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GREEKS CONDEMN
PRESS PRACTICES
Fraternities Meet to Object to Methods Employed
By Lincoln Newspaper in Obtaining Names
Before Release Deadline.
REPRESENTATIVES READ
Publication Obtains Lists of Twelve Groups; Refuses
To Cooperate With University Men in
Suppressing Unofficial Names.
Indignation ran high among Nebraska fraternity men as
their presidents met in special session early Wednesday after
noon at the Alpha Tan Omega house to protest what were
termed by officers of the Intcrfraternity council as "unfair"
methods employed by a local morning newspaper in securing
niPrtprp. lists from twelve fraterni
ties before the release deadline set
by the council olfice.
Representatives of the twelve
chapters declared that they had re
vealed identity of their new
pledges elected from each one. The
that the official lists had been re
leased. Discovery that such was
not the case led to a meeting of
fraternity representatives late
Tuesday evening under the direc
tion of William Garlow, Innocent
who had discovered the error.
According to a representative of
Delta Tau Delta, some of their
members were contacted and in
formation concerning their new
pledges elcited from each one. The
house was then called, and the
partial list read to James Heldt,
president of the chapter, asking if
it were correct. Believing that the
publication had received the of
ficial list from the council, Heldt
corrected the list and and made the
necessary additions.
Seeking to avoid the Impending
fine, representatives drew up and
signed a petition asking the paper
to refrain from publishing the in
formation in view of the misunder
standing. Delegates then proceeded
en masse to the offices of the pa
per where Garlow presented and
read the petition to the editorial
staff.
Agreement was reached, accord
ing to Garlow, that the lists would
be removed from the press, after
which the delegation went home
well satisfied. Later in the evening,
Prof. E. F. Schramm, interfra-
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Extension Department
Announce Registrants
Later.
to
Holders of 250 regents scholar
ships will enter the university this
fall if all of the winners of the
academic contest conducted last
spring decide to take advantage
of the offer. The exact number of
scholarship registrants will be an
nounced later, the extension divi
sion stated.
Valued at $70, the scholarships
were awarded on the basis of a
competitive examination held in
April in high schools thruout the
state. A total of 1,229 students,
representing 380 high schools, took
part in the fourth annual compe
tition for the 250 scholarships. It
was the largest number of stu
dents and schools to take part :n
this contest.
Philip Southwlck of Friend
made the highest score of all
those taking the examination. He
has definitely decided to take
chemical engineering work at the
university this fall. Helen Larson
of Mead and Althadene Chrlsten
Bon ot Harvard were tied for sec
ond place. Miss Larson enters
teachers college and Miss Chris
tenson will enroll In arts and sci
ences. Hallard Moyer of Chadron
won third place. Moyer plans to
enter the college of engineering.
Examinations were conducted In
at least five subject. There were
English and Algebra classification
tests for all contestants and at
least three other academic exam
inations based upon the student's
high school work and the field he
Intends to foUow at the university.
In adition to the winners, a num
ber of alternates were named who
may use the scholarships If any
of the winners do not claim them.
The scholarships are made for the
first semester of the school year,
and renewed if the student' work
justifies it
Winners of regents' scholarships
rank well above the average In
scholwork at the university, a
purvey shows. Among the upper
classmen now enrolled who won
such awards for the freshman
year, more than 60 percent rank
over 80 In grades. About half the
former scholarship holder have
average grades over 85; and only
one belojr 75 percent.
H SCHOLARSHIPS
Protest Pledge List Publication
PETITION TO EDITORS
Five Page Satire Section
Introduces Renovated
Humor Magazine.
Adopting a decidedly more mod
ern, sophisticated tone, the Sep
tember issue of the Awgwan, Ne
braska humor publication, will go
on sale next week, according to a
statement made Wednesday by
John Edwards, editor of the mag
azine. "We're going to try to put out
a real smart college magazine,"
Edwards declared. "For the past
ten or fifteen years, almost all col
lege comic publications have been
on the same pattern, and have not
kept abreast of the times. We are
making no complete change in the
style of the Awgwan, but we are
going to inject a little modern so
phistication into it. In short, it will
be a combination of the old time
Awgwan and Vanity Fair, Esquire,
and the New Yorker."
"Campus Tempo."
Among the new features which
will appear in the first issue will
be a five page section of satire
and general comment on college
life, entitled "Campus Tempo."
The pages will be broken up with
cartoons and an occasional poem
or two, and the section is expected
to prove one of the most popular
features of the magazine.
A calendar of campus events
and other happenings will be in
cluded in the front advertising sec
tion. Entitled "On and Off the
Campus," it will be a complete
day-by-day listing of college
events. Other sections will be de
voted to the stage of the month,
including productions by Univer
sity Players, and any road shows
playing in Lincoln or Omaha; mo
tion pictures of the month; select
ed radio programs; and a special
listing of places to dine and dance
in both Omaha and Lincoln.
"Candid Camera."
"Gore." the gossip column of the
magazine, will be another two
page feature, but will deal strictly
with social life on the campus. Il
lustrating this section will be a
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AWGWAN ADOPTS
MODERN KEYNOTE
IN FIRST NUMBER
Hostess for Thirteen Years
Declares Work All Pleasure
Working with university girls Is
nclhing new for Mrs. Clara Baker,
for thirteen years connected with
co-operative houses on the cam
pus. In this time she has become
closely associated with the univer
sity and has been deeply interested
in its actiities.
Housemother at Howard hall,
co-operative house for junior and
senior girls, for the last three
years, Mrs. Baker was before that
time hostess In one of the old cot
tage dorms at 1232 R. She has re
signed this year because of health
and will leave In the near future
for Grossepointe, Mich., where she
plana to visit her son, Irving C
Baker, head of air conditioning
for the Chrysler company.
"Since I started the work In
1922 I can't remember a thing that
wasn't pleasure." Mrs. Baker
stated. The girls that I have come
in contact with have all been of
the highest type and have done
such ideally high things."
Mrs. Baker has done much to
make Howard hall Into a real home
for the sixteen girls who live
there. She relates with pride the
activities that her girls have been
in during their years in school. She
boasts of the may queen from
Howard hall, and of the two times
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Several hundred students
have taken advantage of the
Nebraskan's cut-rate subscrip
tion price, according to a check
up made Wednesday afternoon.
Beginning at 8 o'clock Thursday
morning, workers will again be
stationed at booths in Social Sci
ence hall and the Nebraskan of
fice to sell subscription cards,
Truman Oberndorf, business man
ager, stated.
Faculty members may obtain
their subscriptions by filling out
the subscription blank which ap
pears in today's issue of the Daily
Nebraskan and sending them to
the newspaper office by university
mail. A representative of the
business staff will then call to col
lect f 1, price at which the Nebras
kan will be available for the entire
school year.
Drive Closes Sept. 20.
Upon the closing of the brief
subscription drive which will ex
tend thru Monday, Sept. 30, the
price will be boosted to $1.50. Un
til this date, copies of the paper
will be obtainable free of charge
in Social Science hall.
"The Nebraskan is the lowest
priced college dally in the coun
try," Oberndorf declared. "The
drastic reduction in cost was made
last year and proved so satisfac
tory that we intend to continue
the policy this year."
Increases in advertising lineage
are responsible for the reduced
prices this year, according to the
business staff. Last year was the
first time that the subscription
price of the paper was placed be
low $1.50.
The Nebraskan is Issued five
days a week during the school
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NEW FOOTBALL SONG
Grid Ditty by Lester Palmer
To Be First Played
Oct. 28.
A new Nebraska football song,
written by Lester Palmer, Omaha's
song writing municipal judge, will
be heard for the first time at the
Nebraska-Chicago game here Sat
urday, Oct. 28. Officials of the ath
letic department recently accepted
the song and turned it over to the
university band for dedication at
the opening contest.
Billie Quick, director, is now in
troducing the new grid ditty to his
university band.
A campus organization is now
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that the hall has placed first In
scholarship. She enjoys speaking
also of the buffet luncheons and
other social functions which help
to break the monotony of the col
lege routine.
Christmas Is a happy time for
Mrs. Baker, for it is at this time
of year that almost all of the more
than 200 former residents of the
halls which she chaperoned re
member her with cards and letters.
She receives messages from all
parts of the country, including the
Philippines and Hawaii.
Mrs. Baker stated that when she
first started in the work with uni
versity girls she could not under
stand how meals could be served
for 25 cents per person per day.
Now she declares that with each
girl paying 25 cents per day for
meals, it is possible to save money.
Thus girls are able to have the
privileges of a home and good food
for a small amount of money. The
residents ot the hall are chosen on
the basis of scholastic ability by
the office of the dean of women,
which la in complete charge of
both Howard and Wilson halls.
Mrs. Dora Finch will succeed
Mrs. Baker at Howard hall. She
has served for four years as house
mother at the Phi Delta Theta
house previous to last year.
Direct Student Affairs
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
DR. T. J. THOMPSON.
Dean of student affairs and
general administrative officer of
the university.
CHANGE PLANNED IN
W.A.A. POINT SYSTEM
Intramural Sports to
Made Object of
Revision.
Be
Revision of the point system for
intramural sports was taken under
consideration at a special meeting
of the W. A. A. council, which was
held Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock in the W. A. A. rooms in
Grant Memorial hall.
Elizabeth Bushee, president of
the organization, appointed a com
mittee to have charge of the
change in the system. Members
of the committee are Faith Arnold,
Gayle Cayley, Doris Rilsness, and
Miss Mathilda Shelby, faculty ad
viser. Plans for distribution of the W.
A. A. handbook during the phys
ical education registration Thurs
day and Friday were made, ine
publication was edited by Eleanor
Neale, member of the council.
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Big Sisters, W.A.A. Council,
Y.W., Y.M. Staffs Give
Social Affairs.
University freshmen were the
guests of honor at three parties
given during registration week by
the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. staffs,
the Big Sister board, and the W.
A. A. council. The first of the se
ries, Monday night, Sept. 16, in the
Armory, was sponsored by the so
cial staffs of the Y. W. and Y. M.t
and freshman men and women
were the guests. The W. A. A.
party Tuesday night and the Big
Sister party Wednesday night com
plimented freshman women.
A series of comedy skits repre
senting different organizations on
the campus was the big number on
the program presented at the Y.
W.-Y. M. party. A short playlet
by the Wesley Players and the
singing of Nebraska songs under
the direction of Mr. Moody of the
school of music completed the pro
gram. Refreshments were served
at the close of the even'ng. The
party was in charge of Dorothy
Beers, Y. W. social chairman, and
Tom Pickett, social chairman of
the Y. M.
The W. A. A. p a r t y Tuesday
night featured a parade of sports
illustrating the purposes and activ
ities of the organization. Much of
the evening was spent in playing
get acquainted games, unaer me
direction of Ruth Fulton. Refresh
ments at the close of the evening
were served by Jane Barbour, who
was assisted by other members of
the council. Sarah Louise Meyer
was in charge of the party ar
rangements. Big and Little Sisters met at the
party given by the Big Sister or
ganization In honor of their little
sisters Wednesday night In Ellen
Smith hall. Music was the keynote
of the evening, entertainment con
sisting of a musical program. Eve
lyn Stowell played several piano
numbers, Henrietta York sang sev
eral vocal solos, and Ruth Mary
Jennings played a few selections
on the xylophone. Erma Bauer and
Rowena Swenson were In charge
of the party.
Dr. L. Stoddart Named
to Agricultural College
Dr. Laurence Stoddart, gradu
ate in botany In 1935, has been
appointed head of the Department
of Range Management and Soil
Canservatlon at the Utah State
Agricultural College at Logan,
Utah. Hlj doctorate tnesis. -osmotic
Pressure and Water Con
tent of Prairie Plants" is being
published In the October number
of "Plant Physiology."
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Courtesy of Lincoln Journal.
MISS AMANDA HEPPNER.
Dean of women, who is super
visor of women's activities on the
Nebraska campus.
Reception in Morrill Hall
First Closed Event
of 1935-36.
Great days are ahead for activity-minded
Cornhuskers, a glance
at the-1935 calendar of fall events
reveals. With registration out of
the way and classes started, the
social season begins its autumn
whirl with the class of 1939 caught
in the vortex.
First closed night will be Fri
day, Sept. 20, when an official uni
versity reception for all students
will be held in Morrill hall at eight
o'clock. Saturduy night the first
barb council party of the year will
be staged in the coliseum.
Thursday, September 26, at
11 a. m., freshmen will assemble
In the coliseum for the first of
few class meetings, to be initiated
into Cornhusker traditions at the
annual freshman convocation. In
the afterncon from 3:30 to 5:30, a
girls all activities tea will be held
in Ellen Smith hall.
The following Friday Is All Uni
versity Church night, the second
closed event of the year, when Lin
coln churches will hold open house
for students. The second barb
council party comes Saturday in
the coliseum, following the football
game with th? University of Chi
cago. On the same night, a recep
tion will be held for all agricul
tural college students in the ac
tivities building on the Holdrege
street campus.
600 PliSElPIES
OF UNIVERSITY GUIDE
'N' Books Prove Popular to
A Large Number of
Freshmen.
More than 600 copies of the "N"
book, which is published to ac
quaint freshman students with
campus activities, traditions, and
events, had been sold by Wednes
day afternoon, according to James
Marvin, business manager of the
book. About 1200 copies were
printed.
Marvin advised that all fresh
men purchase their books as soon
as possible, since they will prob
ably last no later than Friday. He
also stated that i' will not be
necessary for freshmen to present
their "N" book cards in order to
get their books. Sales are being
made at the offices of the Y. M.
C. A. in the Temple, the Y. W. C.
A in Ellen Smith hall, and ag col
lege. The charge is 5 cents to
freshmen and 25 cents to all up
perclassmen. The book contains, among other
things, a map of the campus, a
calender of the events of the school
year, messages from religious lead
ers, and a directory of all campus
activities. In addition, a list of the
activities of the Student council.
Innocents, Mortar Boards, Corn
Cobs, and Tassels, with pictures of
their presidents, will be Included.
Beth Taylor is editor of the book.
"I believe that every freshman
should have a copy of the "N"
book." C. D. Hayes, general secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A., declared,
"It will orient them to the activi
ties Included in university life.
They will become familiar with
the songs, the ideals, and the tra
ditions of our school. The book is
a handy pocket-sire, and the price
la certainly nominal."
CLASSES HERALD
OPENING OF FALL
SOCIAL ACTIVITY
GREEK
I IE
PLEDGE 348 IN
Success of Card Filing Fee
To Make Plan Permanent
Rush Week Feature.
TOTAL MAY EXCEED 1934
Alpha Tau Omega Leads
With 27 Men; Sigma Chi
Pledges 25.
While Greek letter fraternities
rejoiced Wednesday night after
the pledging of 348 men, offi
cials In the Interfraternity council
hailed the success of the newly in
augurated rush card filing fee sys
tem. Altho 600 fewer rush cards
were filed this year compared with
the previous season, the number of
men pledged may exceed last years
total.
Two fraternities, Alpha Sigma
Phi and Xi Psi Phi, had not filed
their 1 sts at Council offices late
Wednesday night, but Council of
ficials predicted that the pledges
of these two houses would boost
the 1935 total past the 364 mark of
last year.
Alpha Tau Omega led the field
in the number of men pledged with
twenty-seven, while Sigma Chi
placed second with twenty-five.
Sigma Nu followed with twenty
four. Phi Kappa Psl with twenty
three, Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledg
ing twenty-two, and Beta Theta
Pi with twenty-one. In the remain-
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Y.W.C.A. SWAP SHOP
BEGINS FOURTH YEAR
OF
Temple Book Store Under
Supervision of Mary
Edith Hendricks.
Beginning its fourth year of
service to the student body, the
Y. W. C. A. Swap Shop, situated
in the south end of the first floor
of the Temple building, opened its
doors at 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning. The shop, which is under
the direction of Mary Edith Hend
ricks, is open until 4 o'clock each
day and will remain open until fur
ther notice.
Students may take their used
text books to the shop and name
the price they expect to get for
the book. Women in charge of the
project then sell the book to stu
dents for that amount and the
former owner of the book immedi
ately receives a check for the sum
minus 20 percent which goes to the
Y. W. C. A.
"When students co-operate with
us in buying and selling books,
they can receive real values on
their used texts," stated Miss
Hendricks. "The shop attempts to
save students money in buying and
selling text books." she continued.
Students working with Miss
Hendricks on the project are
Esther Stein, Henrietta York,
Erma Schnitter, Hazel Bradstreet,
Betty Bell, Aller.e Marshal, Mar
garet Hendricks, and Jane Pen
ington. Senior Women Will
Distribute Buttons
To Freshman Girls
Cards entitling freshman women
to the traditional red and white
buttons will be distributed by
members of Mortar Board, senior
women's honorary, at the fresh
man convocation, Thursday, Sept.
26, at 11 o'clock.
Pins may be procured by pre
senting cards to university stu
dents stationed in the hosiery de
partment of Rudge and Guenzel
department store on Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, Sept 26
thru 28. The purpose of the but
tons, according to Alaire Barkes,
president of Mortar Board, is to
encourage class consciousness. All
freshman girls we expected to
wear the pins after Sept. 28.
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Building
ENROLLMENT TOPS
FIRST DAY RECORD
Officials Refuse to Predict Record-Breaking Total
Registration; Attribute Tuesday's High to
Less Congestion in Coliseum.
MEDICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS REGISTER FRIDAY
1,290 Freshmen Sign for
Compared to 878 in
Starting Classes
Although registration proceeded at a steady pace all day
Wednesday, it was with much less rapidity than on Tuesday,
which was the largest single day's registration under the pres
ent plan of organization, according to university officials.
Classes are starting Thursday morning at 8 a. m. as previously
announced.
A total of 1,290 students completed their registration Tues
day as compared with 878 in 1934. A total for Wednesday
has not yet been announced, although university officials re
fused to predict a record breaking enrollment for this year.
An increase over last year when 5,731 collegiate students were
Oenrolled is expected, however.
CHANCELLOR TO
AT
AFFAIR SEPT- 20
Annual Reception for
Students Held in
Morrill Hall.
All
Freshmen will be honored by
Chancellor and Mrs. E. A. Burnett
at the annual university reception
for all students to be held in Mor
rill hall Friday evening, from 8
to 10 p. m. The reception is the
traditional opener of the social
season. With Chancellor and Mrs.
Burnett in the receiving line will
be Dean Amanda Heppner and
Dean and Mrs. T. J. Thompson.
Friday night is a closed night
and according to the faculty rules
committee, organized houses may
not hold social functions of any
kind This includes hour dances
and exchange dinners.
Mrs. W. W. Burr, Mrs. U. J.
Ferguson, Mrs. H. H. Foster and
Mrs. J. E. LeRossignol will pre
side at the table during the first
hour of the reception and during
the second hour, Mrs. G. A. Grubb,
Mrs. F. E. Henzllk, Mrs. K. A.
Lyman, and Mrs. Charles H. Old-
father will preside.
On the museum noors fror. ana
Mrs. E. H. Barbour and the mu
seum staff will be in charge, as
sisted on the first floor by Prof,
and Mrs. M. G. Gaba, Prof, and
Mrs. Walter B. Johns, Prof, and
Mrs. Theodore A. Kiesselbach,
Prof, and Mrs. C. C. Minteer, and
Prof, and Mrs. Karl M. Arndt.
Prof, and Mrs. Dwight Kirscn
and the fine arts faculty will pre
side on the fine arts floor and will
be assisted by Prof, and Mrs.
Charles Fordyce, Prof, and Mrs.
William L. De Baufre, Prof, and
Mrs. Cliff S. Hamilton ,and Major
and Mrs. John P. Horan.
During the first hour Prof, and
Mrs. H. D. Gould, Prof, and Mrs.
J. O. Hertzler, Prof, and Mrs. Oscar
W. Reinmuth, and Prof, and Mrs.
Charles L. Wible, will serve.
Serving during the second hour
will be Prof, and Mrs. L. D. Coff
man, Prof, and Mrs. Bert L.
Hooper, Prof, and Mrs. Lane W.
Lancaster, and Prof, and Mrs. Burr
Smith.
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One Head Yell Teaser Will
Be Selected at
Tryouts.
Selection wi'.l be made within
the next few days of not less than
four new cheer leaders, according
to Bill Garlow, Innocents chairman
of the cheer leaders committee. "In
all probability." he stated, "five
men will be chosen, including one
head cheer leader."
A meeting for all those inter
ested' In cheer leading will be held
in front of the east stadium at S
o'clock Thursday. Any person who
signified his Intention of signing
up but did not attend the meeting
Wednesday evening should be at
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Room Number.
HONOR
FROSH
Courses on Opening Day
1934; No Delay in
on Schedule.
The previous high figure for a
single day is believed to have been
in 1928-29 when 1,208 students
registered. The customary figure
is between 1,100 and 1,200. The
low 1934 figure was caused by
congestion which made it very
difficult to register.
Delay In Advising.
It was for the same reason that
classes were cancelled last year on
Thursday. It was necessary to al
low faculty advisors to continue
Thursday with the work made
necessary by the increase in reg
istration. This year, because of
greater efficiency in registering
new students and because two
days were set aside for registering
instead of only one as was done
last year, it has been possible to
begin classes at the stated time.
The coliseum was a scene of in
tense activity Tuesday and Wed
nesday and to new students the
procedure undoubtedly appeared a
confusion of professors, courses,
and hours. Each college occupied
a section of the huge floor and
was separated from the others by
wooden frames covered with wire
netting.
October 5 Deadline.
Students received numbers at
the door and waited in the balcony
until their numbers were called.
Then, after having their registra
tion approved by the assignment
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STARTS FILINGS FOR
Alaire Barkes Announces
Rules Governing
Awards.
Alaire Barkes, Mortar Board
president, opened filings for schol
arship loans Wednesday with the
announcement of rules governing
the loans and the statement that
senior women may make applica
tion for the scholarships until 9
o'clock Thursday, Sept. 26.
Application blanks for the loans
may be obtained at Mrs. West
over's desk In Ellen Smith hall
and must be returned to the same
place. Blanks must be addressed
to Gladys Klopp, Mortar Board
treasurer. After filings hava
closed, applicants will be inter
viewed by the advisory committee,
made up of Miss Amanda H. Hepp
ner, Miss Florenf-e McGahey, and
Miss Pauline Gellatly. Scholar
ships will be awarded the last of
October but names of the winner
will not be made public.
The first scholarship loan fund
was established In 1933 and every
year since then the women's sen
ior honorary organization has
awarded a scholarship to a senior
woman on the basis of need, schol
arship, and outstanding service.
The rules as listed by Miss
Barkes are as follows:
1. Applicants must be senior
women.
2. All loans made shall be based
on the need, scholarship, and the
outstanding service of the appli
cant. 3. A committee consisting of the
president (Alaire Barkes), vice
president (Mary Edith Hendricks),
secretary (Anne Pickett), and
treasurer (Gladys Klopp), shall
pass upon all applications for
loans, and if any loan Is approved,
shall see that a propef not
security is taken therefor. All
loans made shall have the approv
al of the faculty advisers. Loans
shall be made for two years.
4. The amount of the loan shall
be In the discretion of the commit
tee but no loan to any one person
shall be less than J50 nor more
than $100.
5. There shall be no interest on
the loans until after the recipient
of the loan has graduated. The
4 percent interest will be char? k1.
6. In esse the recipient leav?
school or otherwise fails to r '
ate. interest shall start accry'.-j
I Immediately.
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