VOLUME XXVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1926
NUMBER 5
Oregon
Ys.
Washington
Ballyhoo for Big Contest
In Full Swing; Press
Boosted as Important
Adjunct to Football
O
’By HAKOLD MANGUM
What is the most important ap
pendage to a? football team? It is a
moot question. The coach has rea
son to believe he is indispensable.
The trainer thinks he is essential;
the manager believes that the team
would go to rack and ruin without
him, and the yelling sections are
firmly convinced that it is they that
furnish the necessary impetus that
sends the eleven on to victory.
• * *
It is a question with which we do
not intend to worry, as we have a
candidate of our own—the humble
medium through which we reach the
great and gullible public—the news
paper. Some teams have coached
themselves; many have trained
themselves; a great many exist with
out managerial services; and many a
fighting team has clawed its way
to victory far from the encouraging
plaudits of a familiar rooting sec
tion. i
But who ever heard of a team
sneaking away in the quiet of night
and meeting the representatives of
a rival institution behind closed
gates, without notice in the press?
Why are great stadiums built, and
long trips undertaken? Why, to en
tertain the crowds that follow the
newspapers very carefully to glean
every bit of knowledge they can
concerning their favorites.
A present day team could not ex
ist without a journal to record its
goings and comings, to jot down
the histories and dimensions of 40
or 50 men wearing the college col
ors, to mention carefully the minut
est detail of a sore thumb or a
stubbed toe. Why? Because no one
would attend the games, otherwise.
There would be no big stadiums, no
huge crowds, no high-salaried coach
es, no well-organized corps of man
agers, manager’s assistants, and
other hangers on of the grid camp.
It takes publicity to make the world
go round.
* * *
Which brings us to the subject of
ballyhoo. Never in sports history in
the Northwest has a feature been
as well-advertised as the .coming
Oregon-Washington football game
in Portland next Saturday. From
the time the game was signed last
winter, a coterie of skilled publicity
men has been moving every rock
and turning every stone to ^make
the event the biggest ever. The
plans for the new Multnomah civic
stadium were launched, not entirely
for this game, of course, but it was
one of the motivating forces; a
mammoth drive was staged for
funds and brought to a successful
conclusion; University Week .was
• outlined and is now under way in
Portland; reams of copy were writ
ten, hundreds of posters were de
signed and printed; dozens of pic
tures were taken and broadcast
freely about the country; every item
was taken care of, and the great
.event is now at hand.
The stage is set, the programs
printed, the • ushers hired, the press
notices written, the bouquets ready
for presentation—all that remains
is the arrival of the actors. It is
getting so that the game itself
is dwarfed—so that the fray is lost
sight of in all the shouting and
blaring of trumpets, all the gigan
tic rallies, and the stage settings,
Gone are the days when rival teams
tangled in backlots, and the papers
knew nothing at all of what' hap
peued.
Mrs. L. S. McDonald
Visiting Old Friendi
Lucile Saunders McDonald, ex
student in the University of Oregoi
school of journalism, who has beer
engaged in newspaper work in Cor
dova, Alaska, for two years and wh<
brings with her many tales of in
terest, was a visitor on the campu
over the week-end.
Mrs. McDonald is widely experi
enced in the field of journalism, hav
Ing worked for six years on th
Morning Oregonian, for sometime 01
several small papers, and also i]
South America.
While a student on the campu
Mrs. McDonald was active in Em
erald work, being managing edito
for a while and a member of Thet
Sigma Phi. She is a sister of Iri
Saunders, juniqr in music, who als
made a trip to Alaska this summe:
Chi Psi Lodge Robbed
During Open House
WHILE the members of the
Chi Psi lodge were attend
ing open house on the University
of Oregon campus Saturday
night, a thief of unknown iden
tity entered the unlocked house
and breaking into a strong box
in a second story room took from
$50 to $60 in cash.
The theft w*as discovered about
11 o’clock when one of tire men
returning to the fraternity house
which is situated at 1018 Hilyard
street,, went into the house and
found clothes, desk and bureau
drawers topsy turvy and the
strong box pried open.
The thief evidently was after
nothing but money, because
clothes, several watches and other
valuable articles were left.
When the last two men left the
house about nine o’clock no lights
were left" in the house but at the
time of the discovery two lights
in second story rooms were on.
Only the four rooms on that Aoot
had seemingly been molested.
No clues leading to the discov
ery of the thief have been found.
The money belonged to Fletcher
Udall.,
Big Practice
For Wednesday
Says “Yell King”
Best Seats to be Held
For Favored 400
With Cards
The only practice on the card
stunt is tomorrow at 4 o’clock in
the new grandstand on Hayward
field, under the direction of Jack
Seabrook, yell king. Wednesday,
being the only day the field is open
to the student body at large, there
can only be one practice, so it is
important that all of the “400”
rooters turn out, Seabrook said.
Participants in this stunt will
have the best seats in the entire
rooting section at the Washington
game this Saturday as well as at the
Stanford and O. A. C. games. The
lucky 400 will be seated in reserved
seats in a specially constructed sec
tion—20 rows high, and 20 seats
across—extending nine rows higher
than the rest of the rooting section.
“Every man of the 400 that wants
to be in the stunt must turn out on
Wednesday,” said Seabrook, “as
this will "be the only time we can
get together, before the big game in
Portland.”
All those out tomorrow will be
issued cards entitling them to seats
in the special rooting section. Those
who already have other tickets can
make ad exchange.
IVew Instructor is
Impressed with West
J. H. Mueller, assistant professor
in sociology, who joined the Oregon
faculty, has recently come from the
University of Missouri where he
taught sociology and was also di
rector of the girls’ glee club for
three years. Previous to teaching
in Missouri he taught in the Uni
versity of Chicago.
Mr. Mueller took his academic
work in Montpelier, Prance, and in
Missouri, and his musical education
in St. Louis and in Prance. He is
a member of the Phi Beta Kappa,
Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha and
several sociological associations
which are not represented on the
campus.
“The mountains around Eugene
remind me of the Vosges mountains
in Prance, and the French Alps,”
said Mr. Mueller. This is the first
time he has been west of Denver
and seems to be much impressed
with his surroundings.
Eighteen Girls Pass
Glee Club Tryouts
Eighteen girls successfully passed
■ the second tryout for the girl’s glee
' club, and are to report this evening
■ at 7:30 in the Music building foi
i the final tryout.
“The competition will be very
- strong for the third tryout because
- of the excellent new material avail
i able this year,” said Eugene Car)
i yesterday.
i The girls are: Martha Ann Pro
thero, Irene Moore, Margarite Hill
i Louie Storla, Anna K. Garrett, Flo
- renee Grebe, Katherine Blood, Agnei
r Petzold, Frances Dodds, Evelyn Hoi
i lis, Mary Margaret Ferrill, Evelyi
a Dew, Zeile Ruble, Cecile Coss, Alici
3 Edwards, Bernice Rasor, Werdn;
'. Isbell, and Margaret Holbrook.
College Rally
In Portland
Friday Is Set
Special Train t o Carry
Rooters to Game
On Saturday
Presidents Hall and
Suzzalo to Take Part
Dedication of Multnomah
Stadium Precedes Game
A BALLY pep-assembly in Port
land Friday night, and a double
rally parade with University of Ore
gon and Washington students, Sat
urday at noon, are features attend
ing the annual grid battle with the
Huskies this week-end.
A special train has been charter
ed to carry 2000 Oregon rooters to
Portland Friday afternoon at 3:1?
o’clock. The special will leave in
front of Villard hall, via Southern
Pacific. It will arrive at the Union
station in Portland at 7 p. m., from
whence the Oregon rooters will
stage a rally through the business
section of the city. The parade will
terminate in front of the Broadway
theater, where four speakers, in
cluding several Oregon coaches, will
talk about the game. Several short
skits will also be presented, in the
program \thich will be over by 8:30
p. m.
Special Train to Carry Rooters
A train of 1500 Husky rooters
will arrive at the Portland Union
station at 12:15 p. m. Saturday and
immediately following a parade will
be formed on Broadway, north of
Burnside. Mayor Baker and mem
bers of the committee of the Mult
nomah stadium will lead the parade.
President Suzzalo, of the University
of Washington, and President Hall,
of the University of Oregon, will be
next in the line of march, followed
by the American Legion drum corp.
The University of Washington band
and rooters and the Oregon band
and students come next. The rally
parade will be routed through the
downtown section and will disband
at 1:30 p. m.
Stadium Will be Dedicated
At 2 p. m. dedication ceremonies
of the new Multnomah stadium will
be held and at 2:15 the teams will
take the field, the game starting
15 minutes later.
Between halves the Oregon and
Washington students will present
stimt-8.
Co-eds Grid Stars?
Freshman Doubts It
«<T DIDN’T know cups were
-t-awarded here for intra
mural sports,” protested a frosh
eyeing the brilliant array of cups
on the mantel in the Kappa Sig
ma mansion taken over for the
evening by the homeless Chi O’s.
“Why these girls don’t look to
me like athletes.”
“We’re not athletes, I’ll have
you to understand,” tartly re
plied the girl with whom he was
dancing.
“Why then, all these cups?”
and even her explanatory gestures
at the Kappa Sigma crest failed
to make the freshman under
stand.
“Now am I holding my arm in
the right position.” or “did I
take that step as I should or do
you think this way would be
better?”
“Can you tell me, is there a
dancing school in this town?”
“Yes!” replied his partner^
somewhat angrily and then di
recting him to a well known 'Em
erald advertiser.
“Well, you know, I think I will
take some lessons in dancing. I
even think dancing is more im
portant here than swimming.”
After the views of many are
collected and compared, it was
found that the general impres
sion of open house is of fatigue.
However, it is agreed that no
matter how tiresome it may be,
it yet serves a purpose as it
gives the student a chance to
get a panorama of the entire
campus.
McEwan Makes
Shift in Line-up
For Scrimmage
Jones and Woodie on
First String; Injuries
Prove Slight
As a penance for the showing
made against Pacific university
last Saturday, Coach J. J. McEwan
hammered the varsity and stfbs
through signal and passing 'prac
tice with hardly a halt for
breath yesterday afternoon.
At the most, there are only three
more days of practice for him to
mould the lemon-yellow gridsters
into a formidable threat againkt
(Continued on page fow)
The Freshman Parade
As Tradition Paints It
Paddles cracked, and frosh jumped
about and yelled, at the annual
parade, Saturday morning. Both
classes had been anticipating the
gory battle for the past week,
though it was looked upon from two
different angles. Due to the fine
technique of the sophomores there
were very few casualities, and the
graveyard now holds no more than
it did the day before the fight.
The frosh met their hosts at the
Sigma Chi corner promptly at eight,
and after the roll had been taken
they marched in order to Skinners
butte. Here it was found, much to
the surprise of the sophs, that, some
of the miserable babes of ’30 had
shamelessly smeared the “O” .with
green paint, and, to add bo the hor
ror of the situation, had placed
their numerals at the bottom. This,
of course, in years past has been
placed in the same column as mur
der, but the kindly sophs did not
enact the death penalty but let the
vearlings off after they had scrubbed
the blessed symbol of the. school.
Yellow paint was the next thing
on the program. This was served
in beautiful tin buckets. But again
the lowly frosh proved their ignor
ance by pitching into the paint with
tooth and nail, the result being that
they got more paint on their own
miserable carcasses than they did
on the beloved character.
Prom the butte the frosh were
marched back to the campus. Many
of the babes tried to drop out along
the way and do a little ‘pigging,’
but they were promptly disciplined
and sent on their way by a few
friendly taps from their superiors.
They were compelled to kiss the
seal. Here one or two frosh were
flattened out, but were quickly re
. vived by the gentle sophomores and
i after the application of several pad
. die poultices • completely recovered
and proceeded.
! Four frosh tried their luck at
l singing and managed to murder
(Continued on page four)
As It Actually Is
Men who entered the Uni
versity as freshmen this fall, were
smeared with paint, beaten with
w'ooden paddles, run until exhaust
ed, and then forced into a ‘pole
rush, ’ a collegiate term for a gang
fi,ht, Saturday.
One freshman’s nose was broken,
one student was sent to the infirm
ary with a cold contracted at the
parade and mix, and at least seven
others reported at the dispensary
for treatment to bruises and cuts.
None fortunately, were seriously in
jured.
The parade started at the Sigma
Chi corner. The boys were taken
to the bottom of Skinners butte,
having been paddled intermittently
along the route. Any freshman
who, when asked, did not have cig
arettes to give sophomores or up
per classmen, was paddled. At the
foot of the butte, two men took
a dime from each marcher.
After climbing the butte, the
frosh were forced to paint the
large “O” with their paint-smeared
hands, daub their faces, slide down
the “O,” and then go down the hill
where they ran a gauntlet of sopho
more men, who used wooden paddles
as weapons.
After the pajade through the
business part of Eugene, the boys
were forced to crawl on their
hands and knees, kiss the Oregon
seal, and then again run the gaunt
let.
The remaining events were held
at Hayward field. A pole rush and
nushbali contest were the main
features.
It was in these events that most
of the men were hurt. The sopho
mores, of course, won.
It was necessary for the freshmen
to fight their way toward the pole
and take down the flag. The sopho
mores attempted to keep them frorr
so doing. A fight was, of course
the result.
All these events were a part oi
the general reception accorded first
year men.
Y. W. Starts
Canvass For
Membership
Campaign Will be Made
By Representative
Committee
Only Those Interested
In Work Asked to Join
Non-Organization ;G i r I s
To Sign at Bungalow
Beginning this morning at
eight o’clock, a specially chosen
membership committee will canvass
the campus to enlist new members
into the Y. W. C. A. At a meeting
of the committee members last night
at the “Y” bungalow the plan of
procedure was discussed. It was de
cided that representatives of each
living organization solicit members
during this week.
“We are not going out for 100 per
cent membership this year,” Miss
Florence Mcgowan, general secre
tary, said. “We do not wish our
endeavor in this line to be classed
as a ‘ drive, ’ as it has been called
in past years. We want only those
to join who see value in the Y. W.
C. A. The new girls should not rush
into the thing unthinkingly, or be
forced in if they do not care to join.
We would like members who believe
in the aims and standards of the
association, and are in sympathy
with the work.”
Four Year Membership Granted
It is necessary to sign up for
membership only once during the
four years of college, so only new
women on the campus will sign the
blue membership cards which will
be distributed.
The following girls will represent
the various living organizations on
the campus: Alpha Chi Omega,
Katherine Delanty; Alpha Delta Pi,
Dorothy Straughn; Alpha Gamma
Delta, Mizelle Bollwage; Alpha Om
icron Pi, Buth Hansen; Alpha Phi,
Dorothy Munsell; Alpha Xi Delta,
Frances Shroeder; Chi Omega, Nan
cy Peterson; Delta Delta Delta,
Margaret Nugent; Delta Gamma,
Virginia Dorcas; Delta Zeta, Anita
Williams; Gamma Phi Beta, Vir
ginia Bailey; Kappa Alpha Theta,
Betty Higgins; Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, Una Eldridge; Pi Beta Phi,
Helen Smith; Kappa Omicron, Flos
sie Badabaugh; Sigma Beta Phi,
Marian Shepherd; Tau Nu, Ethel
Montgomery; Hendricks hall, Thel
ma Perozzi; Susan Campbell hall,
Helen Jean Holt; Timelier cottage,
Buby Bussell; Oregon club, Mary
Benson.
Girls Urged to Sign Up
On account of the difficulty of
reaching the girls ,n'ot connected
with organizations, the committee
urges that those interested go to the
“Y” bungalow and sign for mem
bership.
Lon L. Fuller to Act as
Assistant Professor
In Law Department
Lon L. Fuller, an honor graduate
of Harvard university, has been ap
pointed assistant professor in the
law school. He will take the place
of Assistant Professor Arthur Kent
who is now professor of law at the
University of Cincinnati.
After taking his B. A. from Stan
ford university, Professor Fuller
took his degree of Doctor of Juris
prudence from the Stanford law
school. He is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa.
“He is one of the highest marked
men,” said Dean W. G. Hale, “that
lias come out of the Stanford law
school in a number of years.”
Professor Sam Warner of the
school of law has been granted a
leave of absence during the fall
term. He will be engaged in con
junction with Dean Boscoe Fount of
the Harvard law school in making a
survey of criminal justice in Boston,
The professor will resume his work
here in the winter term.
Leavitt O. Wright Will
Talk to Editing Classei
Leavitt O. Wright, assistant pro
fessor of Spanish in the romanci
language department, will . speal
to the classes in editing today 01
“The Truth About the Mexieai
Constitution. ’ ’
Mr. Wright is a new member o:
the faculty this year, having for
me My taught at Pomona College
1 California.
Semi-Centennial Gets
Publicity at KOIN
“The University at Fifty”
was the subject of the first of
the radio addresses given in
Portland, at the Portland News,
station KOIN. Jack Hempstead
gave the address which lasted
from 7:40 until 8 o’clock.
Two other addresses are sche
duled for tomorrow and Thurs
day nights. Like the first their
purpose is more publicity for the
Semi-Centennial.
Fix Practice
Times, Donut
Teams Advised
Schedule for Practice
Of House Hoopsters
Nearly Filled
With eight donut basketball teams
already assigned practice hours a
few open dates remain.
No teams have signified their de
sire to practice next Friday or Sat
urday afternoons, and, as it is a
case of first come—first served,
managers may sign up for these
times.
It is possible that two quintets
can practice together at the same
time, thus making it possible to put
on practice games and get a line on
the other team.
The schedule of hours as signed
for already follows:
Saturday, October 2, 1 to 2: Kap
pa Sigma; 4 to 5, Theta Chi; 5 to
6, Bowery boys, Lambda Psi.
Monday, October 4: 4 to 5, Friend,
ly hall; 5 to 6, Theta Chi.
Tuesday, October 5: 4 to 5, Kappa
Sigma; 5 to 6, Delta Tau Delta.
Wednesday, October 6: 4 to 5,
Friendly hall; 5 to 6, Bowery boys.
Thursday, October 7: 4 to 5, Beta
Theta Pi; 5 to 6, Delta Tau Delta.
Friday, October 8: Open date.
Saturday, October 9: Open date.
During the week October 11 to
16 only one practice a day lias been
scheduled.
Monday, October 11: 4 to 5, Theta
Chi.
Tuesday, October 12: 4 to 5, Bow
ery boys.
Wednesday, October 13: 4 to 5,
Lambda Psi.
Thursday, October 14: 4 to 5, Beta
Theta Pi.
Friday, October 15: 4 to 5, Chi
Psi.
Saturday, October 16: Open date.
Managers of Donut
Teams Urged to be
At Men’s Gym Today
Any organized house or outside
group that is planning fto tenter
teams in any of the intra-mural
sports, whether it be. basketball,
swimming, handball or cross-country
is urged to have a responsible man
at the meeting which will be held
at the Men’s gym today at 4:15
p. m.
Last year several “gangs” with
or without names entered the race
and gave campus tongs some stiff
fights before being eliminated.
About ten quintets have signed
up for practice dates, among them
being the Bowery boys, an unaffiliat
ed group, who made a good showing
in 1925.
Eligibility requirements furnish
many kinks that must be ironed out
before a man can compete.0 Anyone
who has played on a frosh° or var
sity team in inter-collegiate com
petition cannot play. This will make
the teams more evenly matched.
After the schedules have been
made out no additional entries have
the privilege of entering. A man
taking physical education for credit
can substitute practice or game for
his regular attendan-e.
As a sort of temper for all this
and more a final clause appears at
the end of the list stating that any
changes can be made through the
consent of the majority of man
agers. Complete copies of the rules
and regulations are being sent out
and additional copies can be had at
the Men’s gym.
Alton Gabriel Elected
Member Mazama Club
\ _
Mountain goats will have to look
to their laurels as Alton Gabriel,
graduate assistant in chemistry, is
in a position to give them competi
tion.
It was announced in the latest is
sue of The Mazama that Gabriel
' was elected to the Mazama club
along with 18 other new members.
, He is a member of Sigma Pi Tau
and a graduate of Oregon.
Campaign For
New Magazine
Starts Today
Rolf Klep, Editor of
Webfoot, Promises
Clever Edition
Committee of Fifteen
Will Talk to Groups
Goal of Workers is 100©
Subscriptions
CAMPAIGN for the Webfoot,
new campus publication, will
start today. The goal lias been set
to secure a thousand subscriptions
before the close of the drive. At
noon, a committee of fifteen speak
ers, headed by Jack Hempstead,
will speak at the various living or
ganizations on the campus, concern
ing the contents and significance of
the publication. There is a repre
sentative from each house who will
solieite subscriptions.
“Judging from the interest shown,
there should be no difficulty in rais
ing the required 1000 subscriptions,,r
says Douglas Wilson, manager.
“Needless to say, the kind of in
terest and support we crave is that
which is evidenced by a year’s sub
scription and, incidentally, the small
sum of a dollar and a quarter, pay
able when the subscription is taken.
Every student should realize that it
depends on him whether Oregon is
at least going to have a magazine of
this nature, or whether we are to
continue to be the only school on.
the coast not publishing one, as at
present.”
Rolf Klep, the editor of the mag
azine, promises innumerable sur
prises in the first issue. “Clever il
lustrations and art work will be
featured,” he said, “some very uni
que articles have been received and
will be tapped in the opening num
ber.”
Living Organizations Have Speakers
The speakers who will visit the
houses and halls and their schedules
are: Mark Taylor, Sigma Beta Phi,
Alpha Gamma Delta, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Beryl Ludington, Lambda
Psi, Tau Nu; Benoit McCroskey,
Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Delta Pi;
Donald Beelar, Phi Delta Theta, Pi
Beta Phi; Wilford Long, Alpha Xi
Delta, Sigma Chi; Avery Thompson,
Kappa Omieron, Alpha Tau Omega;
Dudley Clark, Alpha Omieron Pi,
Kappa Sigma; Ronald Robnett, Al
pha Chi Omega, Theta Chi; Bob
Warner, Sigma Pi Tau, Chi Omega,
Delta Zeta; Frank Riggs, Gamma
Phi Beta, Alpha Phi; Ward Cook,
Friendly hall, Delta Tau Delta;
Robert Love, Chi Psi, Alpha Beta
Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Herbert
Socolosky, Kappa Alpha Theta, Sig
ma Nu; Roland Davis, Susan Camp
bell hall, Phi Kappa Psi; Ralph Sta
ley, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Psi Kap
pa; Jack Hempstead, Hendricks
hall, Delta Gamma, Thacher cottage,
Three Arts club.
me representatives who will be
in charge of subscriptions of the
various livjng organizations are:
Alpha Phi, Dorothy Dougall; Alpha
Chi Omega, Edith Shell; Alpha Del
ta Pi, Edith Dodge; Gamma Phi
Beta, Grace Cobb; Delta Zeta, Glen
na Fisher; Delta Gamma, Betty
Beans; Alpha Xi Delta, Adelaide
Johnson; Alpha Gamma Delta, Mau
i'ine Johnson; Kappa Alpha Theta,
Myra Bell Palmer; Kappa Kappa
.Gamma, Bee Peters;. Alpha Omieron
Pi, ’ Dorothy Ward; Pi Beta Phj,
Kathryn Ulrich; Sigma • Beta Phi;
Gertrude oHill; Chi Omega, "Nancy
Peterson; Delta Delta Delta, Delia
Sherwood; Susan Cainpbell hall,
Ruth Corey; Hendricks hall, Anne
.Runes; Kappa Omieron, Flossie Rud
abaugh;" Friendly hall, Kirk" Bal
jliger; Lambda Psi, Cliff Kuhn; Del
ta Tau Delta, Dick Gordon; Kappa
Sigma, Stewart Ball; Sigma Nu,
Howard Oswald; Phi Kappa Psi,
Jim Manning; Chi Psi, Colder Mc
Call; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Rlonald
Sellers; Theta Chi, Selwyn Gaulke,
Sigma Pi Tau, Bud Christianson;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, George Akers;
Phi Delta Theta, Ralph Staley; Al
pha Beta Chi, Carl Robberson; Psi
Kappa, Marion Hewlett; Sigma
Chi, Milton Rice; Beta Theta Pi,
Tom Montgomery; and Phi Gamma
Delta, Bert McElroy.
Faculty to Discuss
Semi-Centennial Plans
Plans for the University of Ore
gon Semi-Centennial celebration and
the inauguration of President Hall
will be discussed at a meeting of
the faculty to be held at four o’clock
Wednesday afternoon in Guild the
ater, it was announced yesterday by
Mrs. Clara L. Fitch, secretary of
the administrative offices.