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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-26
Chapter IA

Chapter ii
uER bland assumption of his
L cooperation was so certain
that Clay stared at her in complete
amazement before he could gather
himself for a reply. Then he ex-
ploded.
"I've got murder charge hang
ing over my head now, and If you
think I'm going to complicate IT
with a little job of grave-rob-
bling"
"But that's just it." she inter-
rupted. "You don't want that muir
der charge to come to rest on your
shoulders right now, do you, But
it might-if you don't help mel"
"By God!" he said slowly. Il
believe you mean that.
81 should think you'd be de-
lighted, Mr.-Bennett," she said
softly. after all, it isn't every
fugitive with a rope around his
neck who has chance to share
a fortune while he's running
away"
Suddenly he laughed. He had
only been half listening TO her
words, for he was suddenly aware
that Sally was an uncommonly
handsome woman and that there
might be far worse things than an
alliance with her.
"Why," he agreed sardonically,
"now that you put it that way, it
may be that you're right. I've been
thinking of going into the Santa
Fe trade. If I'm going on the trail
anyway, I might as well look for
the treasure along the way. You're
suggesting that we share it equal
ly, of course?"
She studied him appraisingly,
finding in his broad shoulders and
reckless eyes the same vibrant
threat and promise that had at
tracted her to Blaine Shepley. But
it was far too soon for that.
Equally? Well, we'll have 10
see about that. The question right
now is whether or not you can
find our friend Meisendorfs
money. You've never been over
the trail, have your"
He shook his head slowly. "All
I know about the Santa Fe trail
is that it goes through about eight
hundred miles of country that God
made and then forgot-and there's
a town named Westport at this
end and place called Santa Fe
at the other. How about your map?
Can you tell anything from that?"
Sally shrugged her white Shout
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-26

derS helplessly. at doesn't tell me
a lot" she admitted. However,.
She fumbled in her reticule and
brought up the soiled, crumpled
scrap of paper that had already
cost three men their lives Here
it IS"
Clay unfolded II slowly and stu
died it carefully.
did Shepley or Andre tell YOU
anything at all about where this
spot was located?" he asked.
"a little" she said, but only
very little. Blaine said It was
between the Arkansas and the
Cimarron, at a place they call the
Jornada del Muerto."
Clay grinned at her, considering
her information.
'EThe Journey of the Dead, he
translated. well, it has a likely
sound, anyway. I'll inquire around
a little and see what I can find out.
In the meantime, I'd keep this out
of sight"
She returned the map to her
reticule and rose to her feet,
Strengthening her skirt and her
petticoatS about her. =.
'It,s all arranged then, isn't
it," she asked, smiling. You are
going to help me, and We'll both
wind up very rich and famous in
the new lands on the frontier?"
He bowed meticulously over her
outStretched hand and smiled back
at her as he lifted his head.
1--WE will undoubtedly wind
up" he agreed, but whether well
be rich and famous or only dead
and notorious before the wind
ing's completed I'm damned If ]
know"
YOU could hear Westport Land
i ing before you could see it, for
even before it came into view
around the wide bend of the Mis-
souri, the noise of men talk
ing and shouting came floating
across the water, occasionally and
unexplainedly interpreted with
strains of gay, half-barbaric music
Clay and Sally were leaning
against the forward rail. watch
ing the dark brown water that
rushed by on either side between
the towering, heavily forested
bluffs on the left and the fiat river
bottom land on the right, which
ran back to Smooth-topped, roll
ing hills on the north.
Burl Russell came strolhng uf
to stand beside them just as the
narrow, rock-ribbed levee came
into view.
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1900 Returning 10 Jobs
AT Covingfon Paper Plant
By the Associated Press

CONVICTION, Va, Nov. II. -
Some 1000 workers began return
ing to their jobs at the West Vir-
ginia Pulp g. Paper Co. plant here
today. ending a three month
strike. ....
Members of the CIO Paper
workers Union accepted q COM
pany offer of a Accent hourly
wage increase yesterday. The ac-
ceptance was decided at a meet
ing attended by 1,400 union mem
berS.
Workers at company plants at
Luke, Md. and Williamsburg. Pa,
had previously voted to end the
strike which began at the three
plants August 81.
The f. cent increase raises
the minimum hourly pay at the
Covington and Luke plants to
$1.38 and to $1.39H2 at Williams
burg.
A town councilman estimated
recently that the strike cost Cow
ington workers $4,000 a day in
wages.
Harry Scott, area director for
the paperworkers' union, said the
union spent 100000 aiding hard
hit families of StikerS.
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No. 7 Dope Suspect
Held in $4,000 Bond

Jesse Abe Brooks, suspected No. 2
man in the Districts narcotics
traffic, was held under $4,000
bond today at Municipal Court as
authorities continued to press
their investigation of the last
known "big-time" dope peddler
here.
Brooks, As, colored, of the 3100
block of Eleventh street NV, was
arrested Saturday at his radio
shop, IT'S Fourteenth street NV,
and charged with illegally selling
and possessing heroin.
His wife. Edythe, Al, was ar
rested in simultaneous raid on
a beauty shop in the 1900 block
of U street NV. Judge Andrew
J. Howard held her under $1,000
bond on a charge of possessing
numbers slips. Both cases were
continued until December 2.
David H. Gould, chief investi-
gator for the United States Attor-
ney's Office here, called Brooks
the most brilliant dope pusher in
town.
He said his Office had been
working with detectives for months
to try and crack Brooks trade,
which had direct connections with
a large New York dope ring.
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Robert n. Nash, II,
Retired Railroad Man

Robert N. Nash. 70, a railroad
man for SO years, died yesterday
after a long illness in his home,
1880 South Barton street, Arling-
ton.
He was assistant to the vice
president in charge of traffic of
the American Association of Rail-
roads before his retirement two
years ago. He had been with the
association Is years. Previously
he spent 80 years in railroad work
at st. Louis, Mo.
A native of Tarboro, N. c., he
was reared in Wilmington, N. C..
He began his railroad career
there at II with the Atlantic
Coast Line.
Funeral services will be at noon
Wednesday in st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church. Burial will be in
Wilmington Saturday.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Ava w.
Nash of the home address, he is
survived by two daughters, Miss
Lucy L. Nash of Wilmington and
Mrs. William c. Higgins of
Charleston. S. c.; two sisters, Mrs.
Hamilton H. Hutchinson and Miss
Margaret Nash, both Of Raleigh,
N. c.; brother, j. Edgar Nash of
st. Louis, Mo-, and three grand
children.
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Mrs. Emma Horne, 81,
Longtime Resident

Mrs. Emma H. Horne, 81, who
retired as an employe of the In
terror Department 30 years ago
died Saturday in Emergency Hos
pital after a brief illness.
She would have been 90 next
Saturday. and plans had been
made for her birthday party at
the home Of an old friend, Mrs
w. E. Stafford, of 1899 Mt. Pleas
ant street NV.
A native of Griffin, Ca, Mrs
Horne had lived in the District
more than so years. At 70. she
retired from the general land Of
flee Of the Interior Department,
where she had worked more than
IS years. She was the widow of
the late Howell Cobb Horne.
Mrs. Horne was one of the
Oldest depositors Of the Wash
ington Loan & Trust Co. She
opened her account there in 1892.
At the time Of her death she
lived at oil Davis avenue, Takoma
Park, Md.
Burial will be in Griffin. Ca,
following services at 1 o'clock this
afternoon In the, s. H. Hines fu-
neral home. 290l Fourteenth street
NV.
Survivors are q son, James y.
Horne, Of Atlanta. Ga: two
daughters, Miss Arabella Horne of
Washington and Mrs. Hazel H.
Solomon, Macon. Ca; and a
grandson, 1t. Comdr. James u.
Horne. jr., who lives at Boiling
Air Force Base.
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Bedford Brown, Architect,
Descendant Of Madison

Bedford Brown w, architect
and professor. died Of a heart
attack yesterday in Georgetown
Hospital. He was 72.
A native of Alexandria, Va, he
was educated in Washington
public schools and received his
architecture degree at Columbia
University. He was once an
assistant professor of architecture
at George Washington University,
and until year ago taught at the
Abbott Art School here.
Mr.. Brown, whose designs were
used in the construction Of the
@ street bridge over Rock Creek,
was a great-great-nephew of Pres
ident James Madison. He lived at
3428 North Glebe road, Arlington
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Elizabeth r. Brown, Of the
home address.
Services were to be held at
pm. today at National Memorial
Park. Lee Highway, Va. Burial
was to be in the cemetery there
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ciples known to man."
The new building has been paid
for. half by the local members in
cash and labor and half by the
church headquarters in Salt Lake
City.
Elder Richards told the congre-
cation the contributors would get
a good return on their investment,
but added they would have to use
the chapel to collect their divi-
dends.
The chapel, at Western avenue
and Kirkside drive, is the fourth
Mormon chapel to be established
in the District area.
The dedication included short
sermons by Apostle Ezra Taft Ben
son. member of the Council of
Twelve Apostles; Elder j. Willard
Marriott. president of the WASH
ington stake, covering Washington.
Baltimore and Richmond; Bishop
Harold A. Candland, presiding Of
fetal Of the Chevy Chase ward,
and Elder Jesse r. Smith, first
counselor to Bishop Candland.
Music was by the Chevy Chase
ward choir with Judith Marriott
conducting.
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Mrs. Varela was long active in
the Chevy Chase Methodist
Church, where she organized and
was first president of the Moth
ers' Club. For mnay years she
was secretary of the Women's So
ciety and the Fellowship Class at
the church.
During World War I she was
a secretary in the Fuel Admins
tration. Later she was secretary
to the administrator of foreign
and insular affairs Of the Amer
ican Red Cross.
Besides her husband she Is sur
vived by a son, James o. Varela
of the home address; her father,
L. T. Jones, 80 Grant Circle NV;
two sisters. Mrs. l.. Vaughn Bow
ly. 9815 Summit avenue. Chevy
Chase View, and Mrs. c. M. Die
fenbach, Collingswood, N. j.. and
a brother, Everett A. Jones, We
laka. Fla.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 am. tomorrow in the Robert
A. Pumphrey funeral home. 1857
Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda.
Burial viii be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Five MICS Shot Down
by American Sabres
In Northwest Korea
by the Assoeio,ed Pres.

SEOUL, Nov. 17.-Americar
Sabre jets today shot down al
least five Communist MIG-15.
over Northwest Korea, the 5tf
Air Force reported. The series o1
air battles produced the 21st
American ace Of the Korean war
A sixth destruction claim is
pending confirmation. In addi.
ton. one MIG was listed as prob.
ably destroyed and one damaged
Allied losses, if any, were not
announced.
The new ace is Col. Royal Baker
OF Mckinney, Tex. He got one
MIG today to raise his total tc
four MICS and one LA-9 propeller.
driven fighter destroyed.
Chinese Fire Is Heavy.
Along the ground, Red Chinese
artillery threw a thunderous
hours-long barrage at blood.
soaked Pinpoint Hill and Rocky
Mount. 1t may have been q
prelude to an after-dark Com
muniSt infantry assault.
Allied artillery roared in an
swer as United Nations forces
sought out the big Red guns
which were dropping a hail of
steel on Allied positions
in the Sniper Ridge sector of the
central front.
The artillery duel. shook the
entire Kumhwa Valley.
Communist guns started slam
ming 1000 shells an hour at the
entrenched South Korean defend
erS at II am. The parrage con-
tinued as night fell.
South Koreans Holding.
American officers said they cb-
served considerable Red troop
movement in the valley at The
northern end of Sniper Ridge
from where Communists have
previous night infantry
attacks against Pinpoint and
ROCKY Mount.
Latest reports said South Ko-
rean defenders were withstanding
the barrage.
Were still up there, holding
on" said an American adviser
with the ROKs.
The terrific artillery duel broke
q short-lived lull all along the
bleak. shell-pocked 155-mile Ko-
rean front. hit today by freezing
cold and snow.
Chinese infantry drives in the
Sniper Ridge sector had dwindled
to almost nothing in the IL hours
before the big guns took over.
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1t. Dulles suffered missile
wounds" In the head, back and
right arm during the fighting Sat-
urday. the Marine Corps reported.
He is now aboard the hospital
ship U. S. S. Consolation.
The lieutenant was attached to
Headquarters and Service Com
pany. First Battalion, Fifth Ma
rines of the First Marine Division.
1t. Dulles Is a native of New
York. He was commissioned upon
his graduation from Princeton
University in 1851. He majored
in history at the university,
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Miners Will Get Raise
When Controls End,
Lewis Tells Putnam
Bx lames Y Newton

John l.. Lewis said today that
if the Government denies his
$4,000 soft coal miners their full
wage increase they will demand
and get it after wage controls are
removed. .
Mr.. Lewis and Harry M. Moses,
president Of the Bituminous Coal
Operators Association, formally
asked the Government to reverse
a ruling which would deny the
miners part of the $1.90-per-day
wage increase they negotiated re-
Gently.
They testified at a hearing be-
fore Economic Stabilizer Roger L..
Putnam. Mr.. Putnam is reviewing
a Wage Sterilization Board rul-
ing which would clip 40 cents
from the miners increase.
The Wage Board ruled four
weeks ago that the full $1.9O was
too high and would lead to new
demands from other workers and
possibly a breakdown Of all con-
trolls.
Moses Sees Stability.
Mr.. Moses argued that the wage
increase he agreed to give the
miners would give stability and
increased production to the in
dustry. It would add stability, he
said. because it meant that there
would be no strikes in the indus
try this year. "a
Mr.. Moses contended that the
WSB would have approved the
extra 40 cents per day if it had
been granted the miners in the
form Of fringe" benefits such as
improved vacations. paid holidays
and other things which he said
workers in other industries al
ready have been granted. He said,
however, that the fringe" benefits
would have cost the producers far
more than the 20 cents a day
whict- the Wage Board would deny
the miners in wages.
Effect on Other Wages BelittIed.
when you give this amount to
the miners in wages" Mr.. Moses
said. there is an incentive to pro-
duce more which you do not have
when you pay it to them to stay
home either on holidays or vaca-
tionS."
Both Mr.. Moses and MIR. Lewis
held that the wage increase nego-
tiated for the miners would not
lead to new demands from workers
in other industries. Mr.. Moses
said that 80 per cent of coal min
ing is in remote areas where there
is no other type Of employment.
This contract was negotiated
in the regular way" Mr.. Lewis
said. 1T became effective Octo-
ber l and is effective now so far
as the mine workers are concerned
We deprecate the delay caused by|
the Government agencies in re-
spect to approval to this agree
Lewis Attacks Wage Board.
Il don't propose if can do any,
thing about" Mr.. Lewis continued
permit any one to steal milk
money from the miners children
That is what the Wage Board
did"
Mr.. Lewis added that should
''perchance" MIR. Putnam deny the
miners the extra 40 cents a day|
they will get it anyway after Mr.
Putnam has left the Government
and the Wage Sterilization Board
has returned to Harvard or wher-
ever they came from"
The reference was to Mr.. Put
nam's announcement that he
would resign from the Government
after he had decided the coal wage
case, and to the fact that under
the law, wage controls will expire
next April 80.
Evening star., 1952-11-17

legislative service ever knew"
At one time, when a change of
Congressional control threatened
her District Committee job, repre-
sentatives from a group of citizens
associations went to the Capitol to
ask that she be retained. She once
refused a post as president of a
college in order to remain in
Washington.
Wife Of Realty Man.
In private life, Miss Haller was
Mrs. Harry Best, wife of u real
estate man. Mr.. Best is her only
survivor. They lived at 1867 Ala
bama avenue Sc.
Miss Haller was born in Nor
gantown. w. Va. in 1901. She re-
ceived her bachelor and master
degrees from West Virginia Uni
versity, where she was Phi Beta
Kappa. She took her law degree
at Southeastern University in 1888
and was member of the District
bar.
Her first Capitol appointment
came in 1889 when Jennings RAN
dolph. then a Democratic Repre-
sentative from West Virginia, ap-
pointed her to the House District
Committee. He was then chair
man.
Clerk Of Civil Service Group.
Miss Haller later became clerk
of this committee and was clerk
OF the House Civil Service Com
mittee when Mr.. Randolph headed
that ...
When the Republicans took con-
troll Of the 80th Congress, Sena-
tor Dirksen. then a Representa-
tive and chairman of the House
District Committee. made Miss
Haller clerk so that she served
under both Democrats and Re-
publicans.
Before moving over to the SEN
ate with Senator Dirksen, Miss
Haller was on the professional
staff Of the House District Com
mittee.
Funeral on Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon and burial
will be in Arlington National
Cemetery. Senate Chaplain Fred
erick Brown Harris will officiate
at the funeral services in Hines
funeral home.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Senator Dirksen, Mr.. Randolph,
Representative Auchincloss, Re-
of New Jersey, and
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro of
Baltimore, a former member of
the House District Committee.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
John H. French, Banker
And Auto Pioneer
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

DETROIT. Nov. 17.-John H.
French. II, a banker and one Of
the city's auto pioneers. died last
night q few hours after he was
stricken with a heart attack at his
home.
Mr.. French was co-founder and
president Of the Michigan Stamp
Co. which was formed in 1881. In
1928. it was merged with Briggs
Manufacturing Co. and he subse-
quently served as vice president
and general manager Of the Briggs
concern.
Four years ago-at the age of
67-Mr. French organized the City
Bank here and served as a di-
rector.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Raphael Semmes, Expert
On Early U. 5. History
BY the Asseeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. II. Ra-
phael Semmes, Maryland histo-
rian and authority on Colonial
America, was found dead last night
in his bachelor apartment with a
pistol beside his body.
There was a bullet wound in
the temple of the 62-year-old his
tory teacher. The medical exam
iner's Office has not completed its
report.
Mr. Semmes taught at Johns
Hopkins here. Trinity College,
Hartford, Conn, and the Unvers-
ity of Virginia. He was editor of
the Archives Of Maryland and
authored books on early Maryland
history.
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autopsy would be performed today
and vital organs sent to the State
health department for examina-
ton.
Police said the body was found
about 10 am. The car motor was
still running.
1t. and Mrs. Cogswell were mar
ried August 80 in San Antonio.
Tex. Both are natives of Texas.
He held q masters degree from
the University Of Texas.
1t. Cogswell was on duty in the
Office Of Naval Research here.
Mrs. Cogswell said her husband
had been suffering periods of de-
preston for which she could give
no reason.
Funeral services will be held In
Sherman, Tex.
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Stephen J. Zubrecky, Attorney
For Navy, Native of PITTSBURGH

Stephen j. Zubrecky, 80, an
attorney in the Navy Depart
ment. died yesterday in Washing
ton Sanitarium. He had been i'll
since last May.
Mr.. Zubrecky, who lived at 1905
Stanton avenue. Silver Spring,
was a staff assistant in the Navy
Office of Materiel. His Govern
ment work also included service
with the Bureau Of Internal Rev.
enue and the Social Security
Agency.
A native Of Pittsburgh, he had
lived in the Washington area for
IL years. He received his law de-
gree at Georgetown University.
He was a Navy lieutenant dur
ing World War II and later was
Evening star., 1952-11-17
William J. Lank, N,
Electrical Engineering
Chief al Pepco

William Jefferis Lank. 40, chief
electrical engineer of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.. died yester-
day after a three weeks illness at
Doctors Hospital. Death resulted
from a cerebral hemorrhage.
Mr.. Lank Joined the utility
company in 1925 and became
chief electrical engineer in 1948.
He lived at 3276 Arcadia place
NV.
Among utility engineers, Mr..
Lank was well known for his de-
sign Of the grid system of power
distribution used in the WASH
ington area.
First to Employ Method.
Shortly before 1910, under his
supervision, the District became
one of the first areas in the Ma
tion to employ the method. It
consisted. primarily, of using
suburban substations in a perrin
eter-like chain, instead of each
station being the center of radial
power system. The methods ad-
vantage was in the prompt re-
placement Of local power short
ages.
Born in Wilmington, Del, he
was graduated from the Univer-
sity Of Delaware the same year
he Joined Pepco.
He was a member Of the Amer
ican Institute of Electrical Engi-
neers. the Pepco Kilowatt Club,
Joppa Masonic Lodge. Washing
ton Commandery of knights
Templar, Almas Temple, Shrine:
the Junior Board of Trade and
Chevy Chase Methodist Church.
Survivors Listed.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Anna Lank, and a daughter,
Miss Jean Lank, of the home ad-
dress: his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
R. B. Lank, 4407 Bywood lane,
Bethesda; three brothers, Capt.
R. B. Lank. jr. Omitted States
Coast Guard), Of Annapolis, Md;
Samuel w. Lank. 4500 South
Chelsea lane, Bethesda, and
Comdr. H. c. Lank CUSN) of San
Diego, Calf, and four sisters,
Mrs. Frank Jones of Wilmington,
Del; Mrs. william Smithers of
Syracuse, N. Y; Mrs. Edwin
Brown. 914 Potomac avenue,
Alexandria, Va, and Mrs. Harold
Blood, 729 West Braddock road.
Alexandria.
Services will be held at 1880
am. tomorrow in the Robert A..
Pumphrey funeral home, 7557
Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda.
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
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in the Naval Reserve. During the
war ne attended q Navy post
graduate school at Annapolis, Nd,
and was assigned to a chemical
warfare unit near Frederick, Md.
Mr.. Zubrecky is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Frances Ann Zu-
brecky: his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Zubrecky of Oceanside,
Calf. and a brother. Joseph r.
Zubrecky of Baldwin Park, Calf.
Funeral services will be held at
10:30 am. Wednesday in St.
Johns Church. Forest Glen, Md.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry Suitland, Md.
The family has requested that
in lieu Of flowers contributions be
made to the Warwick Memorial
Clinic, 1889 H street NV.
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'Typhoon Toll Estimated
AT 500 Dead in Formosa

TAIPEH. Formosa, Nov. IT,
Southern Formosa today dug It
self out of the ruins left by the
bowling typhoon that lashed the
island last week.
There has been no official esti-
mate Of the death toll. News
papers report 500 to 900 killed,
assuming that many fishing boats
must have been lost.
Oficial reports indicate there
were no casualties among Amer
leans stationed here.
The typhoon ruined 95 per cent
of the banana crop and IS per
cent Of the pineapple crop. For
tunately, the rice crop suffered
only FIVE per cent damage.
Evening star., 1952-11-17

k in S Hospital,
B a ! t / m o r e.
Saturday after
a six-month ILL
ness.
Her last Cap
ito, post was
as adnninistra-
tive assistant to
Senator Dirk.
sen, Republican
of Illinois who
called her zone
Of the most ac-
|complished and
efficient persons
in the field of
Evening star., 1952-11-17

Salt Lake City,
second ranking
authority of the
Church Of Jesus
Christ of Lat
ter-day Saints,
called on them
to make their
new building a
little univer-
sity with a cur
riculum devot-
ed to the expo
Sition of the
m oSt irnpor-
t a n t. m o S t
INoor,fif,a1 x1riv,