Women Tomorrow
The women’s edition of the Em- '
erald will be published tomorrow
morning. The paper is to compete
with the men’s paper of May 5.
Anti-Military Ball
Will be held tonight at Gerlinger
hall. Tickets are 50 cents and are
on sale in the booth between Ore
gon and Commerce.
VOLUME XXXV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1934
NUMBER 120
Audit Findings
Force Change
In Dormitories
Education Board Faces
Responsibility
STATUTE VIOLATED
Income, Appropriations Given Out
Without Check by Secretary
Of State
The responsibility of improving
the operation of the University and
State college dormitories today
faced the state board of higher ed
ucation after an audit from the
state department Wednesday crit
icized the present practices as be
ing in violation of a state law for
subsidizing funds designed for oth
er educational uses in the-running
of the dorms.
Many of the suggestions made
in the audit may be effected by
the board under the presidency of
Willard Marks of Albany.
The audit made the following
principal criticisms:
1. The board of higher educa
tion has consistently violated Ore
gon statutes by making direct and
indirect payments on the bond in
debtedness of men’s dormitories of
the University of Oregon, Oregon
State college and the normal
school at Monmouth. This condi
tion has been continued at the col
lege and the university for several
years by means of direct aid and
various subsidies.
Code Disregarded
2. Income and appropriations
amounting to $1,070,666.12 during
the year July 1, 1932, to June 30,
1933, were disbursed without any
check by the secretary of state, as
state auditor ,or any other outside
sources, Oregon codes provide that
such disbursements “shall be paid
only on warrants of the secretary
of state.”
3. “The procedure in taking of
inventories could be improved
greatly.”
4. The records of the multigraph
stores department at the university
showed that a considerable loss
had been suffered during the year.
Records Incomplete
5. Records of the horticultural
department, relating to the can
nery, are inadequate and incom
plete. “As mentioned previously,
no inventory was taken and no pro
duction record of any kind was
maintained.”
In conclusion the audit said that
there was still considerable im
provement to be desired as regards
the accounting system’s organiza
tion and management. “Undoubt
edly the present condition is vast
ly improved over what it was a
few years ago.”
Oregon ROTC Obtains
Good National Rating
As a result of the recent inspec
tion of the University of Oregon
R.O.T.C. unit by Brigadier-General
James K. Parsons, the Oregon
group obtained a national rating
of “excellent,” according to Lieu
tent-Colonel Frederick A. Barker.
The rating, the highest that can
be gained, was awarded to Oregon
in a personal letter to President C.
V. Boyer from Major-General Ma
lin Craig, commander of the ninth
corps area. The Oregon unit has
obtained the rating every year
since 1928, when the grading sys
tem was established.
Striking Longshoremen in Mass Demonstration
With both sides standing as positive as ever the longshoremen’s strike on the Pacific coast en
tered its second week. The strike has virtually paralyzed shipping on the west coast. In San Fran
cisco the strikers were agumented by the Teamsters’ Union, which entered into a sympathy strike, j
Pictured above is a mass meeting attended by 5003 striking longshoremen and sympathizers in San ;
Francisco.
Law School Will
Eml Celebration
With Hop Tonight
Band Concert, Ball Game Listed
For Afternoon; Prize Dances,
Election Returns Booked
Only law school students, facul
ty aad alumni, with their partners,
may attend the spring sport dance
to take place at 9 tonight at the
Kokonut Grove as the last event
of the law school homecoming cel
ebration today.
Any law school members want
ing a date for the dance should
apply to Neal Bush, chairman, of
the date committee, at once. “We
have all kinds in stock—tall—short
—black—white. Get your applica
tion in early, as they’re going
fast,” read a printed statement
made by Bush.
Prize dances and election "^re
turns every 20 minutes will be the
features of the evening. It is not
yet settled whether Walter Hemp
stead will orate “The Cremation of
Sam McGee” and Ward Winter
meier dance the rhumba, as orig
inally planned; and the orchestra
is likewise not decided upon—opin
ion being divided between Jack
Bain and Guy Lombardo.
The main event of the afternoon,
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Student Edition of
Register-Guard Is
Slated for May 24
Dean Allen’s Turnbull’s Classes
To Write Paper; Staff Listed
By Professors
Journalism students of the Uni
versity will have some practical
experience next week when they
publish the annual student edition
of the Register-Guard, Thursday,
May 24. The editorials will be
written by Dean Eric W. Allen’s
editing class. The classes in re
porting and copyediting, taught by
George Turnbull, will write the
rest of the paper.
Francis Pallister will be manag
ing editor of the issue; Don Cas
well, assistant managing editor.
The rest of the staff is as follows:
Douglas Polivka, news editor;
John McConnell, night editor;
Charles Aetzel, Winston Allard,
Reuben Radabaugh, night news
and editing staff; Margaret
Brown, Peggy Chessman, J. Al
mon Newton, Tom McCall, copy
readers; Frarfees Hardy, Elsie Pe
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Campus Radio Talent Not Up
To Standard9 Says Morrison
“As a whole, the programs in
the Emerald-of-the-Air radio con
test so far have not been up to
the standard set in previous years,”
was the remark made Toy Jimmy
Morrison, Emerald radio editor,
last night. “The contest is rap
idly drawing to a close, and the
best I can hope for is that it has
stimulated a little interest on the
campus for student radio broad
casting.”
Seventeen of the original 23
houses entered will have broadcast
their programs by Saturday after
noon, when the preliminaries will
be over. Three have failed to ap
pear at the radio station over Jun
ior Weekend, and three others for
lack of talent, Morrison said.
Kappa Alpha Theta will broad
cast today, and Zeta Tau Alpha,
tomorrow. The judges, Roily
Wildeman and Mrs. Naomi Harper
of KORE, James Doyle, music stu
dent and amateur announcer,
George Callas, former radio edi
tor, and Walter Swanson, contest
chairman, will meet after Zeta Tau
Alpha’s appearance to pick the
four best, which will be rebroad
cast, one% day, starting Monday.
The winner will be selected from
those four, and will receive the $5Q
cash prize.
To the best house of the oppo
site sex from that of the winning
organization, will be awarded a
loving cup.
Houses which have been on the
air to date are Theta Chi, Delta
Upsilon, Yeomen, Zeta hall, Delta
Zeta, Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Delta
Theta, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Del
ta Delta, Phi Gamma Delta, Pi
Beta Phi, Sigma hall. Kappa Sig
ma, Phi Mu, and Alpha Chi Ome
ga.
Gleemen Turn From Sublime
To Frivolous During Concert
By J. A. NEWTON
After two groups of their usual
style of fine music, the Gleemen
in their concert at the music audi
torium last night threw restraint
to the winds and became entirely
frivolous.
As Director John Stark Evans
said, after a certain amount ot
serious music, the group feels in
clined to “let go.”
This they most certainly did.
First the whole group sang two
German folk tunes, both of which
gave them opportunity to imitate
the famous hungry seven band,
even to a continuous and promi
nent “oompah” from the bass
singers.
At the end of “The Hand-Organ
Man,” the tune faded. away—
dropped off into nothingness as
though the grinder had become
lazy on the last turn of the han
dle.
The second part of this "olli
fication,” as Evans chose to call
it, was more in a serious vein,
though of a modern popular na
ture. A quartet composed of
Messrs. Robe, Beistel, Cooley, and
Freese sang the currently much
heard “Wagon Wheels” in a pleas
ant melodic arrangement which
accentuated a swinging,, conta
gious bass.
As an encore, the quartet sang
“The Last Roundup,” another
number which has enjoyed a re
cent vogue.
Then, as a third frivolity, Aus
tin Fry, dressed in ill-fitting mail
order clothes, a straw hat, a large
red flower, and prison-striped sox,
presented the tragic ballad of
“The Man on the Flying Trapeze.”
This might easily have been just
another burlesqued vocal presenta
tion, but it touched a new note
in the background accompaniment
[ by the Gleemen during the chor
uses in bass and falsetto voices.
I The fourth novelty was entitled
; “A Tale of Two Boys and Two
Cities.” Graham Smith directed
the affair and nine of the Glee
men assisted him. Smith lined
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Coed Journalists
Will Edit Emerald
Today is coed’s day in the
“shack,” for the annual all-wo
men’s edition of the Emerald will
be planned, written, and copyedit
ed by women journalists in com
petition with the all-men’s edition
which appeared Saturday, May 5
Mary Louie Edinger is editor of
the issue, and Henriette Horak is
managing editor . They are assist
ed by an experienced staff. New
typographical make-up will be
used for the paper.
The contest between the men’s
and women’s editions of the Em
erald will be judged by Dean Eric
W. Allen, George Turnbull, and
Robert C. Hall. A picnic will be
given by the losers.
Oregon Yeomen Elect
Esteb New President
Virgil Esteb, third-year English
student, was elected president of
the Oregon Yeomen, independent
men's organization, at a meeting
last night in Gerlinger hall.
Donald Farr was elected vice
president. Fred Gieseke, treasurer,
and Ernest Savage, secretary.
A report of the last term’s work
wa^ read by Verne Adams, out
going president. Adams took over
the presidency after the gradua
tion of George Bennett at the end
of winter term.
Esteb is a transfer from Lin
field college, where he was cap
tain of the varsity debate team. He
was treasurer of the Yeomen dur
ing the first of the year.
Journalism Honorary
Will Initiate 5 Sunday
Formal initiation for pledges of
Sigma Delta Chi, men’s profession
al journalism fraternity, will be
held Sunday morning at 10 o’clock
in Gerlinger hall. A breakfast will
be given at the>Anchorage follow
ing the initiation.
Dean Eric W. Allen of the school
of journalism, will welcome the
new members," George Turnbull,
professor of journalism, will speak
on the founding of the chapter.
Pledges who will be initiated are
George Callis, Barney Clark, Ned
Simpson, Bob Moore, and Winston
1 Allard.
YWCA Postpones
Annual Breakfast
For Senior Girls
Event Changed to May 27 to Avoid
Conflict With Other Sociai
Functions on Campus
The annual junior-senior break
fast, given by the Y.W.C.A. and
honoring senior women, originally
scheduled to take place Sunday,
has been postponed until May 27
to avoid conflicts with other social
functions, according to an an
nouncement made last night by the
Y.W.C.A.
The program will consist of
toasts and music. Roselind Gray
will act as toastmistress. Repre
senting the seniors, Helen Binford
will offer the toast, “Donning the
Lid,” Catherine Coleman, speaking
for the juniors, “Pursuing the
Lid;” Mary Klem/n, ’30, for the
alumnae, “The Lid on the Shelf.”
Mrs. E. E. DeCou, former Oregon
dean of women and traveling sec
retary, represents the Y.W.C.A.
advisory board with the toast, “The
Value of the Lid.”
Music will be offered by Mada
lena Giustina, violinist; Katherine
Mishler, pianist; and Jessie Long,
soprano. Decorations will follow
the spring motif. Hand-made pro
grams are taking form under the
direction of various art students.
Eleanor Wharton and Alma Lou
Herman will start the breakfast,
by leading grace.
Guests of honor are Mrs. C. V.
Boyer, Dean Hazel Prutsman
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—
Names for Albert Cup
Chosen by Committee
Nominations for the Albert prize,
cup awarded each year to that
member of the senior class who is
most outstanding in character, ser
vice, and wholesome influence,
were made yesterday by the
awards committee.
Each year three names are sug
gested by the committee, and are
kept secret until the senior class
votes on them. The cup may be
awarded to either a man or woman.
The prize, which originated as a
$25 cash sum, A§as first offered in
1920. About eight years ago it
was decided to make the award in
the form of a cup instead of cash.
Joseph H. Albert, Salem banker,
is the donor.
Phi Beta Kappa
Will Select 25
New Members
Outstanding Sophomore
To Be Chosen
AWARD IS PLANNED
Selection Based on Attendance at
University, G. P. A.; Senior
Six Listed
The election of about 25 students
to Phi Beta Kappa, scholarship
honorary, will be held this after
noon at the spring term meeting
of the Oregon Alpha chapter in
room 110 Johnson hall at 4 o’clock,
according to Mary E. Kent, secre
tary of the campus division of the
national honorary. All members
of the University chapter may vote
at this session.
The sophomore student "com
pleting his lower division work
with the most worthy scholarship,
personality and promise,” will also
be selected this afternoon.
Books to Be Given
This' annual Phi Beta Kappa
prize of $25 worth of books will
be given the winning student, who
will be a guest at the joint Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, science
honorary, initiation banquet to be
held Saturday evening, May 26, in
John Straub Memorial hall.
Each spring term Sigma Xi and
Phi Beta Kappa hold a joint meet,
the arrangements being in the
hands of each organization alter
nately. This year Sigma Xi will
have charge of the session, and has
arranged for Professor Linus C.
Pauling, characterized as "the
most eminent scientist ever pro
duced in Oregon,” to speak.
Pauling, a graduate of Oregon
State college in 1922, now teaches
at the California Institute of Tech
nology. He was born in Portland
in 1901, and is a nephew of Judge
Campbell of the state supreme
court.
Arts, Letters Glorified
While Sigma Xi is an honorary
for scientifically-minded students,
Phi Beta Kappa glorifies arts and
letters, and outstanding work in
that field is the chief basis of se
lection. Character, scholarship, in
telligence, and personality are
traits considered for election to the
noted organization.
Regulations limit the eligibility
of those who may enter to stu
dents who will graduate before the
end of this summer term with an
average grade point of two or over,
who have spent at least four terms
in attendan#e at this institution,
and who have taken at least half
their work outside professional
schools. »
Last fall, six scholars were elect
ed to the honorary. The Senior
Six, as these are called, were Mad-,
eleir.e Gilbert, Martha Goodrich,
Barbara Leisz, Frances Frazier,
Lucy Howe, and Thomas Tongue.
Honorary Takes
In 11 New Pledges
Eleven business administration
students were pledged Tuesday af
ternoon to Phi Chi Theta, women’s
national business administration
honorary.
Following the pledging, a des
sert given by the alumni associa
tion in honor of the new pledges
took place at the Anchorage.
Grace Briggs, president, welcomed
the pledges. The initiation date
has been tentatively set for Thurs
day of next week.
The women pledged are Eliza
beth Anderson, Una Anderson,
Ruth May Chilcote, Irene Con
kling, Nancy Lou Cullers, Julia La
Barre, Ruth McCornack, Marjorie
McNiece, Kay Newell, Geneva
Stafford, and Helen Tillman.
Campus Calendar
Free social swim tonight in the
women’s swimming pool from 7:3C
to 9:30. Towels and suits are fur
nished.
Those wishing to attend the
Orides dessert May 21 should sigr
the list at the dean of women’s
office in Johnson hall or call Heler
Row at 1154-W.
Kilppa Alpha Theta broadcast:
today at 4 :30.
Frosh counsellor directorate
meeting at 4 in the College Sid<
today. Very important.’
Queer Stalls Give
Emerald Sports
Staff the 'Jitters’
A somewhat different sort of
“sport” will occur in the Emerald
sports staff room in the “shack”
today, for the Journalism building
has been selected for the voting
headquarters of this precinct.
Members of the sport staff have
been grumbling all week over the
appearance of box-like stalls in
their heretofore unapproachable
lair.
However, the usual sports staff
will be spared the confusion of
election day, for women students
will do all of the work on the Em
erald today for the annual all
coed edition.
Music Honorary
To Assemble for
Province Confab
Delegates From Washington Will
Hear Gleemen, Attend
Chapter Banquet
Delegates from the University
of Washington and Washington
State college chapters of Phi Mu
Alpha, men’s national music hon
orary, will arrive here this after
noon for a two-day province con
clave as gijtsts of the OregoSn
chapter, of which Vernon Wiscar
son is president.
The province gathering alter
nates with the national conven
tion, the latter having been held
last year. The last school at which
the province meeting was held
was the University of Washing
ton. Dean Herbert Kimbrough of
the Washington State school of
music, fine arts, and literature is
province governor, and will have
charge of the convention.
The chief event awaiting the
visiting members is the Gleemen’s
concert tonight, and a block of
seats has been reserved for them.
John Stark Evans, director of the
group, and Delbert Moore, soloist,
are members of the honorary.
Sautrday morning will be large
ly given over to business meet
ings for the province. In the aft
ernoon the visitors will be con
ducted on a sight-seeing tour. At
6 o’clock a banquet will be held
at the Anchorage, at which time
Dean Kimbrough and Dean John
J. Landsbury of the school of mu
sic at the Univertsty of Oregon
will talk.
The sessions will come to a close
Saturday evehitig when each chap
ter will offer a program at the
music building. The Oregon pres
entation includes Howard Halbert,
violinist, apd Harold Ayres, pian
ist. The Washington State chap
ter will offdr Rodney Berg, flute,
and a tenor whose name Is un
announced. From. Washington,
two groups of music by two pi
anos will be played. The entire
program is free.
Sigma Delta Chi
. To Have Dinner
A dinner-meeting, a farewell to
senior members, will be held by
Sigma Delta Chi, men’s profession
al journalism fraternity, Friday
evening, May 25, according to plans
made at a meeting yesterday af
ternoon of the organization in the
Journalism building.
Faculty, charter, and active
members of the local chapter will
attend the dinner, which is also
held in honor of the 20th anniver
sary of the chapter.
Plans for the publication of the
Green Goose, annual scandal
sheet which will appear Tuesday,
May 29, were further discussed.
Bill Phipps is in charge of adver
tising for the paper, and Don Cas
well is publicity chairman .
Band to Play at Coburg
In Last of Rural Series
In the last of the rural concert
series, a portion of the University
band, under the direction of John
Stehn, will play at Coburg Friday
afternoon.
The bandsmen have played at
about 10 communities this spring
under the auspices of the social
science uepartment of civic im
provement, of which Dr. Philip A.
Parsons is head. The purpose of
the concerts has been to bring cul
tural advantages to those commun
ities ordinarily without the musical
affairs of larger cities.
Club ICntertalns Miss Alden
Hermian club, upperclass wo
men’s physical educat*on honorary,
gave a tea yesterday afternoon at
Gerlinger hall in honor of Miss
Florence D. Alden, professor of
physical education for women. All
physical education majors and min
ors were invited, and personal
friends of Miss Alden.
Jay R. Wilson Wins
$125 Prize in Essay
Contest on Far East
[
A. V. Bartolome Takes First Place in
Foreign Section of Murray Warner
Competition Succeed
Jay R. Wilson, senior in economics, has been awarded first prize
of $125 for the winning essay written by an American student in the
Murray Warner competition for essays dealing with Far Eastern i
problems, it was announced yesterday by the faculty selection com
mittee, composed of Harold J. Noble, associate professor of history, i
Victor P. Morris, professor of economics, and Samuel H. Jameson, j
associate professor of sociology. "The Suppression of the Press in i
Japan" was the subject chosen by Wilson.
The first prize of $50 for foreign competitors was won by Anas
tacio V. Bartolome, who wrote on "The Filipino Problem in the United
States and a Proposal for Its Solution.”
Other students who won prizes in the American division of the
contest are James W. Brooke, senior in German, who gained the
Graduation Fees Must
Be Paid Immediately,
Announces Registrar
All seniors who expect to
graduate in June this year
should pay their graduation
fees as soon as possible, it was
requested from the registrar’s
office yesterday.
The payment of these fees will
insure a large number of the
diplomas being ready to give
out on the day of commence
ment.
Anti-Military Ball
Decorations Will
Feature Pacifism
Robed Verse-Speaking Choir to
Furnish Entertainment at
Intermission
“The world's greatest murderer
-•-who is he?” His picture is on a
poster beside the walk which leads
to the main library, but the an
swer is to be found only at the
anti-military ball, to be held to
night from 9 to 12 in Gerlinger
hall. Tickets will be on sale at
the door at 50 cents a couple, and
they also may be obtained from
house or organization representa
tives or at the University Co-op.
Betty Ohlemiller will have charge
of a booth between Commerce and
the main library where YWCA
members will sell tickets until 4
o’clock this afternoon.
About the dance floor will hang
10 huge posters painted in fresco
colors by Harold Price, with the
assistance of Dorothy McPherson,
and two large tapestries borrowed
from Corvallis. Recently the tap
estries, which are of war scenes,
formed part of the decorations at
a military ball at Oregon State col
lege. The posters are not of the
Bruce Barton type, as first planned,
but are forceful colored cartoons
carrying out revolutionary anti
war ideas. Several surprise feat
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second place award of $75 with
‘Renascent China”; Lois Green
wood, senior in business adminis
tration, who wrote on “The West
ernization of Commercial Prac
tises in the China Trade,” and
won $50; Arthur Dudley Jr., sen
ior in business administration, who
took fourth place prize of $25 with
‘Japan’s Economic Sustentation.”
W. Ray Clapp, junior in journal
ism, and Howard Bobbitt, second
year law student, won honorable
mention of $25 each with their en
tries, "Milestones in Jhe Pacific,”
and “The Boycott, Its History and
Use.”
Second prize of $25 in the fort
eign section was taken by Vin
cente A. Espiritu, senior in educa
tion, for the essay, "The Signifi
cance of the Philippine Independ
ence on the Educational Aims and
Objectives of the Philippine Edu
cational System.”
Prize Omitted
“Owing to the small number , of
papers submitted, about 15, and
the outstanding excellence of the
first prize winning paper, the third
prize honorable mention was not
awarded by the judges,” stated
Noble last night. "Instead, an ad
ditional $25 was given to Jay Wil
son, making his award $125.”
Mrs. Mary Bass Warner, donor
af the prizes, concurred heartily in
this decision, added Noble. Mrs.
Warner, who left Eugene last
Monday, will not be present to
present the awards to the winning
contestants, and they will be sent
through the mails, as in other
jrears.
Wilson’s paper traced the his
tory of Japanese journalism and
described the present ethics of the
press in Nippon.
News Biased
“The reading masses of Japan,
it seems, are being taught to look
upon the Westerners as heartless
monsters seeking to devour East
ern independence,” is one of the
conclusions arrived at by the first
place winner. "The Nipponese
learn through the editorial col
umns of their papers that the oc
cidentals ‘do not understand them,’
and small wonder if they don’t
when all news emanating from the
country is biased, prejudiced, or
distorted beyond all recognition.
“. . . The present tactics of the
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Bathing Beauty Contest Calls
Forth 12 Freshmen Damsels
By DAN CLARK
Beauties from all over the cam
pus are sending in their applica
tions for entrance in the bathing
beauty contest to be held at the
frosh picnic next Sunday at Swim
mer’s Delight, near Goshen. Dark
eyed damsels who speak with low
and husky accents; redheads,
blonds, titans, and brunettes with
dashing smiles and flashing teeth
have signified their intentions to
enter the race. Feminine pulchri
tude will lead the way Sunday
afternoon as the conquerors of the
male world strut their stuff be
fore the judging stand.
Up to last night 12 entries in
the contest had been made. Ac
cording to Dave Lowry, general
chairman for the affair, entries
were still coming in late last night.
Those already entered in the event
are: Peggy Carper, Jean Steven
son, Betty Graham, Helene Beeler,
Edith Kronman, Dorothy Mac
Pherson, Janet Hughes, Dorris Os
land, LeNelle Mathews, Nancy
Jeffry, Jean Burdett, and Char
lotte Olitt.
While the stag line is held at
bay by the policing committee,
i these proteges of Venus will stage
a miniature Judgment of Paris
and one of them will be chosen as
displaying the acme of feminine
pulchritude.
To enable the men to release
their suppressed excitement after
gazing upon these dreams from
another world, the "Pipsqeekskie”
regatta will get under way with
the brawny muscle men from va
rious campus living organizations
singing the Volga Boatmen as
they toil up the river at a dashing
speed in their slender shells (row
boats), oars flashing in the sun
(“We hope," says a freshman).
“We wish to emphasize the fact
that everything is absolutely free
at this shindig,” said Lowry. “Wo
hate to say this, however, because
we know the upperclassmen can’t
resist anything that’s free, what
with cohditions as they are.
Frank Nash promises to take care
of any of these persons who stray
too far from home.”
Trucks will call at all men’s
living organizations at 2 o’clock
Sunday for those going on the pic
nic. Cars will come for the wo
men..>1 their houses at the same
time.
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