The
WEATHER
For Lincoln and Vicinity: Fair
weather Thursday, preceeded by
snow, colder.
LEAP YEAR
"It's great stuff."
Kenneth Anderson, '29, Hastings.
J3 . . Li Y
Nebraskan
VOL. XXVII, NO. 94.
BUSKERS DRILL
FOR WEEK-END
CAGE BATTLES
Team Splits Up Into Green and
White Factions Wednesday
For Workouts
FAIR CHANCE FOR WIN
Victories in Remaining Five
Games Would Put Nebraska
High in Second Division
Resuming practice in preparation
for the Friday and Saturday night
tilts with Kansas and Oklahoma on
the Coliseum court, the Nebraska
cagesters spent the Wednesday af
ternoon drill by splitting up the
squad into a "green" and a "white"
team and putting on a fast scrim
mage. The Huskers were granted
their first vacation from practice
Tuesday afternoon, but came back
with a fast performance in their
tussle yesterday afternoon.
A "white" team, made up of "Jug"
Brown and "Dutch" Witte, for
wards; "Shorty" Munn, center; Bob
Krall and Elmer Holm, guards pulled
out a slim victory over the "green"
quintet composed of Tom Elliott and j
Harvey Grace, lorwards; Kenny utn
mpr. center; and Carl Olson and
Lewandowski or Gohde, guards.
From the showing made by individ
ual players in Wednesday's hectic
scrimmage, the probable lineup which
will start against Kansas Friday in
cludes Brown and Witte, forwards;
Munn, center, and Krall and Holm,
guards.
Oklahoma Leads Valley
Oklahoma basket fans saw their
team emerge victorious in the game
with Oklahoma Aggies Tuesday eve
ning. The Sooners had a close call,
Forward Drake sinking a basket in
the last minute of play to give the
Oklahomans the tussle, 37 to 36. By
winning the Oklahoma Aggie con
test, the Sooners ran their string of
consecutive victories to fifteen and
are assured of the Valley title. After
meeting the Kansas Aggies at Man
hattan Friday night, the Oklahoma
cagesters will journey to Lincoln for
a game with the Nebraska hoopsters
Saturday.
Nebraska's Friday night opponent,
Kansas, took an overwhelming de-
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1928.
PRICE 5 CENTS
High Point Man
Keim Is Named Judge
For Curtis Corn Show
Dr. Frank S. Keim of the agron
omy department of the University
of Nebraska has been selected as sole
judge of entries at the1 fifth annual
corn, hay and grain show sponsored
by the Nelu-ska School of Agricul
ture at Curtis, which will be held
Friday and Saturday, February 24
and 25.
Howard Bigger, farm editor of the
Daily Drovers Journal Stockman of
Omaha, will deliver the principal address.
"Jug" Brown, regular forward on
the Nebraska quintet, who leads the
squad in individual scoring with 80
points to his credit. "Jug" will be
seen in action this week-end in two
of his Isst three home gaaies.
GREEKS DRILL
ON HEW SPORTS
Pairings Are Not Yet Made in
Handball and Horseshoe
Tournam ts
Y GROUPS PLAN
OPEN SESSION
Students Will Discuss Plan of
War Outlawry at Meeting '
Early in March
16 FRATERNITIES ENTER
CO-EDS WILL BEGIN
TRAINING MONDAY
All Women Basketball Player Will
Be Required to Obey Rale
For Two Week
Co-eds basketball training rules
begin Monday, February 27. All
University women eligible for points
for teams are compelled to keep up
training for two weeks starting this
coming Monday. A copy of the
training rules may be secured from
the basketball box in the W. A. A.
office.
Ten practices must have been
completed during each week. Prac
tice schedules for classes have been
made and all girls are urged to play
on their class-night.
The basketball tournament will be
held the week of March 5-10. A
practice schedule for classes follows:
Monday and Thursday, freshmen and
seniors; Tuesday and Wednesday,
Juniors and sophomores. Friday
will be given over to general prac
tices.
Literary Society Will
See 'White Elephants'
"White Elephants," a snappy one
act comedy, und "El Janitoro" a
short opera by George Ade, together
with readings and musical entertain
ment, will provide amusement Friday
evening at the open meeting of the
Palladian literary society. The social
Period will begin at 8:30 o'clock.
Every body is invited.
Handball and horseshoe tourna
ments in the Inter-fraternity athletic
program will start the first of next
week, according to Jimmy Lewis, di
rector. Pairings have not been made
as yet, having been purposely held
back to give the fraternities ample
time to practice in the sports.
Sixteen fraternities entered teams
in the handball tourney. AH games
will be played on the handball courts
in the Coliseum. Teams entered are
Alpha Sigma Phi, Phi Gamma Delta,
Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Alpha Mu,
Farm House, Delta Sigma Phi, Pi
Kappa Alpha, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi
Kappa, Alpha Theta Chi, Kappa Sig
ma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa
Psi, Sigma Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa and
Delta Sigma Lambda.
Seventeen fraternities have en
tered the horseshoe tournament, as
suring a success for this new addi
tion to the curriculum. Teams have
been utilizing the new courts in the
Coliseum and some excellent games
are looked forward to. Fraternities
entered in this tournament are Alpha
Sigma Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, Beta
Theta Pi, Sigma Alpha Mu, Phi Kap- j
pa, Omega Beta Pi, Farm House,
Delta Sigma Phi, Pi Kappa Alpha,
Alpha Theta Chi, Kappa Sigma, Phi
Kappa Psi, Theta Xi, Sigma Chi,
Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Sigma Kap
pa, Delta Sigma Lambda.
The basketball free throwing con
test is now under way.
HILL WILL OPEN MEETING
A conference on the "Outlawry
of War" will be held Friday, Satur
day and Sunday, March 2, 3, and 4,
under the auspices of the University
Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Stu
dents from neighboring colleges as
well as those from the University
will take part. The meetings will be
open to the public.
The opening session will begin at
seven o'clock Friday evening when
Dr. Norman L. Hill, associate profes
sor of political science, will give the
history of the outlawry of war idea
for the last hundred years.
On Saturday, there will be a sup-
per at 5:45 o'clock which will be
followed by an open-forum discus
sion on the problems involved in the
disarmament program. The meeting
on Sunday will begin at three o'clock
in the afternoon.
Will Present Plan
During this conference four out
standing plans for the outlawry of
war will be presented by students
of advanced courses in political
science. The four plans include the
Shotwell plan, the League of Na
tions Protocol, the Borah plan, and
the Kellogg plan.
ine conxerence win have a some
what international aspect since quite
a number of students from foreign
countries, who are attending the
University, will speak on the attitude
of their respective countries on this
question.
Margaret Hyde of the Y. W. C. A.
and Anatole Mozer of the Y. M. C,
A. will act as joint chairmen in
charge of the conference. Lloyd Mar
ti, '27, now with the Perry & Van
Pelt law firm, will preside at all
sessions.
JUNIOR-SENIOR
PROM TICKETS
SELL RAPIDLY
Lincoln Theatre Representative
Will Take Motion Pictures
Of Annual Ball
PLAN FOR SEVERAL SHOTS
Speakers Will Discuss
Graduates' Opportunity
Representatives of the North
western Bell and Western Elect
ric companies will give talks
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock
in Social Sciences 306. The talks
will deal with opportunities for
college trained men in their or
ganizations, and will be of special
interest to juniors and seniors.
AH students are invited to attend.
Sealock Will Attend
Directors' Meeting
POOR WEATHER
HALTS WORK OH
ANDREWS HALL
HDSKER MARKSMEN
HAKE HIGH SCORES
Nebraska Win First Two Matches
Returns from Other Meets
Are Not Yet ia
Kesner Will Speak at
Southwest Road Show
Professor J. H. Kesner, of the de
partment of civil engineering, will
deliver an illustrated lecture on
"Bridges of the United States" Fri
day morning, February 24, at Wichi
ta, Kansas. His address is part of the
program of the Southwest Road Show
snd School, meeting at Wichita Feb'
ruary 21 to 24, under the auspice?
of the Kansas Agricultural College
and the Kansas State Highway de
partment.
'We Have Facts to Back Our
Statements', Says Swezey
(Editor", Note: The following
u the fourth of series of inter
views with University of Nebras
ka scientists concerning scientif-
dogmatism, which will he
Published ia The Ds.il Nebras
ka.) (By Paul Nelson)
I' you define! science, yon can't
"7 that it is dogmatic," ft the opin
!n of Prof. G. D. Swezey, chair
of the department of astronomy
the University. "Some men who
U thempiv?5 zisL.iliU we doa
Wc hut science itself is not." .
, He referred to the stories which
"v been psb:islid concBr&ic? the
habitation of Mars, declaring that
the theory was not advanced by a
sciential nor believed by more than
one astronomer that he knew of, al
though many people think that it is
one believed by astronomers as a
group.
"We have facts to back any posi
tive statement we make,'' he said.
"There are many more things that
we do not know about the universe
thaa there are things that we do
know about it."
He s;eninsei the - oi tin spec
troscope in astronomy for determ
ining the composition of stars. He
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Scores in two of tbe matches be
tween the Nebraska rifle team and
rival teams were received recently
by Captain Eggers of the military de
partment. In the match with Mich
igan, Nebraska scored 1933 out of
a possible 2000 while Michigan
scored 1828. This was a five man
team.
In the second match with the Con'
necticut College of Agriculture, He-
braska made a score of 3607 whilu
the Aggies scored 3290 out of a pos
sible 4000. In two other matches
with the Massachusettes Aggies and
with the 38th Intantry Association
at Fort Douglass, Utah, scores for
opponents have not yet been re'
ceived. Nebraska turned in a score
of 3C07 in these matches. Ten-men
teams competed in these last
matches.
Finish This Week
Nebraska is shooting with Cincin
nati University this week. Rival
shooting in the different sections of
the corps area of the R. O. T. C,
which has been going on simultan
eously in all of tbe sections, is also
being finished this week.
The two or three men of the Ne
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Ag World Forum Will
Hear Mrs. Brummitt
"The Land of the Cup and the
Book" will be the topic discussed
at the Ag Forum meeting this
noon by Mrs. Dan Brummitt. The
land referred to is Czecho-Slavo-kia,
where Mrs. Brummitt visited
last year. Ker home is in New
York.
Mrs. Brummitt will deal mostly
with the martyrdom of John Huf,
a member of the Protestant
Church. She will tell of the many
benefits that were derived from
the services to his country. The
mt-fithfi;' wEi hvs htii la Iwmim 213,
Home Economics building. Will
iam, Lancaster is in chaige.
Special .Lighting Effects Will
. Illuminate Novel Spring
Decoration Feature
Tickets for the annual Junior-
Senior Prom, to be held Friday,
March 2, at the Scottish Rite Temple,
are selling rapidly and according to
Charles Bruce, in charge of the cam
paign, should r,each the limit by the
end of the week. Tickets can be se
cured from fraternity representatives
or at the Cornhusker and Daily Ne
braskan ' offices.
The purchase of a ticket carrier
with it a vote for the Prom Girl, who
will be presented the night of the
prom. Votes will be cast as each
couple enters the ball room. Votes
will be counted just before intermis
sion so the Prom Girl can make her
entrance at that time.
Motion pictures of the prom will
be taken by the Lincoln Theater rep
resentative, Rowan Miller, for use in
the Lincoln Theater news. The films
will be shown at the Lincoln the fol
lowing week. Mr. Miller has had a
great deal of experience in filming
interior scenes and has laid plans for
this year's prom. Specially construc
ted lighting effects will have to be
used to illuminate the ball room for
the filming. Mr. Miller will take sev
eral shots, including the presentation
of the Prom GirL
Novel spring decorations which
are to be a feature, are being ar
ranged by Mr. Boyd, who is to have
charge of the decorating of the ball
room this year. Work on them will
start the first of the week.
'Irish' Ireland
Tries Ponies In
Practice Race
With approximately forfcy other
Nebraska educators, William E. Sea
lock, dean of the Teacher's College,
jwill attend the national meeting of
'the department of superintendents
'of the National Educational associa-!
tion in Boston, February 25 to March Concrete Pouring Considered
! Impossible Because of
Th0 Nebraska group will leave Chi- Temperature
cago next Saturday in a special car,
and will arrive in Boston the follow- . ,
ing Sunday afternoon. j DELAY WILL NOT EE LONG
: Construction Is a Month Ahead
Of Schedule; Expect to
Finish in July
IOWA U INVADES
SCARLET CAMP
Big Ten Team on Home
Ground Saturday
"The idea," explained Ralph Ire
land to Kosmet Klub's prospective
pony chorus last night, "is to make
your knees crack as I count al
right!" The "Love Hater" ponies
were off in a cloud of dust in an at
tempt to follow the directions of
"Irish" in the preliminary workouts.
Pony chorus practice, scheduled
for 7 o'clock, began promptly at
7:30 last night in Temple 202. After coin Saturday for a match with the
a little talk on scholarship by "Doc" I Nebraska grappling contingent. Hav
Workers on Andrews Hall were
i forced to shut down operations Wed
nesday afternoon because of adverse
weather conditions. Lower tempera-
Nebraska Wrestlers Will Meet:ture with the mercur7 8inkinjr tow.
LINE-UP NOT YET DECIDED
ard the freezing point, and a sleet
laden wind, made work disagreeable
and concrete pouring almost impos
sible. It will only be a temnorarv
, .... . . . . TT , Shalt in construction work, however,
The highly touted University of ' rrnrHino tft mrammMi n, v'
Iowa wrestling team will invade Lin-' negt Rokahr & Song contractors fm
the new building.
Twinem the evenings festivities were
given over to Mr. Ireland who gave
each little collegian something to
make his muscles limber. "In a few
days all this stiffness will wear off,
he shouted encouragingly, his voice
almost drowned by the grinding,
tearing, groaning and cracking of
ligaments as the chorus men attemp
ted to touch the floor with their fin-
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TRACK MEN TRAIN
FOR INDOOR MEET
RABBI TALKS AT
WORLD FORUM
Starrels Declares League
Nations Is Livest Corpse
That Ever Lived
of
MORE THAN 75 ATTEND
"I consider the proposed League
of Nations more important than the
treaty of Versailles," declared Rabbi
Solomon E. Starrels, pastor of the
Jewish Congregational church, in his
address before the World Forum
yesterday noon at the Grand hotel.
"President Coolidge expressed his
belief, in his solemn manner, that
the League of Nations is dead.
doubt whether it really is, but if it
is, it is one of the liveliest corpses
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Y. W. STAFFS MEET
AT DINNER TONIGHT
Annual Grace Coppock Drive Will
Be Launched to Get Funds
For Chinese Work
The annual get-together dinner for
all staffs in the Y. W. C. A. will be
held this evening in Ellen Smith Hall
from 6 to 8 o'clock. All staff mem
bers will gather in preparation for
the annual Grace Coppock drive to
collect funds for Nebraska mission
ary work in China.
There will be short talks describ
ing the work of Nebraska representa
tives in China, and Miss Elsie Ford
Piper will tell of Grace Coppdck's
school career at Nebraska. Grace
Coppock was Nebraska's first woman
missionary in China.
Music Hnripg the dinner will be
furnished by Delta Omicron, and a
short program will be given.
SLAYMAKER NAMED HEAD
j
Professor Will Help Ia Revision of
High School Manual
Professor P. K. Slaymaker of the
department applied mechanics has
been appointed chairman of a com
mittee to revise the course in me
chanical drawing in connection with
the work of the general revision of
the high school manual. This ap
pointment Came through the office
of the State Department of Public
Instruction.
Mr. Slaymaker has been asked to
outline two courses in mechanical
drawing. One will be designed for
full year work, and the other will be
a one-semester course. Mr. R. C.
Bailor, principal cf tha Elliott Jun
ior High school of Lincoln, and Mr.
E. Helligso, of the North High school
of OrcsvhA, are the cihfev j
the committee.
Nebraska Conference Champs
Clash With Cornhuskers
This Saturday
Will
Coach Henry F. Schulte put his
track squad through a light workout
Wednesday as training preparation
for the indoor track meet with the
Nebraska College Conference cham
pions to be staged under the east
stadium Saturday afternoon, Febru
ary 25.
The Wednesday workout consisted
of limbering up exercises, a slow lap
on the indoor track, and a few per
formances in the various events. The
men took things easy and did not
exert themselves to establish good
marks. Practically all the varsity
men who made the Kansas City trip,
together with a few other men, will
compete in the meet, Saturday,
Coach Schulte announced.
Selects Tri-Color Managers
Coach Schulte has selected mem
bers of his coaching class to serve
as managers for the tri-color track
teams. These 'managers will coach
the members of their teams previous
to the meets and be responsible for
the appearance of their entrees in
the events.
Harold Trumble, Vint Lawson, and
Chester Carkoski will coach the sen
ior Black team; Don Lindell and Bill
Fleming, the Red team; Buford
Potts, William Ossian, and Clair
Sloan will supervise the Blue team.
Bill Egan, Carl McClure, and Law
rence Teply will be the mentors for
the Junior Blue team; Cliff Ashbunj,
Harold Pickett, and Curtis Poet, the
Red team; the junior Black team will
be coached by Wally Marrow, Blue
Howell, and Ralph Dexter. The
fourth tri-color meet which will be
the last of the first series will be
run off Monday afternoon, February
27. The events will 6tart promptly
at 4 o'clock and will follow the reg
ular tri-color schedule.
ing scored several impressive victor
ies over Big Ten opponents, the Iowa
team will come to Lincoln bent on
continuing its streak of victories,
which means that Coach Kellogg's
proteges will have plenty of com
petition. Several weaknesses were exhibited
last week at Ames, where the Husker
grapplers were decisively defeated,
and the program this week has con
sisted mostly of a stiff drill on fine
points of the game. "Places on the
team to compete Saturday have not
been decided yet," declared Coach
Kellogg yesterday in the course of
claiming that tryouta for the first
team are going to be more strenu
ous than at any time this season.
The hollow exhibitions of most of
the team last week should not be
used as a criterion of the team's
ability, according to the wrestling
mentor. The men were suffering a
decidedly off night, he said, and
should look much better in the Hawk-
eye match Saturday night. Captain
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CLDB OFFIC ES ARE ELECTED
Fell Is Named President of Men's
Commercial Group
Ralph Fell, '28, Lincoln, was elec
ted president of the Men's Commer
cial club, an organization composed
of students of the College of Busi
ness Administration, for the second
semester at a recent meeting.
Other officers elected were: David
Wohlner, '28; Omaha, secretary;
Carl Weathers, '29, Wichita, Kas.,
treasurer; Marvin Grim, '29, Repub
lic, Kas., and W. Robert Dubois, '28,
Cheyenne, Wyo., directors.
Arthur H. Croft, graduate stu
dent, of Beller, Kansas, will repre
sent the club in the Bizad Executive
Council this semester.
FOORTEEN JUNIOR
MEN ARB ADVANCED
Jevett Announces Appointments
Of Cadets to the Rank of
First Sergeant
Fourteen juniors were appointed
cadet non-commissioned officers, ac
cording to announcement yesterday
from the office of Lieutenant Col
onel F. F. Jewett. All appointments
were to the rank of first sergeant.
Men affected by the advance
ments, and their companys, are:
Headquarters Company, Robert A.
Dobson; Company A, Linn K. Twin
em; Company B, Elton P. J. Fee;
Company C, Gordon W. Reefe;
Company D, Henry M. Celik; Com
pany E, John P. McKnight; Company
F, Gordon V. Hagar; Company G,
Paul C. Poppe; Company H, Edbert
B. Woods; Company I, Arthur C. j
Ziemer; Company K, Allen E. Reiff ;
Company L, William C. Mentzer;
Company M, J. Benton Strong.
Since last week, work on the build
ing has progressed steadily. At pres
ent the concrete is being poured for
the second story floor. A material
elevator, or hoist, has been erected
for this purpose. Concrete, ready to
go into the forms, is mixed at a
ground plant and sent up the eleva
tor to be poured into the forms.
Temporary supports have been put
in on the ground floor of the build
ing to hold up the second floor until
the concrete sets.
Concrete Won't Set
Wednesday, when the operations
started, the thermometer reading
was 48, but throughout the day the
mercury 6ank toward the freezing
point, forcing a halt to be called. It
is not advisable to pour concrete
during freezing weather for it does
not set under these conditions.
The chances are that the present
weather conditions will not be long
lasting, and a few days let-down will
at least be the limit. With building
operations a month or more ahead
of schedule, there is no fear that
Andrews Hall will not be completed
by the contract date. - -
Last week there were twenty-sev-(Continued
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Regents Flan First
Dormitory ci Curtis
Tentative plans for the first
dormitory at the Nebraska School
of Agriculture at Curtis have
been approved b the board of
regents' committee from the Uni
versity and bids for its construc
tbu will be nl'itd Ivt iu the near
future. The structure will be
ready for occupancy, ft a hoped
ly th hrj!nni uf iue ! term.
University At Seattle
Expelb Two Students
A fter Hazing Activities
Seattle, Wash. (IP Following a
full confesison of those implicated
in the hazing and ducking of Marion
Zioncheck, Associated Students of
the University of Washington pres
ident, two students were expelled
from the University, six suspended
from activities for one year, and an
other for one quarter for the parts
they played in the affair.
Those of the haling squad were:
"Micky" McGuire, head of the A. S.
U. W. publicity bureau ; John Gree
han, varsity football quarterback;
Philip Wolgemuth, manager of the
varsity football squad; Leland Shel
ton, guard ; Walter Sahli, end ; Joseph
Bowen, substitute center; Chad
Knowles, manager of basketball,
production manager of 1928 Big
time, who would have graduated this
quarter; Elliot Pulver, substitute
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DEYMAR RESUMES TEACHING
Instructor ia Vofce Is in School of
Music With Schaefer
Madame Laure DeVilmar, well
known Lincoln instructor in voice
and dramatics, is once again giving
lessons at lier new studio at 1975 A
Street.
Madame DeVilmar is now work-
irs rrith Jap,n tuiiS.fer, loIia In
structor Tn the University School of
Music. Madame DeVilmar is wp1
known n?nr thu sizzX LJ. Sue
has conducted numerous eypertttas
here and in Omaha.
MANY WOMEN SIGN
DP FOR CLOGGING
Class of 163 Has Started Practice
Under Miss Ballance; Points
Are Awarded to All
One hundred and sixty three girls
have signed up for a course in clog
ging, and about fifty University co
eds attended each of the four prac
tices held last week.
Under the direction of Miss Bal
lance practices are held Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons at 3 and 5
o'clock. All girls interested in clog
dancing are urged to report for prac
tice this week, as the fundamental
steps are being taught now.
Women's Athletic Association
points are awarded for practices ac
cording tt the honor syFtem. Twenty
five points are awarded for ten prac
tices and additional points are given
according to the ability of the co-eds
in mastering the steps. At the end
of the semester a clogging program
will be put on by the best dancers,
according to the plans of the clog
leader, Mildred Olsen.
HIGH SCHOOLS PLAN
GRAPPLING TOURNEY
Many Coaches in Smaller Out-State
Schools Return Application
Blanks to Kellogg
Reports from the out-state schools
have it that the state high school
wrestling tournament, to be held in
the Coliseum, March 2 and 3, is be
ing considered favorably by coaches
and directors of ' the smaller high
schools. This is the first, year
wrestling has been encouraged
among the Nebraska schools, but re
ports have it that promising cham
pionship material has already been
found in many of the schools.
Entrance blanks mailed to the
coaches are being returned daily, and
many more arc expected before the
end of the week. Wrestling Coach
John Kellogg will pair the entrants
as soon as all blanks have been returned.
Stanford Annual Will
D Dedicated to Hoover
Palo Alto, Calif. (IP) The
auuual of tLe atudeiiU f
Stanford University, is to It C ch
eated to Ferbrrt tt. ?
Hovvtr is a tar.f.:-rj t .