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LINCOLN. NEIJI5ASK A. SUNDAY. MAY 16. 1937.
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LOWER DIVISION PLAN REJECTED
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Davs Sorrly Missed.
Whom are the rebellious girls of
yesteryear wonders Dr. Louise
Pound, ardent feminist and widely
acknowledged pood egg, In the
better old days coeds were always
fighting or plotting something be
It campaigning for a titian haired
"red queen" to preside over the
Ivy day exercises, or soapboxing
for votes for women. Whatever of
the existing order didn't suit ad
minlstratlvc spies, the phys cd sit
uation, tnortnr board selection of
members were fought with all the
r.est and purpose of women who
have discovered a powerful weap
on in being positively revolting.
Today's maidens lack fire and
spirit, feels Dr. round. They are
disinterested in everything, "It Is
most disconcerting" opines the
eminent philologist, "to have that
young lady in my front row ap
plying lipstick the entire period
during my class. In reading some
beautiful poem, when I am trying
to keep myself from being moved
to tears, or am trying to move my
audience to tears, I find it a fas
cinating distraction to watch this
girl smearing her mouth, oblivi
ous." No Beauty Quens.
In days of yore, it seems. Dr.
Tound was confidante and advisor
to doing gals of the school. When
the fellows got up a beauty con
test, the young ladies came to
Miss Pound in stormy resentment.
"We don't want to have our fea
tures analyzed, scrutinized, torn
apart" said they. "We won't be in
the contest." So, thru Panhell, they
voiced blanket refusal to partici
pate, and the lads couldn't have
their pulchitude parade.
Faculty student relations, at that
time, were not in opposite corners
of the battle royal for an educa
tion. An annual event was the
baseball game between the girls
and feminine professors. With Miss
Pound as boss and queen of swat,
t ho instrucloresses practically al
ways won. even when their star
had to slide home in white linen.
Non-Conformists Rampant.
It was era of rugged individual
ists. Willu father was non-ron-fomiing
in a fashion that, made her
many enemies, but "it didn't mat
ter much." Besides being quite out
spoken. Miss Cat her wrote tell
ing portraits of her professors and
leading lights generally, which, al
tho no names were used, "were
very identifiable." One hum-dood-ler
was penned of Pound's pride.
Uoscoe, based largely on material
gathered as a guest in the Pound
household. This breach of etiquette
Mother Pound and Sister Olivia
found unforgivable.
Thus was the golden past, which
Is no more. Girls of today fail to
get excited about anything. One
feminine student explained it by
the fact that they "arc too busy
trying hard to be sophisticated."
To that Dr. round surprisingly an
swered. "The faculty is busy try
ing hard to be sophisticated too.'
Romance Language Division
Arranges Exhibit of
Prints, Murals.
Displaying the works of famous
Spanish and Mexican painters, the
Spanish department has placed
an exhibition in the P.omance
language library in University
hall.
Included in the exhibition arc
prints of classic and modern art
ists. Diego Itivera, contemporary
Mexican painter, is represented by
a collection of twelve of his works.
His contributions consist of de
tailed murals of Mexican life.
"Las Das Hermans" was painted
by Sorollo. twentieth century, and
Is shown in reproduction in the
library. Velasquez, sixteenth cen
tury portraid painter of the royal
court. Murillo, seventeenth century
paintei of religious themes, and
101 Greco, celebrated sixteenth cen
tury master are all represented in
the display.
Travelogues and pamphlets with
views of Mexico are also available
for students or faculty members
planning summer vacations. In
formation concerning the exhibit
may be obtained from Lloyd D.
Teal. Everyone is welcome to view
the display.
KURZ TO ANNOUNCE PRIZE
WINNING JESSAY WRITERS
Ccrcle Francis To Elect
Officers for Next
Year Tuesday.
As a final meeting of the year
members of the Cercle Francais
will meet Tuesday, May 18, at 8
p. m. in the party room of the
Ambassador apartments.
Announcement of the winners of
the essay contest which was spon
sored by the French department
to create interest in the Paris ex
position will be made by Dr. Harry
Kurz. Essays were written on
"Why I Want to Go to Paris."
Clair Hallet will sing French
pongs. Lenore Teale. president,
will conduct the election of officers
for the ensuing year.
1937Cornhusker
To Make Campus
Debut Saturday
Book Features Thunder Bird Theme,
Unicameral Dedication;
Enlarged
Ncliraskii's l!C!7 Curiihiiskcr, university riir Imok. will lie
rend
Iv for distribution Saturday, May L'l.', neiMirding to Jiill
.Marsh nnd Sid linker, editor -
Dedicated to the stnte's tini(iie
has ns its llieine Nebraska's
adorns the senate chambers and".
other rooms of the capltol build-
ing.
Besides the many new feature
additions and enlarged sections of
the annual, Marsh especially an
nounces the policy of making the
book "acclaim the activities of the
present rather than repeat those
of the past." That has been the
custom in previous books.
MAJOR EVENTS
PASS IN REVIEW.
"It is the duty of a yearbook
staff to publish a bojk which will
recall to minds of the former stu
dent the major happenings of one
year at his Alma Mater, whether
he looks at it one or 20 years after
publication," Marsh declared. "We
sincerely feel that this year's book,
nrobablv more so than most of
those in the past, most adequately
and artistically fills that require
ment." Probably the greatest change
toward the editor's idea of "pres
ent not past" is found in the or
ganization write-ups. Each frater
nity and sorority page contains a
short article describing its most
important event of the year in
stead of a history of the group
since its entrance to the campus.
469 PAGES
OF FEATURES.
Several new features and addi
tions to most of the sections in
cluded in past books, account for
the unusual size of this year's pub
lication. When printed it will have
409 pages.
For the first time, a Cornhusker
will contain a personal index list
ing each of the some 6,800 stu
dents enrolled in the university
cither first or second semester this
year. The section will be 18 pages
in length, and will contain the
number or numbers of pages upon
which each students name or pic
ture appears.
INTRODUCES
CARTOON SECTION.
"Forecast of Campus Events" is
the title of a new section suggest
ed by the business manager. The
article, which outlines the activi
ties of every group on the campus,
is interspered among the adver
tisements. The feature also in
cludes several original cartoons by
Ed Steeves.
Grav Burlap grain leather with
a design in red and black makes
up the cover of the annual. A spe
cially mixed green ink selected be
cause "it lends itself well to the
black and white of the pages and
to the gray of the cover." is the
only color scheme of the book.
CAMERA
DOES PART.
Large air views of the city anil
ag campuses, with superimposed
drawings ami name plates of the
buildings are printed inside the
front and back covers. Eighteen
pages of candid camera ots of
informal campus activities com
pose the opening section of the
book.
Pictures of all campus buildings,
a new section this year, will com
pose division II of the book. All
university administrative groups
will be included in this year's sec
tion which bears that name. Be
sides the usual pictures of the
Board of Regents, the chancellor
and the deans, the section will in
clude photos of the Student Coun
cil, the barb council, and any other
bodies connected with student or
university administration.
'N' THEME
OF CLASS SECTIONS.
A green "N" is the theme of the
classes section. Extending over
two page groups, the pictures of
students in the junior and senior
classes are arranged to form the
two parallel lines of the "N." This
year's activities division includes
five additional pages of military to
make room for the enlarged R. O.
T. C. unit, the Beauty Queens, the
publications, and the arts
For the first time since 1916 the j
crests of all fraternities and sorori
ties that have them, will be in
cluded on the pages with the pic
tures of the members. A new type
of positive print which looks much
like the photo negative is being
used instead of the ordinary pic
tures of the organized houses.
33 PAGES
OF ATHLETICS.
A S3 page athletic section, al
most twice as large as that in last
year's book, will picture the teams
of every sport in which the univer
sity participates as well as intra
murals and women's competitions.
There will also be a picture and an
individual write-up of each foot
ball game of the 1936 season.
Business Manager Baker an
nounces that almost 1,500 copies of
the annual have already been sold.
For those who wish to procure a
book Saturday, the price will be
$5.00. Final installments on all an
nuals will be due and payable at
that time. All contracts made ear
lier in the year will hold as to
price
Edition.
in - chief mid business manager.
L'nicaiiieriil legislature, 1 lie book
.symbolic Thunder ISinl which
Men May Apply Now
For llni (ilor (Huh
Mr. Tempel, director of the
university's glee club, an
nounced yesterday that appli
cation blanks for the univer
sity's mens' glee club are now
available at the school of music
ofice. Applications are to be
handed In this week. The club
will be organized at the close of
the current semester.
Dr. Broom Finds Place For
Supernatural in Evolution
Famed Paleontologist First
to Announce End of
Physical Changes.
Beliefs of scientists and scholars
the world over were contradicted
and tossed aside between sups of
tea in the homely inner office of
Dr. Barbour's museum headquar
ters in Morrill hall Triday after
noon. Dr. Robert Broom, eminent
paleontologist, noted for his recent
discovery of the much sought after
"missing link," was presenting his
views.
A surprised murmur among the
circle of university professors fol
lowed his statement: "My discov
eries and 40 years of study of fos
sils and evolution leads me to be
lieve, rather than to disbelieve, in
the existence of a supernatural be
ing." A flurry of questions filled the
air when he declared his most re
cent conclusion that "evolution has
reached its climax and will not
continue."
The immaculate little Scotch
man met the doubting looks with
a smile as he began a staccato
Stuart Wright Reports
Loss of Portable
to Police.
the
Thefts reported to university
police during the past week in
clude a bill fold stolen from the
Dairy Industry building on ag
campus and a portable typewriter
taken from the Temple Y. M. C.
A. rooms.
On Mondav, May 10, Wasson
Arell. 1547 South 32nd, reported
the loss of a billfold which had
been taken from the dressing room
in the Dairy Industry building
tonic time between Thursday
night. May C. and Friday, May 7.
Contents included $3 in cash and
several miscellaneous articles.
A portable typewriter valued at
approximately $40 to $43. belong
ing to Stuart Wright, field secre
tary for the Emergency Peace
campaign, was taken from the
Y. M. C. A. rooms at the Temple
some time between Sunday after
noon. May 9. and Monday night.
May 10. Mr. Wright had been in
Lincoln several days in the inter
ests of the Emergency Peace cam
paign, and had left the typewriter
in the office of C. D. Hayes, Y. M.
C. A. secretary.
PI MU EPSILON SPONSORS
MATH TEST COMPETITION
Honorary Offers Prizes in
Contest for Students
Thursday.
Pi Mu Kpsilon, honorary math
fraternity, will sponsor competi
tive exams in calculus and analyt
ical geometry from 3 p. m. to 6
p. m. Thursday. The winner of
each division will receive a $10
cash prize.
To qualify for analytics, a con
testant must be taking, or have
completed the course. To com
pete in the calculus exam con
testants must be taking the course
or have completed integral calcu
lus since the exam in the course
last year.
A special business meeting of
all actives will be held at 5 p. m.
Tuesday in room 307 of the Math
building.
Members will start at 6 p. m.
Friday, May 21, from the Math
building for the annual picnic held
at Pioneer's park. Announcement
of newly elected members will be
made et this picnic
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X)e G O. VidTu. "
Dr. George O. Virtue, professor
of economics and public finance at
the university, was honored by one
of his former students, Dr. .
Clark Dickinson, now professor of
economics at the University of
Michigan, who has dedicated his
latest book on "Compensating In
dustrial Effort" to Dr. Virtue and
Dr. Frank V. Taussig, probably
the foremost authority in the field
of economics in the country today.
presentation of his arguments.
"There must be a power which
directs change, it is too orderly,
too smooth to be explained in any
other manner."
According to Dr. Broom, all
steps in man's evolution have been
explained. Even the fact that most
evolution follows some environ
mental change is definitely proved.
But the absent factor, is the ex
planation of how the evolutionary
steps take place.
"It is the belief of most of those I ceed tne minority premised as
in the field that the changes are necessary the support and co-op-mere
mutations, results of natural ! eralion of the colleges: complete
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SI. PAU1C0NCERT
Fifty to Sing in Annual
Spring Recital of
Church Group.
T'nder the direction of William
G. Temple, the St. Paul choir will
present its spring recital for the
public Tuesday evening. May 18.
in St. Paul's Methodist church.
Scheduled to begin at 8:15 o'clock,
the concert, will be sung entirely
a cappella, will be the fourth of
its kind that the choir has given
since it was organized.
The choir is composed of ap
proximately 50 students and is t lie
only church choir in Lincoln that
sinps rntiiclv without accomnani-
singing will be the organist. Paul
LcB-n-
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into three groups, some with vary
ing solo and solo quartette parts.
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SET BY PROF. HARPER
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Mathematician Perfects
Table to Make Study
of Infant Deaths.
Prof. Floyd S. Harper of the
mat hematics department of the
I University has .succeeded in de
I vcloping an equation representing
I the number of people living at all
ase.s as recorded in a mortality
' table. His finding's were published j
in an article entitled. An Actu-
arial Study of Infant Mortality'
which appeared in the Scandinav-
ian Actuarial Journal.
Altho special attention wrts
given to the study at infant
necausc oi tne nign oeain raie hi
these ages, the equation was found
to be satisfactory at the older a"es I
as well. It is the first practical j
represent the number living as re
corded in a mortality table from
birth to old age as well as giving
accurate results by months in the
first year of life. It lends itself
to and facilitates the computation
of joint life annuities and insur
ances on the lives of any two
people, including adults or both.
WE ATI I EH.
To correct the ills of a stren
uous winter season. Dr. T. A.
Blair has prescribed another
ideal day for today. Forseeing
heat prostrations, he will also
make it comfortably cool.
Committee Suggests 12
Improvements; Minority
Wants Frosh Separation
) Out uf 20 I). -ire Plan
for Isolation; AIm
KiiIoi llcporl.
Nine members of the faculty
committee studying the freshmen
situation submitted a minority re
port calling for the adoption of a
lower division plan by Nebraska.
The minority committeemen con
curred in the suggestions for im
provements made in the main re
port, but expressed the belief that
a great advance would be accom
plished by a lower division scheme
even if all of the recommendations
of the committee were in full op
eration. The initial paragraph of the mi
nority report states the position:
"We, the undersigned, beg
leave to submit a minority re
port on the question of institut
ing a separate division for han
dling freshmen. In doing so, we
endorse the recommendations as
set out in the report of the com
mittee, although we believe that
a horizontal division of the uni
versity at the juncture between
the first and second years, with
a separate university organiza
tion to control freshmen, has
much to commend it."
Would Weed Out Unfit.
Besides giving freshmen better
educational guidance and provid
ing better opportunities for teach
ing freshmen, the minority claims
two other benefits to be derived
from a lower division plan. The
functions it would be expected to
fulfill are the offering of an incen
tive to those who wish to enter the
colleges and the deterring of those
work from entering.
n order that such a plan sue
In order that such a plan
control over registration, educa
tional guidance, testing and teach
ing of students: and an agreement
among the colleges on a minimum
achievement in scholarship and
credit hours before admission to
the colleges be granted.
The minority report was signed
by: E. S. Fullbiook, Arthur J. Jen
ncss, Cleon O. Swayzee, C. S. Ham
ilton, Amanda H. Heppner, H. P.
Davis. D. A. Worcester, Lane W.
Lancaster, and T. J. Thompson.
Music Teachers' Assembly
Ends With University
Program.
Amateurs and professionals,
students and teachers, children
ami adults, totaling 400 in all,
participated last night in the sec
ond annual university festival of
the piano. The 00 grand and up
right pianos arranged on the floor
"C coliseum, played by as
many as 120 pianists at one time.
! brought the annual Nebraska Mu-
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Teachers association conven-
tion to u climactic and inspiration-
al end. I
I Another feature of the carnival
i was Ul0 appearance and perforin-.
aiue ot a massed cnorus or ;iuu
' youthful voices mostly from the
i i.iiauiu juimi'i iini .tihi'i nif, n ; ail van uu oimi ui ;tiu-.tiiiiMi. nt o.
; schools, singing under the duec- j convention held in Omaha Friday
i tion of Helen Ktowell, of Lincoln and Saturday. Robert Avery and
high, a :il William Tempel. of the Bob Hansen, also Nebraska uni
! .sciool of music. Between the pi- versity students, were selected tn
; aim exhibitions, the chorus sang 1 fj t10 posts of national adjutant
a group ot selections including me
im's Chorus from " 1 ami-
accompanied by the GO
pianos.
i A recent innovation in piano
ait, massed playing has created
j much interest and received much
; attention in Nebraska this year.
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Yorkrrs IMacc Faith in Collective
Strength As Cure-All of Ills, Savs
Dr. Savee in 3Iav Alumnus Issue
That many workers feel that the ;
SHlltion to their problems lies not '
;i escalR rnm the waffft earning j
'class into the independent and
i proprietary class but in the col-
j icctivc strength of a labor org-
anjzatjon was expressed in "Labor:
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Swa ' eC asFOciate professor of
personne', management, in the May
issue of the Nebraska Alumnus
which appeared Saturdty.
"The decrease in the late of in
dustrial expansion with the conse
quent lag in the demand for labor
has resulted in labor unrest," Dr.
Swayzee said. "The fear of tech
nological unemployment has
come widespread. The prospects
of being laid off at an early age
create additional fears. Fven
though we may assume these fears
of economic insecurity to be un
founded .the fact remains that
thev do drive workers into labor i
organizations for protection." !
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Blame Foreign Ag.tators.
Rrvirwimr the statistics f
strikes for more than a hundred i
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DEAN T. J. THOMPSON.
FOR MAY 20, 21
fj h 0 T a I UniOH, Orchestra.
Glee Club to Appear
In Musicale.
The University will climax the
current musical season in Lincoln
with the annual spring musicale
by the University Choral Union,
the men's glee club, and the
University Symphony orchestra
Thursday and Friduy evening.3
this week at 8 o'clock. The Choral
Union, under the direction of
Howard Kirkpatrick, director of
the University of Nebraska school
of music, and the men's glee club,
directed by W. G. Tempel. will
appear in a joint conceit Thurs
day, while Raymond R. Reed will
present his symphony orchestra in
another outstanding recital Friday
night. All programs will be heard
in Grant Memorial hall.
Those, present will have an op
portunity to hear again some of
the numbers which received such
national acclaim when the Uni
versity appeared on the national
air waves the evening of May 7.
The program to be presented by
the three groups will be balanced
and full of interest to everyone.
The glee club and members of the
Choral Union join in the singing
(Continued on Page 2.)
NATIONAL PHALANX POSTS
GO TO THREE NEBRASKANS
Bill Crittenden to Serve As
Military Commander
Next Year.
.
Bill Crittenden. Bizad junior
i from Lincoln, was electcil national
COmmander of Phalanx, honorary
an, national historian for tne or-
ranization.
Members from four chapters of
Phalanx attended the meetings.
They were from the Universities of
: Minnesota, Illinois. Nebraska, and
! Creighton. The Creighton chapter
Was in charge of arrangements
for the convention.
vears, Dr. Swayzee pointed out in
his article that strikes have
nearly always been laid at the
door of foreign agitators. Kx-
ample of the carpenters of Boston
who struck for a ten hour working
day which forced the master car
penters to publish leaflets terming
the strike as "an evil of foreign
growth."
Dr. Swayzee lists three factors
as responsible for the present out
break of strikes: steadily rising
cost of living threatens the living
standards of the nation's workers;
attitude of the federal government
as expressed in the famous Sec
tion 7a of the N. 1. It. A. grant
ing workers the right to "bargain
collectively through representa
tives of their own choosing;" and
the new leadership in the person
of John L. Lewis has given great
impetus to laoor organizations
and strikes.
Picketing Offensive to Labor.
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found it difficult to persuade many i
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Ill PLAN
SPRING PROGRAM
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Nrw Advisory Hoard to
Dirrrt Frrslimrn.
I' The farultv committee of L'O ap
pointed several months ago to
study plans looking toward better
methods of handling freshmen re
jected the adoption of a lower di
vision plan and made 12 sugges
tions for improvement in the pres
ent set-up lor orienting, advising,
and instructing first year students.
Reports of the committee was re
leased yesterday from the office
of Dean T. J. Thompson, chairman
of the body.
Growing out of a discussion of
lower division plans, separating
freshmen from the other three,
classes, on the floor of the uni
versity senate last fall, the com
mittee considered such schemes as
one now in operation at five uni
versities. Special emphasis was
given the plan of Louisiana State.
Summary of the main report
reads in part as follows:
"As a result of its study, the
committee is of the opinion, that
while considerable improvement
has been made at the University
of Nebraska in the methods of
dealing with freshmen, there are
aspects of the university's policy
and practices in regard to their
admission, educational guidance,
and teaching that may be im
proved. The committee docs not
feel, however, that a lower divis
ion plan similar to that now in
operation at Louisiana State
University should be adopted at
this time."
SENATE TO CONSIDER
FACULTY REPORT IN FALL.
Tangible results of the commit
tee's work, extending over eight
thiee-hour meetings besides sev
eral protracted sessions of a sub
committee, are the 12 suggestions
included in thi majority report.
This report will not be considered
by the university senate until
early next fall according to the de
cision made at the meeting yes
terday morning.
Probably the main recommen
dation in the report pei tains t a
freshman advisory committer, n n
sisting of one member from each
of the colleges registering fresh
men with the registrar and th
dean of student affairs as cx of
ficio members. This committee
shall direct the collection, classi
fication, and analysis of educa
tional guidance information and
shall arrange for tian.smission of
such inloi mation to the special
advisers.
CALLS FOR SPECIAL
ADVISERS, STATISTICS.
The report provides that the
university take steps to assemble
such educational guidance in
formation including high school
records, psychological and coilegu
aptitude tests, personal financial
information, information on social
proclivities, and estimates of high
school teachers and principals.
Another provision of the re
port provides for the creation of
the office of special freshmen ad
visor in those of the six colleges
registering freshmen who now do
not have such advisors. Arts and
sciences, teachers, and engineering
colleges have such advisors. Th
colleges of pharmacy, agriculture,
and business administration would
establish such olficers if the sug
gestion is adopted.
Besides the collection of educa
tional guidance information and
the charging ot the special advis
ors, the freshmen advisory com
mittee would advise all first year
students who have not made their
choice of colleges. It would also
inform high school graduates who
lack prepaiation or ability for uni
versity work of the difficulties
confronting them as well a.s en
courage students especially fitted
for higher education.
NEW RrSEARCH WORKER
SUGGESTED FOR FRESHMEN.
Further duties of the new fresh
men committee pertain to the con
trol of a research officer in fresh
men orientation recommended by
the report. The olficcs of this
full time ic-search worker would
include investigations, collection
and digestion of information about
prospective students, continuous
studies of the achievement of
freshmen plans in other universi
ties tie. It is suggested that thn
officer have a knowledge of per
sonnel problems on both the sec
ondary and hitrher educational
levels and training in tesearch and
statistical methods.
The report provided that grad
uates of iucreditcd high schools
not qualified to meet university
requirements or not wishing to be
come a candidate for a degree may
enroll for any course in the uni
versity for which he shows evi
dence of fitness. The faculty com
mittee further suggested that th
sevedal colleges take steps to in
sure a more thorough grasp of the
fundamental subjects of the first
two years before students be per
mitted to take advanced subjects
In the last two years.
COMMITTEE ADVISES NO
REVISION OF FUND USE.
Preceding two general rccom-
rnendations. the committee leports
tC'ontinued on rage 1.)
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