Villanova Baseball Tomorrow VOL. 42—N0.-86. X-G1 Club Holds Rally to Promote Student Union The X-G-I Club took the initiative in the students' bat tle for the erection of a Student Union Building' when they recently called together delegates from each fraternity, sor ority, independent group, and campus organization. At that , time, the 45 representatives formed the all-col lege Student Union • Committee. Lawrence Foster was elected executive chairman, and four other students, Gene Fulmer, Jane Healy, Sally Ho!strum, and Wesley Turek were elected to serve on the executive committee. The primary objective of the erection of the Union building by getting the full support of the student body and the organizations they repre sent behind ono major drive. The committee represents a cross section cif the student body. A plan of action which calls for the formation •of three sub-com mittees, :publicity, petition, and banking, was adopted by the representatives. At the second meeting on Tuesday night, the sub - committees were .selected and given permission to go into immediate operation. The X-G-I, Club donated $25 to defray pub licity expenses. Publicity Committee Planned 'The . publicity committee is composed of R. S. Gold, chair man, L. App, D. Botkiss, E. Ca sey, J. Charles, L. Eisenhart, J. Frides, S. ,Halikis, J. Hummer, D. Jenkins, J. Koenig, W. Levy, R. Lewis. J. Olshefski, E. Paulishak, G. Policastro, F. Ratchford, M. Shirey, J. Shrum, C. Stahl, R. Snyder, J. Templeton, T. •Wil liams, and H. Whitmore. This committee will endeavor to inform the students of the need for immediate action on the proposed Student Union. This action must be taken by the Board of Trustees. Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12, have been designated as "Student Union. Days"; • on• • ; the carnpUs. Tags; earripaigning- for a Union building, will be 'distribu ted to all, students by the public ity committee. May 11 is the day of the next scheduled meeting of the Alumni-Trustee committee which will meet on campus to discuss the Union project. Petitions to Circulate The petition committee will circulate a petition early next week in an endeavor to get at least 4000 signatures on a state ment saying that the student will be willing to pay a fee of $5 a semester for membership in the (Continued on Navy Honors Experiment Unit The engineering . experiment station at the College has been awarded the Navy.'s Certificate of Achievement, President Ralph D. Hetzel was informed today. The certificate Signalizes the Navy's recognition "of the splen did efforts put forth by the men and women of the engineering experiment station in support of the war production program.' Throughout the war the station ha; been engaged on research program of several types for the Navy, including studies of insul ating materials for naval vessels, dehumidification units for de- Lions of thermal properties of special paints, and development or laboratory and shipboard en gine instruments. An important part of the work was conducted in a special facil ity of the engineering experiment station called the Climatometer, an enclosed space under which various conditions of temperature, humidity, and other climatic phenomena can be reproduced with great exactness. The engineering experiment station 'is conducted as a depart ment of the School of Engineer ing under the supervision of Dean Harry P. Hammond. Dir ector of the station is F. G. Hech ler, who is in immediate charge of the research programs. Army ROTC Plans Dance; Reactivates Honorary The Army ROTC at the Col lege will sponsor an informal dance to be held at Recreation Hall on May 10, the military de partment announced on Wednes day. This dance will be the first af r:ir in the reactivation of social activities by the ROTC. Tickets will sell for $2, except to ex service men, who may purchase them for $l. The military department also announces that Pershing Rifles, honorary military fraternity, will be reactivated in September for men enrolled in basic ROTC. The fraternity was . started in honor of Gen. John J. Pershing. the organization is to speed PSCA Speaker Wehrli Talks OnOneWorld "One. Woadior NapenWiltibe the - I theine k 'bfllie Peah State ChriStian Association's annual dinner meet.; lag to be held in St. Paul's Metho dist Church at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow. Dr. Alien G. Wehrli, professor of Old Testament Language and Lit erature at Eden Theological Semi nary, will be the speaker for the occasion. Election of 13 members to the Board of Directors Will take place preceding the dinner and a report of the election results will be made at the dinner by Dr. A. J. Currier, chairman 'of the nominations com mittee. The year's 'work of the Christian Association will be pre sented by Elizabeth , Funkhouser, president, of the student cabinet, and James Smith, general secre tary of. the Association. The speaker, Dr. Wehrli, studied at the University of Chicago and then did graduate work at Berlin and Halle Universities in Ger many. For 20 years he has been a Member of the Board of Christian Education of the Evangelical and Reformed Churches. Dr. Wehrli has frequently been a lecturer and preacher on college campuses and conference programs over the country. John Henry Frizzell, 'College chaplain, and Dr. W. 'E. Watkins, pastor of the Methodist Church, will also speak, while Lawrence Driskill of the Student Cabinet will Eming (Continued on pabe four) Dr. White Returns to College; Helped to Develop Atomic Bomb Many a s cientist "had a hand in the deVelopment of the atomic bomb, the proximity fuse, radar, and other secret and highly-tech nical devices that helped to win the war, but few had the dis tinction that is Dr. Marsh W. White's—that of being indirectly involved in all of them. Dr. White, after serving more than 25 years in the , physics de partment, left the College on a leave of absence in September 1944 to serve as special consultant with the New Developments Divi sion of the War Department. He later was named expert consultant to the Secretary of. War. While with the New Develop ments Division, Dr. White headed the technical detachment, set up by the War Department, to study installations in the Army that needed technical men of profes sional grade, asnd also to screen and investigate the qualifications of inductees whose services could better be used in research anti scientific work. Dr. White developed proced ures that enabled his department to know in advance of induction the men with outstanding scien tific knowledge and ability so that they could be utilized in scientific research instead of for general service. He also developed a sys tem of screening inductees at re- , . 1ar....0, . :•1';• .: ,,, . %. :. . • A l. ' A 4 t I \ 1 • ? , i , • , .411171,1 111 ? "A+ , jy . 4 ,2 p• 1 „1 , 1,_ ' ev4,l • Th eC a ilegi an ~,,•,.... ~t.....,..,,,..0.0. . . ... FRIDAY MORNING, April 26, 1946-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. Cwens' Drag At Rec Hall Tomorrow Coeds in dungarees, vegetable cors , agLs on masculine shoulders, and a "Springtime in Dogpatch" theme highlight the Cwens' Dun , garee Drag to be held in Recrea tion Hall from 9-12 tomorrow night, The Campus Owls will furnish the inu.sic for the dance, the third annual girl••ask-boy event spon sored.by the sophomore women's honorary. Tickets at . $1.50 per couple, including tax, can be pur chased a. Student Union today and tomorrow. "This is strictly a dungaree af fair," stressed Mary Lou 'Waygood, Owens president. "This is one Sat urday night when nylons and skirts are taboo." "There will be no booths at the dance," Miss Waygood added. "There 'probably also won't lbe enough chairs for everyone. Dog patchers sit on the floor." Traditional Dogpatch date pro cedure means not only the girls asking fellows to the dance, but calling for them at their homes and sending them vegetable cor sages. Coeds can order the corsages ';or their , dates from any of the local florists. "Intermission entertainment. will be a surprise," predicted 'Russells Adarnitz and J 6 Ann Roraback, co chairmen of the dance. Other 'committees are: publicity, Doris Stowe, chairman, Jean Al derfer, Kay Badollet, Mary Lou Callahan; tickets, Jean Posey; mu sic, Carol Preuss; decorations, Anne Dunaway. Proceeds from the dance . will go to the Owens Scholarship Fund and the Charlotte E. Ray Scholar ship Fund. College Revives Advanced ROTC The Advanced ROTC courses at the College have been reactivated for the purpose of 'producing Jun ior Officers to meet the needs of, the Army during the post-war period, Col. - E. E. Taliaferroan noupeed;:todaYi: ;: the •C:otir se the men enrolled will receive a re serve cothm'ission of Second Lieu tenant in the Reserve Officers Corps. In, addition they will be is sued a 'complete officer's uniform including blouse, trousers, shirts, tie, shoes, cap and short coat for their permanent possession. A salary of $2O per month will be paid to each officer.'While at tending one six-week ROTC camp they will receive $7O to $75 plus five cents Der mile to and from camp. Textbooks will be supplied, and three college credits toward graduation will be given for each semester's work. The course will consist or five hours of instruction per week for a total of sixty-four weeks. The course is accredited by the College wi!h a total of 'l4 credits towards graduation. President . . and Mrs. Ralph D. Hetzel have returned from Florida where they spent a few weeks' vacation. During their stay they visited relatives in Sanford and then travelled to Daytona Beach. Refunds . . . to veterans or evaluation and credit by exam fees are ready at the Bursar's office. ception centers. Of the 3000 men Dr. White considered for techni cal department positions, approx imately 1000 were found qualified and selected for specific technical duties. The other 2000 were re turned to general service. In addition to finding scientists that played a major role in the development of important scien tific devices, Dr. White supplied well-qualified scientists for over seas introductory teams. It was their job to take the new devices into the theatres of operations and aid commanders 'in the field to place them in action. Following the end of the war with the Nazis, Dr. White led a team to +England, France, and Germany and recruited experts in various fields who no longer were needed in 'Europe. but who could be used to help defeat Japan, L't tier more than a year and a half or duty with the War De partment, Dr. White has resumed his duties as professor of physics. He returned with the praises of Dr. Vannevalr Bush, director of the Office of Scientific 'Research and Development, and Brig. Gen. William A. Borden, director of the New Developments Div's* of the War" Department special staff. • I Is Prof Watching You? Blame It On Ad Staff We of the editorial staff proudly present this king-sized edition Of The Collegian with the compliments of the ad staff, which really let itself go this time. The ad staff deserves ail the credit for this inspiration— your extra-large package •of news, views and of course ad vertisements. As you carefully scrutinize the "Centre Dal Collegian, remember that it's all a vicious cycle: If the ad staff works hard to get lots of adO, we bf the editorial staff woelt harder to get lots of news, and you, poor reader, work harder than all of uS, trying to conceal a big paper in class. Dr. Seibert To Address lota Sigma Pi The sixth annual 'Marie Curie Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Florence B. Seibert, in 1119 New Physics on Monday. The Marie Curie lectures were instituted by the College chapter of lota Sigma Pi, women's hon orary chemical society, for the purpose of stimulating in under.; graduate women an interest in chemistry, and of presenting an nually to both students and fac ulty an address by a woman chemist who has gained wide re cognition in her field. ' . Dr. Seibert, associate: professor of biochemistry at the Phipps In stitute of the University of Penn sylvania; first distinguished, her self A Yale by her. Imbroved method Of water distillation which has since eliminated the fever-producing bacteria both in intravenous injections and plasma transfusions. She has held fellowships Ircim Yale, University of Chicago, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In ternationally she is known for her isolation of the purified form of tuberculin, widely used in. the detection of TB infection. Recepient of many honors, she was the first woman to recetiie the TrudeaulMedal of the .Na4,6 - i 7 lec' in ertlY • the - which was established 14 . years ago to honor an outstanding wo man of the Year—in recogniation of her meritous research on tuberculosis. Froth Asks For Talent Candidates for the editorial, photography, and art staffs of Froth, campus humor magazine, will report for short meetings at the following times: Photo-Art Staff, in the Froth Office at 4:15 today; Editorial Staff, in 9 Car negie Hall at 7:30 on (Monday, Wil liam Brown and Hugh Ridall, co editors, announced today. The editors stressed that Mate rial Lot the magazine is now being collected and anyone having hu morous 'fiction stories, features of any kind, cartoons, or pictures per taining to student life should bring them to the above mentioned meetings. • Recently elected editorial staff members of Froth are Hugh Ric all and William Brown, co-editors; Ben I. French, managing editor; Jeannette Bosch, feature editor; Fritz Troutman, photo-art editor; James Framo and J. Arthur S'to ber, associate editors. Members of the business staff are: William Cain bell and Herman Finkelstien, co,business managers; Mary Field, advertising manager; Sheldon Mermlestien, circulation manager; Carol Dieckmann, pro motion manager. Speech Contest Offers Prizes Students a the College will have a chance to compete for two prizes when the annual All-Col lege extemporaneous speaking contest is held next month, Clay ton H. Schug, committee chair man, announced. Winner of the contest will re ceive the Pennsylvania State College prize of $5O while the person placing second will be awarded the Forensic Council prize of $25, Entrants will register at the preliminary meeting to he held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in 121 Sparks. They must select a topic at that time and be assigned to one of twelve elimination sec tions.. At the elimination meeting on May (I, entrants will speak with out. notes for five minutes on the topic chosen at the preliminary meeting. Six contestants will be chosen at this time for the The final meeting will be held in 121 Sparks at 7:30 p:m. Fri day, May 10. Speeches will be be tween eight and ten minutes in length and, must be delivered without notes. FRIDAY, APRIL, 26, 1946 'Hello Week' to Revive Campus Friendly Spirit IFC Signs Goodman For June 14 Dance Benny Goodman, "The King of Swing," and his orchestra have been signed to play for the In terfraternity Council's Houseparty dance, June 14, Stanley Ziff, chairman for the affair, announc ed last night, Goodman will appear at the Sunnybrook BallroOm in Potts ville the night preceding his en gagement here, Ziff stated, and will niake the trip to State Col lege by train and bus. "Victory Weekend," in July, 1942, was Goodman's last ap pearance in Recreation Hall. Since that dance, the' band has been reorganized but two of the thenceatured artists have return ed to he band. Mel. Powell, rated as one DI: the outstanding young pianists in the country, played with Major .Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces orchestra. Lou McGarity, trom bone, played in many night club coiribos including Eddie Condon's group in Nick's, New York bdore rejoning Goodman last month. Thespians Plan New Production Blues singers, novely acts, dance specialties and. comedians filled the seats of Schwab Audi torium Wednesday night as Thes pians held their first formal try outs for their forthcoming pro duction. Although the name and date of the show is still indefinite, the script, written by Richard Front man and William Reutti, is ready Ifer produCtion,as soon as ap-: l!,!propriate i. cast:, is ; ;Ictund,:'•.Acting mia , tviiii:) , 4;ook:".PlaCe ; ;;Wei:lnes . ... . .. . . day:nigh . . : • . , „ • Michael. Kern, 'n,r od uc t ion. manager' for the new show„ an , notinced that anyone with a spe cialty dance, song, or original musical scores should come to the additional tryouts that will be held in Schwab Auditorium, at 1 7 p. m. Monday. Thespian shows have alwayS been entirely origin al and will adhere to the same principle this year. Williain Klein and James Mc- Kechnie have collaborated, on the musical scores while -others writ ten by Bud Mellot and Tony Tur chetti will also be used. Bud Mellot, dance director and John Homes, vocal director, said 'there -was still rocm for good spe cialty numbers. Frank Perna is publicity and advertising manager and Frances G:assp,program manager. J. Ewing "Sock" Kennedy is faculty -ad visor. Veteran's • . . problems at the College were discussed at the meeting of the X-G-I Club Tuesday, night. Following the meeting• a Walt Disney technicolor travelogue on the Amazon River Valley was shown. Herman Aucher was re cently appointed social chairman for the club. Connecticut To Speak to Connecticut C o n g r es swoman Dr. Chase Going Woodhouse, will speak to all campus women in 121 Sparks at 8 p. m. Monday. The sponsors, Women's Student Governing Association and the American Association of Univer sity Women, announce that sen ior women are to be guests. All women are urged to attend. Discussing "Women's Roles in Today's Affairs," Mrs. Wood house shares honors with Clare Booth Luce in being the only Congresswomen from Connecti cut. What is more, that state is one of two in the United States which has sent more than one wo man to Congress at the same time. (Illinois is the other.) Studied in Germany A graduate of McGill Univer sity, Canada, in 1912, Mrs. Wood house received her M.A. from that institution a 'year later. With a major in economics, the future Representative went to Germany to study at the University of Ber lin. Returning after the outbreak of World War I she continued her work at the University of Chi cago. In April, 1917, the United States entered the war. 'Mrs. Woodhouse was a fellow in poli tical economy at that University, and in June of the same year she was married to Edward J. Wood house, professor of government. Both men were with thc. band when it played here in 1942. Other, artists featured in the group are Cozy Cole, Negro drummer, who has placed high on Esquire, Metronome and Down beat polls; Liza Morrow, red haired vocalist and Art Lund, who handles the male ballads. Benny Goodman and the band have just completed a record breaking engagement at the Paramount Theater in Now York and last week appeared at the Earle Theater in Philadelphia. This dance will usher in the first Houseparty weekend since pre-war days, Ziff added. Frat ernity dances, a special "House ,party Issue" of Froth, humor magazine, and !possibly a Thes pian production will be held in conjunction with the dance. Ziff announced that the follow ing men will serve with him on the dance committee: • Harold Benjamin, William Brandt, Don ald Ellis, Jack Fore, James Jones and Donald Kay. Daylight Saving Time Takes Effect Sunday Monday eight o'clock schol- . ars take notice that daylight saving time will go into effect over the weekend. Preeisely,• watches should be moved ahead one hour as you retire Saturday night or early Sunday morning. The official move-up time is 12 midnight. All Sunday activities are scheduled on daylight saving time: (Women students: see WSGA -story on • women's page+ ) . • . • , College - Nival Rat Una ' Begins Weekly 'Paper, 'The Nittany Sea Lion' "The Nittany Sea Lion," pub lication of the Naval ROTC unit, will make its first 'appea•rance sometime within the next few days, announced Lt. (j.g.) H. M. Slaughter, communications officer of the College unit. The paper, planned for weekly publication, will be a fou l • or five page mimeographed sheet con cerned solely with the activities of the sailors on campus. Copies may be obtained at Student Union ia•ee of charge. Members of the staff, mostly journalism students at the Col lege, are: Jackson Reid, editor; Robert Adamson, managing editor; L. Litven, business manager; Bar- Ton Pittenger, sports editor; Thom as Kelly, feWure editor; David Wagoner, literary editor; M. Mos kin and W. J. Davis, sports writ ers. . Feature columnists are: E. W. Hobart, F. R.' Anderson, and H. C. MacDonald. Art will be handled by W. H. Appel,' K. W. Holt, T. F. Frankoski, and W. B. Sloan. Platoon coverage will be done by R. H. Rea, E. E. ,Routh, H. L. Biloon, Moskin, and Kelly. Congresswoman Campus Women Congresswoman Mrs, Chase Going Woodhouse Teaching economics was the young woman's "meat" after that. She began her career at Smith College, where in 1018 she was advanced to assistant prUfessor and two years later to associate Lucky Greeters to Earn Dollars and Dance Tickers "Hello Week," designed to rejuvenate the friendly spirit that once filled Penn State, will be launched Monday. All-College Cabinet, acting on the suggestion of the X- G-I Club, is operating this new plan to get people in the habit of friendly greeting on the principle of "It pays to say hello." For one week students, faculty members—everyone on campus will have the chance of being the winner of a tick et to the- All-College dance, "Moonlight Magic," or a nice fresh dollar bill. All you have to do is say hello. But you have to say it to •the right person. Students, chosen by the committee appointed from Cabinet,.will give their gift to the seventh stranger who greets them. Ten tickets to the dance and $6O will be given out in this manner. Greetings, to be counted, must be exchanged on campus .or in College buildings. Names of those cashing in on their "hellos" will appear in next Friday's Colle gian. Members of- All-College Cabinet are ineligible for all prizes. Naturally, the organization backing the drive expect the "hel lo spirit" to continue ,to thrive on campus long after thiS special week is over. Let's not make this just a mercenary proposition, but keep on saying hello' to strangers; and pretty soon they won't be strangers. The committee, appointed by Cabinet to push the "hello spirit," •headed by Priscilla Wagner, and consists of Rosemarie Genetti, Phillip -tamp, Ted LeFevre, Nan cy Sherriff, and Charles Wiilling. Groups sponsoring and contrib uting to the good will drive are: All-College Cabinet, ten dance tickets; X-G-I Club, $2O; WC, sl.o;' . 1SC;':;,$10; Panhel, • $10.; • and • PSCIA; 119', Student 'Bible' Aids Veterans To help 'veterans with their re convqrsion to college life, the Penn State Christian Association will publish a 1946-47 Student Handbook. This announcement mis made today by 'James Smith, executive secretary of the PSCA, publishers of the annual "bible." 'Woodene Bell will edit. the book, assisted by Ben French and Doris Stowe. George Paul Jones will serve as btisiness manager, and Rosemary Ghantous as ad vertising manager. The editorial , stalf will consist of Richard Anderson, Jean Bailey, Frances Keeney, Lynette Lund quist,. Leonard Malinowski, Ger aldine Marleg, Ruth Metzger, Martha Mousley, Elaine Mittel man, Loretta Neville, Richard Sarge, Lucy Seifing, Nancy Sher riff, and Arthur Stober. Included on the advertising staff are Annette Alexander, Mary Lou Calahan, Phyllis Deal, Joy Eichorn, Elsie Federoff, Clara Harvey, Jane Healy, Sally Hol strum, Michael; Horen, Ralph Lewis, Robert Marsh; John Neel, (Continued oli page four) professor of economics. She also began to teach during the sum mer at the Smith School for So cial Work. When Mrs. Woodhouse joined the Department of Agriculture in 1925, she was named senior econ omist in charge of the bureau of Home Economics Division of Ec onomics. Her career as a teacher became widespread as she taught at the Universities of Oregon, Texas, and lowa, the Vassar In stitute of Euthenics, and the Teachers' College or . Columbia University. With Mrs. Jouett Shouse, then of the Department of Labor, she founded the Institute of Women's Professional Relations "to study the status of the working woman and to keep students and colleges posted on curriculum needs." As managing editor of the institution she .has had to meet a payroll every month since 11928, as her campaign posters were later to point out. Political Economist After teaching at the University of North Carolina, where she was active in the Federation Of Busi ness and Professional Women's Club, the College Personnel As sociation, and various other groups, she became political ec- (Continued on puue six) Dungaree Drag Saturday PRICE FIVE CENTS Moonlight Magic Dance Theme For Les Brown "Moonlight Magic" has been selected by the committee as the theme for the All-,College Spring Dance to be held in Recreation Hall, May 24. Les Brown and his orchestra will be the featured• at traction. "Rec Hall will be elalborately decorated in accordance with the chosen theme." said Charles Pfleegor, in charge of decora tions. "We will strive to blend stars, clouds, and the moon suit ably into a typical springtime starry-night." In an effort to establish a pre cedent, the committee decided that the affair be called the "An nual All-College Spring Dance;"' with a different theme to be • chosen each year. It is probable, also, that an annual ailLcollege fall or winter dance will be insti tuted during the next semester,.. To encourage a fuller ellen- , dance at the "Moonlight Magic',' dance, the committee has decided tha t • the price ,of admission will be: $3.60 per couple. yatighnl7,' Stapleton, tempOrary;.. , cheirinan,'•,said that . tyie,i.aiin , ii`r`fit:§f4i;A6 •of oliesiii kind ning• to' he kerriemlbered' reach: of all students Michael Rosenberger, in charge - , of refreshments, states that there will be punch and bookies for the dance._ An ample quantity of punch has been ordered and will' be dispensed at various spots in Recreation Hall. It is hoped that permission will be given by, the physical educa tion department to use ' the bleachers for seating. In the event that such permission is granted 4 there will be no booths .on the main dance floor. AK Demands Price Control "The . Centre County chapter of the American Veterans Commit tee found it imperative that a tel egram demanding retention of all price control features of the OPA be sent to Sengtor Francis aVly ers," announces Edward Banyai, chairman of the committee. .The .proposed extension of the draft laW was discussed by mem bers of the AVC at its last meet ing. The prominent objection to, the furtherance of the draft, made by memb6rs who served in China and the Philippines, was that our troops were interfering !with the international affairs of foreign countries. If some stipulation cart be made, the chapter announced that it will be in favor of the draft law. As a result of numerous dam plaints,' the committee ha s plan ned, with the cooperation of the Common Sense club, to sponsor an open "town hall meeting" to air all grievances and to try to force some .action of the problem of bringing the OPA to State Col lege. The time and place of the meeting will be announced soon, "Cit Vet Sense," the paper pub lished by the local chapter, will be distributed at the Corner Room each Monday. A voluntary con tribution is being asked to cover the cost of the paper. The membership drive is still on. Anyone wishing to join the American Veterans Comniftlee should get in touch with John Bowers, membership chairman: • Sears Roebuck Awards Scholarships to Four Names of four freshmen in the School or Agriculture at the Col lege to receive the Sears Roebuck scholarships for the current sem ester were announced by Poi. Herbert A. Wall, chairman of the scholarship and awards commit tee. The winners of the scholarships who will receive , $5O per semes ter are: Curtis L. Crooks, War ren M. Frey, Francis L. Kirk, and Ernest 0. Kistler. . ,
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