Versatility Shown
A great amount of versatility
was shown by competing campus
organizations in the Emerald
KORE broadcasts. Unfortunately
only five prizes were awarded.
The Weather
Fair; rising temperature.
Maximum . 57
Minimum . 79
Precipitation .40
VOLUME XXXII
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. MARCH 10, 1931
NUMBER 93
Directors For
Annual Junior
Event Chosen
Junior Week-End Activities
Are Scheduled for
May 8, 9, 10
Bob O’Mel veny Chosen as
Assistant Chairman
Of Directorate
The directorate for the 1930
Junior Week-end, with the excep
tion of one position, was announced
last night by
Chet Knowlton,
general chairman.
Active work on
the preparation
I for the campus
\ year’s outstand
; ing event, sched
: uled for May 8,
:9, and 10, is ex
pected to get un
i der way this
[ week. The first
meeting of the
Chet Knowlton directorate was
held last night, and definite work
ing policies were laid down by the
chairman.
Bob O’Melveny was named as
assistant general chairman; and
Alexis Lyle will serve as secretary
for the committee.
This year’s canoe fete will be in
the hands of Walt Evans. The
canoe fete, in which the living or
ganizations of the campus will en
ter decorated floats, will be held
Friday evening, the opening night
of the week-end.
Mothers’ Program Arranged
Helen Chaney will arrange the
Mothers’ day program, which
comes on Sunday, May 10. She will
have charge of the visiting moth
ers.
The chairman of the junior prom,
colorful formal, has not yet been
definitely selected, and will not be
announced till next term.
Campus day, which will include
a number of events, such as the
flivver race, and the tennis court
dance, will be under the chairman
ship of Bill Barendrick; and Car
olyn Haberlach will take over the
duties of feeding the large crowd
of students and visiting parents at
the campus luncheon. The water
carnival, which includes a program
of swimming and canoeing events,
will be in the hands of Jack Roll
wage.
Joe Hughes will supervise the
financial matters of the director
ate. A new position this year, that
of advertising manager, will be
held by Larry Jackson, and the
job of keeping the campus posted
on the formation of plans for the
directorate has been assigned to
Merlin Blais.
Turnbull Faculty Adviser
George Turnbull, professor of
journalism, was selected as faculty
adviser for the group. He is also
^adviser for the junior class, and
was last year faculty adviser for
Junior Week-end.
“The directorate will have as its
sole aim the providing of enter
tainment and enjoyment for stu
dents and visiting parents,’’ Knowl
ton said. “We are planning a
number of innovations in this
year’s Junior Week-end program,
and we want to make it the best
junior event ever scheduled.”
Announcement of the commit
tees to work under the chairmen
(Continued on Page Four)
Quake Predicted by Dr. Hodge
Deals Death Through Balkans
Omari Theo y Explains
Cycle of Temblors,
Says Scientist
When a disastrous earthquake
shook the Balkans yesterday, kill
ing between 80 and 150, and in
juring, about 500, the Omari
theory, explained by Dr. Edwin T.
Hodge, professor of geology, was
borne out as being correct. Ac
cording to the theory, whenever
an earthquake happens in one
place on the earth, another one
will take place a short time later
at a spot almost exactly opposite
on the other side of the globe.
“Nothing in science is simple,”
said Doctor Hodge yesterday, “and
other factors probably enter be
sides the Omari rule. Neverthe
less this theory probably had a
good deal to do with the quake.”
When an earthquake happened
in Albania about a month ago,
Doctor Hodge first explained the
rule, saying that the unrelieved
stress at the earthquake of New
Zealand, which had taken place a
few days before, had found its
way about the world to Albania—
exactly opposite New Zealand on
the globe! Then, Doctor Hodge
said, the cycle would continue, and
the tension would swing around
the earth and strike back at New
Zealand or some place near there.
True to his prediction, another
quake did take place at New Zea
land, though not as disastrous as
the first. The earthquake fol
lowed its cycle once more, and
this time took form in the Balkans.
The tension had been sufficiently
relieved at Albania, so the quake
appeared at the nearest point of
tension. If the Omari rule is a
correct one, we can now expect
still another earthquake in the vi
cinity of New Zealand.
“The Balkans are as famous for
their earthquakes as for their
wars,’’ Doctor Hodge continued.
“It is a place where mountains are
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Five Suspended
From University
For Misconduct
Three Others Reprimanded
In Lesser Manner;
Charges Vary
As a result of misconduct, eight
University students were yester
day brought up before the student
advisory-committee for judgment
of their cases. Following is a let
ter from Karl W. Onthank, chair
man of the committee, telling of
the action taken:
March 9, 1931.
For the Emerald:
In a series of cases involving
eight University students, seven
of them from California, which
the student advisory committee
heard this afternoon the following
action was taken:
Three men and two women were
indefinitely suspended from the
University for participating in or
being present at a drinking party.
A student had his permit to live
outside his organization revoked
(Continued on Page Four)
West Better Off Than East,
Says LeRoy Birkliolder
LeRoy Birkholder, traveling sec
retary of the Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity, was a visitor at the
local chapter over the week-end.
He came from Berkeley and will
leave for Corvallis today.
"You don’t know what business
depression means out West here,”
Birkholder said in discussing con
ditions in other parts of the coun
try. “The eastern part of the
country is more an industrial so
ciety than on the Pacific coast,
and has felt the effects of the
slump much more keenly.
“The number of men being initi
ated into eastern chapters of na
tional fraternities has fallen off
sharply this year. School registra
tions have dropped only slightly,
but many students are so hard
pressed for money that they can
not meet the initiation fees.”
Birkholder graduated from
Pennsylvania State college last
June. He has been visiting chap
ters of Sigma Phi Epsilon west of
the Mississippi river since last No
vember.
From The President’s Pen
Study Instructor To Learn What He Expects in Way of
Recitations and Examinations, Dr. Hall Urges.
One of the opportunities quite
frequently missed by students is
^that afforded them of studying
their instructors. Few things are
so fascinating to study and observe
as human nature, and few things
are so profitable as to study men
who have achieved a certain suc
cess in their chosen fields and to
observe their qualities of strength
and weakness.
Thoughtful students learn early
in their careers that if they wish
to do well in a course and exam
ination that they must study the
instructor’s intellectual habits and
his method of instruction in order
to know just what he expects in
the way of classroom recitations
and final examinations. Certainly
it is a mark of an efficient man to
f learn quickly what is expected of
him in a given task and to pre
pare himself efficiently to do that
task and do it well.
I have heard students complain
that they could have passed the
examination if the professor had
asked a different kind, but the
truth is that all through life one is
going to have to come in contact
with individuals and do tasks that
are assigned by others. Now is a
good time to begin to study your
taskmaster, try to understand and
comprehend what is expected of
you, and to begin preparing and
practicing in acquiring the skill,
information or technique neces
sary to do your assignment in a
splendid and masterful way. Such
a habit acquired in college will be
of tremendous value throughout
life.
Professors Visit
Oregon for Art
Schools Survey
Boswirth and Jones, From
Cornell and Minnesota
Here for Few Days
On a survey trip that is taking
them to all of the leading schools
qf architecture in the United
State, Hunt, Boswirth, former
dean of the school of fine arts at
Cornell and now professor of de
sign there, and Roy Childs Jones,
professor of design at the Univer
sity of Minnesota are spending a
few days at the University of Ore
gon. While here they will thor
oughly inspect the school of archi
tecture and include their findings
j in a report to be made to the
American Association of Colleg
iate Schools of Architecture, un
der whose auspices the survey is
being made.
Well Known Architects
Both Mr. Boswirth and Mr.
Jones are well known in the field
I of architecture. Mr. Boswirth has
been president of the association
he is representing on this trip, and
has long been prominently identi
fied with its work. Mr. Jones for
a number of years was secretary
of the same organization. Mr.
Boswirth also maintains offices in
New York City, where his work as
an architect has attracted atten
tion.
Banquet To Be Held
Mr. Jones and Mr. Boswirth will
be honor guests of the Allied Arts
league of the school of architecture
here Tuesday evening, when a ban
quet will be held for Frank Lloyd
Wright, internationally known
architect who has brought an ex
hibition of his work here. On Wed
nesday the visiting professors will
attend a meeting of the Portland
chapter of the American Institute
of Architects to be held at the
University club. They will then
continue their survey tour.
Honorary Closes
Rifle Competition
; Oregon Croup Scores 1797
In National Matches
The Oregon chapter of Scabbard
and Blade, national military hon
orary, closed its week of competi
tion in the national Scabbard and
Blade rifle matches last Friday
with a total of 1797 points.
All chapters of the honorary may
enter these matches, which are
sponsored by the national chapter
headquarters, but only members
who shoot on the regular R. O. T.
j C. rifle team may participate,
j Heading the score list of those who
| composed the Oregon team is Ca
i rey Thomson with 376 points.
Spencer Raynor follows closely
| with 375 points. E. J. Pahl has a
total of 367, D. H. Guild, 340; and
Harold Kinzell, 339.
Raynor and Kinzell both made a
perfect score in the prone position.
, Thomson made a near perfect, 99
points, in the sitting position and
Pahl made a 99 sitting.
National headquarters is offer
ing a cup known as the Scabbard
and Blade Rifle cup to the chapter
winning this match. The chapter
winning this cup two years in suc
cession has permanent possession
of it. The winner will be announc
er early next term.
Final Details
Announced for
Holiday Dance
Six-Piece Band Engaged;
Bids Will Be Issued
Late This Week
Annual Gel-Togellier Hop
To Be at Laurelliurst
Saturday, March 28
Music by “Killorn’s Kollegians"
will feature the annual spring va
cation get-together dance in Port
land, Saturday, March 28, it was
announced last night by Omar
“Slug” Palmer, who is in charge
of arrangements for the affair. A
six-piece orchestra has been en
gaged. It is the same one which
played for the dance last year.
The date has been set for the last
Saturday of vacation, and the
place, as before, will be the Lau
relhurst club.
Bids will be out on the campus
before the end of the week, it is
announced by Irma Logan, gen
eral chairman.
Invitations have been sent out
by Marguerite Tarbell, chairman
in charge of patrons and patron
esses, to Governor and Mrs. Julius
L. Meier, President and Mrs. Ar
nold Bennett Hall, Mayor and Mrs.
George L. Baker, Vice-president
and Mrs. Burt Brown Barker, Dr.
and Mrs. C. L. Schwering, Dr. and
Mrs. George Peters, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter M. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. O.
Laurgaard, Mr. and Mrs. Paul T.
Shaw, and Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Templeton.
Plans are being made for special
features, to be announced later in
the week.
Eddie Schweiker, who has been
appointed by Miss Logan to han
dle promotion, has definite plans
under way for the circulation of
bids within the next few days,
both on the campus and in Port
land. With the committee work
ing under him, the round of the
living organizations will be made
early next week. Tickets, how
ever, will be sold at the door.
It will be an informal affair,
and the get-together idea will be
emphasized throughout, according
to those in charge. The Portland
dance is one of four which will
be held during vacation, all under
the sponsorship of the Associated
Women Students. The others will
be in Astoria, Klamath Falls, and
Medford. All of the spring vaca
tion dances are under the direction
of Adele Wedemeyer, general
chairman.
Law Instructors
Attend Services
Memorial Rites for Judge
Held in Portland
Dean Charles E. Carpenter,
Charles G. Howard, and Carlton E.
Spencer, of the school of law, at
tended memorial services in honor
of the late Judge Robert S. Bean,
of the United States district court,
in Portland Saturday. The services
were held at 10 a. m. in Judge
John H. McNary’s court.
A committee representing the
bar association and bench of Ore
gon had charge of the service, and
a resolution prepared by members
of the committee of arrangements
was written in to the records of
the court.
Until the time of his death,
Judge Bean was the last surviving
member of the class of 1878, the
first class to graduate from the
University. He died suddenly at
his home January 7, after having
served the federal court for nearly
22 years and after nearly 49 years
as judge of the circuit and supreme
courts of Oregon and the federal
court.
Constantine’s Legend and
Life Told by F. S. Dunn
The life and legends concerning
Constantine and also his mother,
Saint Helena, were told by Prof.
Fredric S. Dunn, chairman of the
Latin department, at the monthly
meeting of the Men’s Brotherhood
of the Congregational church, last
night.
The lecture was illustrated with
slides, showing portraits of Con
stantine and also depicting scenes
of his vision of the true cross in
the sky, according to the legends.
Canoe Fete Seats
Will Be Replaced
JJLEACHERS along the south
side of the mill-moe adjoin
ing the Anchorage that are used
to seat hundreds of people at
the annual canoe fete, one of the
highlights of the Junior Week
end festivities on the campus,
will be torn out and replaced by
new seats.
The city council of Eugene, at
its regular meeting last night,
granted permission to the A. S.
U. O., represented at the meet
ing by Hugh E. Rosson, gradu
ate manager, to make the im
provement with the approval of
the city engineer.
During the recent regrading
of 11th avenue east and Frank
lin boulevard, the bleacher seats
were thrown out of line and are
in a bad state of repair, Rosson
told the council. As the canoe
fete seuts rest for the most part
on city property, permission to
rebuild them had to be obtained
from the council.
Combined Glee
Clubs To Present
Concert Sunday
Last Program of Term To
Feature Pre-Easter
Musical Number
One of the busiest terms from
the musical point of view in the
history of the University will be
brought to a close next Sunday af
ternoon, when the combined men’s
and women's glee clubs will unite
to present the ninth annual ver
sion of “The Seven Last Words,”
a sacred mass by Theodore Dubois.
Evans Will Direct
John Stark Evans, director of
the glee clubs, first conducted
what was then known as the Uni
versity Vesper choir in giving “The
Seven Last Words” in 1923, and
since that time it has been a regu
lar pre-Easter musical event for
the campus and Eugene, and has
become almost as firmly estab
lished as an annual musical tradi
tion, as the St. Cecilia Mass,”
which is given every Christmas.
These two concerts are tradi
tionally free, and no admission will
be charged to students or to the
general public next Sunday after
noon. The concert will begin at 4
o'clock.
Personnel Listed
The members of the glee clubs
follow:
Women: Helen Ashliman, Sara
A.ddleman, Elizabeth Gilstrap, Har
riett Roberts, Nancy Thielsen,
Christine Baxter, Velma Powell,
Esther Lofstedt, Margaret Steck
le, MarAbel Braden, Ruby George,
Dena Lieuallen, Frances Drake,
Jean Beardsley, Jessie Steele, Al
ice, Holmbeck, Edna Bird,. Mar
cella Rawson, Margaret Sims.
Katherine Laughridge, Lois Reedy,
Elsie Williams, Mary Margaret
Daly, Elaine Moore, Euphemia
Laraway, Marjorie Marcus, Mar
garet Hammerbacher, Eloise Beau
mont, Nancy Taylor, Rose Simons,
Juanita Kilborn, Elizabeth Kaser,
Esther Kaser, Marguerite Spath,
Phyllis Stokes, Vivien Vinson.
Men: Herbert Doran, Thurston
Shell, Adrian Burris, Harry Eide,
Donald Eva, Charles Lane, Robert
Tollefson, Jack Allard, Kenneth
Allen, Lionel Lane, Kenneth Kien
zle, Dean Beistel, Joe Gerot,
Jon Conder, Wesley Stein
metz, Melvin Hieber, Thomas John
son, John McCulloch, George Har
rington, George Bishop, Jack
Bauer, James Rodda, Charles Aet
zel, Harold King, Edward Fisher,
Fred Calef, Rolla Reedy, Gifford
Nash, James Gilbaugh, Ernest
Swanton, Glenn Parker, Rolf Bod
ding, Lauren Buel.
Columbia Educator Uses
Wayne Morse’s Survey
The national survey of the ad
ministr'ation of justice, conducted
by Wayne L. Morse, associate pro
fessor of law, in conjunction with
the Social Science Research Coun
cil of America, was recently quoted
from extensively by Dr. Raymond
C. Moley, professor of public law
at Columbia university, in an arti
cle entitled, “The Information Sys
tem,” published in the February
issue of the Michigan Law Review.
Dr. Moley was on the campus at
the early part of this term and
gave a number of talks on the ad
ministration of criminal justice
and other legal topics.
Phi Sigma Kappa Wins
Grand Prize Again In
Emerald-KORE Contest
X
Reality Basis
For Century’s
Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wriglil Thrills
Audience of 700 With
Theme of Lecture
Era Will Make Buildings
What They Represent;
Ornament To Go
Carefully developing his theme
of twentieth century architecture,
a conception that is based on a
deeper sense of reality than the
world has ever known, Frank
Lloyd Wright, internationally fa
mous architect, thrilled an enthu
siastic audience of more than 700
at the music auditorium Saturday
evening.
Mr. Wright'is regarded as a
modernist, a term that has been
much misused of late, but so sound
are his ideas and so high his ideals
that he gives a new meaning to
the word itself. He is a modern
ist, his audience noted, in the
sense that he is not depending on
traditions of the past, traditions,
he pointed out, that have been so
bartered and borrowed that they
have little, if any, caste. He is a
modernist because he senses with
a firmness—and a delicacy at the
same time—a new era in archi
tecture that will make of buildings
what they truly represent.
In the new architecture exterior
and interior will blend in such a
way that the character of the oc
cupant will be expressed. Mate
rials will be stripped of sham and
false ornament. Stone buildings
will be stone, wood will be wood,
and steel will be steel, and struc
tures will not just be conglom
erate masses, with exteriors mask
ing what is within, or worse, one
material substituting for another.
Basing his theme on what he
termed "a great integrity and four
resources,” Mr. Wright developed
his idea of the opportunity that
lies before America in this great
field. The “integrity” is the deeper
sense of reality, while the four
resources are glass as a building
material, the combination of the
post and beam with strands of
steel forming a new standard of
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M. Atwood Elected
Wesley President
Owen Geer Speaks to Club
On Social Idealism
Margaret Atwood, junior in edu
cation, was elected president of
the Wesley club, organization of
Methodist University students, at
the regular meeting of the group
Sunday evening at 6:30. Other of
ficers elected were Donald Saun
ders, vice-president; Jeanette
Smith, secretary; Howard Lee,
treasurer; Lois Reedy, financial
chairman; Thelma Shuey, and
Lloyd Brown, social chairmen.
This group will meet at the be
ginning of spring term to select
a committee chairman, who, with
the elective officers will make up
the Wesley council for the coming
year.
' Owen Geer, of Chicago, who is
in charge of the young people’s de
partment of the Methodist Episco
pal church, addressed the Wesley
group following the election on the
topic, “How can we practice social
idealism on the campus?”
Mr. Geer stated that modern so
ciety failed in four major princi
ples: lack of respect for personal
ity, unequal distribution of wealth,
training of leaders not adequate
for their situations, and reeogniz
! ing that the problems around us
j are the major issues of the day.
Mr. Geer also led an informal
i discussion at the fireside hour of
| the club at 8:30 at the home of Dr.
j Roy Leslie Smith, pastor of the
I First Methodist church.
Final Broadcast
Highlights
Judges in the contest held some
thing of an endurance contest Sun
day night. Seated in a very poor
ly ventilated room in the back por
tion of the KORE studios, weigh
ing carefully the merits of the five
final programs. Food arrived at
6:30 to save the wearying judges.
Menu: five Denver sandwiches,
five coffees, a glass of milk.
* * *
Harold Ayers, winner of the
Paul D. Green cup for the best in
dividual performance among the
strong sex, may owe his success
to playing in his shirt sleeves.
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‘Siegfried’ Will Be
Next Presentation
Of Faculty Club
UFA Film Is Considered
One of Very Finest
By Critics
"Siegfried,” one of the most re
markable films ever produced in
Germany, is scheduled for the next
presentation by the faculty club of
the University, and will be shown
Thursday at 2 and 4, it is an
nounced.
The film, a UFA production, is
considered by German critics one
of the finest pieces of artistic pho
tography in the history of the cin
ema.
Based on Epic
The story is based on the great
German epic, “The Lay of the
Nibelungs,” from which Wagner
drew his operas in the Ring series.
One of these, “Die Walkuere,” is
coming to Portland Friday. The
distinctive feature of the picture,
“Siegfried,” is the superb scenic
sets, which are often held static by
the projector, while the highly dra
matic action goes on in front of
these magnificent fixed sets. The
Brunhilde is an actress of temper
ament, with amazing physical
strength, yet she is no Amazon,
but radiates her profound tragic
emotions around her, until one for
gets everything in the scene, and
follows her as she externalizes her
jealous, frozen rage.
Picture Is Unique
This is one of those unique pic
tures which will satisfy alike the
most critical and the regular movie
patron, though perhaps for differ
ent reasons, but what does that
matter? The music synchronized
with the picture is Wagnerian, and
it really sounds better than the ac
tual operatic music of the talkies.
For those who plan to see Wag
ner’s opera on Friday, it is rec
ommended that they see this pic
ture by all means. For those who
are unable to get away to Portland
for the opera, this picture will be
the nearest thing to it.
Sigma Pi Tau,
Yeomen, ABC
Next in Line
McMorran and Washbume
Majestic Set Goes
To Winners
Lamp, Chair, Theatre Party
And Cups Are Other
Awards to Finalists
By DAVE EYRE
What Phi Sigma Kappa will do
with two Majestic radios in their
living rooms is a problem. Never
theless, this is the problem that
Phi Sigma Kappa will have to
solve, for the judges of the Em
erald - KORE radio contest an
nounced last night that this fra
ternity is the winner of the grand
prize for the second consecutive
year. The Phi Sigs won a Ma
jestic radio last year as first prize
and will again receive one this
year, both presented by McMorran
& Washburne.
Sigma Pi Tau will receive the
$50 lamp given by White-Marlatt
company as Second prize, and the
Oregon Yeomen, rated as third,
and Alpha Beta Chi, given fourth
place, will be guests of the Fox
McDonald theatre this week at any
current attraction that they may
choose to see. Delta Gamma was
declared winner of the best oppo
site prize to the grand award, a
large overstuffed Birchfield-Cogs
well chair offered by the Powers
Furniture company.
Miss Addleman Wins
To Sally Addleman will go the
Densmore-Leonard cup for the best
work in the women's division of
the contest, and Harold Ayers will
receive the Paul D. Green trophy
for h i s superior performance
among the men. Miss Addleman
was instrumental in Delta Gam
ma’s reaching the finals. She not
only announced their program in
splendid manner but also did out
standing singing. “Song of the
Nile” and "The River Shannon”
were her two numbers. Ayers was
the pianist who offered “Waltz of
the Flowers” on the Phi Sig pro
gram.
Judges in the contest were W.
F. G. Thacher, professor of adver
tising and English; William Tug
man, managing editor of the Eu
gene Register - Guard; Dorothy
Cordon, manager of the music de
partment of Chet Hemenway’s ra
dio store; Frank Hill, manager of
radio station KORE, and Vinton
Hall, editor of the Emerald. All
of the judges highly complimented
the winning organizations on the
quality of their broadcasts.
Musician’s Dream Featured
The victorious program took the
form of “A Musician’s Dream.”
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Frank Lloyd Wright Believes
Skyscrapers Are Unnecessary
“The sky is the only limit to
the height of the modern business
building. But why go that high?’’
Frank Lloyd Wright, modernist j
in architecture, author and lec
turer, was talking.
"By the way, that’s a ^ iry in
teresting building you have on
your campus—the new one.”
"Do you mean our new memorial
art museum ?” the Emerald re
porter suggested. "We call it the
‘Tomb.’ ”
"It’s a very creditable piece of
work. Artificial lighting and ven
tilation represent a powerful move
ment in modern architecture, and
your building is a very fine ex
ample of that trend.
“But, getting back to sky
scrapers—today the city is mov
ing out into the country. The
forces which caused the rise of
skyscrapers in our metropolitan
centers—indeed, the forces which
caused the growth of our cities
themselves—are fast disappearing.
Why should a man's office be
built a quarter of a mile from the
ground?”
Wright explained his meaning.
"There is no longer any impera
tive need for the central location
of business facilities. The mobil
ity of business, the ease of trans
portation and communication will
soon make centralization unneces
sary in the housing of business.
"Glass is the cheapest building
material we have today. Why
shouldn't our buildings be made of
glass, if we can support the struc
ture by steel fabrication? In my
office buildings, factories, apart
ment houses, and homes, windows
can be put in place or removed
with little effort; walls of glass,
movable walls, are here to stag.’*