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The Daily Nebraskan
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXV. NO. 67.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1936.
1MUCE 5 CENTS
NEBRASKAN POLL
SHOWS STUDENTS
IN LIBERAL TREND
Roosevelt Leads by Large
Plurality as Choice for
President.
RETURNS INCOMPLETE
Ballots Indicate Leaning
In Favor of AAA
Legislation.
Kurly returns from the stu
dent poll conducted by the
Dnily Xebrnskan through the
university classrooms indicate
a distinctly democratic and
liberal trend in the political senti
ment among members of the stu
dent body and a decided favor
towards President Roosevelt. Al
tho complete returns have not yet
reached the Nebraskan office, 6nly
a small number of the ballots have
been checked by members of the
staff, a fairly representative sur
vey has already been made.
Many ballots were incomplete
which indicated insufficient knowl
ed of the specific measure to voice
an opinion. Others failed to take
the poll seriously enough to pro
duce an intelligent ballot which is
revealed in the numerous student
and faculty names submitted as
the presidential choice.
The early count indicates slight
favor of the students toward the
Agriculture Adjustment Act re
cently declared void by the United
Supreme Court altho the majority
is by no means of sufficient mag
(Continued on Page 4.)
A
ROUND
AND
BOUT
With
Sarah Louise Meyer
I HE experience of being on trial
foe an. unknown crime is for
tunately generally confined to
psychology laboratories. If we had
known that we were accused of
toting a pickled human brain
about the sacred halls of "Sosh"
and trading it for a book our guilt
would have known no bounds.
The idea is for the "jury" to
discover from any signs of nerv
ousness, hestitation, or "negati
vism" the criminality of the sub
ject thru his reaction to certain
words. In a long, heterogeneous
list, certain key words pertain
directly to the crime, such as
"hall," "library," "book." and
"brain," and the length of time
required in the free association
of those words is significant in de
termining guilt.
We, as a subject, were com
pletely innocent. . knowing, in
fact, not an iota of what was go
ing on. To the conscience-free the
trial is something of game in
which you gleefully say the first
word that pops into your head at
the stimulus word. But to the
guilty it is more problematic. One
must avoid hesitancy and still
guard against criminally suggestive
reactions. On the cross-examination
the difficulty is further in
creased by the necessity of recall
ing the original false answers.
Altho right easily triumphed
In our 'class, the proof of the
pudding fell thru concerning the
guilt of the guileless Jo Marsden
in another test trial. She wa.t
wrongly acquitted. But then, as
Robert Hall, laboratory assist
ant, admitted, "the test is not
very effective in the case of
hardened criminals."
F'ROM the heated exchange of
views on this marriage busi
ness we judge that the matter is
still debatable. One of the most
hotly contested points seems to be
that of the permanency of the
"first love." Having done our
sparking" for the seemingly im
minent conflagration v.e "have
Eoddings to say" except. . .
"What a woman needs is: Up
to the age of 14 good health and
good parents; from 14 to 10 -good
looks; from 40 to 60-personality;
and: "He's a pilgrim
on the path of least resistance"
. . .Reynold Brodene.
r"ROM psychological trials to
love to "Monopoly" is really a
very small hop for the agile
minded. For one thing the three
have very much in common. They
arc all most wearing. "Monopoly '
lias an added attraction in the pos
sibility of eaJy affluence of pain
less poverty with a gorging of
righteous gambling thrown in.
There is a decided satisfaction
in owning vast properties and
dealing in "big money" even if it's
only on paper. It's especially satis
fying when you monopolize suf
ficiently to win. These inky paws
once accumulated better than 27,
000 an shook hands with the
Awgwan editor all in one evening!
There's no rest, thankgawd, for
the wicked.
Yesterday an elderly couple at
tempted to buy a house, keeking
an arrangement whereby they
would pay 300 monthly on lL
Both over 60. thetwo expected
to receive $200 apiece under the
Townsend plan and. by pruning
living expenses to $100. could make
ibc prouosed payments.
UNDERSTUDY GROUP
OF ORCIIESIS MEETS
All Girls Invited to Attend
Gathering Wednesday
Evening.
All girls on the campus are in
vited to attend a meeting of the
understudy group of Orchesis,
dancing society from 7 to 8 o'clock
Wednesday evening in the woman's
gym, according to Miss Claudia
Moore, sponsor of the group.
The understudy group, which is
working on new dance steps and
preparing for the annual spring re
cital, will meet every Wednesday
evening at the same time. Those
attending need not be enrolled in
the physical education department.-
A regular meeting of Orchesis
will be held at the same time and
will continue until 9 o'clock.
AG
TO A.W.S. GR
Freshmen to Hear Summary
Of Annual Activity
Wednesday.
Burr Ross, manager of the
Farmer's Fair, annual spring event
held on Ag campus, will describe
outstanding features of the fair
for members of the freshman
A. W. S. group at their regular
meeting in Ellen Smith hall at 5
o'clock this afternoon.
This is the first time that this
comparatively new activity has
been discussed before members of
freshman A. W. S. and is sche
duled in order to acquaint the
group with one of the outstanding
affairs held at the university for
people thruout the state, as well
as students attending Nebraska.
Phases which the speaker plans
to point out in his talk will in
clude a summary of the various
entertainments offered on the pro
gram of the fair and the manner
in which the event is carried out.
In addition to this, a sketch of the
way in which the board in charge
of the fair is chosen will be given.
Dolores Bors, program chairman
of the freshman group will give as
an additional number on the pro
gram a brief review of some of
the major traditions observed on
the campus as a supplement to
those given at the previous meet
ing of the organization.
Elsie Buxman, member of the
A. W. S. board who sponsors the
freshman organization in com
menting on the meeting for this
afternoon said, "By hearing a dis
cussion by the activities of the
Farmers Fair girls will become
acquainted with one of the most
interesting as well as educational
events held at Nebraska and will
tend to tie the interests of students
of the Holdrege and city campus
closer together."
F
PROFESSORS DIVISION
Romance Language Head !
Receives Office at
Convention.
Dr. Harry Kurz, head of the ro
mance languages department, was
elected chairman of the eigh
teenth century French Literature
division at the convention of Pro
fessors of the Romance Languages
held in St. Louis on Dec. 30, 31,
and Jan. 1. Prof. W'ilhelm K.
Pfeiler, professor of German, read
a paper on the ethical and social
problems of German war novels to
the section devoted to the German
language. Over 1,500 people at
tended the convention which was
held in the Netherland Plaza hotel.
Miss Augusta Nelson, Instructor
in the French department, was the
other representative from the uni
versity. Members of the German
department who attended were
Prof. Joseph Alexis, chairman of
the department. Professors Mar
garet Hochdoerfer, Marie Stechel
bcrg. and Wilhclm Pfeiler. Erick
Albrecht, student, also attended.
Dr. Colbert Scarlcs, of the de
partment of Romance languages
at the University of Cincinnati led
the discussion Tuesday morning.
He spoke on the Chapclain and
Genesis of the French academy.
Prof. Balden Sperger of the Sar
bonne and Harvard related his ex
periences as a candidate for the
French academy. The head of the
French department at Chicago uni
versity. William Albert Nitze,
spoke on the Green Knight as a
Vegetarian Myth.
The convention was not held for
the purpose of passing rules so
much as to make contacts with the
many distinguished professors and
educators of the Romance lan
guages. The entire convention was
divided into sections with each
group holding its own meetings.
PLAYS FOK KOSMET
KLUB SHOW NOW DUE
Manuscripts for the 1936 Kos
met Klub spring show are due im
mediately, according to Clayton
Schwenk. president. Plays sub
mitted, which will compete for the
$50 prir.e, will be taken up and dis
cussed by the manuscript commit
tee, which will offer criticisms and
suggestions.
Entries should be turned in at.
the Klub office before Tuesday.
Jan. 14. Music for the show will
alo be received.
DESCRIBES
CAMPUS
Al
OP
IRVING HILL PICKED AS
CAMPUS 'MAN OF YEAR'
Daily NehrasUan Nominates Council President
Oiillundiii in University Achievement!
During Past Year.
At the time of year when the world in general looks back
npou the happenings of the twelve months just past, the Daily
Nebraskan reviews events of lil.'lo on the campus and nominates
Irving Hill, scholar, actor, and aee activity man, for Nebraska's
Man Of The Year.
As co-chairman of the junior-O
senior prom committee last year
he guided the plans of that organ
ization to a successful conclusion
in the 1935 prom. His next
achievement was in the field of
the drama as the king in the
Kosmet Klub production "Kiss
Columbo." On Ivy Pay he was
elected treasurer of Innocents,
senior men's honorary.
Later in the spring he was
named president of the student
council and it is in this capacity
he has conducted drives for var
ious campus reforms. He has re
newed efforts to obtain a student
bookstore and union building. As
delegate from the council, he at
tended the convention of the Nat
ional Student Federation of Amer
ica in Kansas City in December.
Hill also shines in the field of
scholarship and was one of Ne
braska's candidates for a Rhodes
scholarship.
(Continued on Page 2).
COL. EAGER TALKS TO
. SCABBARD AND BLADE
Rush Smoker Planned for
Wednesday Evening at
Lincoln.
Col. Frank Eager, Lincoln, will
be main speaker at the annual
Scabbard and Blade rush smoker
in the Lincoln hotel at 7:30 Wed
nesday night. Col. Eager will speak
on "Why an Army?"
Seventv-five members and pros
pective pledges are expected to at
tend the affair. Commandr Rich
aide Rider, lieutenant-colonel of
the R. O. T. C. corps, is in charge
of all arrangements. Scabbard and
Blade is an honorary military sci
ence organization.
SEVERAL APPLY FOR
BY SENIOR HONORARY
Application Deadline for
Mortar Board Loans
Set Jan. 17.
Although the definite number of
girls who have filed for the Mor
tar Board schoiarsnip was not
available. Alaire Barkes, president
of the honorary, announced that
several applications had been
made since the filings started
Monday.
"We should like to have all girls
interested in the loan file immedi
ately," Miss Barkes announced.
"Application blanks may be se
cured at Mrs. W estovers desk in
Ellen Smith hall, and must be re
turned there before 5 o'clock, Fri
day. Jan. 17. The applications
nhmilil he addressed to the Mortar
Board scholarship committee."
The two loans of $50 and $.
have been given to two senior girls
every year since 1933. The loans
are made on the basis of need,
scholarship, and service to the
school.
The six rules governing the
awarding of the loan are as fol
low: 1. Applicants must be senior
women.
2. All loans made shall be
based on the need, scholarship and
the outstanding service of the ap
plicant. 3. The Mortar Board scholarship
committee shall pass upon all ap
plications for loans, and if any
loan is approved, 6hall see that a
proper note with security is taken
therefor. All loans made shall
have the approval of the faculty
adviser. Loans shall be made for
two years.
4. The amount of the loan shall
be in the discretion of the com
mittee but no loan to any one pei
son shall be less than $50 nor more
than $75.
5. There shall be no interest
on the loans until after the recip
ient of the loan has graduated.
Then interest will be charged.
6. In case the recipient leaves
school or otherwise fails to grad
uate, interest shall start accruing
immediately.
T i SSELS MAKE $50
UNION FUND PLEDGE
Marsh Talks at Pep Group
Meet on Benefits of
Building.
Tassels, girl's pep organization,
pledged fifty dollars to the student
union building fund at their regu
lar meeting Tuesday evening at
Ellen Smith ball. Bill Marsh,
member of the student union fund
committee, spoke to the group on
the need for pledging this week
before the completed list of pledges
is presented to the Board of Re
gents, which will meet Saturday,
Jan. 11.
It was announced that all mem
bers of the organization who have
been absent three times without
sufficient excuse would be dropped
from the roll.
Elizabeth Shearer, president,
presided at the meeting. The next
meeting will be held Tuesday. Jan.
14, in Social Science room 105.
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From the Lincoln Journal.
SEVERAL STUDENTS
SUBMIT PLANS FOR
Presentation Contest
Close Feb. 7 Says
Levin.
Will
Several plans have already been
submitted in the contest for the
best Prom Girl presentation idea,
according to Arnold Levin, in
charge of the presentation. Levin
urged students interested in com
peting for the $15 prize to start
work on plans immediately so that
they can be in finished form by
Feb. 7 when the contest closes.
"We are particularly interested
in having a large number of stu
dents enter the contest because we
feel that we can get an out
standing presentation plan when
we have a variety of ideas sub
mitted," said Mr. Levin.
Expenses for carrying out the
idea should be between $35 and
$50 and the contestants should
plan to build the setting if winning
the prize. Ideas should include the
parts lor the. junior and senior
class presidents in the presenta
tion. The prize winning plan will
be chosen by a committee of out
side judges which will be an
nounced later.
Last year's presentation plan
which won a $10 prize provided
for large silhouettes of the prom
girl candidates. The winning can
didate broke thru her own sil
houette and was met by Jack
Pace, junior class president.
Representatives Discuss tho
Speeches Heard at
Conclave.
Over (0 university women heard
reports of Nebraska's three dele
gates who attended the twelfth
quadrennial convention of the Stu
dent Volunteer movement in In
dianapolis, Ind.. at the Y. W. C. A.
vesper service Tuesday afternoon
in Ellen Smith hall. The conven
tion was held from Dec. 28 through
Jan. 1.
Margaret Hcndiicks, a repre
sentative of the First Christian
church in Lincoln, presented a re
port on the religious philosophy
given by the Archbishop of York
at the holiday meetings. The arch
bishop, one of the most noted
speakers and leaders of the serv
ices believes that "Religion should
be used as a drug to cure the
world's diseases," stated MU3
Hendricks
Frances Scudder and Margaret
Deeds, the two delegates from the
Y. W. C. A. spoke on Kagawa, the
eminent Japanese leader of the
Christian movement. They also
reported on a seminar, "The Chris
tion Religion in Relation to the
Non-Christian."
Over 3,000 representatives of
university church organizations
from the United States and Can
ada attended the convention, re
ported the Nebraska delegates.
Vesper services were led by
Margart Phillippe, vesper choir
director and member of the Y. W.
cabinet. Special music was pre
sented by the choir.
REPRESENTATIVES TO
MAKE BOWLING PLANS
With the soccer-baseball, ping
pong, and Nebraska ball tourneys
off the slate. Intramural repre
sentatives from the organized
women's houses are preparing the
bowling tournament, next on the
intramural program. The tourna
ment will star Thursday. Elaine
Shonka, in charge of the arrange
ments, announced today.
ANNUAL AG MEET
ATTENDED BY 300
STATE FARM MEN
South Dakota College Head
Discusses Planning at
Tuesday Session.
JAN. 9 CLOSING DATE
Family Fun Frolic Feature
Of Today's Meeting
Activities.
Organized Agriculture ses
sions, being held in the Student1
Activities building on the Ag
campus, went into t lie second
day of the convention, with a
decided improvement in attend
ance of over 300 Nebraska farm
men, women and students. The
thirty-first annual gathering,
sponsored by ten outstanding Ne
braska afrm associations, will con
tinue until Friday, Jan. 9. with
leaders of the organizations, fac
ulty members and Lincoln people
as featured speakers.
Farm planning was the most im
portant topic discussed at Tues
day's sessions, with Charles W.
Pugsley, president of South Da
kota state college and consultant
for the national resources com
mittee in his state, as the main
speaker.
In addition to various meetings
of all farm groups, Wednesday's
schedule includes the Home Eco
nomics program featured by talks
by Mrs. Mildred Inskeep Morgan,
leader in the field of personality
and family relationships. The pro
gram will be varied with meetings
of special interest groups and gen
eral sessions.
A highlight of the schedule is the
annual family fun frolic planned
lor 5:30 p. m. Wednesday evening,
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Music Organization Sponsors
Program by Student
Singer.
William C. Miller, student, will
give a concert under the auspices
of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Jan.
8, at 8 o'clock, at the Temple
theater.
Mr. Miller will open his program
with two compositions by Handel,
"Arm, arm, ye brave" from "Judas
Maccabaeus," and "But who may
abide," from "The Messiah."
Arne's, "By the Gaily Circling
Glass," will begin the second group
and will be followed by "Piacer
d'amor," Martini; and "Israfel," ,
King. J
The last half of the program j
will be: "Transformation." Watts; I
"Myself When Young," from the I
song cycle "In a Persian Garden," j
Lehmann: "Aufenthalt," Schubert;:
"Meeresleuchten," Loewe; "O du !
mein holder Abendftern" from
"Tannhauser," Wagner.
I For the past four years Mr. i
i Miller has studied with William
G. Tcinpel. He has made himself
jfamiliar to Lincoln music lovers
by his appearances on other musi -
cals; ami at present is singing with
the St. Paul choir, and the KFAB
quartet.
' Ruth Hill will be the accompan-
: ist.
i Dr. Ilosenlof lo Addros
! Iomh Teacher at Itgan
1 Dr. George W. Rosenlof, profes
: sor of secondary education, has
I been invited to address the teach
j crs of Harrison county. Iowa, on
Jan. 24. He will make four ad
I dresses on that occasion, and he
i has chosen "Meeting Our Profes
I sional Responsibility" as a theme
I for one of them.
Strict Conservatives Grin
Ovpr AAA
BY WILLARD BURNEY.
As the lifeless form of the late A. A. A. is ushered through
the massive exit of the nation's greatest death house and as
ardent Xew Dealers don their dusky mourning cloaks to express
their grief with the passing of their second son, our country's
strict const ruetionists fix their faces with a triumphant "I told
vou so crin. to awail anoinerw
move by the administration. The
deceased act followed the NRA,
the administrations first major
policy which fell prey to the su
preme court's policy of severe con
servatism last May. died in a like
manner Monday when six of the
nine most powerful justices of the
nation declared the agicultural
program void on the grounds that
it "infringed upon states rights"
and overreached the scope of the
"general welfare clause of our na
tional constitution.
Subject Widely Discussed.
As the radio and the metropoli
tan daiies spread worj of the
f pica I decision on what was sup
posed to be one of the most prac
tical and popular of the many ex
perimental measures emitted by
the most powerful political ma
chines In the hiftcry of the ralion
since its entrance at the helm of
national aflatrs In March 1903, the
UfilOfJ DRIVE GAIfJS
SPEED ON CAMPUS
$400 in New Pledges Bring Total Contributions
$890; Kosmet Klub Promises $200, Tassels
Vote $50 to Augment Sum.
CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS
Regents Plan Vote on Project at Jan. 11
Official Sanction Seen; Committee
Approach Greeks This Week.
Willi I i be ml contributions from five new stmlent organiza
tions the student union building drive gained momentum Tiies
dny and committee members seemed confident Hint a sufficient
sum to secure approval Ivy the university Kegents should be se
cured bv Hie closing of the two weeks' campaign. The total
NEBRASKA DEBATERS
OPEN SCHEDULE WITH
KANSAS STATE TEAM
Negative, Affirmative Teams
Begin Arguments on
AAA Benefits.
Nebraska's intercollegiate de
bate schedule will get under way
this week when debaters from the
university meet representatives
from Kansas institutions, accord
ing to Debate Coach H. A. White.
Elmer Scheele and Byrle Shuck
will represent the affirmative side
of a debate on the AAA question
in Concordia Wednesday evening
against Kansas State students. On
the same night Leonard U. Kreu
ger and Robert Stiefler will uphold
the negative side of the same ques
tion against other Kansas State
representatives at Lincoln, Kan
sas, and they will debate against
the Aggies at a luncheon of the
Chamber of Commerce of Junc
tion City, Kansas, on Thursday
noon, and again against the Uni
versity of Kansas Thursday eve
ning. .
Schedule Unchanged.
"The recent decision of the su
preme court will make little dif
ference in the debate schedule,"
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Kosmet Klub
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Tau Omr
Meta
T:i
Union Fund Honor Roll
Ne it- Pledges
Kosmet Klub -ot)
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Tan Omega
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Pledges Previously Announced
Innocents Society
Mortar Hoard
1!:IG Prom Committee
Y. A. A
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Corn Cobs
A. "V. S
Theta Sigma Phi
Total
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j JRI-K CLUB $POSOR
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j Agronomy (.roup Holds
First of Year's Social
; Events.
i Inaugurating the list ol parties:
j to be held on Ag campus lor me
! new year, the Tri-K Club, organi
' ration of Aeronomv students is
sponsoring a noveiiy nana- iu
held in the student activities build-
ing on the Ag college campus next
Saturday evening. Jan. 11.
Mtl Pester and his eleven piece
orchestra have been signed to fur
nish the music for the dancing.
(Continued on Page 4.
flmirl Dpi iimi
future of organized agriculture be
came the pet di3cussion from the
"tobacco spitting tee" on the vil
lage street corner to nations
greatest governmental centers.
Due to the surprise of the deci
sion AAA admirers are inclined to
sneer at our only check on an ad
ministration's policies, by dubbing
them a group of conservative "old
fogies."
On the other hand antagonists
who have consistently doubted the
validity of the entire program
commend our countries justices for
having performed a duty as it
should have been handled.
Professors Hesitant.
Altho numerous instructors in
terviewed concerning the decision
were hesitant to criticize any step
taken by the supreme court, a
ceneral survey would justify a
i paction that had the matter be-n j
I iContmued on Page 4).
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TO CONTINUE 2 WEEKS
Meeting,
to
O contributions including 4uu con
tributed by different organizations
Tuesday reached $890.
Leading among Tuesday's con
tributions was a $200 pledge by
members of the Kosmet Klub voted
at a meeting yesterday afternoon.
Tassel members voted to donate
$50 in their regular meeting Tues
day evening.
Greek letter organizations which
pledged their support to the drive
Tuesday included: Alpha Chi Ome
ga, $50, Beta Thcta Pi, $50, and
Alpha Tau Omega $50.
The drive will be continued
among campus organizations this
week and will be concentrated on
social groups the following week
in an efort to effect the approval
of the Board of Regents which
will hold a regular meeting Jan.
11.
Other organizations meeting
later in the week will be ap
proached by members of the cam
paign committee and asked to
pledge their support to the under
taking. If the project is given
official sanction in the meeting of
the board of regents, the drive will
be continued with renewed vigor.
However in the face of a refusal
at the hands of the board sums
already pledged will not be col
lected. The proposed project, which
would be financed by means of
student and alumni donations and
by a federal loan which is to be
paid back by an annual fee not
to exceed $1 per person, would be
a center of student activities and
amusement. The buHding would
contain two ballrooms, restaurant
and officers for different student
activities and organizations.
Pledges
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PHI CHI THETA HOLDS
Business Sorority to
Six Girls to Group
Membership.
Add
Phi Chi Theta, honorary busi
ness women's sorority, will hold
its midscmester initiation Friday,
Jan. 10, adding six girls to th
chapter, according to Carol Gallo
way, president. Immediately fol
lowing the ceremony, to be held at
I Ellen Smith hall at 5 o'clock. the
j group will honor the new members
at a banquet at the University
dub
i New initiates will be:
i Reece, Doris Eastman, Ina
Jean
Mane
Smith, Helen Rosker. Betty Cher
ney and Dorothy Chapelow, all
students in the college of business
administration.
Miss Galloway will act a
toastmistress, giving the welcom
ing speech, and introducing the
guest speaker. Walter White, ad
vertising manager of the Lincoln
Star.
Special guests at the banquet
will include the first grand vice
president, Alfreda Johnson, an
alumnus from the Nebraska chap
ter; Dean and Mrs. J. E. LeRoaaig
nol, M: Amanda Heppner, and
Mr. and iii. O. R- Martin.
Publication Board to
Let Annual Contract
Letting of the printing con
tract for the 1935 Cornhusker
will be decided by the student
publication board in session at
4 p. m. Thursday In University
hall.
Several bids hava been sub
mitted by printing companies.
The work lart year was done
by Jacob North printers.
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