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Ransdell Is Name
Abbott’s Successor
Clifford H. • Ransdell, as
sistant to the Dean of Engin
eering, has been named to re
present the Dean of the Col
lege at Bryan Field Annex.
This appointment was effective De
cember 1. ' ; ( ."
Eansdey succeeds Dr. John P.
Abbott, who has assumed the of
fice as Dean of the School of Arts
apd Sciences. In addition to be
ing the representative of Dean of
the College M. T. Harrington,
RqnsdeH will work with Dean Ab
bott. -
Born at Breckenridge, Texas, in
1909, Ransdell attended Texas Tech
where he received a degree of
bachelor of science.
Comings to A&M in 1937, Ransdell
served as an instructor of engin-
.: eering. He is now an associate
J professor in the Engineering Draw-
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Can Get Job
The name of A&M goes a lot
further than just opehing the doors
of work for a graduate. In a notice
recently received in the Placement
Office, a man is looking for the
family of an Aggie to manage his
farm.
Author of the letter desires a
couple to manage a 175 acre farm
on the Trinity Bay. The owner of
this property wants the family of
a man who is at present enrolled
in A&M.
Duties of the 45 to 50 year pld
couple would consist of maintaining
property and looking after stock.
Stock on thfe place consists of a
few cows, hogs, ducks and chickens.
A brick home will be provided
ia for the family of some Aggie along
—with truck garden crops, milk,
butter andf the other farm pro
duct.
—Forty acres of the land is cov
ered with trees, ^which will have
to be pruned. The grouftd must bfe
kept clear of brush.
Interested students can get fur
ther information at the’ Placement
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ing Department Of a total of 18
years of teaching experience, Rans
dell has spent. 12 at AAM.,
Before he wan named to his new
administrative poalt, Ransdell was
Annex representative of the Dean
of Engineering. He served as ad
visor to freshman engineering stu
dents at the Annex.
Ransdell is a junior member of
the American Society of
anical Engineers and is a n
of the American Associat
University, professors
Mech-
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on of
the
American Society of Engineering
Education. |
He has also spent three sum
mers as office engineer for the
Texas Highway Department.
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FRIDAY. DECKMIlKIt», 1M8
Cadets Offered
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Regular Army
Commissions
Regular Army commissions
have been offered to 19
ground force cadets by the
Department of theArmy, the
Military Department said to
day. All the men tendered the
commissions are enrolled in mili
tary science courses.”
Five of the men named in the
announcement are«.to be gradu
ated in January. The remainder
are scheduled for June graduation.
January graduates eligible to ac
cept the commissions are D. R.
Blakelock, corps of engineers; H.
J. Mack, quartermaster corps; T.
J. Muldowney, medical service
corps; E. E. Phillips Jr., trans
portation corps; and W. S. Bouldln,
infantry.
Cadets who can accept regular
commissions after their Juiie grad-
uatiion are W. 0. Bachu$, corpa
of engineers; J. W. Bleker, ord
nance; F. A. Cleland, chemical
corps; C. F. COgan, ordnance; J. T.
Dotson, field artillery.
A. Harris, chemical corps; E,
H. Johnsen, quartermaster corps;
C. B. Modisett, signal corps; C.jfl.
' ’his mixed group of pro 'esslon&l and student
(obstruction irten got together on the campus
1 hl» week when the officers of the Houston chap-
1 er of the American General Contractors visited
1 ho A&M chapter. From left to: right are A&M
vl«? president Joe Denman, Houston treasurer
ote from North Pol
Fred Fisher ,A&M secretary-treasurer John Pian-
ta, Houston secretary Lloyd Huddleston, A&M
reporter A. J. Trevino, Houston vice-president
Howard Telepsen, A&M president Bob Page, and
Houston president Carl Schneider. /
Santa Comes Up to Date,
Secures Help of Airlines
Inspection Report
Delayed by Phones
Because! of telephone disorders
it was impossible to obtain an of
ficial statement of the annual in
formal inspection which took place
.Tuesday and Wednpschty-
A telegram was dispatched yes
terday afternoon from Colonel H.
L. Boatner’s office to Colonel Ma
lone who headed the fourth army
inspection team, and an answer is
expected today.
D Field Artillery took first
place in yesterday’s Artillery Par
ade with a score of 800 points, Lt.
Colonel Joe Davis, assistant com
mandant announced yesterday. E
Field Artillery and A Coast Ar
tillery w^ere tied for second place
with 794 points, and B . Coast Ar
tillery took ihird place with 787
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Women’s Council
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were elected by members of the
Women’s Council of the A&M
Christian Church at their, monthly
business meeting, held last Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. R. I;. Patrick is the new
president; Mrs. C. M. Hertz, vice-
president; Mrs. Dan Ri Davis, sec
retary; Mrs. C. C. Hodges, report:"
er and Mrs. J. H. Bass, parlia
mentarian.: ! |
Plans were made for the coun
cil Christmas party, to be held
December 12 at 2:30 p? m. at .the
churfch. Each member will bring a
gift, which will be sent on to the
Juliette Fdwler ,! Homes in Dallas
as part of this year’s Christmas
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Munroe, cavalry; S. G. Pate, i
fantry; V. R. Porter,''quartermas
ter corps; T. A. Riewe, corps pf
engineers; D. A. Strother, cavalry;
and W. D. Turly, field artillery.
There are other men who have
applied for Regular Ariny coin-
missions, the Military Department
said, but final action has not been
taken on these applications.
None of the men hanjed in fhe
Military Department announce
ment are required to a cce Pt ihe
commissions. Those who do must
be graduated as Distinguished Mil
itary Graduates, pass a physical
examination, and receive confirma
tion of their appointment by the
U. S. Senate. I
Students to Attend
ACS Region Meet
A. C., Flory, chairman of the
Stbdent Affiliates of the American
Chemical Society at A&M t Ralph
F. Gilby, secretary, a|nd Bryan
Zimmerman, chairman-Clcct, are
attending the Southwest Regional
meeting of the American Chemical
Society at Oklahoma City, Decem
ber 8 through 10.
Members of the faculty of A&M
making the trip are Dr. Carl M.
Lyman, Donald Hood, |Dr. J. R.
Crouch,-Dr. W. M. Pottsj Dr. Royce
H. LeRoy, Dr. C. K. Hancock, Dr.
George M. Watson and! Dr. Fred
W. Jensen.
Southwest Region includes all
local sections of the American
Chemical Society in Tex as; Louisi
ana, and Oklahoma, with some
representation from Arkansas and
. Kansas.
R. L. Whiting of tl e Petrol
eum Engineering Depai tment has
been the main speaker at the
annual joint meeting of the
American Institute of mining and
Metallurgical Engineers. One
hundred and fifty me^i attended
the meeting.
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BY JOHN TAPLEY
Still believe in Santa Claus?
W(41, whether you do, or don’t be
lie rein the old Gent, thousands of
Anetican kids will be reassured
be; rond a doubt this year that there
renlly is such a wonderful person.
The idea comes from the Pair
American World Airways. The air-
lint officials have made a gener
ous dffer to the parents of Amer-i
ica. :
Thpy are going to solr} the:
pr )b(em of the letter to Santa
Cl ius, an annual function in every
household where there are those
wl o believe.
\11 the parents have to do to
get a signed letter from the old
gent, is follow a set of niipplei
rules. The airline has offered to
rufi 6 special dogsled to Fairbanks
and return with Santa’s letter to
th; kids.
Hgge are the instructions.
IPWrite a letter to your
youngster and sign it Santa ;
Claus.
2. Place the letter in ap air- :
qiail envelop addressed to your
boy or girl. Don’t forget to place
q six cents airmail stamp on it.
Allow plenty of room op the
lift for Santa’s picture which
ifill be stamped on by the air-
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3. Take the letter to the Pan
American Airways District Sales
Office in your city. If Pan Ameri-
ejan is not in your city, put the
letter in another envelop and
sjend it to Pan American World
Rifleman Lame, Lousy
Aim When After Game
Birwyn, Md. —— Earl L.
Wells, 21, went hunting^ for squir
rels but shot a piggy instead--
the big one on his right foot. He
managed to hobble home and call
a dbetor. I
Airways, Seattle, Washington,
and write on the envelope the
words “Attention Santa Claus"’.
4. Your letters must reach
Seattle or the Pan American
District Office bv Monday, Dec.
12, 1949.
Then sit back ajid wait while the
special dogsled” takes the lett^ta
to the headquarters of all Santk’s
mail. They will then be mailed I in
the Fairbanks Post Office. Fair
banks was designated the closest
pdit office to the North Pole.
Bridge and Canasta
Club Slates Meet
The Bridge and Canasta Club
will hold an organizational meet
ing Monday at 7 p.m. in.room 1^7,
West Wing, Bizzell Hall, accord
ing to Wayne Stark, director of the
Student Memorial Center.
Sponsored by the Student Cen
ter, the club will be provided
its special room in the new Student
Center with bridge tables and
chairs.
Stark further added that possible
plans for the Spring semester
would include practice or teaching
sessions from famous authorities
in either Bridge or Canasta.
A runoff among members
be held sometime in the future for
persons from this college to com
pete with similarly chosen mem
bers of other colleges’ bridge clubs.
Winners in this section will re
ceive a free; expense paid trip
to' the national tournament.
The city where the Intercollege
Bridge Tournament will be held
has not been announced as of yet,
Stark added.
Three hundred colleges’ repre
sented were asked to attend last
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Stringer Named
A&M Delegate
To Coronation
Hal Stringer and Miss Beth
Avery will represent A&M to
night at Sam Houston State
College’s Cornation Ball, re
ported Allen Eubank, chair
man of the Student Senate social
committee.
Stringer is a senior landscape
art major from Waco. Miss Avery
is a senior at TSCW and one of
the beauties chosen by the sociql
committee of the iStudent,, Seri
ate to represent A&M at func
tions where a representative from
A&M is invited to attend.
The Coronation Ball in an animal
formal dance at Sam Houston State
College climaxed by the crowning
of a king and queen from that:
college. Representatives from other
schools attend the Coronartion Ball
as dukes and dutchesses.
Whije in Huntsville all lodgings
and meals are provided the visit
ing representatives by the host
school. ,
Stringer is the student senator
from Dormitory 17 and a member
of the Student Life Committee.
Former BSU Director
To Attend Friday Meet
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Prentiss W. Chunn, former BSU
director, will bring the evening
devotional at the Baptist Stu
dent Union meeting, 7:30 p. m.
Friday at the YMCA Chapel, re
ported Bobbie W. Davis, BSU pub
licity directqr, today.
Arthur Smith, head of the Bap
tist Bible Chair of A&M, will of
fer a challenge concerning the Stu
dent Fund Raising Project for the
Baptist Student Union Center now
being built, said Davis.
Dorm and Area chairmen are
urged to come. Coffee and Donuts
will be served, Davis concluded.
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Lufkin Parade
The Aggie Band will leave
Wednesday to participate in
the Parade of Industry in
Lufkin, ushering in the
South’s Man-of-the-Year, Re
cording to Lt. Col. E, V. Adams,
director of the band. j {
Parading through downtown Luf
kin, the band will herald the victory
of tpat city’s nominee to the title.
E. L. Kurth.
All arrangements for transpor
tation of the band are being hand
led by the sponsors of the parade.
Busses will carry the group to and
from Lufkin.
The band will be feted with a
luncheon at the Lufkin Country
Clulj) preceding the parade. I •
Kurth, president of the South
land Paper Mills of Lufkin w*s
chosen for this honor by the Dixie
Business Magazine of Atlanta, Ga.
Editor Hubert L. Lee of the maga
zine reported that no other nomin
ation for the post hud resulted in
a larger avalanche of votes.
Kurth more than any other man
alnoe the honor was first conveyed
In 1946. ’ {
Three other Texans were among
those selected as leaders in the
South. They were Jesse H. Jones,
publisher of the Houston Chron
icle: John W. Carpenter, qf Dal
las, chairman of the board, of the
Texas Power and Light Company;
and Will Clayton, board chairman
of Anderson-Clayton Company of
Horiston.
Williams to Head
Gallery Committee
Jimmie Williams from Dallais
was elected chairman of the Gal
lery Committee at a meeting which
was held last Monday evening. The
Gallery Committee is an Art Club
which' is sponsored by the Mem
orial Student Center.
Representatives from the nop-
corp students, and from the facul
ty and graduate group were cho
sen. Wm. B. Smith was selected 1o
represent the non-corp group as a
co-chairman and Price Hobgood as
acuity co-chairman. Ralph
elected as publi
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Danish Tumblers Bound In
For Show Here Next Week
BY JOHN WHITMORE
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The Danish “goodwill” tumbling
team will come bounding into Col
lege Station December 14 for
their exhibition of gymnastics in
DeWare Field House.
This is the third trip the tearh
has made to the United States un
der the direction of Erik Flensted-
Jensen. The firat trip was made in
1940, and this team generally won
the hearts of all who saw the liga
ment pulling escapades.
In their ’47 tour they perfo
ed at the Madison Square Card
at the intermission. The group was
given the greatest applause ac
corded any injtermission perfor
mance, a NBC announcer reiriarked.
the ’49 team is made up of 40
young athletejs selected from
Schools, clubs or other organiza
tions from all over Denmark. This
m of the girl’s and boy's
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0 xur wiia ii ip ivi a ivilg time.
any of the feats that the team
il) attempt are seemingly against
' yity, Erik Flensted-
is press releases, m
they do it, seems to
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laws of gra
sen said in h
umbling, as
resemble a new
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form of attempt
suicide and their calisthentics sug
gested a trace of masochism.
Also scheduled for the intermis
sion is a short exhibition of typical
Danish Folk Dancing. This is done
in the native costumes. Sixteen
boys and girls go through a rou
tine which would tire out even the
most avid jitterbug. From the pic
tures and press releases it seems
as if this dance is a cross between
a square dance, polka, minuet-, and
a few filings of the Apache dance
thrown in for good measure.
The finale of the dance is the
picking up of the girls and throw
ing them across the floor. Of course
this is hard on gymnists, but are
longa, vita brevis.
If the program goes as it did
in New York the second part of
the program will begin with the
team doing calisthenics. The girls
will try to show that they, have
muscle^, made of tempered steel
and the boys trying to prove that
bones are meant to be shaped -like
pretzels.
Part of the program will be de
monstrations of the tumbling ap
paratus. This will consist of homes,
rings, bucks, and ‘"Swedish boxes.”
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makes it look as if each man had
three people to do the jumps. I
spent quite a while trying to fig
ure out one of the leaps. It starts
out with the jumper j standing on
his feet, jumping over a horse and
a long box (during this time he
does a flip) and then ending up
with a few spins. Do you follow
me? It makes me dizzy just to try
to figure it out.
Another of the feats that they
will do is a single hand stand on
the horse. This is a cojnbination
of balance, strength and grip.
This tour is intended to have a
two fold purpose. One is to better
Danish-American relations and the
second & to give the team members
a chance to travel and learn a lit
tle about Americal |
The team is entirely amateur and
travel for their expenses only. The
team started to work as a team on
July 1. August 26 after a per
formance in Stockholm, they left
for the United States and arrived
September 6. • _
•^Tickets are now on sale in the
Student Activities Office for $.35
for students and $1.25 for non
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Te^ry was
chairman.
The group decided to put on an
art contest for all artists in Brazps
County as a project for the Campris
Open House on Mother’s Day. Fur
ther notice and plans of this ek-'
hibit will be given later,* Terry
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Another decision wqs made
invite rine of the prominent Texas
artists to A&M in the near futu
for a lectufe and exhibition of his
work, Terry stated.
Chenault Explains
Newest Ag Program
W. I. Chenault, information. and
public relations director of
state Production and Marke
Administration, spoke Tuesday
night before the Marketing and
Finance Club in the Agricultu
Building.
Chenault discussed the new gov
ernment agriculture program whith
goes into effect in I960, after
briefly explaining the organization
of the Froducrion and Marketing
Administration. i
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dience watched laat night a«
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talents on their pro
odrama, "R. U. K”
Neither the imaginative touch of director George Dilla-
vou nor the robust abilities of our local thespians w^re pro-
vided full and
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Grand Warden
Gibb Gilchrist; chancellor
of the A&M System, was elec
ted Grand Junior; Warden of
the Grand Lodge of Texas
Thursday night in Waco.
Elected at the 114th Communi
cation Itjf the Grand Lodge, Gil
christ how is in the station first
in the lineup that eventually leads
to that ; of Grand-Master of the
State lodge. '
Gilchrist will be installed this
afternoori at tjje closing session Of
th meet, along wdth other newly-
elected grand officers. Several
other College Station - Bryan area
Mason* were also iristalled In of
fices during this week's meetings
In Wacio. P. B. Cofcir of the W. T-
Austin Council of Royal and Se
lect Masomi (Bryan I was appoint
ed and installed as Grand Stcw-j
ard of; the Grand Council of Tex
as. 'lT)0|Texa8 coufici! Is the larj
gest Gjrand , Councili of Royal aocf
Select Masters in the world.
H. il. Reinhart, I grand vlsltpr:
from this district, |‘was installecj
Grand Marshal of the Grand Chap-'
ter of Royal Arch Masons of Tejjcj
as. Harry Boyer, present mastjei
the Aggie Players extravagantly wasted sturdy theatri
ts on their production of Karel Capek’s moralistl
, “R. U.
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tba cnjmmio vii,, vm* iwvai kiivajiiaun j
proper outlet byjCapek’s preachy three
parable concerning man’s destruction of himself through
visionless scientific and technical development.
To be told an interesting story, to be shown interesting
—r—^— ji j 4people doing interesting things —
that Is what an audience wants.
What its gets in "R,U.R.” Is for
t.he most part a group of, tedious
speeches strung together without
provoking one another, mouthed
by an assortment of <jharac)Lers;
which is neither arresting, stipiti-;
lating, or amusing.
There is action, emotional ten
sion, and a conflict of willsj to bo
sUre. But they are of the ari-ificia!
type which is more likely | to b«
encountered In the Saturday serin
than in respectable drabia.
Fall of Mankind
Briefly, the plot concerns thi
misfortune that befalls mankim
with the manufacture of hurrjan ro
bqts. Scientist Harry Dpmln wltl
five associates has carried on tl
practice, originally deviled by thj
materialistic Rossum w{ho <iisco'
erpd an artificial life | Hub(Htani
with which he could create illvlni,
soulless things incapable of expi ■
rlencing emotion and fooling. Dora'
In’s Idea Irt producing these r>'
bots is an Idealistic one ) to relieve
mankind of the burden bf work no
that It may attain" the 'ultliriate
Ini perfection, uhhampefed by 44lie
sordid cares Of life. '
When, •beautiful, sympathetjic
Helena Glbry appears ajt the Fa
tory of Rossum’s Universal
pots to plead on behalf iOf hutm
itarian organization for’ the ces4
lion of further robot manufacture, 1
Lomtn tries to convince her of lihe
necessity of riibot propagation.
The end result of this 'meeting
their marriage.
Harry Boyer, present maatp
of Sul Ross Lodge ’No. 1300, ('ol
lege Station, received the degrjv
of the Knights of the York Cra»;
of Honour.
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Other arch Masons present
v..e state meet were J. J. Woolket|
A. L. Evans, and J. F. Casey.
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The Singing Cadets will journey
to Hockaday Junior College Sat
urday to sing a Tioncert and be
guests for a dance following their
performance, according to Bill
Moss, reporter for the group. ? j
Beginning at 8 0. m., the con
cert will open at the Dallas girls’
school with Bill Turner, director,
leading the cbdets jin Luther’s
Mighty Fortress I* Our God”?ti)
open the official concert season for
the local choir.
Beginning in a religious vein,
the concert progranf will also ? inj-
elude Negro spirituals, populai
songs, a special Christmas grou
of songs, and song’s of Aggielan
Musical selections to be present
ed at the. concert are the “Allej-
luia Chorus,” "The Triumph o’"
Time and Truth,” “Ole Man River,
“Battle Hymn oft the Repub
“Shadrak,” “Set Down Servarit,f’
“Iri the Still of the Night,” “I Love
You,” and many others.
The program will end with |Tn
Rather Be A Texas Aggie,” pnd
“The Spirit of Aggieland.”
Railroad Man Retire^
After 48 Years Duty
Sherman, Tex. bTl—W. J. fIbI
has given other railroad men sonv
thing |to shoot at.
He retired the' other day after
48'4 years with the Frisco With
out missing a day’s work.
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Ten Years iJiler
Ten years pass, each year see ng
a further increape in robot po >u-
lution, with a corresponding le-'
dine in mankind's numbers, until
at last human birth ceases a to
gether. Added to 1 this,’ robots Re
quire a certain amount'of sensi
bility as a result of having b icn
tampered with by one of Dorn n’s
colleague’s at the request of Hel
ena ,who pitiCs the soul-void ro
bots.
There ^follows then a' unlveral
revolution, in which mankind is ' le-^
stroyed by the product of its o vn
hand. Alquist, the builder, Is
saved’ in order that he may dev se
a new robot-making formula I to
replace the old one, burned Jay
Helena. It is Asquith, god-fearii|g,
conscious of the great wrong
herent in the manufacture of th:
imitations of men, who moufjhB
most of the moral tracts preaci
by Capek, and in doing so, emerges
as paralytic in his effect upon
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The fault with “R. U. R”,
lies In the play itself,] not in
production. Dillavou has done
that is possible In eVoking knd
contrasting what moods "R. U. R.”
does have to offer with fullress
and clarity. His cast, In the m
a capable Jr and enthusiastic
were tense with opening-night
citement, tended in spots either 1
muff lines or pronounce them iso
low as to be inaudible beyond ihe
first nine or ten rows, and at
times were slightly awkward in
their stage presence. These dis
crepancies should be ironed out be-,
fore tonight’* performance.
Particularly Impressive In he
cast were Karl Wyler and Jear he
Ostner, who interpret their ro es
with commendable style and imag
ination. Wyler a striking stiige
personality, is gifted With ext -a-
tfion
Lhe
ordinary acting Intelligence, dnd
can make his body, as well as This
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Ostner is not only
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