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How,- about a nice little examination?-
Come now, surely you
can stand one more. It won't hurt
a bit, .you have nothing to lose,
and you don't need to review.
Sounds like an ideal exam, doesn't
it? And to make it more enjoy
able and a positive pleasure to
take, we will even include the
answers to the questions.
First, to clear things up a bit,
we might explain just why we
are taking up the subject of ex
ams again. Everyone seemed to i
regard exams as Hard to take as
castor oil during the
past two!m
weeks and consequently we have i
taken a jigger of pity, a portion of
"invj, ami n imtiiii iu fcuiH) ill-
Icntions, mixed thorn with n low
verbs anil come out with tho Ideal
examination for college students.
It is the type of examination which
we have always wanted to lake
( Faculty please note and file for
future reference). The first thing
thrown into the discard weic a'
number of troublesome little words j
and phrases such as "describe
fully," "explain," "relate in de-1
tail, "explain explicitly" and "dis
cuss." Take away thns'- words
from behind a question and the
exam is cut in half. For the other
halt, we propose some such ques
tions as the following with an
swers immediately appended, He
fides making it easier for stu
dents, this type of exam will do
away with the evil practices of
cribbing, rubber-necking, and old
fashioned cheat in 2. The subject
matter of the following exemplary
quiz will relate to the university
and university customs.
Q. Why is the school year di
vided into semesters?
A. So that t no students will have
to take twio- as manv tests and
have twice as good a chance to -
limn limn ii uie fciiooi year were
a 30 week semester.
Q. Why ,ocs everybody have to
fill out car ls at registration time
that a-k for their religious pref
erences and If they belong to a
church or not ?
A. So that statistics will be
available :o show how evil or how
pood MiHients are.
Q. Are these .statistics reliable?
A. No. In fact, if all the stu
dents w'io wrote down that they
belonged to a certain religious de
nomination really belonged, there
would be more Christians than
democrats.
y. V. hv iloes the university
sniiAklc fertilizer over tile mall i
annually? i
A. So the grass will grow thick1
so students with heads thicker
than the grass can walk across
the iv,all and kill it so the uni
versity can hire nien to sprinkle
fertilizer over the mall so that. '
elc. I
Q- Why do people throw pennies!
on u.c floor at basketball games?
A. So that righteous neonlc can
wax rhetorically indignant.
Q. Is this custom of any finan
cial Unefil to the penny-pitcher?
A. Ii can be. He can include it
in his income tax returns, if a sal-1
ri"i man: in his expense account,'
it ne rs a salesman; or in pleas
for an allowance, if a student.
Q. How does a professor's atti
tude towards his students differ
between the student's freshman
year an, his senior year?
A. The freshman is told hr is a
member of the highest stratum of;
society and the senior is told that j
a day laborer has at least a ten i
yen rs neau si art on mm in re
gard to practical experience and
working knowledge.
Q. Why do coilcge joes smoke
pip-?
A. So as to form a common
grounds for conversation w hen the
lopic of dates begins to tire.
Q. Is an Activities man poses
sor of a higher I. Q. than a P. B.
K ?
A. No. but don't tell bim that,
llon t tell the r. B. K. that, either.
He knows it nil ready.
Q. What has this course done
for you this semester?
A. It has given nie a headache
nd a reputation as an nspirin
borrower FORMER STUDENT BEGINS
RESEARCH IN WASHINGTON
Dr. B. A. Botkin Continues
Studies in Library
Of Congress.
Dr. H. A. Botkin. vV received
his Ph. D. decree m English here
and who was formerly an instruc
tor in the department, is now do
ing research at the library of con
gress n Washington, D. C Dr.
Botkin doctor's dissertation. "The
American Play Tally Song," was
published by the university a year
ago. He is continuing his woi k in
this field at the congressional li
biaiy. In the past several months Ln .
Botkin has been unusually busy
writing, reviewing hooks and mi
dressing various literary gather
ings. Hp has been appointed to
serve on the newly foimed writ
ing committee of the English
teachers council, was declared win
ner of the Julius Rosenwald fel
lowship, addressed the American
writers congress and the (restive
writing section of the national
council of teachers of English con
vention at Buffalo, and has pub
lished his latest poem. "Highway
West," which appears in the
Southwest Poets gToup in the New
Republic.
THE WEATHER.
now should be the order of
dy according to the westh-
yitn, with temperatures not
Ite so low yesterday.
DOROTHY FISHER
ADDRESSES 69TH
CHARIER
Author, Former N. U. Coed
Features on Program
February 15.
The university's 60th birthday
party, to be held In the coliseum
''"p,)- !. will highlight Mrs.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher, who will
present Ule principal address at
the program
and again at
the dinner to be
held that eve
ning In the Uni
versity club.
Mrs. Fisher,
one of the coun
try's best
known authors
and now a resi
dent of Arling
ton, Vt is a
former Nebras
kan and was in
her earlier
years a student
i..M.ii -. ii.hfr. in the univer
i.mrnin jmirnBi Sity's prepara
tory school. Possessed of a name
which figures prominently in uni
versity history, as her father,
.lames H, Canfield, served as chan
cellor from 1S91 until 1K95, Mrs.
Fisher studied music in the school
of fine arts and was also regis
tered in the university's prepara
tory school during the period from
1891 to lSf4.
Known the world over as the
author of "The Bent Twig." "The
Ri imming Cup.
Her Son s Wife"
and "Bonfire," her works on a
variety of subjects have been
widely translated and lead. A
member of the National Institute
of Arts and Letters, she has also
served as a member of the Ver
mont state board of education for
a number of years.
PHI SIGMA IOTA ACCEPTS
LOCAL CHARTER PETITION
National President to Install
Language Fraternity
Here This Month.
Phi Sigma Iota, national
mancc . language fraternity,
ro
to which the Nebraska fraternity has
applied for a charter has sent
word to Mr. .lohn Hammond, cor-
responding secretary of the Ne-
braska group, that its petition for
a cnaner nas neen accepted
Installation of the chapter will
take place sometime during this
month. The Nebraska group is
hoping that Dr. H. W. Church,
national president of Thl Sigma
lota, will be able to officiate at
the installation.
lwam Ak'lcnualli Drills
On B'ociical Oiilliursis
Writer
Advises
Startling1
Words, Trick Endings
For Would-Bc Poets.
BY JOHN STUART.
It ain't no sin
To jump out of your skin
And dance around in your bonis.
Now that the worrying and
cramming is all over and a new
semester is started, everyone feds
like a new person. That feeling
of satisfy tion is usually expressed
bv going on a "bender." Others
bin st into song and still others
! into poetry.
I Kvciy.inc sonictinic during his
i life wants to write poetry. Alter a
few unsuccessful tries, they give
up. But there's really nothing to
j it. There a little trirk to writing
i poetry, but it isn't hard. The real
secret is to be original. Never re
i peat the age old verse:
1 I'm a little poet,
j But my folks don't know it.
j Have a trick ending. That al
I ways fools them, especially if it
i starts out in a way which is fami
! liar t.i all, as:
I Rotes are red, violets are blue,
I Sugar it sweet, and tomorrow
the rent falls due.
Next Christmas when folks feel
jolly and pay and begin to quote
Christmas poetry you can startle
them with a little stnnr.a that has
a quirk In the ending like this:
'Twas the night before Christ
mas j
And all through the joint '
Not a creature was stirring
And that's all I've loint. .
Perhaps you are the nature lover
type and like to describe the smell ;
of fivsh hay, the beautiful sunset, I
and the freshness after a rain, j
Even fi surprise ending to the de- i
scription of nature adds fcest, ns:
The thundrr rolled
The clouds were big
! The lightening flashed,
I And hit a pig.
Sometime during your life you
are going to be called upon to give
a speech and you won't know what
to say. It fives a feeling of satis
faction to have a verse at call
which is appropriate at all times, -
like:
The American eagle soared aloft.
But the rest of my pieca is torn
off
Characterizing people is some
times hard The secret ia to pirk
out the most distinctive trait. Now
Topeye ia a famous msjt and he
Found: Formula for Ideas
Author William Seabrook
Finds Creative Thinking
Class 'Damned Exciting.'
BY BARBARA ROSEWATER. ,
Because Prof. H. P. Crawford's
creative thinking course contained
"possible dynamite," William Sea-
brook, noted adventurer, explorer,
and author, traveled from New
York last week to be present at
the first meeting of the class held
yesterday. Seabrook has been com
missioned by a national magazine
to write a series of articles on
Professor Crawford's theory of the
triplicate equation.
"Back Fast we got excited about
Crawford's presentation of a con
crete mechanical technique of cre
ative thinking," Seabrook declared,
"since nine-tenths of the accredited
psychologists hold that thinking is
precisely the one thing in the
world that can't be taught."
Few 'Thinking' Courses.
According to the visiting author.
little is being done in universities
toward teaching people to think
originally. The course at Nebraska
is the only one of its kind, he be
lieves. While students, reporters, and
townspeople jammed the crowded
classroom, Professor Crawford ma
nipulated green blackboards, red
apples, black roses, and the dollar
sign to present a highly simplified
explanation of his triplicate equa
tion. Thcprofessor explained that he
ICi TO INSTALL
AT VESPER SERVICES
Muriel White Names Staff
Of 21 to Supervise
T Activities.
Newly appointed members of the
Y. W. C. A. cabinet as announced
by President Muriel White, will
!TSW in-
Heading the cabinet are the offi
cers, Miss White, Frances Bold
man, Mary Jo Henn, Velma F.k
wall, Helen Christianson, presi
dent, vice president, secretary,
treasurer ami Ag campus presi
dent, respectively.
Marian Beardsley will head Bi
ble study, a new staff with Dr. C.
H. Patterson as adult leader. Dor
othy Glenn is chairman of com
parative religions; Frances Bold
clair, creative leisure, and, Jose
phine Rubnitz, finance.
Supervise Commissions.
Supervising freshman commis
sions will be Kleanor Kiche, while
Barbara Meyer will lead the inter
national relations staff. Loraine
Klmborg and Maxine Lake will
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j always has his spinach in a can
wun mm. ji wouiu men ne easy
to say:
Popeye is a grand old man
Who eats his spinach from a
can.
Occasionally a person likes to
use swear words in poetry. They
are certainly effective at times but
swearing in a love poem is quite
a contrast. For instance:
I'll swear to hell
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TEACHING GRADS GET JOBS
Educational Service Bureau
Places Thirteen.
The following placements were
reported to the department of edu
cational service of the University
of Nebraska;
Marjorie Bush, Norfolk, Neh.;
Virginia McDowell. Superior, Neh.;
Enola Johnson, Tekamah, Neh.;
Pearl White, Papillion, Neb.: Elsie
Mansfield, Waco, Neb.; Huth An-1
dresen, North TMatte, Neh.; Roland I
Peck, Huntley, Neb ; Elaine Wil
son. Neligh. Neh.
Alie Middlebrook. North Platte, I
Neh.; Petta Rohn. Wakefield,
Neb.; Goldie Erirkson. Battle
Creek. Neb.; Dorothy Hethering-,
ton. Elkhnrn. Neh ; Sarah Har- i
man. Hordville, Neh. i
XEMtASKAX.
llrlMi hw,
hrnrtc. Taiitun.
Today's Daily Nebratkan, the
first issue of the second semes
ter, marks the first time in 15
years that a coed has edited the
student daily. Editor is Helen
Pascoe. Fremont Junior, who
aucceds J. Edward Murray,
f If -i " i
LrimljOLisL
was plunging the class, for the
benefit of Mr. Seabrook, inio more
complex problems than were usu-
Lincoln JnurtiHl.
WM. B. SEABROOK.
ally approached before later in the
semester.
"Heretofore it has been demon
strated that you can look back at
new ideas as the product of associ
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GRADUATES TO FILE
LI
Announcements of Grants
Ready in Avery Hall,
Room 202, Now.
Announcements concerning fel
lowships, scholarships, and gradu
ate assist ant ships in the following
colleges and universities are avail
able in the graduate office, Avery
Laboratory 202.
According to a statement issued
by Fred W. Upson, dean of the
graduate school, applications for
most of the awards should be made
before March 1. 1938.
Following is the list of school5
offering awards;
American-Scandinavian Founda
tion, Commission for Relief in Bel
gium, University of Besancon.
Brown univcisity.
Bryn Mawr college.
University of California,
Catholic University of America,
Christ's college, Cambridge,
(Continued on Page 2.)
iTAl
Richardson Dougall Sings
In First Convocation
Wednesday at 4.
School of Music opens Its sec
ond semester series of convoca
tions Wednesday at 4 o'clock with
a senior recital by r.ichardson
Dougall, baritone. Dougall is
studying under Miss Alma Wag
ner. The program which he will
sing is as follows:
Durante, Danza, Danza Fan
ciulla Gentile.
Rosa, Star Vicino.
Mozart, Non Piu Andrai, from
Le Nozze di Figaro.
Gibbons, The Silver Swan.
Pureed, I Attempt from
Love's Sickness to Fly, from
"The Indian Queen."
Handel, Arm, Arm, Ye Brave,
from "Judas Maccabeus."
Debussy, Romance.
Matsene. Ouvre Tet Yeux
Bleut.
Wolf, Und willst du deinen
Licbstc'n Sterben sehen.
Wolf, Der Gartner.
Strauss, Breit uber mem
Haupt dein tchwarzes Haar.
Strauss, Zueignung.
Charles. When I Have Sung
My Songs.
Gershwin, I Got Plenty of
Nuttin.' from "Porgy and Bess."
Quilter, Now Sleeps the Crim
son Petal.
La Forge. Hills.
AWCpWAX
ftnirr Campbrll. Rlrluiri M..liiiil-
Lead, S. D. The daily's butlnett
manager is Charles Tanton,
Denver. Managing editors of the
Dally Nebraskan are Morris Llpp.
North Platte, and Howard Kap
lan, Omaha.
Bruce Campbell, Lincoln, was
regents appoint
IE
Newly Appointed Instructor
Graduate of Columbia
University.
Joseph Frank, graduate of Co
lumbia university and the Colum
bia graduate school, has been
named by the board of regents to
a position on the romance lan
guage staff. Altho he is only 22
years old. Mr. Frank has already
taught at DeW'itt Clinton high
school in New York City and at a
boys' snnvmer camp in New York,
where he also acted as an advisor.
During the second semester, Mr.
Frank will teach three classes in
French II and IV. He will hold the
rank of instructor. Mr. Frank has
many accomplishments which
merit his position. Attainment of
membership in rhi Beta Kappa,
being valedictorian of his senior
class at Columbia, and the win
ning of the Green prize at Colum
bia in honor of his attaining the
highest four year average in his
class are a few of his accomplish
ments. In addition he served as music
editor of the Columbia Spectator
and served on the staff of the
Teachers College News there. He
went thru university on a New
York State Regent's scholarship,
won a trip to France during his
third year in school, and won two
graduate scholarships at Columbia.
Colleague Papers j
Bear Multitude
Of Odd Monikers
The search for a picturesque;
and unusual name for college
newspapers is reflected in the 41
exchange newspapers which the
Daily Nebraskan receives regu
larly. The Florida Flambeau, the
Haymaker, The Syracuse Daily
Orange, the Cowl, the Kentucky
Kernel, the Oredigger arc out
standing names on the list. Flor
ida women, resentful that their
state does not allow co-education
at the state university and forces
them to go to the Florida Stale
college for women, put the Flames
with their Beans on their paper
masthead.
The Nebraska mail includes
four papers from California, three
of these from lis Angeles, three
from Colorado, Oklahoma anil Ne-
nrasKa. Aiiogeinrr ii simca h.c
on the exchange; Illinois, New
Hampshire. New Jersey, New
Vn-k. Honda Oklahoma. Texas.
iemucKV. VHinoini.i.
gon. Washington are some nf
them.
The Dartmouth boasts that it is
the olilest college newspaper in
America, the Minnesota Daily
claims that it is the "Worlds
Largest College newspaper" and
the Daily Texan of Austin, asserts
that it is the first college daily in
the south. The Utah Chronicle rep
resents the Mormons and the Reg
ister the Catholics of "39 great
southern Nebraska counties."
GREGORY TO ADDRESS
VESPERS AT 5 TODAY ;
Freshman Advisor Will Talk I
On Individual Behavior
In Ellen Smith Hall.
j With "Are You Normal" ns his
j topic. Dr. W. S. tJri gory of the
I psychology department will nd
I dress Vespers tins afternoon at
! .r p. m. in Fllen Smith hall.
! As part of his talk Dr. Gregory
'will discuss such questions as
what makes people snobs, why
i soiu people rationalize while oth
I era do not what factors cause in
feriority complexes, and the social
mechanisms that make people
normal.
Leading devotions will be Fran
ces Marshall, outgoing chairman of
the Vesper stafi. Vee Louise Mar-
shall will present vocal solos. Ber4
neice Nellemann, pianist, will play
the prelude.
New women students are espe-
cially invited to attend weekly
Vesper services. Anyone interested
! may attend.
RANK 10 TEACH
ON FRENCH STAFF
. ... hoped that s sequel will follow
5 a wbirh "''' "splaiiHtion wi
STArr IlhAIlS!" . ,. lu
I The camera visits the laxly
Lip't'ri .Vuni.
Mnrrlk Ijpp,
In u4 kaiUll.
re-appointed editor of the Awg
wan, campus monthly humor
publication, and Richard McGin-
nls, Humboldt, has taken over as
business manager for the second
semester.
N. U. Graduates
1 75 as Semester
Activities Open
Kenneth Van Saul Takes
Over a Union Uireetor
:l4
Lincoln Journal.
Kenneth Van Sant.
Managing director of Nebraska's
Student Union, which is being
rushed to completion. Kenneth
Van Sant takes over his duties to
day as head of the student center.
The former university student,
chosen for the post by the t'nion
board of managers, will make a
short tour of neighboring Student
Unions as one of his first duties.
E
5 OUT-STATE MEETS
Labor Issues. Unicameral
Legislation Subjects
On Forensic List.
An uncompleted debate schedule
for the semester was announced
yesterday by Prof. H. A. White,
university debate coach. The three
questions which will be debated
are "Resolved, that the national
labor relations board should be
empowered to enforce arbitration
of all industrial disputes": "Re
solved, that various states should
adopt some plan for a unicameral
legislature": and "Resolved, that
American labor should be organ
. . , , .:., fla ,!voratPri hv
i , j (1 .
( n ;uUon , ,ne S(,hP(I,e def-
nM iccUic,l, debates are being
arranged with the University of
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Awgwan issue Takes
Pol Shot at 'Jtai
Humor Magazine
Satirizes
Campus Daily, Reveals
Stork Sex Secrets.
BY BARBARA MEYER.
Miss IS."., surrounded by ad
miring swains, makes her bow on
;the bine and white cover of the
iJanuaiy 1P3 Awgvun.
Turning the gaudy rover, the
'featured page is a feeble repre
sentation of the Daily Nebraskan.
iThis flabby replica of the campus'
I Uading publicatiiiii features a
i would-be take-uff of the eminent
i columnists, Sarah lymse Meyer.
! Merrill Knglnnd and Johnny
jlliiWell, while the "pi Hit the facte
correctly" policy of the Daily Ne
braskan is al.-o shamefully be
sinircned. I Reveals Stork Secrets.
. "The Sex-Life of a Stork" is the
' second featured article, and Turn
j Roanier, world correspondent for
the Awgwan, The HUthor of the ar
. tide in conjunction with Samuel
j S. "Call Me Stumpy" Stork, an
i expert ttnrk interpreter, reveal the
j hithertofore untold secrets of how
I the Dionnc quintuplets were de-
! livered hv wav of the airlares to
their astonished parents. Stumpy
. could not answer, however, where
. bahv storks come from. It is
Pastry Shop with cameraman
George Rosen at the shutter, and
An tl.io no.... ,.f "Utl.li.1 ctwitu V.ltl
i ..II 1111.-1 fripl " miilll'l ,,,..,
"4 niny find your best ftiend about
I t 4,.1, dial luct V,ilA ai 'it.tlinfr
!
111 mill III"! ,nrl ',,,, ,'i t-.i,p,
coyly into the not so candid
j camera.
Awgwan Copies "Life."
j "Stuff Alxmt People" Includes
the latest gore slxnit gals and fel
- lows on the campus, nnd adopt-
Poultry Scinicr ('.lull
To Moot Tomorrow
The Poultry Science club will
hold a business meeting at th
Poultry Husbandry building, room
SOS, Ag college campus. Wednes
day at 7.30 p. m . according to an
announcement vesterdsy P.usiness
; taken up at the meeting will in
elude the elertl. n of new members
and a discussion of plana for a
I mixer.
Midyear Class Gets Diploma
At First Term's Close;
Five Win Ph. D.'s
For some 6.000 students, yester
day marked the beginning of a
new semester four and a half
months of more or less concen
trated effort under new professors,
working on different courses, in
new surroundings and with a fresh
set of classmates.
But to 175 young men and
young women who were registered
in this institution during the past
semester, yesterday was just an
other day, for they composed the
midyear graduating class. With no
ado, no fanfare, only the invita
tion to take part in the June com
mencement exercises, the members
of this group, showing a substan
tial increase over the 142 gradu
ates of a year ago, received their
degrees, five of them Ph. D.', as
the semester drew to a close.
Get Ph. D. Degrees,
To Julia A. Power, Bruce M.
Raymond, James K. Ioder, Wil
liam E. Noyce and Mildred R.
Whiting were granted Ph. D.'s.
Miss Power, majoring In English
literature, conducted a study of
the writer Shelley: Mr. Raymond,
an American history major, wrote,
a dissertation on Nebraska's con
stitution; Mr. Loder. majoring in
educational psychology and meas
urements, was concerned with the
learning and retention abilities as
demonstrated by more than 400
eighth grade students; Mr. Noyce,
a major in organic chemistry, pre
sented a thesis on "The Action of
Barium Hydroxide on Certain
Sugar Acids," and Miss Whiting,
a secondary education major, de
veloped her thesis around the gen
eral theme or the use of art in the
teaching of other subjects in sec
ondary schools.
Twenty-six students were grant
ed master's degrees. The list of
graduates:
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University ('onrrrl
Hand Postpones Dale
Of Proirram to Kelt. 13
Due to the fact that new music
was not available in time and the
university's concert band was not
completely organized until recent
ly, the concert of the group, pre
viously scheduled for Jan. 30 in
the coliseum, has been postponed
until Sunday, Feb. 13.
The university band under the
direction of Don A. Lentz is add
ing to its repertoire so that an
entirely new program will be pre
sented when the ensemble makes
its appearance.
ir-C the policy of the "Life" maga
zine, a column eniniea Awgwan
i wvs to a I'any gives me de
tails of a typical "rhi Rho party.
Rounding out the copy of the
Awgwan is a new book review ar
ticle by Abernathy Willoughhy
Poyndextrous. Ill, a book review
about some Russians in Rome, and
an abundance of the inevitable
jokes.
Nebraska Grads
Reaching Fame
In Chinese War
BY MARY STEUTEVI LLE.
News reports from China fea
tured three former Nebraskaiis
last week while the students of
their alma mater were engrossed
with semester examinations. One's
name w,ii telegraphed across the
Pacific for his work with the
United Press photo service in
Shanghai, another became known
by an article in Collier's on Chi
nese conditions, and one reached
fame because of a face-slapping
incident that caused great inter-
j national alarm.
John Moore Allison, the Amer
ican third secretary at Nanking,
who, several days ago, In an at
tempt to Investigate the assault of
a Chinese woniHn employed in a
Nanking university, had his face
slapped by a Japanese military of
ficer, was graduated from here in
1SI27. The action of the Japanese
soldier brought loud protest from
all American quarters in China
and Ambassador Grew Ht Tokyo
was instructed by Secretary of
State Hull to take the matter up
with the Japanese government.
The Japanese version of the in
cident was entirely different. The
military officer stated that Alli
son anil the other American In tl
affair had Insulted him.
Johnston Snipea, who attended
the university last year, haa been
In Shanghai aeveral montha Work
ing for the United Prea photo
service and the NEA. The other
Nebraskan making a name for
himself in China ia G. Laaelle Gil-
man, editor of the Eventnf Post
and llereury, and the China Press
of Shanghai. A recent number of
Collier's magazine contained a
trtory by him.
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