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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. SUNDAY. MARCH 22, 19.11.
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NOTED EDUCATOR
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Professor Twentyman Will
Speak to Students on
Thursday.
TO ADDRESS HONORARIES
Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi
Schedule Dinner as Joint
Meeting.
Prof. Arthur E. Twentyman, for
mer secretary of the British board
of education, will arrive In Lin
coln Thursday morning: to speak to
University of Nebraska students at
an 11 o'clock convocation at the
Temple theater and to address the
annual Joint meeting of Phi Beta
Kappa and Sigma Xi, honorary so
cieties, in the evening.
At tie convocation, which is
open to the public, Professor
Twentyman will discuss, "Chang
ing Social Conditions in England."
Following the annual joint dinner
of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi
at the University club at 6:30
o'clock, he will speak on "New
Conceptions of Education in
Europe." Members of either so
ciety and their families may at
tend the dinner.
Outstanding Educator.
Professor Twentyman, recog
nized as an outstanding English
educator, this year is in the United
States under Carnegie Foundation
auspices and is teaching at the
University of Missouri as a visit
ing professor.
For nearly thirty years he was a
member of the staff of the office
of special inquiries and reports of
the board of education at London.
He now holds the position of tutor
to advanced students in education
at King's college, University of
London, and is chairman of the
Council of World Association for
Adult Education.
He was educated at Brasenose
college, University of Oxford; at
Universities of Berlin and Leipzig
and at the Sorbonne. The active
chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and
Sigma XI at the University of Ne
braska are sponsoring Professor
Twentyman'! appearance in Lin
coln. BE
Non - Profesional Students
May Take Examination
On Subjects.
The university senate has
adopted a plan whereby students
not in professional colleges may
receive credit on the basis of a
comprehensive written or oral ex
amination for work not carried in
courses, Chancellor E. A. Burnett,
president of the senate, announced
Saturday.
Th plan will make it possible
for students who come from other
schools, high schools of specialized
employment which has given them
considerable training in a certain
field to receive credit in basic
courses and enter more advanced
study without going thru the rou
tine of duplicating elementary
work. The purpose of the plan is
to gave time for the superior stud
ents or for the student who al
ready possesses an elementary
knowledge of a subject altho he
has not acquired this knowledge
thru formal university class work.
Publicity Plan.
The plan adopted by the univer
sity senate Is as follows:
"Students of the University of
Nebraska not in professional col
leges may receive advanced stand
ing for work not carried in course
by examinations under the follow
ing conditions:
"(1) The applicant shall file
with tha committee on advanced
standing a detailed statement of
the work accomplished as the ba
sis for the examination, together
with any supplementary evidence
(for example, publications) which
Is pertinent.
If the applicant be approved the
candidate shall pay an examina
tion fee of one , dollar for each
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SCHEDULED HER
OR CONVOCATION
Campus Greenhouse Shows Medley
Of Seasons, Conclave of Nations
In Variety of Flowers It Houses
BY MARGARET TIN LEY
Saturday was the first day of spriiiR in Lim-olii, but at the
campus greenhouse there is a medley of seasons. Snap-dragons
which ordinarily bloom out of doors lnte in the summer are
r-overed with flowers now, and the earlier petunias are blooming
too, in greet abundance. In fact, it is hard to say just what
season it is at the greenhouse.
Although there will be no plant
lng out of doors now until the
middle of May, the lilacs and bri
dal wreath will soon be coloring
the campus. Already cocky dan
delions have begun to bloom on
the mall in front of the coliseum.
It Is like a conclave of nations
toe, every day in the greenhouse.
English violets are neighborly
with the paler blue forget-me-nots
from the Rhine. California cacti
of all kinds have a shelf to them
selves but around the corner is
the sturdy fig tree from Egypt.
Every morning the cleander can
call a greeting to the common oat
plant across the room and the
English Educator
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ARTHUR TWENTYMAN.
Who is brought here by Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi for
their annual joint meeting. He
will speak at a university convo
cation Thursday morning at 11
o'clock.
SENATORS PASS ANTI-
BILL 24-7
Members Make Comments
On Enforceability as
They Vote Aye.
GOES TO LOWER HOUSE
S. F. 82, Senator Johnson's anti
smoking bill for schools, passed
the senate 24 to 7 at its afternoon
session Friday with some of its
avowed opponents voting for it be
cause they were willing they said,
to give its exponents a chance to
show what they can do.
The final overwhelming approv
al of the senate Friday climaxed
the measure's prolonged and ex
citing career marked by growing
support in that body. It was sent
immediately to the house where it
came for first reading Saturday
morning. It will be read the second
time in the house Monday and au
tomatically referred to the house
educational committee. Debate on
the bill will follow the committee
report.
Friday's vote in the senate al
most exactly paralleled that which
sent the bill to third reading on
Tuesday. Senator Easton, who
supported the measure Tuesday
voted, against it n-Jta..; inaJLaj
pearance. Bowrlng, former oppo
nent of the bill, voted for it Fri
day. Bowman and Dworak, both of
whem voted to kill the bill Tues
day, were absent when the vote
was taken. The seven voting
against the bill on its final appear
ance were Easton, Koster, Neu
mann, Pitzer, Randall, Rodman
and Srb.
Reed Denounces It.
Senator Reed, one of those vot
ing for the bill, denounced it and
declared it was not worth the
paper it is written on, adding that
"you can't enforce it and you can't
legislate morals into students. This
should be done at home. As an ex
periment I am willing to try it. I
vote aye." Senator Schepman, an
other supporter of the bill in the
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METHODISTS PUN PARTY
Church Group Arranges for
April Fool Festivities
On March 2.
The Methodist Student council
will hold an all-Methodist April
ooi party jviarcn at urace jm.
E. church. Twenty-seventh and R
streets, beeiinninc at 8:30 x. m.
The president, Miss Bereniece
Hoffman, Has appointed tne ioi
lowing committees for this all
Methodist event:
Prosram committee: Carolyn
Cooper, chairman, Mildred Kirk-
bride, Margaret Wiener; rerresn
mpnts Elizabeth Siblev. chairman.
Jane Boos, Elizabeth Ferguson,
Marjorie Lowe. William Ferguson,
Robert Davies; decoration, Lester
Larson, chairman, Lloyd Watt,
Henry Rinker, Alice Williams,
Avi Alden: recreation. Ralph
Copenhaver, chairman, Gertrude
Marsh, Ruth Heather.
The general chairman or au
committees, is Ralph Copenhaver,
urhn is rpannnsthle of the detail of
the evening's recreation. He has
worked out unique ideas wmcn win
be featured throughout the eve
ning's program.
orange blossoms drop their petals
chummily onto the cyclamen.
Everything is Labelled.
Everything is labelled at the
greenhouse but sometimes there is
a mistake made in seeds. Max
Schnitter, in charge of the plants
there told of some violets he
planted a short time ago. "We
planted some violet seed," he
laughed, "but iow that they are
up well, when they came up they
were pansies!"
Among the-most Interesting in
habitants of the flowerhouse now
is the pineapple geranium. Its
leaves have a decided scent like
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COLORADO-HUSKER
DEBATE WILL BE
Free Trade Among Nations
Is Question Under
Consideration.
DATE IS SET TUESDAY
Visitors to Uphold Negative
In Verbal Mix Over
KFOR Program.
The University of Colorado will
be the opponents of the Nebraska
debate team at 5 o'clock next
Tuesday, March 24, in a debate
of the free trade question, over
radio station KFOR.
The Husker squad, composed
of Jack Devoe and Bernard Ptak,
will uphold the affirmative, while
the Coloradons, John Carlson and
Charles Maddock will present the
negative side of the question. The
official wording of the subject is,
"Resolved, that The nations should
adopt a policy of free trade."
Ptak is a graduate of Norfolk
high school, where he was a mem
ber of the district championship
team in the Nebraska High School
league. He is a senior in the
college of law, but is in his first
year of university debating. Ptak
is a member of the Delta Theta
Phi legal fraternity.
The other Nebraska man, Jack
Devoe is a resident of Lincoln, a
graduate at Lebanon, Neb., and a
member of Pi Kappa Phi and
Phi Alpha Delta. He previously
ilebated at Kearney Normal col
lege, and is a two year veteran
at Nebraska. Devoe has also been
debate coach at Seward for two
years, where he turned out a
championship team.
The Colorado team is accom
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POLICE ARREST FIVE
Authorities Seize Liquor
---Found in Apartment - -Yesterday.
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TRIAL IS SET THURSDAY
Five university students .were
arrested by police Saturday after
noon in a raid on an apartment on
North Tenth street. One hundred
bottles of beer and a half gallon of
alcohol found in the apartment
were confiscated, and the five oc
cupants of the residence were ar
raigned before Justice of Peace
Maggi and pleaded not guilty to
charges of illegal possession of
liquor.
Those persons arrested gave
their names as Fred Wickman,
Tekahmah, who is junior in the
college of business administration
and is affiliated with Delta Tau
Delta; Jack Calkins, York, who is
a freshman in arts and science
college and is a member of Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Warren Crawford,
Lake City, la., a junior In the col
lege of business administration;
George Cook, a teachers college
senior of Casper, Wyo., who is
affiliated with Delta Tau Delta;
and Max Von Bargen, a sophomore
engineer whose home is in Lincoln.
All five were released without
bond to appear in Justice Maggi's
court Thursday morning. Detec
tive Weygint and Officers Maunier
and Schappaugh made the raid.
FACULTY MEN ARE
APPOINTED HEADS
OF SCIENCE MEET
Four University of Nebraska
faculty members last week were
appointed section chairmen of the
Nebraska Academy of Science con
vention which will be held May 8
and 9 on the university campus.
A. L. Lugn will be in charge of the
earth science section, A. A. Leubs
of engineering, P. S. Johnson of
high school teacheds of science,
and M. M. Flood of mathematics.
Prof. H. H. Marvin, chairman of
the physics department, is presi
dent of the state association. M.
P. Brunig and P. K. Slaymaker,
both university faculty members
are other officers.
JACK DEVOE.
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University of Colorado in a debate to be broadcast over KFOR Tuesday at 5 o'clock.
MUSIC STUDENTS
PLAY AT KANSAS
CITY CONVENTION
Three students of the school of
music journeyed to Kansas City
this week end in order to play at
the fourth annual conference of
the American Federation of Arts,
held there this week. They are:
Naomi Randall, violinist, who is a
student of Professor Carl B. Steck
elbcrg, Mildred Johnson, vocalist,
a. student of Miss Policy, and
Ruth Randall, a student of Floyd
RobbinB, who will accompany the
two at the piano.
LAYS PLANS FOR
'AT HOI WEEK'
Traditional Activities Will
Be Set on Same Day
Every Year.
A plan for a university "At
Home" week, culminating with all
traditional spring activities Ivy
day, honors convocation, the va
rious college "nights" and field
days, Pre-Medic trip to Omaha and
the Farmers' Fair during the last
three days of the week, has been
adopted by the tmiversity senate
and will go into effect next year,
J. S. Dales, secretary to the body,
announced yesterday. The first
Thursday in May will always be
Ivy day.
The following schedule of spring
activities for this year was an
nounced :
Wednesday, April 29.
Honors convocation,
Thursday, April 30.
Engineers' night.
Pharmacy night.
Ivy day.
Friday, May 1.
University day.
Pre-Medic day.
Saturday, May 2.
Farmers' Fair.
University day will include col
lege and university field events in
the afternoon and an all-university
party in the evening, sponsored by
the faculty and students. Other
announcements of University day
will be made soon.
Adopts Report.
The University senate adopted
the following report of the com
mittee on special college days rec
ommending a general permanent
schedule for the annual spring ac
tivities of the university:
"1. That Ivy day shall be the
first Thursday of May beginning
with the school year 1931-32.
"2. That Honors convocation
shall be held the Wednesday eve
ning preceding Ivy day.
"3. That special college days
may be held only on Thursday,
Friday, or Saturday of the week
in which Ivy day occurs."
"It is the thought of the com
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RUSSIAN PIANIST
GIVES PROGRAM
AT CONVOCATION
Madame Eugenie Colachova,
Russian pianist who has been in
the United States less than one
year, will present the program at
the University of Nebraska con
vocation Tuesday morning at 11
o'clock in the Temple theater.
Madame Colachova holds a Master
of Music degree from a Russian
conservatory and appeared in con
cert work there for a long time.
Her program is as follows:
Theme at variations. Op. Fa, Gla
sounoff; Abegg Variationon, Schu
mann; Polka in F Major, Sme
tana: Prelude in B. flat minor, No.
16, Chopin.
Campus Calendar
Monday.
Upperclass commission, 5
o'clock, Ellen Smith hall.
Tuesday.
Vespers, 5 o'clock, Ellen Smith
hall.
Sigma Eta Chi, 6:30 o'clock, El
len Smith hall.
Wednesday.
A. W. S. board meeting, 12
o'clock Ellen Smith hall.
Thursday.
W. A. A. executive council
meeting, 12 o'clock, Armory.
W. A. A. mass meeting, 7:15
o'clock, Armory.
ADMINISTRATION
RADIO DEBATERS ON
BERNARD PTAK.
C. CLOVER WINS
FIRST AWARD IN
ESSAY CONTEST
Exeter Senior Receives $40
as Prize in Compet of
Chancellor.
HARRY WEST IS SECOND
Five Others Recognized for
'What I Aim to Get
Out of College
Clarence Clover of Exeter, a
senior in the college of agricul
ture, was the winner of the first
prize of $40 In the third annual
essay contest conducted by Chan
cellor E. A. Burnett of the state
university, according to an an
nouncement made Saturday. The
essay contest was open to all un
dergraduate university students,
writing on the subject "What I
Aim to Get Out of College."
Harry L. West of Syracuse was
awarded the second prize of $25
and Irmagard Krekeler of Goth
enburg was awarded the third
prize of $15. Four prizes of $5
each were awarded to Harold
Wynkoop of Central City, Maude
Schroeder of Holbrook, Margaret
Hunter of Petersburg; and F. Al
len Murphy of Lincoln. The essays
were judged by J. C. Alden, di
rector of the state publicity bu
reau, E. M. Hosman, secretary of
the Nebraska State Teachers as
sociation, and Ray E. Ramsay,
secretary of the University of Ne
braska Alumni association. Fifty
two essays were entered in the
contest.
The contest was sponsored by
Chancellor Burnett in the hope
that students would give more at
tention to the aims of a college
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GETS NEW SPECIMENS
Miss Curtis Gives Father's
Philippine Collection to
Nebraska.
INCLUDES VENUS SPONGE
Announcpment of the donation
of the Dr. W. L. Curtis Philippine
Islands collection to the University
of Nebraska museum is made to
day by Dr. E. H. Barbour, chair
man of the department of geology
and keeper of the museum.
The collection was given to the
university by Miss Martha Curtis,
now of Grand Rapids, Mich., where
she is connected with the Kent
scientific museum. It was secured
by Dr. Curtis, her father, in the
Philippine islands during the
years. 1905-1907.
A number of Venus flower bas
kets, a lorm of sponges which as
preserved specimens resembled
spun glass lace, are outstanding
features of the collection. Tboy
are a foot in diameter and are
pure white.
Twenty-four samples of various
woods found on the islands,
trimmed and labeled in uniform
style with both popular and scien
tific names, the rostrum of a large
sawfish, and the enormous tail of
a stringaree arc other specimens
in the collection.
The tail, five feet long, is par
ticularly interesting because of the
six-inch serrated spine on the end
of it which the stringaree uses as
a weapon of defense when at
tacked. The stringaree, a large
ray found in the south seas and
near the Philippines, is dreaded by
bathers and shore fishermen be
cause of the dangerous wound
which it can inflict by jabbing the
spine into any intruder.
GERMAN WRITER
NOTES ORFIELIVS
ARTICLE IN BOOK
References to Prof. Lester B.
Orfield's article, "Equity as a Con
cept of International Law," which
appeared in the Kentucky Law
Review last year, are contained in
a book by Prof. Karl Strupp of the
University of Frankfurt on the
Main, Germany, which Mr. OiTield
has just received. The book,
"Right of the International Judge
to Decide According to Equity,"
contains five lectures delivered at
the Hague Academy of Interna
tional Law last July.
FREE TRADE QUESTION
JOHN CARLSON.
Ehsay Winner
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CLARENCE CLOVER.
Who won the .first award of
$40 for the best essay submitted
in the contest sponsored by Chan
cellor E. A. Burnett on the sub
ject "What I Aim To Get Out of
College."
PLAYERS ENTERTAIN
'Patchwork Girl of 0z' Is
Title of Comedy. Given
In Temple.
LEAGUE SPONSORS PLAY
By FLORENCE JEWELL.
A group of most enthusiastic
children enjoyed the fanciful com
edy, "Patchwork Girl of Oz,"
which was presented by a cast
cornpoccd of University Players
and grade school children at the
Temple theater Saturday after
noon. Moments of breathless silence
alternated with those filled with
hilarious shouts and whistles as
the lively audience followed the
adventures of the fascinating
characters. The play was full of
color, suspense, and action.
The Patchwork Girl in her color
ful costumes of patches, looking
as if she were really stuffed with
cotton was a favorite. DeLellis
Schramek interpreted this charac
ter very cleverly.
Brubaker Has Lead.
Ojo. the male lead, "was played
by Elbridge Brubaker. He is to be
praised for the sympathetic man
ner in which he. portrayed this
character.
Ann Kavich was especially fine
in her lively interpretation of the
Scare Crow. Mildred Alexander
was most excellent in her part of
the Glass Cat.
The children were especially de
lighted when the Saw Horse
played by John Chapman went
among the audience between acts
and took one of the children for a
ride. Ojo's party carrying lanterns
and searching for a new country
also went down among the audi
ence. Donald Horen, a member of
the children's class, recited be
tween acts.
Clarisse Bucklin had charge of
the scenery; Eetty Jonas designed
the clever costumes, and Virginia
Jonas had charge of the proper
ties. Robert Reade was the stage
manager.
The play was presented under
the auspices of the Junior League
and was directed by Pauline Gcl
latly. MACCHIORn"lTllVE TALK
'Roman, Greek Conception of
Religion' Is Subject
of Address.
"The Roman and Greek Concep
tion of Religion" is the topic upon
which Prof. Vittorio Macchioro will
speak before the ' U-N-I" club
group of the First Presbyterian
church this evening at 7 o'clock.
This is the concluding discussion
of "God, Man and the Universe,"
which subject this group has been
studying during the month of
March. All university students
not attending a young people's
group elsewhere are invited to at
tend and bring a friend. The
church is located at Seventeenth
and F streets, and the club rooms
in the basement can be entered
through the church court from
Seventeenth street and using the
door on the east side of the court,
or following the sidewalk north
from F street in the rear of the
church.
The social hour at 6 o'clock will
be under the direction of Charles
De Ford, and Ruth Newcomer will
serve the refreshments at 6:30.
Couneny of Th Journal.
CHARLES MADDOCK.
and Charles Maddock of the
UNIVERSITY HIRES
AGENT TO LOCATE
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Chancellor Doubles . Offe;
Of Nebraskan; Reward
Now Totals $75.
CONDUCT INVESTIGATION
Williams Protests Against
Methods Used After
Interview.
Charles Held, of the Tinker-ton
Detective agency, Kansas City, haa
been employed by the University
of Nebraska in its efforts to lo
cate the writer or writers of "With
Fire and Sword," anonymous scan
dal sheet which apepared on the
campus Wednesday morning.
A reward of $50 was personally
offered by Chancellor E. A. Bur
nett yesterday afternoon for ar
rest and conviction of the authors
of the publication. This, coupled
with The Daily Nebraskan's offer,
made Thursday, of $25, makes a
total reward of $75 now posted for
locating and convicting the people
responsible for the paper.
The investigation, being con
ducted by the Pinkerton detective,
is only partially finished, accord
ing to university officials. Several
people have been questioned i"
connection with the case but noth
ing has yet been made public.
Williams Interviewed.
Alan Williams. Innocent who
became famous as organizer of
barb students on the campus, was,
interviewed by the detective Fri
day afternoon and Saturday made
a protest against the methods be
ing used by the investigator.
"The university has hired a man
from the Pinkerton agency to run
down the editorship of 'With Fire
and Sword,' " said Williams. "Thla
man calls students in and offera
them immunity if they will con
cede th?y are in on the plot and
will tell on the others. In other
words, he is offering stool pigeon,
gangster methods to the Nebraska
student body," declared Williams.
"The chancellor says he does
not know what methods are being
used and evidently does not care.
Probably any methods would be a.11
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T IN AG J
Kennedy Award Goes to
Senior With Score
773 Points.
Hansel Phipps, senior in the col
lege of agriculture, won the W. J.
Kennedy trophy offered for high
individual in the college of agri-
! culture student livestock judging
contest held by the Block and
Bridle club yesterday. Phipps
scored 773 out of a possible 850
to lead this field of 46 contestants
I in the annual contest.
Jesse Bilyeu of Albion placed
I second with a score of 75S. The
j remaining places of the high ten
! were won by Gerald Schick of
Curtis, Yea Meredith of Albion,
LaVein Gingrich of Humboldt,
Fred Siefrr of Dalton. Glen Le
Dioyt of North Platte. Clyde Batie
of Lexington. Virgil Taylor of
Stanton, and Wayne Bishop of
I Thompson respectively,
i The contestants were ranked on
the results of placing eleven rings
. of livestock and giving eight sets
I of reasons. A dinner was held at
i the Ag cafeteria following the con
I test where the results were an
I nounced and ribbons given.
Judges Listen.
Judges of the contest were Prof.
C. W. Hickman of the University
of Idaho, Clilf Girardot of Albion,
and Russell Kendall of Omaha.
Fred Meredith won first place
in the judging of swine by scoring
239 out of a possible 250 points.
Gerald Schick placed second,
Jesse Bilyeu third, Floyd Hedlund
fourth and Fred Siefer fifth for
the other four high places in the
swine classes.
Hansell Phipps scored highest in
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LAWYERS NAME PLEDGES
Phi Delta Phi Law Honorary
Takes in 16 New Men;
Initiate April 2.
Phi Delta Phi, national honor
ary legal fraternity, announces
the recent pledging of sixteen
men from the freshman and jun
ior classes. Membership in this
organization depends primarily on
scholarship and secondarily . on
qualities of leadership and apti
tude to legal study.
The new pledges are: Allen
Beaumont, Lincoln; William L.
Darrah, Omaha; Samuel C Ely,
Ainsworth; Milton R. Foe. Grey
bull, Wyo.; Arthur L. Griswold,
Fairfield; Harry R. Haaaen,
Omaha; Charles McCarL McCook;
Clarence A. Meyer, Pender;
George E. Mickel, Omaha: Regi
nald C. Miller, Lincoln; J. liar
shall Pitier, Nebraska City: L.
Richard Ricketta, Lincoln: G. Al
lan Schrimpf, Omaha; Jaua P
Shively, Hastings: Cecil E. Stan
ley. Havelock; Collins Weston.
Beatrice.
The initiation will be bald. at
the supreme court chamber in
the State capitol on April 2.' The
initiates will be the guest of the
active members of the inn at a
banquet after the initiation..
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