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LAIGN
SECURED
AS SPEAKER FOR
I
Chicago Dean Will Address
Annual Convocation
Of Honors.
DATE SET
ISAPRIL 29
Honor Lists Include
All
Students in High Ten
Percent.
Dr. Gordon J. Laign, dean of the
graduate college of literature at
the University of Chicago, will
rpeak at the annual honors con
vocation in the coliseum April 29,
Dr. William C Brenke, chairman
ef the honors day committee of
th university senate, announced
yesterday. He will speak on "Liter
ature and Leisure."
The university orchestra direct
ed hy Carl Steckelberg will play
for the convocation. Other program-arrangements
have not been
announced.
The honor lists each year include
the students with the grades in the
highest 10 percent of each class
In each college. The lists are com
piled on the basis of grades of the
second semester of the proceeding
year and the first semester of the
current year, except in the case of
freshmen where only the first se
mester's grades of the current
year are figured.
Names of students chosen to va
rious scholastic honoraries of the
university are also announced at
the honor convocation each year.
Members of the senate commit
tee on honors day includes Dr.
Brenke, Dr. E. N. Anderson. Prof.
H. C Filley, Dr. John E. Kirsh
n, Dr. Clarence G. Lowe. Prof.
F. W. Norris, Dr. D. A Worchester
and Dr T. J. Thompson.
LEAGUE
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Clark M. Eichelberger Will
Arrive in Lincoln
Wednesday.
Clark M. Eichelberger, executive
secretary of the midwest section
of the League of Nations, will ar
rive in Xincoln Wednesday from
Denver to organize the League of
Nations in Nebraska. Headquar
ters of the Nebraska organization
will be in Lincoln.
Mr. Eichelbenrer will speak be
fore the University club Thursday
noon, at which time the state or
ganization will be formed. Friday
noon he will speak before the
Kiwania club.
Edits Chronicle.
Mr. Ekieibeteer is an active
worker for the League of Nations.
He is the editor of the League of
Nations Chronicle, a paper pub
lished in Chicago, and is a con
tributor to the League of Nations
News, a Journal published by the
national organize uua m nc
York.
The national officers include a
number of noted men. Among
them are: John H. Clarke, honor
ary president, and a former justice
of the Supreme court or we umiea
States; George W. wicjcersnam,
chairman of the federal law en
forcement commission, president:
Chariei H. Strong, vice president;
Raymond B. Fosdick. executive
chairman; Philip Nash, executive
director. The national headquar
ters of the League of Nations in
the United States are at New
York.
Many Favor League.
3k large number of favorable re
sponses nave been received from
letters aent to city superintendents
over the state, concerning the
League of Nations, according to
Laura B. Pfeiffer, associate pro
fessor of European history, who is
sponsoring the league on the Uni
versity at Nebraska campus. A
Jong list of names from Omaha
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'Heart of Illinois,'
Houses Beehive
h DJvTdeiJ Into Two Parts;
Union and Arcade for
Social Affairs.
TbM to thr (Mirth
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By ARTHUR MITCHELL,
A co-operative book exchange,
at which students list for sale
textbooks in courses they have
completed and buy books in other
courses they are taking, is one of
the features maintained by the
IDinois student union.
According to E. E. Stafford,
business manager of the Illinois
union, the savinf to students each
year thru this exchange is very
laege He declared the feature to
ba one of tne outstanding ones of
tha union in an article on its pur
poses. The book exchange is located on
the firs floor of the Illinois union,
which is caBes "The Heart of Illi
nois." Building is Center,
HONORS!
TNG
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Tiia main iiyyrt of the buiid-'
JL JLJLv
New Leaders of R. O. T. C.
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GEORGE MICKEU
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onel Oury yesterdav. He was promoted from the rank of lieutenant colonel. Williams was raised in
rank to je second in command andHahn was made a mRjor. Leroy Jack of Tekamah is replacing M1
hams as major of the first battalion.
Dog Attends Class
Under Weseen, Dog
Goes to Sleep, Too
Recent observations by Prof. M.
H. Weseen have led him to believe
that students and dogs have one
characteristic in common, jsameiy
that they are both bored by
classes.
Yesterday morning the Sir
Alph's mascot dog followed one of
the members into Proessor Wes
een's English class. Seated on his
haunches, the dog surveyed the
proceedings with a look of ap
proval ana eninusiasm amiuu
bis countenance. As the hour
wore on. however, the dog yawned
violently. A few minutes later he
vawned even more violently than
before.
Suddenly be collapsed on the
floor in a state of physical and
mental exhaustation and went to
sleep. Professor Weseen was
puzzled he was perplexed. He
admitted that his acquaintanceship
with dogs was very limited, but
tales of these noble creatures nau
always led him to believe that they
possessed great mental prowess.
Concerning students, however, be
confessed that he had not formu
lated an opinion.
AKIN CALLS MEET OF
Interfraternity Committee
Will Explain New
Legislation.
MUST HAVE 12 HOURS
Maurice Akin, chairman of the
scholarship committee of the In
terfraternity council announced to
day that there would be a meeting
of the scholarship committee Wed
nesday night in The Daily Ne
braskaa office, Uiuvctity hall, at
8:00.
All fraternities having any ques
tions concerning the interpretation
of the new scholarship rules, are
requested to have representatives
at the meeting.' Also at this time
the committee will bear all com
plaints and requests for interpre
tation of the new rules for eligi
bility for initiation into fraterni
ties. Ne Rules.
The new rules in part are:
"Any person regardless of class
standing roust have an average
grade of 72 the semester imme
diately proceeding his initiation.
He must have successfully car
ried 12 hours the preceeding se
mester at the University of Ne
braska. Should the candidate have
received an incomplete or a condi
tion be may still be eligible for ini
tiation if be make the work up,
and still have an average of 72.
"Snould the candidate meet the
above requirements and not return
to school the following semester
be is eligible for initiation the first
semester of bis return. If he at
tends this university for any part
of a semester that shall be counted
as a full semester according to
these rules, unlets all his hours
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Union Building,
of Student Activities
tog, according to Mr. Stafford, is
to provide "a center for university
life, a place where students can
meet and mingle in comradeship,
where factional and sectional lines
are not recognized or drawn."
There are two sections to the
Ulin'-is union, one the union build
ing itelf. and the other the union
arcade. These two buildings are
a beehive of student activities. The
basement floor of the union build
ing bouses the offices and plant of
the mini Publishing company,
which prints the student daily pa
per and the Siren, the humor mag
azine, in addition to numerous
other technical magazines of the
various colleges.
Holds Activities.
The first floor of the union
building is gien over to a men's
lounge room, ladies lounge and
rest room, reading room, and an
auditorium seating persons. A
military store, tailor shop, soda
fountain and candy counter.
checkroom and information desk
also are maintained on the first
floor. Union orticials have offices
J there, and a public stenograpnic
j bureau and ticket offices for the
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AILY
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
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ALAN G. WILLIAMS.
WEEK'S RUN OF
MONDAY EVENING
Begins Amid Atmosphere of
1845 Filled With
Peanut Shells.
By FRANCES HOLYOKE.
With the Temple theater
crowded and the air full of yells
of merriment and peanut shells,
the university players opened the
week's presentation of "Fashion"
last night.
The entire action of the play
was overdone in nineteenth cen
tury style, with many sighs, tears,
and simpers, interspersed with
ballads. William F. Thompson,
husband of the would-be society
matron, stole the show when he
sang "Why Did You Dig Ma's
Grave So Deep" in a ludicrously
meltinsr voice. His character por
trayal of the harrassed business
man who has been driven to forg
ery by his wife's extravagances
moved listeners souis 10 ine pomi
of hysterics.
Augusta French . aa -Mrs. Tif
fany, the gushing matron, at
tempting to be quite French but
pulling many "foul passes" was
equally entertaining. Miss French
combined graceful movement,
windmill gestures, stupid man
ners, and a charming voice to
make her performance decidedly
outstanding.
Social Climbers.
The play concerns a family of
social climbers back in the days of
th middle forties. The plot is a
mixture of the scheming mother
defeated, the virtuous governess
rewarded, the blackmailer foiled.
the forging father escaping, tne
lost daughter found, and the fake
nobleman snowed up.
Zolley Lerner as the wouid-De
count does some admirable acting
in his role of fop and wicked rake.
Janie Lehnoff as Gertrude, the
governess, who nearly loses all
chances of happiness in, trying to
show up the importer count to
save her mistress, plays the mod
est, sweet, sugary, self sacrificing
little violet with all the saccharine
innocence imaginable.
Robert Reade, in the role of
Adam Trueman, the heroic
farmer, who is visiting with the
fashionable Tiffany's for no ap
parent good reason, brought down
the house repeatedly with his com
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IS DEADLINE
ON CORNHUSKER COPY
Enaravina Material and
Fraternity Writeups
Must Be In.
Friday is the final deadline for
all engraving copy for the 1931
Cornbusker. All fraternity and
individual pictures must be in by
that time or they will not be re
produced for this year's annual.
All fraternity writeups and
lists must also be in by Friday or
inaccurate classifications may re
tu!t for those organizations which
do not have their material in by
that date.
Printing Under Way.
"Much of the printing for the
new yearbook is already under
way and the rest of the copy will
be printed shortly," Kenneth Gam
mill, editor, announced yesterday.
"We desire to have fraternities
give us the names of their respec
tive pledges, sophomore. Juniors,
and seniors, in order that we may
list them correctly. If we don't
get these in by Friday we shall
have to rush the final draft and
inaccuracies are bound to result-"
According to Kd Edmonds, busi
ness manager of the annual, there
are still five fraternal organiza
tions which have not settled for
their space contracts for this year's
book. Group pictures for these
organizations have been assembled
but unless financial arrangements
are made by Friday these pictures
will not be included in the final
shipment to the engravers. Or
ganizations may still secure a
page in the Cornbusker after Fri
day but they will not be able to
get a picture after that date be
cause engravers will accept no
copy after March 15
ASHION
OPENS
Neb
Regiment
sji.
l.'ourtey l Tei Journal.
CARL J. HAHN.
T. C. TeETimCnt by Order Of Col-
SNOW TOTALS SIX INCHES
Snowfall of Winter Totals
10.7 Inches; January
Is Highest.
The snowfall, which started fall
ing last Thursday and continued
Friday, totaled six inches. The
total snowxall for this month is
greater than the amount which fell
during ice preceding tour.
January had the second highest
amount of snow with 1.9 incnes.
February had 1.4 inches, Novem
ber 1 inch, and February .4 of an
inch. The total snowfall for this
winter has been 10.7 inches.
A. W. S. MASS MEET
PLANNED FOR TODAY
Candidates for Membership
To Board Will Be
Selected.
TWO UP FOR PRESIDENCY
A mass meeting will be held to
day at 4:30 o'clock in Ellen Smith
hall when additional candidates
for membership on the A. W. S.
board -will be selected.- Two more
candidates from each class will be
nominated.
Nominations will be made from
the floor and the highest two nom
inaed will be placed on the bal
lots for the election to be held in
Social Sciences building from 9 to
5 o'clock Wednesday and Thurs
day.
The candidates for senior mem
ber having the highest number of
votes wul become vice presiaeni
the high junior member, secretary
and the highest sophomore mem
ber. treasurer.
Two Named for Presidency.
Bereniece Hoffman, Kappa Al
pha Theta, and Jean Pthburn,
Delta Gamma, are the nominees
for presidency of the board. Both
have served as junior members
during the past year. The defeated
candidate for presidency automat
ically becomes a senior member
of the A. W. S. court which is
otherwise composed of officers
only.
Four senior board members will
be selected from the following:
Gwendolyn Hager, Alpha Chi
Omega; Gretcben Fee, Delta Delta
Delta: Dorothy Weaver. Pi Beta
Phi: Evelyn Simpson, Chi Omega;
Julienne Deetken. non-sorority,
snd Roseline Pizer, Sigma Delta
Tau.
Candidates.
Those listed as candidates for
junior members of the board ate
Dorothy Charleson, Phi Mu; Jane
AxtelL Alpha Chi Omega; Mary
Alice Kelley. Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Helen Baldwin. Alpha
Phi: Margaret Upson. Alpha Omi
cron Pi. and Dorothy Luschinger.
non-sorority.
Nominees for sophomore mem
bers are Anne Bunting, Pi Beta
Pb; Lucille ReilJy. Delta Gamma;
Jean Kin man. Alpha Delta Pi;
Ruth Keuben, Sigma Delta Tau;
Mildred Stinton, Alpha Phi, and
Louise Hossack, Gamma Phi Beta
All women in school are eligible
to vote at this election. Identifi
cation cards must be presented.
Women Attend Itegional
Conference, in Chicago
Mis Florence Corbin and Miss
Rosan Elliff from the vocational
educational department are attend
ing the central regional conference
in borne economics education in
Chicago this week.
Department Chairmen
Will Sleet Thi Noon
The department chairmen of the
college of arts and sciences will
meet at the University club this
noon for luncheoj. There will be a
general discussion of problems of
interest to the college.
Campus Calendar
Tuesday, March 13.
Vespers at FUen Smith ball st
5 o'clock
Wednesday, March 11.
Mass meeting for sophomore
commissions, ictercburch, inter
racial and social staffs st Ellen
Smith hall. 5 p. m.
Thursday, March 12.
Leag-je of Women Voters Meet
tag rZlm Sunlit hull at 4 o'clock.
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UraOR MEET FOR
inORiG
Ray Ramsay Will Speak on
Furthering o? Union
Project Here.
IS SECOND OF SERIES
Addressed Recent Meeting
of Seniors; Jensen
Furnished Fun.
Ray Ramsay, secretary of the
University Alumni association and
billed as "Nebraska's Will Rogers"
will speak to the junior class on
the student union project at a spe
cial mass meeting in social science
auditorium at 11 o'clock this
morning.
The meeting has been called by
Hugh Rhea, junior class president.
as part of the move bacKeo Dy me
Innocents to educate the students
to the need of a union at Nebras
ka. Rhea will open the meeting and
turn it over to William T. Mc
Cleery, president of the Innocents
society, who will introduce Ram
say. Following Ramsay's talk, the
meeting will be open ior aiscus-
sion of the union project.
Is Third Meeting.
This mornine's meeting is the
third general meeting called in the
last two weeks for the purpose of
pushing the union movement A
meeting of the senior class was
held two weeks ago and last
Thursday night the three political
factions met and announced that
faction politics will play no part
in the union project and that all
three would back the plan. The In
nocents plan to call meetings of
the sophomore and freshman
classes to discuss a union soon.
Placards which announced the
meeting were distributed by the
Innocents Saturday and yesterday.
Spoke to Seniors.
Ramsay addressed about 200 se
niors at the largest meeting in the
history of tile fchool two weeks
ago, and after depicting the need
for a union building and what it
would mean to Nebraska and de
bating an item in the university's
financial report with Anton Jen
sen, former faculty member and a
chronic critic of the university ad
ministration, pledged $500 to the
projecL
Jensen questioned Ramsay on
the use of a certain $300 listed as
going to the latter for traveling
expenses and asked if he would
pledge the $300 toward a union
building. Ramsay replied that he
would do even better saying that
h hAd a 500 bond which he
would give.
When he asked Jensen how
much he would give, the former
language instructor said he had
several questions to ask first. The
alumni secretary then brought a
roar of laughter from those pres
ent by asking that Jensen present
his questions in tne usual mimeo
graphed form Ramsay reported
yesterday that he had received no
questions.
Schramm is For Union.
Prof. E. F. Schramm who has
backed the union movement among
the faculty told a joint meeting of
the three campus political factions
last week that the agitation for a
union had gone too far to be
dropped now and that if the stu
dents would work, he bad no doubt
of the support of the faculty and
alumni. He closed by saying that
be wanted to be among the first to
make a subscription when the time
for a canvass for subscriptions is
reached.
LEROSiiTSPEAKS
10
Takes Issue With Flexner's
Accusation of Babbitry
In Universities.
Dean J. K. Le Rocsienol of tbe
college of business administration
attended tbe 13th annual meeting
of the Americm association of
collegiate schools of business at
New Orleans last week. This asso
ciation is composed of the leading
schools of business. reorasaa nas
been a member eince it was first
organized.
Dean Le Rossignol. who was
president of the organization sev
eral years ago. spoke at a dinner
Friday night when Tulane univer
sity was host to the delegates.
He gave a critical review of
Abraham Flexner's new book.
"Universities of America, England
and Germany." According to Flex
ner's views there are no universit
ies in tbe United States. His idea
is of a research university which
parallels the German ones to some
extent. They should be devoted to
scholarship and should not train
for a vocation. He would possibly
admit tbe colleges of medicine and
law.
Dean Le Rossignol defended the
American universities against the
accusations cf "educational Babbi
try" made by Flexner. He pointed
out the place of the American uni
versities and cited the fact that
the German Lirtutims were be
comirg more and more like those
of our country.
Blood to Talk at M'Cook
Prof. F. C. Blood's name was
omitted from the list of speakers
who will address the McCook club.
He will speak to the club Friday
ot uis week.
MICKEL IS
REGIMENTAL HEAD
Alun William Is Promoted lo Lieutenant Colonelcy;
Lerov Jack and Carl llahn Are Named Major
In Univert.il v It. O. T. C Kefiiment.
OUKY PKOMOTES FOUK
Six Second Lieutenants Advanced in Hank, to l'irt
Lieutcnaiicic and Tonty-One Juniors
Receive New Commission.
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of tin- university H. . T. C. lvttinu nt. Al.m illiams ol Lin
coln. lieiitiiiant-coK.ml timl I.cniy -hu-k of Tckaniah and Cnrl
llahn of Twin Fulls, Ma., en. let majors, l.y onler of Col. W. II.
Ourv, n'jtituctital comm.nilai)t, ycslenlay as a result uf Lie
death of Winston IV-hn, former 'alet ''.lonel. two weeks Jig-).
. , Four cadets were promoted to the
Chinese V. VT. Secretary
Cojiiesy of The i:ir.
MISS TING SHU'CHING.
Present general secretary of the
Y. V. C. A. in China. Miss Ting
is the one to whom the money de
rived from the Grace Coppock
drive goes. The drive is going on
this week during the Nebraska In j
Shanghai week. She is Grace Cop-
pock's successor.
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CHINA IKES GREAT
El
Despite Nineteen Years of
Civil War, Country Is
Progressing.
ELLIOTT WILL LECTURE
China though nineteen years in
civu war Biiugiiu v.v. .
a limited monarchy made last
year her greatest showing in eco
nomic history. This is part of the
story that T. M. Elliott, twenty
four years in the east for the
V. M. C. A. but now home on fur
lough, will tell of China s develop
ment at the Woild Korum meeting
Wednesday noon at the Annex
cafe.
"Nineteen years in civil war 1
imagine that is longer than many
of you are old," said Mr. E.liott
in an interview yesterday. It is
hard to imagine that a nation
could progress as he has under
such conditions, he mentioned iur
tber. In
1929 the did the largest j
business with the United states
that she had ever done. Thirty-
five years sgo she was purely
Chinese, but today she is a modern
nation
Students Come to America.
Interesting in this development
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American educated student is prefjitjcljt; ua1ph Euh. '32. vice
playing. At present most o the j W.nl; Arlhur Peteison, '34,
members of the cabinet are 'f'1 -retary. The field council repre
dents who have returned from j KnlHUve .jjj j. ehown later from
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Macchioro Gives Comparison Between
American and European Universities
Says American Institutions
Are Professional in i
Character. !
BV OLIVER DEWOLF.
"The outstanding difference in
the concept! of universities in
Europe and United States, is that
in Europe we conceive of the uni
versities as an institute of scien
tific purpose and character, and
not with any professional aims as
they do in the United States," de
clared Prof. Vittorio Macchioro, ir
a recent interview. Professor Mac
chioro is assistant professor of ar
chaeology at the University of Na
ples, and" keeper of tbe Italian na
tional museum at Naples, and at
the present time is a Carnegie vis
iting professor at the University of
During the past two years. Pro
fessor Macchioro has been lectur
ing in vitious universities thruout
Use United States and Canada. He
bas given courses at the universi
ties of Chicago, Columbia and Vir
ginia, hcf?r eomlcg to Nebraska.
As a result of work in Italy, and
bis more recent work in United
States, Professor Macchioro has
made many interesting observa
tions on tbe educational systems of
tbe two continents.
Four Faculties There. -
To illustrate the iifferfne of
the two countries in regard fo the
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CADETS TO CAPTAINS
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rank of captain and other changes
in the student officer staff were
niaiie.
John H. Ecatty of Overton was
advanced from first lieutenant to
captain and will serve as regi
mental intelligence officer. James
C Eelda of Omaha will replace
Cail Hahn as regimental supply
officer with rank of captain.
Charles V. Koester of Marysville,
Kan., will be regimental personnel
adjutant witn rank of captain.
Vincent J. Barlow of Lincoln will
assume command of Comany M
as captain.
Mickel, Williams Promoted.
Mickel, law college senior, and
member of Delta Tau Delta fra
ternity, was promoted from the
rank of lieutenant colonel. Wil
liams, arts and science senior,
campus leader of the barb group
and member of the Innocents so
ciety, was major of the first ba
taliion during the first semester.
Jack, business administration
i senior, mcmcer w rni ueiia i net
fraternity and of the Innocents
society, will fill the vacancy left
by Williams' promotion. Hahn,
business administration senior,
member of Sigma Nu fraternity
and Innocent, was elevated from
the rank of captain to the position
in charge of training and supplies.
in cnarge o: training ana BuPI...e.
Burton Bridges of Lincoln and R.
Stanley uay oi usann """""
as majors of the second and third
batallions.
I The following second lieutenants
were appointed first lieutenants in
the R. O. T. C. regiment! Frank
R. Denton of Lincoln: .Rudolph
Meyer of Lincoln: Clarence A. H.
Meyer of Pender: Everett C
Temple of Marysville. Kansas: El
bridge Embaker of Glenrock,
Wyoming; and Roy F. Steinholder
of Goehner.
! 21 Are Commissioned.
j Twenty-one students taking
advanced military science were
promoted to be tecond lieutenants,
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Election of Officers for
Doth Campuses Is
Announced.
Elections of V. M. C. A. officers
for the city campus and for the
agricultural campus -were an
nounced late yesterday by C. l.
Hayes, general secretary. Offic:rs
will immed:ately choose the mem
bers for the cabinet for the comin?
year and the new organization will
be complete by tbe end of tne
j :nonlh.
Officers elected for the city
campus were: Coburn Tomson, 32.
'president: William E. Kaplan, 32.
vice president: Carl F. Grill, 34,
t-ecrelarv: wereuitn -Neiton, .
field council
representative
The
follow
.ing agricultural campus offi
vere elected: Greth Dunn, '32,
UN NAMED
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PROF. VITTORIO MACCHIORO.
organization of universities, Pro
fespor Macchtoro pointed out that
in the SurooeaE universt'Jes tber
are but four faculties, namely;
law, philosophy, medicine and en
gineering;. Of the four faculties
that are offered, the latter two are
of course prac'..cal io a certain de
gree. The first two however, deal
for the moot part with the theore
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