Collection
Recently Mr. F. G. Collins, assist
ant curator of the University mu
seum, in one of this weekly radio
talks, mentioned that tho museum
had received a love bird parrot from
Lincoln family. Partly in response
to this ni;:'M)n!etnent thei musemn
received a parrot from Mrs. AbeJ,
2335 Sheridan Boulevard. This
parrot was stuffed and will be placid
in the exhibit ease displaying; ;-.-,?..
-,.t
Varsity Party committee, for the re
mainder of the school year, by the
Student Council late yesterday after
noon. Mr. Eddy was appointed to take
the helm of the Varsity Party com
mittee for the remainder of the year
after all candidates who had applied,
had appeared in person before the
Council to present their proposals
for conducting the parties. The vac
ancy was caused by the graduation
of Wayne Gratigny who directed the
parties the first semester.
Chairman Has Experience
The new chairman has been closely
connected with the work of the Var
sity Party committee for the past
three years. He served on the Var
sity Party committee in several min
or capacities in his sophomore year.
Last year he was co-chairman of the
publicity committee and directed
three parties for- Robert Huagland,
general chairman of the parties last
year.
No change was made in the re
mainder of the committee which was
appointed by the1 Student Council
last fall. The other members of the
committee and the committees over
which they preside are: secretary,
Geraldine Heikes; refreshments, Har
riett Vette, Bruce Thomas; publicity,
Pauline Bilon, Jack Elliott; enter
tainment, Irene Davies, Walter
Hoppe; decorations, Evelyn Frohm,
Frederick Daly; reception, Esther
Heine, Carl Olson.
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amendment in the interests of the
fraternity system on the Nebraska
campus.
"I have followed the probation ac
tions of fraternities through the
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Western Schools Plan
Extension of Pharmacy
Courses to Four Years
Four universities on the Pacific
coast are contemplating the inaug
uration of a four-year course in
pharmacy instead of a three-year
DATE IS SET FOR "
INITIAL CONTESTS
High School Students Will Compete
In Preliminary Scholarship
Meet on April 19
A. A. Reed, director of the Uni
versity Extension division has an
nounced April 14 as the date set for
the preliminary contest in the Ne
braska Sixth State-Wide Scholarship
Contest. The final contest will be
held in Lincoln May 4.
Several new features have been
adopted for the contest this year:
(I) Each student entering the con
test will be assessed one dollar, the
money so raised will be prorated to
students living beyond a 100 mile
limit of Lincoln on the basis of the
distance from the homes of such stu
dents to the 100 mile limit of Lin
coln; (2) A committee of University
staticians is at work on a plan to
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DORMITORY A VINS
IN TOURNEY MATCH
Both Championship Games of Co-Ed
Bowling Meet Will Be H.Id
On February 29
The co-ed bowling tournament ad
vanced one step nearer tho finals
Wednesday when Dormitory A de
feated Dormitory D, 404-344. The
course as ncrcioiure, acturuing vo a Alpha Delia i'l team, which took a
statement issued by Dr. C. W. John- hotly contested game from Zeta Tau
son, denn of the College of Pharm- Alpha Tuesday by a score of 400-
acy, university of Washington, who
is chairman of the Portland confer
ence.
Tho institutions involved in this
move are the Oregon State Agricul
tural College at Corvallis, North Pa
cific College of Oregon at Portland,
Washington State College at Pull
man, and the University of Washing
ton at Seattle. The action was In
stituted by the deans and facultier
of these colleges.
Only Four Have This Plan
Thus far only four universities
have the four-year plan of phar
maceutical instruction. They are
University of Minnesota, Ohio State
University, University of Georgia,
and University of Nebraska. The
success of this plan at these univer
sities is the cause of the adoption
of it by other institutions, in the
opinion of Dr. R. A. Lyman, dean of
the pharmacy college.
397, will play Dormitory A next
Tuesday for admission to the seml
finals. The Alpha Delta Theta and Phi
Mu teams were scheduled to battle
it out Thurdsay afternoon, the win
ner to meet the Delta Zeta team No.
3 which drew a bye in the last round.
Oikama Team Win
In the consolation tournament the
Olkema Apartment team defeated
Alpha Xi Delta Tuesday, 299-297,
and on Friday will play Delta Zeta
team No. 1 who won the previous
round by default. Oikema Apart
ment team No. 3 .defaulted to the
coalition Gamma Phi Bt. earsd Alpha
Phi team which will meet Delta Zeta
team No. 2 Monday. -
The championship matches in both
divisions will be played off Wedn
day, Feb. 29, on the Y. M. C. A.
alleys where all the games have been
played.
Grummann Says Present Art Exhibit
Is Most Outstanding in Ten Years
(By Clifford Smith)
V'The present exhibit is the most
outstanding one we have had in the
past ten years," stated Professor
Grummann in commenting on ' the
pictures displayed at the thirty
eighth annual exhibition of the Ne
braska Association of Art in the gal
leries of Morrill HalL
"There is a freshness, crispness,
and a new note in the paintings that
wo Lava never Lad before," Profe
sor Grummann added.
Prominent in the present exhibit is
the general t,ne of mouerism. A
Steal IiUUiLci (if the (i.ri,!iiy shti
the trend of the younger artists tow
ard simplicity in subject and simplic
ity in painting.
Soma Are Ultra-Modern
There are, however, some works
that are so ultra-modern that they
show anything but oimplicity. Aa
one lady said abost "Battle of the
Unicorns' by Helen Weat Heller, "It
means nothing to me, I do not even
know what it was."
"The Cattle Buyc-" by W. HW
Dunion i one of the most ripi?!vr
of the paintings. It is a mas-l.T-piece
in execution, both ia dra-rh ?
and in painting. It has the -inrefnl
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