Library of the 
 University of ISorth Carolina 
 
 Endowed by the Dialectic and Philan- 
 thropic Societies 
 
COLLEGIATE 
 
 INSTITUTE Appeal 
 
 A HANDBOOK OF FACTS AND PLANS 
 
 **The right instruction of youth is a matter in which 
 Christ and all the world are concerned." — Martin Luther. 
 
 * 'Education yields its best fruits when mixed with 
 religion." — Woodrow Wilson. 
 
 COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE 
 APPEAL HEADQUARTERS 
 
 218 Wallace Building Salisbury, N. C. 
 
A FOREWORD TO THE READER 
 
 This handbook of facts and plans is an honest, 
 though feeble, effort to tell the truth, as the facts reveal 
 them, concerning our Institute at Mt. Pleasant, N. C. 
 This school is one of the three that we have in the North 
 Carolina Synod, hence we call it "Our Institute." 
 
 This work was intended to be brief and to the point. 
 Because it is such we hope that it will be read by every 
 one. It will acquaint you with interesting facts con- 
 cerning the work of the Collegiate Institute. 
 
 Our hope is, that it will in some measure accomplish 
 the purpose for which it is intended — the construction 
 and equipment of a dormitory. 
 
 Salisbury, N. C. 
 April 1, 1924. 
 
 REV. B. A. BARRINGER, 
 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 "God expects cash and consecration, gold and 
 goodness, wealth and wisdom to grow together." 
 
 "To kill a church, a denomination, you do 
 not have to destroy it at once; just close up its 
 educational institutions." 
 
 "No Church is Greater than its Schools." 
 
THE APPEAL AUTHORIZED BY YOUR 
 
 SYNOD 
 
 THE United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina 
 at its November, 1923, meeting at St. Marks Lutheran 
 Church in Charlotte, N. C, unanimously adopted the 
 following recommendations which were made by the Committee on 
 Church Institutions and Education. 
 
 First: As pertaining to the Chairman's Supplementary Report, we 
 recommend that Synod approve the action of the Board for 
 Educational Institutions relative to the enlarging of the physical 
 equipment of the plant at the Collegiate Institute. 
 
 Second: That the Executive Committee of the Board for the 
 Collegiate Institute work out ways and plans to carry out this 
 proposal, the same to be submitted to the whole Board for approval. 
 
 Third: That the time be determined by the Executive Committee 
 of Synod and the Board for Educational Institutions. 
 
 In accordance with the above, the Executive Committee of the 
 Board of the Collegiate Institute selected a Financial Secretary who 
 should have charge of the Campaign; proposed that the amount 
 to be raised should be $75,000.00, the same to be used to construct 
 and equip a dormitory at the Institute and that the time to put on 
 the Appeal should be in the spring of 1924. All of these were 
 heartily endorsed by the Executive Committee of Synod and the 
 Board of Educational Institutions of the United Synod of North 
 Carolina. 
 
 The Appeal was therefore authorized by your congregation, 
 acting through your Synod, which expects every man to do his duty. 
 
THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF 
 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS RE- 
 PORTED AS FOLLOWS CON- 
 CERNING THE INSTITUTE 
 
 "There are now enrolled 164 students (seven entered later) from 
 the following States: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North 
 Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (Michigan is now 
 represented). This is the largest number of students ever enrolled 
 for the first week and there are more students on the ground now 
 than have been present at one time. The senior class numbers 27 
 and junior class 45." . . . "The spirit of the student body is good." 
 
 . . . "The dormitories are crowded and students are quartered in a 
 dozen or more private homes." 
 
 "We are now in greater need of additional buildings to relieve 
 the crowded conditions at present in Lenoir-Rhyne College and the 
 Collegiate Institute." 
 
 In view of the conditions that now exist as outlined above, the 
 one logical and reasonable thing for the church and her membership 
 to do is to put a dormitory at the Institute. Such a building will 
 take care of a large number of the boys who enter there and provide 
 needed laboratory equipment. 
 
 THE AMOUNT ASKED AND HOW IT 
 WILL BE SPENT 
 
 The amount desired and needed is $75,000.00. The entire sum 
 will be spent in constructing and equipping a dormitory which will 
 take care of fifty or more boys and provide needed laboratory 
 equipment for the science department. 
 
 It will take every dollar of this amount to complete such a 
 building inside and out. The main items of expense will be those 
 of construction material, labor, laboratory equipment and room 
 furnishings. By thinking over this proposition any one will come 
 to the conclusion that $75,000.00 is the minimum amount necessary 
 to erect such a building. Since we know the need, the sum necessary 
 to meet the need, and how the money will be spent, then our pledges 
 should be in proportion to the call. 
 
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THE APPEAL PLAN 
 
 The field is divided into three sections, Alumni, Large Givers, 
 and the Church. 
 
 First: Alumni and Ex-Students of the Collegiate Institute and of 
 N. C. College (discontinued in 1901) will be asked to pledge first. 
 Group meetings of such men will be held in strategic centers and 
 canvassers will remain in that center until all former students are 
 given the privilege of pledging. The Institute, as well as the church, 
 naturally expect that the men who attended school at Mt. Pleasant 
 should be the first group to manifest a lively interest in promoting 
 the cause of the school in which they received all or a part of their 
 Collegiate Education, 
 
 This group almost to a man stands solidly behind this Appeal and 
 will make good pledges — but they also look to the church at large 
 to measure up in proportion to the needs of the cause. Both of 
 these groups must act, having great confidence in the other, and 
 neither of them can afford to break faith with the other. 
 
 Second: The more liberal givers of the church and friends of 
 the school will be visited and asked to pledge in a large way. A 
 goodly number of our church members and friends of the school 
 can afford to give in such a manner. The cause will be definitely 
 assured when several of these open up in proportion to the means 
 which they possess. The question for every one is, how much can 
 I reasonably give and not how little, expecting the other fellow to 
 make up the deficit. It is not a question of "How much of my 
 money shall I give God," but "How much of God's money shall 
 I keep for myself." 
 
 Third: Every congregation will be asked to make an every- 
 member canvass the last week in May; beginning the fourth Sunday 
 of May and continuing through the first Sunday in June. This will 
 be done through a local committee appointed by the Pastor and 
 Church Council. Where there are congregations without pastors 
 the Church Council is asked to see that such a congregation has the 
 opportunity of pledging. If this cause is to go over the top then 
 every church must do its part. 
 
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THE PRINTED WORD 
 
 A— LETTERS 
 
 We intend to use the printed and spoken word in telling you of 
 this cause. The success of the work depends on our people knowing 
 about it. One of the best ways of accomplishing this purpose is 
 through letters. Such information will be sent you as often as the 
 case demands it. We hope that our letters will be received in the 
 same fine spirit in which they are sent. Our purpose is to be as 
 economical as possible, yet the cause demands that some means 
 be spent in acquainting you with the facts. 
 
 B_BULLETINS AND FOLDERS 
 This hand book of pictures, plans and facts concerning the 
 Institute and the Appeal is another method of putting before you 
 this call of the church. The pictures will give you some idea of 
 the present equipment, the size of the student body and some of 
 the activities of college students. 
 
 A number of folders will be issued, one of which will show names 
 and professions of the Alumni, a second will give the names of 
 the present student body and where they are from. The Bulletin 
 and folders will give you some definite ideas concerning the im- 
 portance of this school in training large numbers of boys from 
 certain sections of North Carolina and other States. 
 
 C— THE SPOKEN WORD 
 The pastors of our Synod and active laymen of our church are 
 the only persons who will be asked to present this appeal to you. 
 The ministers will present it in their home congregations and will 
 be requested to present the cause in at least one other congregation. 
 We believe that they will receive a good hearing wherever they may 
 speak. A number of laymen will also be asked to give of their 
 time and service in placing the cause before you. 
 
 D— CANVASSERS 
 Here again you will have the Appeal presented to you in person. 
 A number of canvassers will be in the field at all times. We 
 bespeak for such men a full measure of appreciation from you on 
 account of the cause that they represent. Under no circumstances 
 are canvassers to be looked upon or spoken of as money beggars 
 but rather as appointed agents of a good cause who are giving you 
 an opportunity to render Christian service by pledging. It will be 
 a matter of business with them to see you; and friend, may we 
 expect the same attitude from you? 
 
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YOUR PART IN THE APPEAL 
 
 Ask the question, "How am I to respond to this call?" Then 
 answer it by asking others. Such as, "Have I received unnumbered 
 blessings through all of my life?" "Should I express appreciation 
 to God for such blessings by doing things for His church?" "Do I 
 love my church and do I want her to prosper and grow and be a 
 real power in the world?" Finally, "What has education done for 
 me, my friends, the State and the Nation?" Men, friends, you are 
 bound to answer these questions in the affirmative, and when you 
 do your duty becomes so plain that it is not necessary for me to 
 tell you what it is. None of us can afford to pledge in a small way, 
 expecting the other fellow to make it up. Every one must do his 
 part in pledging and in pulling in the same direction. Team work 
 always wins; individual pulling can't put the wagon load over the 
 hill. We have had enough of that kind of work in our Lutheran 
 Church, but we have arrived at a time when unity of purpose and 
 of action is appreciated by every one. 
 
 PRESENT CONDITIONS THAT JUSTIFY 
 THE EXISTENCE OF SECONDARY 
 SCHOOLS 
 
 First: The number of High School graduates desiring entrance 
 in Standard Colleges is rapidly increasing, in fact so much so that 
 several of our A grade colleges refuse entrance to a considerable 
 number of students every year because they do not have the 
 physical equipment necessary to care for more than a certain 
 number. Some colleges are already limiting their student bodies 
 to a definite number. Others are considering doing the same. 
 
 In the face of these conditions, which are known to all, the time 
 is at hand when the only opportunity that some boys have of getting 
 in school is either to attend a secondary school or to go out of the 
 State to get their education, and many boys cannot do this because 
 of the increased cost. Moreover quite a number of parents, for 
 various reasons, desire that their sons should first of all attend a 
 secondary school rather than a higher school of learning. In view 
 of these facts, there is a wide open field for secondary schools. 
 
 Second: The student bodies of secondary schools have increased 
 in like proportion as the student bodies of standard colleges. This 
 
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is due to the fact of the large increase of students who desire to 
 enter college rather than to the influence of any other factor. 
 
 Third: The character of the work done in secondary schools, so 
 far as it goes, stands on a par with the work done in higher schools. 
 This is ably supported by the testimony of College Presidents and 
 other Educators. As to the quality of the work done at the 
 Institute, a few such quotations will suffice. 
 
 President W. P. Few of Trinity College says, "I take pleasure in 
 saying to you that your Institute has sent excellent young men to 
 Trinity College." 
 
 President Wm. J. Martin of Davidson College says, "I am glad 
 to say that your students show all evidence of being well grounded. 
 I believe that the parents of boys will find your school an excellent 
 place in which to get them ready for college." 
 
 President Edward K. Graham of The University of North 
 Carolina said, "Some of the best men that we have ever had at the 
 University have had their preparatory training at Mt. Pleasant." 
 
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 MT. PLEASANT AS A SCHOOL CENTER 
 
 Mt. Pleasant is a small town of 800 inhabitants situated 1 0 miles 
 east of Concord and on the highway that leads from Concord to 
 Albermarle, the county seats of Cabarrus and Stanly Counties. 
 The town and community is noted for its good health and is free 
 from many of the vices and unwholesome conditions that surround 
 larger centers. 
 
 "The plant of the Institute is located upon a campus of sixteen 
 and one-quarter acres of land, beautiful for situation upon a 
 commanding eminence, overlooking the country around." At 
 present there are five buildings on the campus. Main Building, 
 Society Hall, Principal's Home, Furnace Plant and Dining Hall. 
 
 Mt. Pleasant has been an Educational center for more than 
 seventy years. This fact naturally impresses the student who enters 
 the school. In the religious field four denominations are represented 
 in the town, Lutherans, Reformed, Methodist, Baptist. 
 
 For entertainment the Institute provides a Lyceum course of 
 several numbers each year. As is well known, only the best talent 
 and the highest ideals are presented in these numbers. 
 
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STUDENTS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL 
 
 The Collegiate Institute was opened in 1903, using the physical 
 equipment of N. C. College which had been discontinued in 1901. 
 In 21 years of History over 1,400 students have attended this 
 Institution. Of that number 1 85 have graduated and are now 
 filling important positions in the life of the church and State. 
 Hundreds of other boys received all the college training that they 
 have in this school. Many of these are influential in their respective 
 churches and communities. Many undergraduates continued their 
 education in higher schools of learning and are likewise rendering 
 good service in the varied professions of life. The good influence 
 that this school has exerted in the hundreds of lives of young men 
 cannot be measured. A steady stream of truth and knowledge has 
 radiated from this school center and is today blessing the lives of 
 men and the communities in which they serve. 
 
 MINISTERS TRAINED 
 
 The clerical roll of our Synod numbers 106, of these 30 received 
 their training in whole or in part at the Collegiate Institute or N. C. 
 College. 
 
 The total number of ministers receiving a part of their college 
 training at the Institute is 1 8 and there are 1 0 others who are in 
 college or the Seminary preparing for the ministry. To say it 
 differently, out of a total of 185 graduates in 1 6 graduating classes, 
 at least 28 men have entered or will enter the ministry. Out of the 
 1 1 8 who received a part of their training at this school, 1 2 are 
 working in the N. C. Synod. 
 
 STUDENTS INCREASE AT MT. PLEASANT 
 
 The increase of students at this school, for the past 20 years, 
 has been in like proportion as at colleges and other secondary 
 schools. The increased student enrollment at all schools is due in 
 large measure to the great increase in the number of students who 
 desire a college education. The influence of other factors in securing 
 large student bodies at our schools are relatively small compared to 
 
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the factor just mentioned. The fact is: there are more students 
 desiring entrance into our schools and colleges than these same 
 institutions are able to take care of. This in a great measure 
 accounts for the large enrollments in all our schools. However, the 
 work done at the Institute has been of such a quality as to command 
 the attention of students who desired to enter school. Then, too, 
 the Institute is a church school and teaches a positive religion, which 
 explains why many parents send their sons to Mt. Pleasant. 
 
 The following five-year periods will strikingly illustrate the 
 student increase over a period of 20 years. 
 
 1905-04 
 
 1908-09 
 
 191344 
 
 1918-19' 
 
 1925-24 
 
 SLudents 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 OO 
 1 80 
 160 
 14'0 
 120 
 lOO 
 80 
 60 
 40 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^Largelij local * World war period 
 
 Percentao'e ofjincrease 246% 
 
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WHAT PLACES SEND STUDENTS TO 
 MT. PLEASANT 
 
 The following are the chief centers that send students to Mt. 
 Pleasant. Practically every town on the main line of the Southern 
 R. R. in North Carolina has sent from 5 to 1 0 students to the 
 school. Many towns in Eastern North Carolina are beginning to 
 patronize the Institute. 
 
 Town No. Boys Sent Town No. Boys Sent 
 
 Mt. Pleasant ...200 China Grove 15 
 
 Concord ...150 Rockwell 15 
 
 Salisbury 100 Gibsonville 10 
 
 Charlotte 60 Greensboro 10 
 
 Albermarle 60 Harrisburg 15 
 
 Winston-Salem 25 Columbia, S. C 15 
 
 Mooresville 25 Cheraw, S. C 10 
 
 Gold Hill 20 oavannan, L^a I Z 
 
 Wilmington 1 5 Roanoke, Va 6 
 
 Kannapolis 20 
 
 PRESENT EQUIPMENT 
 
 The Main Building, shown in this hand book, is the only 
 dormitory space available on the Campus. This building cares for 
 46 boys in the second and third stories. The first floor is used for 
 class rooms and the principal's office. Two near-by dwelling 
 houses are used to provide rooms for the boys, but only one of 
 these is the property of the Institute. But even with this additional 
 room many boys cannot be cared for and must seek rooms in the 
 private homes of the town. This is not fair to the boy or the school, 
 nor does it represent the true spirit of the Lutheran Church in North 
 Carolina. The fact is, the Institute has completely outgrown its 
 plant. A dormitory is the only solution. 
 
 A DORMITORY NEEDED 
 
 1 73 students are enrolled and only 46 can be accomodated. 
 That fact alone answers any doubts about the need, and also 
 confirms the need. As the student body of a school increases just 
 
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so much the physical equipment increase. A school is run on the 
 same basis as your business. As your business increases there must 
 be the necessary expansion in equipment to take care of it. The 
 profits that are received in business consist of dollars. Profits 
 received from a school consist of educated men. The more and 
 better equipment a school has the more and better will be the man- 
 profit produced by it. Certain it is that the student who enters 
 Mt. Pleasant deserves more comfortable and convenient quarters 
 than he now has. 
 
 HOW THE INSTITUTE SERVES THE 
 CHURCH 
 
 Many men now prominent in the church and the community in 
 which they reside received all of the college training that they have 
 at the Institute. A large number of ministers and a larger number 
 of most active Sunday school and church workers received their 
 preparation for such work in this school. Boys who are there now 
 and those who are to come will go out to bless the community, the 
 church and the world through the Christian training that is given 
 them in the school. It has been said and remains to be disputed, 
 that, "Our Synod has received a larger return and greater benefits 
 from the activities of this school, for the size of the investment and 
 the amount of effort required, than has any other religious body 
 received from any one of her church-supported institutions." 
 
 The Institute gives to those young men who will go no further 
 in college the training that best equips them for life. 
 
 THE BUSINESS BEFORE THE CHURCH 
 
 The chief business before the people of our Synod at present is 
 to put a dormitory at Mt. Pleasant. Other issues pertaining to the 
 correlation of our educational institutions or other school problems 
 are matters for the Synod to settle. The one and only issue of 
 this appeal is for a dormitory. Such a building is needed and any 
 one reading this handbook will be convinced of that fact. 
 
 To raise the necessary amount it will take a united pull on the 
 part of every pastor, laymen and congregation. No person or group 
 of persons can afford to refrain from holding out a strong and 
 helping hand in this cause. We need unity of action now and 
 always. 
 
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CAN WE DO THIS? 
 
 Most certainly we can. The question is, will we? You are the 
 one to determine that. Those in charge of the appeal mean to do 
 their very best to put it over, but this can't be done without your 
 co-operation. So far as the financial means are concerned, our 
 people have it. The question resolves itself into this, will we turn 
 it loose or will we hold to it? If the past is any indication of the 
 future then we will respond in a big way. What other logical thing 
 can we do? Certainly we want to do the thing that is needed 
 when it is needed. 
 
 Last year the Lutherans of the North Carolina Synod from all 
 sections of that Synod responded in a big way to the cause of our 
 A grade college at Hickory. Most certainly we expect the same 
 brotherly spirit manifested toward the Institute appeal. No other 
 spirit will satisfy and no other spirit will get us that full measure of 
 co-operation that every Lutheran in this State desires. Lutherans, 
 we can do this if we will. 
 
 FORMER APPEALS OF THE INSTITUTE 
 
 Two former efforts have been made in recent years to collect 
 funds for a dormitory. But neither of these proved a success. 
 The task was not hit hard enough or big enough. What money 
 was raised has been wisely expended in remodeling and refurnishing 
 the Main Building. This includes the installation of electric lights, 
 steam heat, water and sewerage system; the restoration of $4,000.00 
 to N. C. College Endowment fund, which had been borrowed in 
 the days of the college; the purchase and remodeling of one 
 dwelling house to provide rooms for the boys. Two such houses 
 are in use but only one is the property of the Institute. The total 
 expenditure for all of these purposes amounted to $25,000.00. 
 
 What ever may have been the results of former appeals, we are 
 going at the work in earnest and mean to put it over with your 
 co-operation. To put it over will require thinking and giving in 
 terms of hundreds and of larger amounts. Friends, schools can not 
 be built on good wishes, fine sentiments and small pledges. Pledge 
 cards will cover a period of three years and hence will give time 
 to make and pay good pledges. 
 
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THE CHALLENGE 
 
 The Institute does not meet the need with its present equipment. 
 That is a fact. The school must have larger facilities. More 
 dormitory space is imperative. Laboratory equipment is a neces- 
 sity. Further growth and development of our Institute depends 
 upon the construction of an additional building. This need can 
 and we believe will be met by our Lutheran people and former 
 students of the Collegiate Institute. 
 
 Our Lutheran people are proud of their Historic Church and the 
 faith of our Fathers. We need to develop the same kind of pride 
 toward our Lutheran schools. The way to do this is to give them 
 what they need. Every true parent is proud of his or her family. 
 This school is a part of your church family, and like a child cries to 
 you to answer its need. When your time comes to pledge answer 
 this challenge in the biggest way you can. 
 
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 FACE THE CHALLENGE 
 
 "Let us face this challenge fair and square. Are our Lutheran 
 achools worth as much to us as the schools of other denominations 
 are to them? The other fellow thinks of his and pledges again and 
 again to support them." We must learn to do the same or our 
 institutions will suffer the consequences. Our people have the 
 money and they spend it. The item of luxuries alone show that the 
 American people spend four times as much for this as it takes to 
 run the government. We American people spend our money for 
 one thing or another. Why not invest more of it in that which is 
 permanent — education. If the cause of our church and of education 
 mean much to us, and if we want our children educated in our 
 own Christian schools, then the success of this appeal and of similar 
 appeals is abundantly assured. 
 
 Lutherans! I leave this cause in your hands expecting and 
 believing that you will respond. 
 
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COMPELLING TESTIMONY 
 
 "To educate a man in mind and not in morals, is to educate a 
 menace to society." — Theodore Roosevelt. 
 
 "Christian education is essential to Christian citizenship." — 
 Warren G. Harding. 
 
 "Extinguish the colleges and you put out the eyes of both the 
 church and the State." — Tyler. 
 
 "Educational institutions are rich not in buildings and endow- 
 ments but in the men they have sent into the world to do life's 
 work." — L. E. Holden. 
 
 "To secure trained leadership is an object of transcendent, urgent, 
 and worldwide concern." — John R. Mott. 
 
 "The rulers of our country tomorrow are the college students 
 today." 
 
 "Whatever you put into the State, you must first put into the 
 school." — Humboldt. 
 
 "The Christian School is the most permanent and productive of 
 all the bonds of investment." — Rockefeller. 
 
 "Education without religion is simply veneering rotten wood." 
 — Bishop Welsh. 
 
 "The highest welfare, safety and power of a city (country) 
 consists in able, learned, wise, upright, cultivated citizens, who can 
 secure, preserve and utilize every treature and advantage." — Martin 
 Luther. 
 
 "We have no occasion to apologize for religion in college 
 education." — Pres. Henry C. King. 
 
 "The greatest failure of the 1 9th century has been the failure 
 of religious education. ... In educating the head and not the heart 
 and soul, the public schools are failing at a crucial point." — Rabbi 
 Hirsh. 
 
 "Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the Cross of 
 Christ; cursed be all that learning that is not subservient to the 
 Cross of Christ." — Pres. Witherspoon. 
 
 "Education without Christianity has left out its chief factor and 
 the source of its greatest power." — Samuel B. Capen, LL. D. 
 
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