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After Tornado
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were floored
lent tornado
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damage. ,
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Recovery
f, Tox.J 3 iay 4
McKinney a id nearb; Priliceta i
began to sni p back 11 tifo to<kw
after-the twp north! ' exas j towns
yesterday by la vl<-
that killel thm», iij-
an 1 causdd widespre^
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Storms hi;
Missouri, K
West Virgin
The dead
II. Mnynor.
farm near
msflS, Kijntuckiy aij}l
a. ,
were identified as
wn
Lowry, 78. Jk'Kinnqy,
were not imihcdiatdly
Two field
hero to liel
sCross mobilf
City. 0
Mayor R.
ilic .Works
lasldny
iwept) <1
outi of
iky, jeiigtl -
lenecl the list, of iornpd) casualitii *
in six states wfthinja 48-hour p-
•riod to 23 do id and pore thpn 1
injured.
Texas,
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Holmes, wh >so ag^ uul addrel
Oklahor
lived oh (i
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PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST Ot A GREATER A & M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggielarid), TEXAS, TUESDAY. MAY 4, 1948
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<itcheni
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tear
acre
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nmihvds
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and the ether, I a R
£
plant’s vau
homelessi Orje was fe^i heije fr
Fort Worth
unit, iVoin Oklaho
?. Xewrojne and P
Dirogtor |I. R. Brv
estimated that ddmnes in MeK
ney alone e iccewfcdj ! 500,0^0.
They . sail that a iproxjmatijjy
100 homes vere (iamiged or A-
stroyed.
Roger Duke, line si periniendijpt
of the Te; as Howe; 1 and) Lieiit
Company hijre, iaiil at miklniiAt
that i"75 p<r cehtjaf the - ! povlr
has been re itored.”
Marines . last nijg.lt were in
guard in he devai luted arels.
They were tLnder tike command §>f
CoL William C. Cap •hart, Nnj il
Am Station, Dallas.
No looting was ic| lorUill f
The business jditti ict 'fc.scag ?<1
-erjous damage. ‘ Thp . rosSdeni al
areas were jardesti hit.
Nobody c< hid ijigpii j tHit hows sol
many escap.'d death or ipiury in
a storm tha caused so: mu<th di n-t
ago*.'It cut a 600-yurd wide, i >’0
mile long pi th thrujui h McjKim y.
It smashed hin^diii**ls of hon ‘s, 1
, businesses', nod Imilc invs in b th
‘towns. It bidly ilujin iged the ig
Texas Textile outlo i nvlB \vl Id
500 to 600 corkers crawled un er
machinery nr took, Irfugei in : nj
Qualifications were fixed yesterday by the Student Life talion and Lony:holrh id itops amd four magazine editors must!
Committee for candidates applying for the positions of publi- have satisfied all enrjid Imint! requirements. He must be tak-
: cations editors, yell leaders, athletic representatives, and ing at least twelve h|i rsj Wk rjk, having passed three-fifths
Town Hall manager. 'of his* normal settiestft] *s kviji d during tvich of the last twq
Election of these officers will be conducted before the semesters before application.:
end of this semester, and applications will be taken within Editorial canjdidm »s alse nmsjl have at least one year’s
the next few days. [experience on thej reit sctlvej pjublifcatioh staff an|d must rej
Candidates for the jjosition of veteran and corps Rat- ceive the approval ol he rhonager of student publications,
■ • ♦A gga'lc point pvor.igc of 1.25 is
t.
PANHANDl.E r-ETij
MONEY V( R D IMS
WASHIN:JTON. N ay 1
A Houho asncuitiiipc <ubropimi|
upujrovcd- ViStiMilhy 11 “bill \ ;iut
ftWg a SI.IM.ihIo ;ip'm*ojpii '
for two - (la us ip khlf Texp
handle..
The bill, by Rc.p. 1 Wmiov
Tex.l woiill nroyitile ^7501000
the recountructiop if the
Ccoek Dam near perry top wtjjjc^
wai <tes* ro\'‘d by flo <1 a Hear
an(| $400,000 to ijtiair the £!
laupaged R:ta BlAukit Dami at
hart. . 1 I L — • %
REFI RE I REEiTMIE
TO •IKK" BACKEt
AUSTIN Tex., Way 4j
Uarl B. Moris. elU|t*L live sec re)
of the Dnft-Ikc (. omm|ttcej| tor
Texas, saic today tic Lone Jiat;
Chain has •ejected! h is roquestf Ipc
frvib broaihasf (iliu to tulvul ate
tlu) candicacy of Oen. Dv< ght
Ki^enhowei for President.; ? ,
J. j • Un
bury impstiowN’il of
S()l TTH wi ST ( ONfKRENt
FORT WORTH., l)h\y 4 —t
La it rites were hold; yesUrdaj! for
Dr4 Gayle, Scott,, piTsiderit ofjljthe
C , ortfej•on(jt•
t ho- Texas L’hristialn il'nivorsit
uhigy department- j
A & M’s First Accounting
Conference Begins Toda
lection;
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GLYNN NEFF, sophoirtore EE student fr
Du
Dallas, sits among tlu- oscillators and oscUloscoycs in
9 radio workshop.
Private Enterprise in Dorms;
Radio Shop
By LOUIS MORG \N
If your Philco has hudln twitch
Idtely, Glyn Neff is the fallow you
Want to see. He tpaintaiils a com- \
pete, set-up in; Dorm !l for cheek- :
ing and repairing radio sets and '
r ulio-phonographs. In fact, his j
epiipment has overflowed one
pHim and forced him toi move to]
mother to make room for all the,
gauges, meters), ami tubas.
s A P.l-year-old electrical engi-j
Hcering sbphoniore froip Dgllas, I
Neff completed a eourstj in radio
1 ak Tylet Convlnercral College bi*-
k'f fbre enrolling at A&M.; He is a
i lI ' gh
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includes a signal generator, met- Thinks he i»ill be able to repair
ers, radix tubes and an osciloscope. all radios brought in.
With thi; equipment he can repair Njeff has no definite plans for
radio -eis (either AM or KM),, the T’uthre, hut said he might go
radio-ph* nographs, and align Ham to work for General Electric Com-
transmit ers.
Neff lives ip Kisim 201 of
Dorm ! . but dives his radio re
pairs <n the first floor.’With
the buddies to help him. he
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i A&M’s first annual Accounting
J Conference got underway this
' morning with some 350 account-
j ants, credit grantors, management
] representatives, and educators in
attendance. 1
LIndei: the s|»oiisoiMhi|) of the
business and accounting depart
ment, the conference has schedul-
exl sjH'akers from about 24 state
and national organizations.
R. G. Dunlop, president of the
Sun Oil Company of Philadelphia,
wjll be principal speaker at a ban
quet tonight in Sbisa Hall. Sub
ject of : his address will lie "The
Place of the Accountant in a
Business Economy.”
T. W. Mohle of Houston, mem
ber of the education committee of
the Texas Society of Certified Pub
lic Accountants, will preside at
tomorrow morning’s sessions which
will begin at 5k.
Speakers in this group include
1 SV? 1 ‘iS;:: sSM &
Houston, Raymond G. Ankers of
hows Up in Nine
i
lei* of the Humble Oil and Refin-1 partment. Leland will
ing Company of Hoiuston, will be summarized review of X
principal speaker. ence at this last session.
The fifth session of the confi 1 !*- j
ence will get underway tomorrow
at 2 p. m. •
E. II. Gregory, president of the
Texas Society of Accountants, will ,
preside.
Included on this list of speak
ers will be Herbert F. Taggart of
Ann Arbor, Michigan, J. R. Jordan
of Houston, H. T. McAnly of Chi
cago, Ralph W. Rager of Dallas,
and T. L. Leland, head of the A
business and accounting do-
)*sent
conty
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<
| required.
. ('indidates must a|so Ik* willing
to sf-i-i'e two seihestets as editor if
! elected.
:• Applicants must file in wTilinik
to the Student Life Committee at
•least two woeki prior to the date
fof election, . .
Tneir qunlifieatioqs will lq*
i vheeiked befoiv they 1 are declared
fullifledged enndidatris.
A)1 puhlieations editors will be
res|tonsible to a eoinmittee coi^
sistmg of the head uf the student
publications, director |of stmlent ac-
Tv *r
a yqar after finisliing A&M. At the
saute time he is keeping his eye
on ]i Westlnghouse scholarship in
mate spectrometer study.
V''-
New York City, Mason Smith of
i Chicago, and W. Fred Farrar of
i ('ollegb .Station.
iC an instructor in advanced ma-
nhine shop. Neff became interest
ed in electronics from listening to
talcs of Jiis father, a Naval elec
trician during the war, U Id of elec-
tk'onie miraclest
Neff first ^planned to locate
his radio shop on the first floor
of Dorm 9, hilt a large: shrbh so
completely cdvereij the window
that no one could see His adver-
jlising sign. Campus beautifica
tion authorities expressed such
horror when Neff approached
them on the subject of pruning
the hush back to a nub that he
decided on a room moire ndtur- 1 ' v, re a
ally suited to his advertising engine
| campaign. He! lives on tlhe second 1 Cia
floor now.
Freshmen Awarded Prizes In
Ens'ineering Drawing Contest
S ° C" lj
T velve Bryan Field Ireshmlen' wete presented prizes
this afternoon by Dean Howard Itarlow for their participa
tion ii an engineering drawing contest which was held last
Satun ay. \
; T to contest was divided irttp four classes, with three
prizes being awarded for eaeh4
I class.
Tomorrow at the luncheon, C. L.
West, president of the Texas As
sociation of Public Accountants,
will preside. Gjiy Carroll, control-
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tivities, and <lyan of men
Vet Yell Leader
Ai candidate for ! veteran yell
loader must be a classified jutupi*
with n graxle point, averngo of 1.25
He Kvill W I'esponsibje to the Stu
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Visit A&M For
Judging Bouts
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ST, I-OI’I* PAM«1R W INS
PULITZER PRIZE
NEW YORK. Mlav 4 -4/P'-|^he
St. Louis Podt-Dispiitch yestaday
won the 19(17 PulStU’er Pri^e fnjl the
most (lisinjterestbil : nil nleritjjtius
public service rend M ed hyb an
American newspaper dir ini jthe
last year. I .* j (! j| L
The awtijrd was for the '.cow ifige |
of the Centralia. lijl;j miritf ills fcter
and‘"the follow-u]p whicq res died
in impressive refptTirjs in njiinc |»fe-
ty laws and. regnlhsions. j
"A Streetcar Nanjed Desiri f by
Tennessee Williams; Won th an
nual prize for a hi! Original Aiiejn-
can play, i i ?
Since 'opening the shop Kebru-
iry 17, bis' business hid grown to
mch an extent} that he has induced | tion
i couple of inidilies to give him a “ '
land. Tom Kij-lly, eleetifieal engi-i
leering major] from Pail Arthur.
Helps with radio, repairs, while
(Paul Williams of Cleveland, Tjexas
(works on record playerk.
The capital investment. Which
.Neff estimates to be about
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Winners in class A for the
best ilurking drawings were J.
Sti ndard, first prize; D. F.
Arvin second; and L. T. Mc-
Beth. third prize.
A Djetzgen "Commander” draw-
was the first prize in class
thx second and third prizes
flexible curve rule and an
Its scale.
is B winners were (\ 1.
McGipnis. first ; A. F. I eckert.
^ and T. K. Flakingcr.
~\ri
folding drafting table; K. S.
11 art nun, second place winner
of a combination triangle and
pnutractor; and E. B. Scroggins,
third place winner of an engi-
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mg set
A and
secon l
third
w ere
plan
noe
r’li .scaV on leather tape.
!R. 1). Forrest was first place
winner in the class 1) section of
thg contest which covered free
hand working drawings. Second
pqize was won by M. NV. Parse
third hv E. 1). Snead,
frizes fm class I) were a small
Didtzgcn drafting machine for
first dlai
ACCOUNTANT — WRIGHT
MATTHEWS, attorney-at-law
of Dallas, will speak at the Wed
nesday morning session of the
Accounting Conference now in
operation here. He will speak on
the subject “Impact of Taxation
on Business."
SPEAKER— R. G. J
president of .‘the Sun
panyi Philadelphia
the principal uddr
coqoftpg
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Clash B was for a classical solu- ‘"T huX 1 of ‘‘V")* 1 ^, n -'
nls( sgcond, and un \automatic
LthSlssweJe 1 ; WeS
: of HnU by Dean bSw^.’e.
GAY CARROLL
Wednesday Speaker
Plizes
!ift/ P hh to Arlrlrecc
ond p Ize; and a draftsmrfti’s pen- St.yeL of the engiMenng drawing H CDD 10 I\{\{\\
1 ' 1 department spoke on the buck-
‘ttl '"'T Fish-Game Club
lk. M. Sherman of the CentrnVj
in Waco dis-
cil sh ijrpener, third prize.
Class C winners for lettering
A. F. Clevenger, first/ j <o1 '
and winner of a Dietzgen' ,
lexas Iron Works
-•I cudsed "Diaw'ing"As Used ia- In- ( \ William L. Webb assistant pro-
duitry ” fossor of the Wildlife management
All the first prizes for the con-j‘ k *V r M ,K,nt -^ l l l s ‘ K ‘ ak ‘° tkc
Other piitpp ihffrae jiv|(i c
let’s. werer| : ; i v
Distinguished |>qo|c of fci^tc |i* of
the Unite« StateH +-r Bernaif !r '"
Vdto for ("Acrods the Wide
souri.” . j c ■{ .. j ..
Distingilished American bji
phy : — lifjirgaret Clapp for
gotten Fijst Cititcjrr: Jdhn
loyv.”
Distingiiished vbljiaie qf vi
W; H. Auden fql*
"Thei A|i
i test were donated bv the Dietzgen i aM( ' Gart,c club knight at 7:.30,
| Cofqiny. Second wm do- BUI WUson. club president has an-
1 najed by the Student Co-Op, and i noilnc ®v
j third prizes by the College
Vets to
Argue
Bonus Tonight
A meeting of the Veteran
Students Association has Ireen
called for 7:30 this evening in
the Assembly Hall to discuss
the question of a state bonus.
Bob Poison, who attended the
recent meeting in Austin of
Veterans seeking plans to pre
sent to the state legislature,
will speak to the association.
Pro and con discussions will al
so be featured.
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Mis-
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fpr-
fige-
Stikre
Book The riveeting will be held on the !
third floiVr of the Ag Engineering
[''Building. \
L' , l_1 1)1 . WeW>’s talk will be on ecological
r lUg X,I1IU I KlIlS i research of yrame species in the i
** * 1 «• ww r Huntington \Yildlife Forest Sta-
.Tl(NPllUg HaV d tion. This research station is a
~ J ; fifteen-thousand acre tract local- 1
A meeting of all students inter- ,,ettr Lake Placid, New \ork. 1
esjjed in forming a Flying Club at The station was demited to the
A AM will lie held Wednesday at 5 New York State Collage of Fores- E
p. bi. in the Aeronautical Building. | try by the late Archar Hunting
Anxiety.”
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VNTI-NEfJRO LEASES,
HELD ILLEGAL
WASHINGTON! May i4 -f fr-
f A 6-0 Supreme Co art ruling Jyesj
t tepduy ba/nned coqpt enforcl fienl
of restrictive rijal estate tjive-l
ments which bar jdrsons fro^ if allj
white neighborhoods becaui | oi
“ibico or Color.”
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1 ACTIQ? 0N
jYpiCH BILL
Any student having
license is eligible to join.
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As in Sixteenth Century
pilot’s I ton for the purpose of Wildlife re-
' search. \ ,
Bolton Gets
Lit With GIN
Large capital letters, made of
glowing electric light globes,
blossomed over Boltoh Hall last
night spelling out the word GIN.
Late strollers about the campus
stopped to look, speculate, grin
ar.il walk on.
Many and fanciful were the
speculations, but the most per
sistent rumor was that the word
would be converted to enGINeers
before the week is out.
AAUP Bail
Dr. W. R. White,
president of Baylor Util
be the principal speaL_
annual banquet of the] jj
ter of the American jjflfcsoc
of University Pnofesjuf
held tomorrow at 7 p. ill
Hall..
Dr. White’s subject
Teacher In tho New (
Professor J. J. Spell
of the local chapter <
nation, will make a t
chapter’s activities f
year.
Professor R. R. Lyle
of the arrangumelits 1
quet and has made t
able in all ilepartmcu
wishing to attend.
The luinqUet will IMUopeU
all members of the iM’ulty
their relatives are in\ »d.
n
.e top five dairy t products
is were Hcdlcy, Moody, Rich-
A ; *• • •
Two hundred jindj twenty-thm*
/Fuiun* Farmem of America teamjs
froin 171 Texas higi« schools imjf
onltho campus!Satumay in a stall
wide, five-point, .Smith - Hughes
judging oontesj.
. j’Fhe
teams were Hcdlcy. ^lolldy,
h«nd Springs, Estelline, and
filth place tie between Muleshoej
and Tyler. High man in the con-
t^st was Wcnllell IVnick of Hed-
ky.
tdvpstock ji|dgingj resiiUs wen.*
Gigdtjiwnite, Crmvijll, Mesquite,
Klpi-csville, alul Commerce an I
Edla tied for fifth place. The thrijo
j hiih |men lin tliis* wide C. Wislion,
! CtiowirHj K.* Kiesliijg, lola; an I
i Cltarics Robeiison, Frisco.
Moat judging lyimjcvs in the five
top places Tiere liutto, DnnisoiL
] Richlimd Bpriugs, Nacogdoches un i
! Ia» Glrunge. High men were Shctj- •
51 roll Christian, Richland Springy,
find;,' Cl id top McCutcheon, Iluttij,
second; and Milly Williams, Deni-
•A sun, thinl. I
il t Dairy cattle plhcings were
Abilene, Cnpyon, Sweetwater,!
Plains eind Garland. Top men in
cluded Don Perry. Georgetown;!
* Weldon Peeples, Sweetwater; and
si Arthur Gohlke. Littlefield. j '
AYtnhcirs of the pqultry and egg
4 hk ddntt^ts werq Crowell, Alphine,
; Aijilene, Pilot! Point, and Breok-
l chridge. [Hij?li men in the contest
f Inciuticd MarVin It>i, Fredcricks-
;i ! bfrg): Gdrdine Barrow. Alpine aiid
Jieil Rogers, Abilene. |
M’inners of livestock and meat
judging will compete at national
lontesls al Kansas 'City, October
14 and 15. H'gh point then of]
the other divisions will attend a
national contest at Waterloo,
Inw/a, October 3 to 7.
Henry Ross, professor of agil-
rnlUitul education, was chairman
of the judging coiUost.
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WASHINGTON, jMay 4 -[[
The Senate Judicjary Com
yesterday put ofS viitd Rridi
action op thc^ AhUi-h-ynchling
WEATHER !|‘l
" East Texas: HMi •, not so : farn
south and central . .portion^ ; thi:
afternoon and tor ight;
north portion Wecnesday.
mhandle and
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By VICK LINDLEA' yvere “Summer Is Icumen In,’’; soprano, and Ira Shanz, tenor,
jAq informal program of music— “Sing We and Chant It,” “My Bon- showed himself very' much at
essential and pleasant evening nie Lassie She Smileth,” • “The home in Italian opera,
arpund the fireside but with an t Silver Swan,” and “Shoot False Othe* members .of the singtra
audience—was givqn in Guion Hall j Love, I Care Not,” all from six- are Margene Clark and Ruth Sch-
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layt might as next-to-the-last event
of Town Hall for the year.
'Less than half the regular Town
H^ll audience showed up, hut that
was something of a blessing in
disguise. The North Texas State
College Madrigal Singers have an
intimate program which is best
w}ien heard by a small audience,
j Much of the pleasure would have
j Wen lost from a rear row in
iqm. Instead, everyone was seat-
well up front
For the first half of the per-
h I florlnance the singers, dressed in
teenth century' England.
Changing into modem dress, the
group continued with a varied pro
gram, including three Gypsy songs
by Brahms, “Poor Wayfaring
Stranger" mot as effective ks in
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MISS A&M CANDIDATE—Rep^esenUng
architecture at AU-( ollege Day will
of Paris, Texas. A University of Texai j
a candidate for the title of MISS A&M
All-College Dane* Saturday night af/er tho Follies.
department of
MISS PRISCILLA SCOTT
junior, MISS SCOTT will be
who will be presented at the
Elizabethan ruffs and farthing-
ilea, aat around a table and sang
by candlelight, the old Engliah
songs known M madrigals.
These songs are more elaborate
than folk songs, but have much the
saima appeal. Included in this group
ocnfield, contraltos, Charles Nel
son, bass, E. C. Richards, tenor,
and Marvin Solley, baritone.
Two instrumental soloists were
also heal'd. Rosemary Bruce, viol-
inist, gave a respectable perform-
the Tom Scott arrangement used ance of Kreisler’n “Schon Rosma-
by the Singing Cadets) "Flow rine” and Wicnoaski’s Romania.
Gently Sweet Afton,” in both tra-; In the latter, she suffered in ad
ditional and modem musical set- ] \ ance from the fact that Isaac
ting; “Mayday Carol,” the Rigo- 1 Stern has scheduled that number
letto quartet (in English) and fin- for Town Hall Thursday, and she
ally the impressive “Panis Ange- is of course no Sitem.
licus.*’ j- Anita Harvey, harpist, receiv
Each member of the group had
several solo chances. Richest
voice of the evening was posses
sed by Louise McLane, soprano,
who might well eventually come
back to Town Hall as a star in
her own right Vivacious Ann
Shands exhibited a sprightly
ed a warm reception for her
numbers. "Le Beau Petit Roi d’-
Yvetal," “Et Ron Ron Petit
Patagon,” and “Chanson dans la
Nuit”
Dr. W. H. Hodgson, dean of the
school of music at North Texas
conducted the singers.
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title of "MISS A&
night She will
student, will vie for the
lies and Dance Saturday
. fepartment.