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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1950
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Th« lloiiNton Symphony Orchontra under the
hutun of JCfrem Kurtz, will up|»ear on Oulon Hall
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Days Scheduled
For Inspection,
Summer Camps
The formal federal inspec
tion of the cadet corps and
the Military Department has
been tentatively scheduled be
tween April 15 and May 25,
the Military Department has an
nounced. yy j
If the plan followed during the
past two years is utilized, the an
nouncement said, the inspection
will fall during the last week
around April 26, £7, and 28.
The summer camps for all Army
units will begin June 18, the de
partment said, and will -extend
through July 29.
Air Force units in administration
and logistics wilt -camp at Kelly
Air Force Base from June 13 until
July 24. Air installations cadets
will traif| ^at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio,
from June 25 until August 5. ’
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Anr cadets taking maintenance
engineering will take their train
ings at Chanute Air Force Base,
Itantoul, 111. frpm June 25 until
Aug. 5. j -
Infantry and cavalry cadets will
again train at Camp Hood, the
department said. Students taking
field artillery training will go to
Ft. SiU, Okla.; coast artillery at
Ft. Bliss; engineers, Ft. Belvoir,
Va.; and signal corps at Ft. Mon
mouth, N. J. ;
The chemical corps cadets will
take their summer camp training
at Kdgewood' Arsenal, Md., ord
nance at Aberdeen Proving
Orotind, Md; transportation (forps,
FI. Jflustla, Va.; quartermaster
Camp Lee Vu,; and the Army Se
curity Agency cadets will go to
Carlisle liarrucks, l»u. 1
as a part < f Town Hall tonlgfcl.
performance will start »t 8 p.m.
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Houston Symph ony
In Concert Today
Strings,” “Saint-Siaens’ “Danse
Macabre,” Von Weber's ‘‘Invitation
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By HERMAN C. GOLLOB
Guion Hall today awaits the
Houston Symphony Orchestra; and
its tour-de-force of two concerts—
a matinee at 4 p. ms and Town
Hall at 8 p. n].
For the matinee, which has no
connection with Town Hall, Con
ductor Efrem Kurtz has chosen a
program highlighted by Tschai-
kowsky’s “Swan Lake” Ballet
Suite, Chopin’s “Waltz in C Sharp
Minor” from “Les Sylphides” Bal- 1
let, and a Symphonic Suite from
Richard Rodgers’ “South Pacific”.
Matinee tickets ape priced !50C
for all students in the Bryan-Col-
lege Station area, $1.25 for lion-
students. ’
Of a more profound vein is the
music which hds been selected ; for
the Town Hall concert. Beetho
ven’s “Symphojiy No. 7 in A Ma-
jor. Op. 92” “Barber’s “Adagio for
Livestock Judges
Place in Cowtown
The A&M livestock judging team
ranked fourth in the recent Fort
Worth Collegiate contest ini a
field of 15 competing teams. The
team ranked second in quarter
horse judging, being nosed out by
seven points. It ranked sixth in
cattle judging and second in sheep
judging. ;
Members of the team are Doug
las Wythe, Grandbury; Glen
Dunkle, Graham; Werner Lipdig,
Hye; Bert Gibbs, Justin; Humjber-
to Reyes, Beeville; Maxie Ojver-
street, (alternate) Haslet.
Wythe and Reyes woT individual
honors in sheep by placing second
and tenth respectively In ! the
group of 75 competing boys. Lln-
dlg, Reyes, and Wythe In quarter
horse tied for third high Individual
liosltlon, In quarter horse Judging.
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Tlie gay, 'uninhibited tempo of the rattling ’tO’s, was brought to
j life by Both ami Joe Denman at ABABAB (Saturday night. Hie
theme for this yeura’ architectural frolic wae Life'* Mld-Gentury
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to the Waltz,” and excerpts from
Berlioz’ “The Damnation of
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Conductor Kurtz, an outstanding
figure in the musical world, com
menced a -program of reorganiza
tion when he first took over the
reigns of the Houston Symphony
in the spring of 1^49. The result
is an orchestra composed of lead
ing virtuoso musicians and young
er instrumentalists highly recom
mended by their respective conser
vatories. t
As to Kurtz himself, not only
has incurred fame as conductor of
the symphony orchestras of De
troit, San Francisco, Cincinnati,
Chicago, and Kansas City, but he
has made a prodigious . mark in
the field of classical recordings.
He records exclusively for) Col
umbia LP.
It was Kurtz who discovered
Khatchaturian’s “Sabre Dance”.
The contemporary Russian com
poser sent his Cayenne Suite, from
which the “Sabre Dance” came, to
America in hopes of its becoming
successful here. Kurtz read
through the score, and his uncanny
musical intuition picked out the
Sabre Dance as music which held
appeal for- Americans.
Among Kurtz’ best selling re
cordings are the Mle. Angot Suite
by Le Cqq; Greig’s Piano Concerto
in A Minor, Kabalevsky’s “Com
edians” suite, and the recently
waxed ‘‘South Pacific" suite.
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Bus Stop Out
By Action Of
Traffic Group
The Traffic Committee
Wednesday ordered elimina
tion of the bus stop in front
of Aggieland Inn. The action
came as a result of a recom
mendation made to the committee
by the Student Life Committee.
The bus stop went opt of exis-
tance on Sunday.
A recommendation for establish
ing short duration parking areas
at Goodwin Hall, the Academic
Building, and the Administration
building was turned down by the
committee.
Since traffic conditions on the
campus are worse now than when
present traffic rules were institut
ed, the committee felt that it was
still necessary to discourage cam
pus use of student cars.
All parking on the short street
connecting Coke and Throckmor
ton Streets will be discontinued
February 12, W. L. Penberthy,
dean of students, reported for the
traffic committee. The street is
west of Dormitory 12. Additional
parking space will be provided for
visitors on Coke Street, Penberthy
said.
The Student Life recommenda
tion for short duration parking
areas was offered as a possible
solution to the problem of cam
pus parking for people having
business to conduct at any of the
three areas mentioned in the Stu
dent Life report. Installation of
15 minute parking meters at the
three locations was included in the
committee recommendation.
The bus stop in front of Aggie
land Inn has been the cause of un
desirable congestion the Student
Life report said. It had suggested
that the stop be moved north one
half block. However, the Traffic
Committee believed that elimina
tion of the stop w.ould be a better
solution.
Steps have been taken, Pen
berthy said, to inform all those,
who use the Inn bus stop of the 1
change.
Elimination of parking on the{
connecting street between Coke
and Throckmorton was considered
by the Traffic Committee at thej
same time the two Student Lifej
recommendations were received.
Aggies
Eubank Elected
Council Prexy
Allan Kubank, acnior geolo
gical engineering atudent
from Dalian, haw been named
president of the Inter-church
Council. Eubank la cadet col
onel of the Cavalry-Engineer Reg
iment,
Harry Doran, vet medicine stu
dent from College Station was
named vice president and Lloyd
Manjeot of Hereford was named
secretary,
Eubank is a member of the stu
dent senate. Doran serves on the
Student Life Committee and last
year was a member of the stu
dent senate.
Mahjeqt is secretary of the stu
dent senate,, a member of the
YMCA Council, and first se
geant of A Vet Company.
The council is made up of two
students from each denomination.
The students are chosen by their
respective ministers at College
Station. ;
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Junior Sweetheart
Pic Deadline Set
Deadline for turning in pictures
of nominees for junior sweet
heart is 15 p. m. today, according
to Dave! Coslett, co-chairman of
the junior prom publicity commit-
tee. /'
Pictures should be turned in at
the Student Activities office in
Goodwin Hall accompanied by an
information sheet containing the
girl’s name, home town, school,
name of her escort, and any other
i identifying information.
The names of six beauty final
ists chosen from the nominees will
be released in Wednesday’s Batt.
Tickets for the prom and banquet
are now on sale from represen
tatives from each military outfit
and in. each non-corps dorm. The
banquet :will be held at 7:15 Fri
day night. The prom will follow
from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m.
Staff Chiefs Tour
Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 6 (A*»—
The U. S. Joint Chiefs of staff
today left for Okinawa on a tour
that may result in a stronger
American military attitude to
wards Communist Aaia.
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Correction: We
Offer Apologies
If you received one of the
first 4000 copies of the Batt
Friday afternoon, you were
probably amazed to find that
Jonnie Frankie, former member j
of the A&M coaching staff, had
changed his name and become
a Jewish Rabbi.
We were surprised ourselves,
in fact so surprised that we red-
facedly yelled to “stop the pres
ses” so that we could check in
to the matter.
■ We found that someone In the
shop had mistakenly puot the
photo-engraving of Jonnie Fran
kie into the forms instead of
the one of Rabbi William Malev.
The error was corrected and the
final 6,000 copies ran off the
presses with the proper faces
adorning its front page.
We offer our sincere apologies
to Rabbi William Malev, who ii
to speak beta during reltgioui
emphasis week, and Coach Jon
nie Frankie, who Is now with
Wharton Junior College.
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. , , The Aggies gained the lead terms. Walter Davis,and Wally _ Wally Moo
By HAROLD GANN
A&M’s power-packed basketball
squad moved into an uncontested
first place spot in the wild and
wooly Southwest Conference bas-
ketball race this weekend.
A 66-45 win over the Baylor
Bears and a smashing Bear vic
tory over an invading Arkansas
team combined to sweep all but
A&M from what had been a four
way tie for top place in confer
ence standings.
It was , A&M’s first Victory over
Baylor in four seasons. Alert, ag
gressive ball was needed by every
Cadet performer to turn the tab
les in a game that was reminis
cent of the hectic encounter with
Arkansas earlier in the 1949-50
campaign.
A&M at its Best
Coach Marty Karow’s super
charged Farmers were masters of
the entire game, except for the
first five minutes of play when
the Bruins grabbed a quick 4-0
ie Aggies gained the lead
after five minutejs and 20 seconds
hajl elapsed and i never relinquish
ed it. Baylor knotted the issue
three times—at 121 all midway in
the first half, at 30-30 six n>in-
utes after the final chapter had
begun, and at 32-32 a few seconds
Coach Bill Henderson’s aggre
gation was able to: keep the mar-
gib small until I the final seven
minutes of play. At this point
A&M reached its season-long apex
allowing a minimum of points,
of point-making proficiency while
Baylor Tires
The Bears, who had been torn
to shreds by strenuous Ag man
euvers, threw their hopes of win
ning to the winds, and A&M was
able to slide through their defense
like a hot knif* through butter,
winning the game going away.
The Aggies dhjoyed a narrow
26-24 lead at halftime after fight-
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Columnist Sets
Talk Tomorrow
Andy Anderson, widely
known Houston Press and
Scripps - Howard columnist^
will speak at a journalism as
sembly in the Cabinet room
at the YMCA at 7:30 p, m. to.
morrow. His address will be oh
"The Human Side of N^wspapet
Work."
Author of two Houston columns!,
“Klshln’ With Andy" and “Ramh.
ler," Anderson Is currently on h
roving assignment with Scrlppsi-
tioward papers and the Houstob
Press.
The wrlUfr of frequent maga
zine articles, he also has a regular
radio program over station KTHt.
He has been in newspaper work
for 30 years, 22 of which werV
spent as sports editor of the Press.
He now devotes most of hiji
newspaper work to helping char
ity and welfare drives. Among his
titles are chairman of the Outdoor
Writers of America and chairmaji
of the Employ the Handicapped
Committee.
Anderson plans to gather mater
ial for an article on A&M while he
is here tomorrow. His talk tomor
row night, the first of several
talks scheduled for the Journal
ism Department for this year, ■Will
be open to all who care to attend
Andy Anderson, widely read Houston columnist, will address a
journalism assetnbly here tomorrow' night. The sports-man-writer
Ik the author of “Flailin’ With Andy” and “Rambler,” two col
umns appearing In the Houston Press.
ASABAB Scores
With ‘Life’ Theme
By GEORGE CHARLTON
.. Sblso Hall shook Saturday night
aa one of the hottest bends to nit
A&M In quite a time played Dlxte-
iend jive for ASABAB.
Providing costumed dancers with
bop and romantic popular bal
lads alike, the Prairie View Col
legiate stressed rhythm on the
Basin Street downbeat for the
four and a half! hour long dance.
Architectural jitterbugs went wild.
The old mess hall hadn’t seen
itself so gaudily dressed up since
last year's ASABAB when the
theme was song titles. Theme for
Saturday night’s affair was based
on the recent mid century issue of
Life magazine on January 2. The
issue featured personalities,
clothes, social enjoyments, art
achievements, inventions, scienti
fic advances, and transportation
during the period, 1900-50.
Strange and even weird look
ing costumes could be found on
the dance floor. Einsteins, Lind-
bergs, Roosevelts, Dempseys, and
Clara Bows rubbed shoulders
with bootleggers, strongmen,
flappers, Gibson girls, and mou
stached bar keepers.
J. D. Boggs, junior architect
major, and his date won first and
second prizes respectively for the
most original male and female cos-
t u m e s. Both were dressed as
orange and black abstract figures
with cardboard heads. Beth Den
man, dressed as a vivacious flap
per in swimming attire and equip
ped with a parasol, won first place
in the female apparel division.
As dancers entered Sbisa’s main
doors, they were confronted by 15
ft- high tree limbs with pages of
the January second Life issue
hanging on smaller branches. Cord
spider Webs and limbs formed a
maze-like alley way extending for
nearly 30 feet.
To the right of the main door
were more limbs serving as back
drops for examples of modem art
in the last half centufy. ‘‘Dancers
eluded In thla group.
OppoNlte the entrance adorning
the wall were, caricature* of "Ted
dy" RooMvalG Jaek Dampsay, Al
bert Einstein, Will Rogers, F, D.
K., and Mrs. Roosevelt. Above the
heads of whirling ASABAB’s hung
thousands of cardboard flying sau
cers in orange, yellow, and black
colors.
In the middle of the dance
floor arose an eight foot high
paper nwche representation of
“The Kiss,” a status of two cab-
ically contorted lovers embrac
ing.
Located down at the West end
of the hall was the bandstand,
above which was hung a 14 ft.
high backdrop interpretation of
the special issue’s cover. Repre
sented in the mural-like picture
was the beautiful Gibson girl, but
this time, winking.
Pleasant surprises came during
intermissions. On one such occa
sion four of the Texas Aggiettes
from Temple sang their special
version of ‘‘I’d Rather Be A Texas
Aggie.” During another rift a
spontaneous twosome, Ed King and
Felix Goodman, provided more of
the downbeat same on the piano
and drums. ;
ing the Bears on almost _even
terms. Walter Davis . and Wally
Moon fouled opt late in the game.
Jewell McDowell, who has vir
tually cinched an all-conference
berth, again paced the scorers
with 14 points. Getting 1 off to his
usual slow start, McDowell col
lected only four points during the
first stanza. !
“Mighty Mac” also added an
other brilliant; floor game to his
amazing total.' He held Bill Brack,
who scored 14 against the Razor-
backs Saturday, to seven mark
ers while spearheading Cadet fast
braaKp. f : ..
Long John DeWitt, klayilg be
fore hometown fans, engineered
the high-geared Aggie machine in
its convincing victory over a team
that looms high in SWC Stand
ings. DeWitt and Bill Turn bow
grabbed 12 points each.
Many times,; DeWitt would 'Steal
the ball from unsuspecting Bears,
sink nifty shots, and take the
sphere off the backboaixls^ much
to the approval of his pioth<)r who
was in the stands and much to the
dismay of his brother Bill ! Who
was on the court. ' < |
Davis Sparkles on Defensive
Walter “Buddy” Davis, A&M’s
sky-scraping center played h; 1 s
best defensive game of the season
while controlling most of the re
bounds. f ]
Davis draped his 6’ 8” frame
over Odell Preston, 6’ 3” Bear
center who meshed 16 against Ar
kansas, making it impossible for
Preston to penetrate the blanket
of resistance. Preston, didn’t make
a single field;goal.
Ralph Johnson, 6’3” substitute
forward, kept the Bruins lip the
contest ith his hard - to r guard
left-handed shots coming; from
around the ftee-throw line.
Turn bow at his Best
Johnson garnered 13 to crowd
McDowell for high-point honors.
Mentionable ^contributions to the
Baylor cause; were Bill DeWitt’s
all-around court game; Odell Pres
ton and Don Heathington’s re
bound work; and Bill Hickman’s
crafty ball handling.
Bill Turnbow was; at his best
Friday night. Catching hisi guard
out of position, he would dart sud
denly for the; basket, sinking crisp
short shots.
Turnbow collected six of eight
charity shots to keep his remar-
able free-shot record intact. Two
minutes beifore halftime, ; he
thrilled the fans with a one-man
exihibition of basketball.
One ! Man Team?;
He took pne of Bill DeWitt’s
shots off the backboard, wheeled,
and roared down court ht full
speed. Don j Heathington, crafty
veteran, raced in front o< Tqm-
bow in an attempt to stop the Ag
gie’s progress toward the basket.
Turnbow paused momentarily at
the free-throw line stilt malntttln-
eding n dribble. HeathlngtoiH lurch
ed, falling off-balance, Turnbow
quickly dribbled around Rim and
netted a shoe one to complete bnr
of the most qmiMituI page perform*
at the Spring," ‘ Luxury, Calm, and
Voluptuousness,” and "Nude ~
feending A Staircase” were
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layed the
play that has
in many games
made another
us-like lay J up
ances this season.
Wally Moon d’*
do-or-die style
characterized hi:
this campaign
one of these ci]
shots.
Mike Garcia,
with a tricky ft
was the outstanr
the evening. Gal
field goals on t
sank two of two ?gift-tosses,
of his two-pointeba were 37-fi
era.
The Cadets isncorked an ef
fective scoring play Friday night
after it had bcen|un<}er wraps'*
most of the season.
Ag Scoring ll’lay Potehtj
sy going gi
h-pjeasing si
jig marksma
Tia meshed
attempts
tyie,
6 of
two
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t off by laujich-
the; air
basket. The [bult
hoop by at lya
McDowell sets
ing the ball hifth into
toward the A&M
falls short of the!
five feet. 0
Then Davis .leaps to grab
ball before it descends lower than
the height of the* rim. The Neder
land center returas to his feet and
either shoots a 1 hook, or lay-up
shot, depending on clrcumstaiices.
This play was employed throe
times, paying o^f : with vltlnlly
needed points twiibe,; the other iime
setting up a neagly executed /lay
up shot for Moon.
SMU {Next'
A surprising a&iount of Fa *mcr
followers were strung high in the
north stands, giving an im »res-
sion of a bordef on wall piper.
To give fans Of the Bryan
lege Station area some ide i
Baylor’s sbrongtjh, John De
commented, “Baylor was
toughest team we’ve faced
year.” j !
A&M’s next game will be dg
SMU in Dallas Tuesday night,
Baylor invades DeWarc
House, Friday night! to seel;
venge from an Aggie /earn
is improving with every gamb. |
Box iScore
Baylor ,FG FT PF TP
Hickman, F ......I.... 3 0
Heathington, F j-.. 1 3
Preston, C .. ”
Srack, G
DeWitt, G .
Johnson, F •
Houde, G ....
Fleetwood, G
Mullin, F ...
Cobb, F
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Field
Totals
A&M
DeWitt, F
Turnbow, f
Davis, C
McDowell,
Moon, G
Martin, F
Garcia, G ,
Houser, C
.14 17 26 4
FG FT PK TP
Totals ...I.....20 ,10 23
Free throws njissed: Baylor klS
Heathington’ 2, Preston 4, De W!
3, Srack, Johnson.'Cobb.
A&M (H) McDowell 3, Davis .’!,
Turnbow 2. |
Officials: Butfrus and Albrecht.
Vet Wives Course 1 Plan
Announced By Mayo
A program of extension! courses The subject fadh be tnus
uyeou
for wives of; veteran studiints has
been announced by Dr. T. R. Mayo,
head of the; English Department.
The coursejs are transferable for
credit to apy: other college. A
charge of $5; for each credit hour
Annual Notices
A11 organizations desiring to
reserve space in the Aggieland
1950 can do so until noon, Sat
urday, Feb. 11. This time exten-
tion is being made to aid sev
eral groups which misunder
stood the former deadline.
All space reserved in the Ag
gieland must be paid for by
noon, Saturday, Fob. 11, or the
space reservation will’be for
tified. Further details can be
obtained at the Student Activ
ities Officst.
Noon, Saturday, Feb. 11, is
the deadline for turning in Sen
ior Favorite and Vanity Fair
pictures. All seniors who havo
left their names on the lists
for making entries In these sec
tions must hare their pictures
submitted by tbe deadUne.
is made, Dr. Mayo said.
Wives of yetbrans who are in
terested in enrolling in apy of the
courses offered may contact the
departments | concerned.
A course in guidance j will be
offered by the Education and Psy-
"lour
every
evening
from 7 to 8:36 on the first floor
of the Academic Building. Those
perosns wKSi wish to inquire about
this course; should be at the de
partment office Thursday evening.
The first class will be held then,
Dr. Mayo said. !|j;
A ..psychology ..course,.. ‘‘Ad-
canced Educational Psychology”
will meet every Monday, Wednes^
day and Friday from 9 until 10
a. m. This three hour course .will
also be taught on the first floor
of the Academic Building.
Second semester Russian, Lan
guage 110,; will also be offered
under the extension course. Dr.
Mayo said.; Arrangements may be
made with - Dr. Stadelman in the
Department of Modern Languages;
Sociology 416, “The Family”,
will be taught tvery Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday On the second
floor of the Agriculture Building.
A three hour*eourse, it will meet
from 10 until 11 a. m,'j| jjH;. ■
The course analyses family re
lationships and problems.
A course In meteorology which
carries throe hours credit will meet
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
at 11 a. m‘, It will includf a study
of woather and climats and ‘
problems which they create,
iject Will be tmight on
the first floor?of the. Chein r*—'
Building.
Elementary journalism. Avhlfc
a three hour <t>urse, will t
fered if there i«
Persons who
sufficient demand.
enroll
asked by Dr. Mayo to contact D. D.
Burchard, head|of the Journalism
Department, ipiRodm 106 of Biz-
zell Hall.
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Social Calendar
Feiruary
10 Junior Prom
Al All College Dance *
13-18 Religious Emphasis Week
25 TSCW Chibrus
25 Fish BaW!
27 Maddox Brothers and Rpse
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4 Sophomor
16 Joseph Sz
18 Military ‘
Hngton’s
Ball
(geti -y
tall with Duke
irchestra
81 Cavalry, Infantry, Engineer
Artillery pall
3 Baylor St
28 Cotton
29 All Ccrilej
nphony
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IS-'Open Hou ie
19-20 Ring Dance
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