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The provisions of this aet were adopted by the electors of Detroit at the
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election held on November 7, 1916, by a vote of 61,806 to 11,342, and the first board was elected in April, 1917, the change becoming effective on the 1st of the following July.
COLORED SCHOOLS
A colored school (District No. 8) was organized in 1839, but no funds were appropriated to pay a teacher. According to Mr. Wilkins, John Biddle, John R. Williams and others petitioned the legislature in 1839 for the enact- ment of a law which would enable the people of Detroit to establish a separate school for the negro children of the city. An act to that effect was passed in 1840 and William C. Monroe, a colored clergyman, was employed as teacher.
Separate schools were maintained for colored children until 1869. The general school law of 1867 contained a provision that the children of "all resi- dents of a school district were entitled to admission to the schools". The board of education claimed that this provision did not apply to the city. The colored citizens-or a part of them-set up the claim that the board had no right to exclude their children from the white schools, and their contention was sustained by an opinion of William Gray, the city attorney. The question was then submitted to the Supreme Court, which decided the colored children had the right to admission. On October 11, 1869, the board voted to rescind all previous orders relating to separate schools.
EIGHTY YEARS OF PROGRESS
Almost eighty years have passed since Dr. Zina Pitcher and his associates began their agitation for a better public school system. When the board of education began its work it was compelled to use rented buildings and rooms. In the year 1842, four buildings were rented at a cost of $160 a year; one of these was on the corner of Clinton and Brush streets, and another on the north- west corner of Jefferson Avenue and First Street. On November 9, 1842, the council authorized the board to use the old Washington Market, corner Larned and Wayne, for schools, whereupon, after the sum of $75 had been spent in renewing the interior, school was held therein until May, 1847. From 1844 until the fall of 1858 the old university building was also used.
The sole building possessed by the board in 1842 was located on Fort Street East, on the lot occupied in 1882 and now by the Everett School. The old building continued in use until 1869, when it was sold for $39. The first school- house built by the board was erected in 1843, on West Park near Grand River Avenue, at a cost of $540. It was removed in August, 1855. Up to 1847 the board owned but three houses. In that year the old state capitol was vacated and on the 10th of May the board appointed a committee to request the common council to secure the building for school purposes. Various difficulties were encountered, as title to the property was very vague, but finally, after much committee work, representations to the governor, etc., the board took pos- session without a lease. This building was used as a school until torn down. The site is now known as Capitol Park, bounded by Griswold and State streets. The first union building erected by the board was the Barstow. It was opened in May, 1850, and was the first school named for an individual-Samuel Bars- tow being the one honored in this case. The Houghton School, originally called the Eighth Ward School, opened in the fall of 1853, was the second under this
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classification: it was so named after Douglass Houghton. the first president of the board.
The first mention of a high school is found in the proceedings of the board for April 22. 1844, when a committee was requested to submit a plan for a high school. The university regents placed the old academy building on Bates Street at the disposal of the board for this purpose, which offer was accepted. On May 2d money was appropriated for a high school to be conducted on the second and third floors of this building. Only about twenty-five scholars were enrolled, and these were to be boys of eleven years and up who had attended publie schools three months and passed an examination. The school. however, existed but a brief space. On January 20, 1855. a legislative act gave further authority for maintaining a high school, but nothing was done until February 20, 1856. when D. B. Duffield sponsored a committee to consider the project of establishing such a school. The question was postponed until 1858 and upon August 30th of that year the high school held its first session in the upper story of the Miami Avenue School Building. In 1859 a building for the high school was erected upon the rear of the Miami Avenue (Broadway) lot. In September. 1863. the school was transferred to the second story of the old capi- tol building, and in 1875 a separate building was constructed in front of the capitol structure.
Military drill in the schools was first advocated in the fall of 1874 and several interested men petitioned the government for arms and instructors from Fort Wayne. On February 25. 1875. a committee on military instruction was ap- pointed and for two years the boys were given daily drills.
In the year 1850 the school census. that is. the number of children between five and seventeen years of age. was 6.965: the enrollment was 4.250: the aver- age attendance was 2.465: and there were 21 teachers. In 1860 the school census was 14.159; the enrollment. 7.045: the average attendance. 4.849: and the number of teachers. 68. In 1870 the census showed a figure of 26.641: the enrollment, 11.252: average attendance. 7.505: teachers. 143. In 18SO the school census was 39,467: enrollment. 15.802: average attendance. 11,513: teachers. 249. The figures for 1SS6 were: school census, 66.963: enrollment. 21.434: average attendance. 16.133: teachers. 383.
The regents of the university first decided to admit high school students on their diploma, without examination. on June 27, 187S.
Most of the township schools were taught in log houses, covered with "shakes" and provided with a puncheon floor. The door was roughly made and hung on wooden hinges. Heat was supplied from a huge fireplace at one end of the room or. in later years. a large cast-iron stove in the center. The furniture. made of logs variously hewn, was of the most primitive character. The city schools were a little better equipped. The school house was generally of frame construction. but the furniture was of homemade variety. The first "patent " desks in Detroit were those installed in the Barstow School about 1855. The average teacher of that period was not a graduate of a college and few of them had ever heard of a normal school. Elementary subjects were consid- ered to be the only essentials. though higher subjeets were taught. On the theory that no one could become a good reader without being a good speller. more attention was given to orthography during the child's early school years than to any other subject. After the scholar eould spell fairly well, he was
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given the reader. Then came the writing exercises and then arithmetic. Hence, the "three Rs"-readin', 'ritin' and 'rithmetic.
But conditions in educational matters have kept pace with the civic and industrial progress. The old log or frame school house has given way to the scientifically constructed building of brick, stone and steel. The hardships confronted by the early scholar have been replaced by modern conveniences and the curriculum has been advanced to a high degree. Yet, under the old system, justices, senators, notable professional men, and even Presidents of the United States acquired their rudimentary education in the little district school.
Concerning the growth of Detroit schools in recent years, the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools, issued September 1, 1920, states:
"Detroit's phenomenal development and growth from a 1910 population of 465,766 to 993,739 in 1920, an increase of 113%, has been reflected in the school system. This development was so rapid in some sections that it seemed physically impossible to make proper provision for it. In 1910 the Detroit school system was a small organization, built upon the theory of one-man control and with little or no room for administrative expansion. It was the obvious evolution of a small unit into a big organization without adequate preparation or without definite policy covering a period of years. Compara- tively little attention was paid to the development of the school system upon lines designed for a large city. Administration and research received only the most casual attention. It was, however, a period of development of educa- tional ideals and preparation for modern practices that paved the way for present-day teaching methods. During this time the break from the old- time formal academic type of training to the modern socialized curriculum was made possible by careful experimentation with the newer practices.
"In 1910-11 the registration of pupils was 61,961 and the school census 114,448. In 1920 the registration had become 139,604, an increase of 125%. During this period the public school registration has increased more rapidly in proportion than the school census, due largely to the application of the 16- year-old compulsory school law."
The school census in 1921 totaled 237,592. In 1911 there were in the board's employ 1,589 teachers, 125 of whom were men. In the school year covering 1920-21 there were 4,083 teachers employed, 540 of whom were men. The growth in size and value of the school plant is another index of the mar- velous changes which the public school system has undergone. In 1896 the value of school sites and buildings was $2,615,557; in 1912 it was $7,080,167; and by June, 1921, the amount was over thirty millions of dollars. In 1896 there were 59 elementary schools and one high school. In 1921 this had in- creased to 144 elementary, 7 intermediate, and 12 high schools, one high school annex, 2 college buildings, 2 open-air schools, 27 rented and portable build- ings, making a total of 265. As late as 1912 there had been only 95 buildings.
The principal school structures in Detroit, the dates of erection and subse- quent additions, and the locations, are given in the following list: (Description of location as "N. Woodward" indicates "north of Woodward." "N. W. Maple and Riopelle" means "northwest corner of Maple and Riopelle," etc.) Admiral Winterhalter-1921. 12121 Broadstreet.
Alger-1898. No. Kenilworth, near Brush.
Amos-1895, 1908. S. E. Military and Regular.
Angell-1916. N. Maidstone; S. Euclid; W. Holmur.
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Bagley-1884. N. E. 14th and Pine.
Balch-1921. Ferry Ave., between St. Antoine and Hastings.
Barbour-1921. 4209 Seneca.
Barstow-1849-1870-1912. S. Congress, near Riopelle.
Beard-1896-1900. E. Waterman and Lafayette.
Bellefontaine-1887. W. Morrell near Wabash Railroad.
Bellevue-1899-1910. E. Bellevue near Lafayette E.
Bennett-1911. N. W. Mullane and Senator.
Berry-1892. N. W. Concord and Charlevoix.
Bishop-1857, 1907, 1908, 1916. N. Winder; S. Adelaide; W. Rivard.
Brady-1921. 2920 Joy Road.
Breitmeyer-1915. E. Cameron near Marston.
Brownson-1887, 1894. S. Maple near Chene.
Burton-1912. N. E. Peterboro and Cass.
Campau-189S. N. Forest; E. Campau; W. Mitchell.
Campbell-1894, 1906. N. E. St. Aubin and Alexandrine.
Capron-1905. N. W. Maple and Riopelle.
Carpenter (Hamtramck)-1914. S. Carpenter; E. Mitchell; W. McDougall. Carstens-1915. E. Coplin; W. Lakeview; N. Charlevoix.
Cary-1901, 1912. Southwest Place, near Waterman.
Chandler-1905. W. McClellan; N. Hendrie; E. Belvidere.
Chaney-1SS7, 1895. E. Lawton, near Linden.
Clay-1873, 18SS. Stimson Place, near Cass. Clinton-1870, 1876. S. Clinton, near Rivard.
Clippert-1910. W. Martin, near Michigan.
Columbian-1892, 190S, 1917. S. E. McKinley and Merrick.
Craft-1901. N. E. Ash and Vinewood.
Crosman-1911. N. W. Hamilton Blvd. and Taylor.
Custer-1SS6. W. Hammond and Ranspach.
Davison-1916. S. E. Davison and Grandy.
Davison Annex-1891, 1904. S. Davison, N. Roman; near Jos. Campau.
Dexter-1915. W. Dexter Blvd; near Boston Blvd.
Dickinson-1889. N. W. 12th and Calumet. Doty-190S. W. 3d; S. Calvert; N. Glynn Court.
Duffield-1866, 1892. S. Clinton; N. Macomb; near Chene.
Dwyer-1913. N. Caniff; W. Hawthorne; E. Cameron; S. Rosedale Court. Ellis-1915. S. W. Rich and Junction.
Estabrook-1896. N. E. Linwood and McGraw.
Everett-1869, 1873. S. Fort, near Rivard.
Fairbanks-1894, 1915. S. E. Seward and Hamilton Blvd.
Farrand-1893, 1897. S. W. Harper and John R.
Ferry-1886, 1SS9, 1894. N. E. Ferry and Campau.
Field-1887, 1894, 1907. N. W. Field and Agnes.
Firnane-1882. S. Fort, near McDougall. Franklin-1899, 1912. W. Brooklyn; S. Pine; N. Henry.
Garfield-1898, 1912, 1915. N. E. Rivard and Frederick.
George-1911. E. Russell; N. Alexandrine; S. Superior. Gillies-1901. S. E. Junction and Lafayette. Goldberg-1904, 1916. W. 12th; N. Marquette; E. Vermont. Grayling-1917. N. Adeline; E. Baumann; S. State Fair.
ORIGINAL CASS SCHOOL, GRAND RIVER AVENUE BETWEEN SECOND AND HIGH, ABOUT 1881
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Greenfield Park-1916, 1917. W. Brush and Longworth.
Greenfield Union-1914. N. Seven Mile Road; E. Woodward.
Greusel-1908, 1917. E. Moran; N. Medbury; W. Ellery; S. Holburn.
Hancock-1887, 1891. N. E. Hancock and 14th.
Hanneman-1916. N. McGraw; W. Cicotte. Harms-1916. E. Central; S. Pitt; W. Honorah. Harris-1896. S. E. Pulford and Ellery.
Hely-1914, 1917. N. Duncan; S. Harper; E. Townsend; W. Baldwin. Higgins-1895. N. Krupp, near Distell.
High, Cass Technical-1908, 1910, 1921. Grand River and 2d.
High, Cass Technical Annex-1917. S. Henry; W. 2d; N. High.
High, Central-1896, 1907. W. Cass; N. Hancock; S. Warren.
High, School of Commerce (Wilkins)-1870, 1873. S. Porter, near 2d. High, Eastern-1901, 1908. S. E. Grand Blvd; and Mack Ave. High, Nordstrum-1915. Fort near Waterman.
High, Northern-1915. N. E. Woodward and Josephine.
High, Northeastern-1914-N. Hancock; S. Warren; E. Grandy; W. Jos. Campau.
High, Northwestern-1911. S. E. Grand Blvd. N. and Grand River Ave.
High, Southeastern-1915. E. Fairview; S. Goethe; N. Charlevoix.
High, Southwestern-1921. Goethe and Fairview.
High, Western-1898, 1899, 1907. E. Scotten, near Baker.
High, Condon Junior-1914. N. Buchanan; W. Vinewood; E. Grand Blvd.
High, Joyce Junior-1913. N. Sylvester; W. Seneca; E. Iroquois; S. Canfield.
High, McMichael Junior-1917. S. E. Grand Blvd. and Grand River Ave. High, Neinas Junior-1916. W. Cavalry; E. Military; S. McMillan.
High, Norvell Junior-1879, 1894. N. Arndt, near Jos. Campau.
Hillger-1912. N. Forest; W. Seneca; E. Iroquois.
Holmes, A. L .- 1915. W. Rohns; N. George; E. Crane.
Holmes, O. W .- 1917. E. Ogden; S. Michigan.
Houghton-1908. N. Abbott and Brooklyn.
Howe-1913. S. Charlevoix; W. St. Clair; E. Garland.
Hubbard-1887, 1895. E. 25th, near Porter.
Hutchins-1921. 8820 Wilson.
Irving-1882. N. Willis near Woodward.
Ives-1911. E. Philip near Jefferson.
Jackson-1891. N. Fort near Chene.
Jefferson-1871, 1892. N. E. Selden and Greenwood.
Johnston-1884, 1896. S. Waterloo near Dubois.
Jones-1906. N. Sylvester; E. Baldwin; W. Seyburn.
Keating-1919. N. Jones; S. Beach; W. 2d; E. 3d.
Kennedy-1916. W. 16th; S. Linden; E. 15th.
Leland-1917. N. W. Russell and Catherine.
Lillibridge-1905, 1908, 1912. N. W. Kercheval and Beniteau.
Lincoln-1885, 1912, 1916. N. Brady; W. St. Antoine; S. Livingston. Lingeman-1915. W. Montclair near Edlie.
Logan-1886, 1895, 1903. E. Clippert, near Michigan.
Lonyo-1895. Lawndale, S. Michigan.
Longfellow-1917. N. W. Indiandale and 12th.
Lyon-1905, 1915. S. Varney; N. LeGrand; W. Ackley.
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Lynch-1914, 1916. N. Palmetto Drive; W. VanDyke.
Lyster-1896. E. Livernois, near Michigan.
MeGraw-1899. N. E. Wreford and 23d.
MeKinley-1902. N. W. Stanley and Greenwood. Mckinstry-1905. S. W. MeKinstry and MeMillan.
Me Millan-1895. E. West End, near Jefferson West.
Majeske-1914. N. Trombley; E. St. Aubin.
Marey-1912. S. Sylvester; E. Canton; W. Helen.
Martindale Normal Training-1912. S. Grand Blvd. N., near Grand River.
Marr -- 1913. N. Grand River, near Roosevelt.
Marxhausen-1914. Cadillac Blvd. near Warren. Maybee-1916. E. Cardoni and Hindle aves., near Westminster.
Maybury-1909. N. W. Porter and Clark.
Monteith-1905. W. Hibbard, near Jefferson E.
Monterey-1915. N. Monterey near Linwood.
Moore-1907, 1912. S. W. Alger and Cameron.
Morley-1903. Copland and Beaumont.
Newberry-1887, 1889, 1903. W. 29th, near Jackson.
Nichols-1910. S. E. Burns and Goethe.
Noble-1921. 8646 Fullerton.
Owen-1879, 1901, 1902. N. W. Myrtle and Vermont.
Palmer-1890, 1901, 1902. N. Horton, near Antoine.
Parke-1900. S. W. Grand Blvd. E. and Milwaukee Ave.
Pattengill-1920. Maplewood, Spokane and Northfield.
Philip-1916. W. Philip; E. Hitchings; N. Antwerp.
Pingree-1902. W. MeClellan and Mack.
Pitcher-1871. W. Lawton, near Butternut.
Poe-1896. S. Lysander; N. Canfield near 6th.
Potter-1889. W. Tillman, near Myrtle.
Preston-1894. W. 17th, near Howard. Ravenswood-1915. E. Yellowstone; W. Cascade; N. of Joy Road. Roberts-1890. N. Adelaide near Antoine.
Rose-1887, 1899. W. Van Dyke; N. Ferry; S. Palmer.
Roulo (Springwells Township)-1906. E. Rouło; N. of Dix Road.
Russell-1887, 1900, 1913, 1917. S. E. Russell and Eliot. Ruthruff-1SS5, 1914. S. W. Livernois and Plymouth.
Sampson-1911. W. Begole, near Ironwood.
Scripps-1898. W. Belvidere; E. Holcomb, near Kercheval. Sill-1905. S. E. 30th and Herbert.
Smith-1903. N. W. Hunt and Ellery. Stephens-1913, 1917. E. Seneca; S. Lambert; W. Burns.
Tappan-1868, 1886, 1902. N. W. Vermont and Marantelle. Thomas-1905. W. Canton; N. Ferry; E. Concord.
Thirkell-1914. N. LaSalle Gardens, South; E. 14th. Tilden-1SS7, 1897. N. W. Kirby and Brooklyn. Trombly-1860, 190S. E. Connor's Creek Road; S. of Gratiot.
Trowbridge-1889. N. Forest near Hastings. Turner-1914. E. Turner and Webb. Van Dyke-1894. W. Van Dyke, near Kercheval. Wabash-1915. E. Wabash; N. of Fenkel.
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Washington-1871, 1894. W. of Beaubien, near Madison. Webster-1874, 1885, 1906. E. 21st, near Howard. White-1921. Charles Ave., near Fenelon. Williams-1890. N. Canfield, near Mt. Elliott. Wilson-1916. W. Central; S. Lane; N. Logan. Wingert-1906. Grand Blvd. W. near Moore Place.
Complete statistics regarding the location and character of these various buildings, their location, their cost, and the sites, have been published in the seventy-fifth annual report of the board of education of the city of Detroit for the year ending June 30, 1918.
CHAPTER XXIX
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ESTABLISHMENT AT DETROIT-AN INDIAN LAND GRANT -REORGANIZATION OF UNIVERSITY-ITS LOCATION AT ANN ARBOR-COLLEGE OF SAINT PHILIP NERI-GERMAN-AMERICAN SEMINARY-UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT-BUSINESS COLLEGES.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
The initial movement toward the establishment of a higher institution of learning in Detroit, that is, a school to be conducted as a public institution and at the public expense, was made on August 26, 1817, when the governor and judges, sitting as a legislative body, passed an act appropriating the sum of $380 for the establishment of the University of Michigan. The act was signed by William Woodbridge, secretary of Michigan and acting governor; Augustus B. Woodward, presiding judge of the supreme court of Michigan; and John Griffin, one of the territorial judges of Michigan.
The bill authorizing the appropriation was undoubtedly prepared and intro- duced by Judge Woodward and it is full of coined words, indicative of the author's pedantry. Andrew Ten Brook, in his book, "American State Universities: Their Origin and Progress" (1875), infers that the system as originated by Judge Woodward may have been subjected to French influence, as at this time Napo- leon, being in his second year of exile, was featured in every newspaper. In other words, those things of France or of French character, were faddish, and in some respects the plan of Michigan's university was modeled after the University of Paris, in that it made the university include all the primary and higher schools and gave all legislative and executive control into the hands of the president and professors.
The purpose of the act was declared to be the establishment of the "Catho- lepistemiad, or University of Michigania." It provided for thirteen didaxia, or professorships, namely :
1. Catholepistemia, or universal science, the didactor, or professor of this didaxum to be president of the university.
2. Anthropoglossica, or language and literature.
3. Mathematica, or mathematics.
4. Physiognostica, or natural history.
5. Physiosophica, or natural philosophy.
6. Astronomia, or astronomy.
7. Chymia, or chemistry.
8. Iatrica, or the medical sciences.
9. Oeconomia, or the economic sciences.
10. Ethica, or ethical science.
11. Polemitactica, or military science.
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12. Diegetica, or the historical sciences.
13. Ennoeiea, or the intellectual sciences, including the human mind, animal mind, the Deity, religion, spiritual existence, etc.
It was further provided that the didaetor of the last-named branch should be the vice-president of the institution. The salary of the didaetors was designated to be $12.50 for each didaxum taught. The faculty, or board of professors, was authorized "to establish Colleges, Academies, Schools, Libraries, Museums, Athenaeums, Botanic Gardens, Laboratories, and other useful Literary and Scientific institutions." And all this upon an initial appropriation of $380! Provision was made, however, for levying an increase of 15% in the taxes for the support of the institution, and the people were given the opportunity to sub- scribe to a university fund, no subscriber being required to pay more than $50 in any one year. The sum of $3,000 was obtained in this manner. Ten Brook states that two lotteries were also authorized, but these were never drawn.
On September 8, 1817 the university was organized by conferring all the thirteen professorships upon two men-Rev. John Monteith, the Presbyterian minister, and Fr. Gabriel Richard, the priest of Ste. Anne's Catholic Church. The former was given seven of the didaxia and named as president, while the latter was made vice president and given the remaining six didaxia. These two men controlled the affairs of the university and were subordinate in this respect only to the governor, by whom they were appointed.
The remarkable career of Father Richard is described in many other chapters of this work. At this particular time in the history of Detroit there were few Protestants in the village. Catholicism held the upper and stronger hand, due in no small part to the large majority of French inhabitants. But during the winter of 1815-16 the leading protestants of Detroit, among them Lewis Cass, sent to the Princeton Theologieal School for a young man to act as pastor here. John Monteith, one of the most promising of the students, was named and he came to Detroit in response to the call. Naturally, soon after his arrival, he came into contact with Fr. Gabriel Richard and the two-Protestant and Catholic - found much in common through their kindred zeal in the interests of education. Their opposite religious faiths strengthened their work together, rather than weakened it.
The various "Statutes" of the university are interesting. The first, under date of September 12th and signed by Monteith, provides for a seal, upon which should be a device "representing six pillars supporting a dome, with the motto, 'Epistemia,' at their base, and the legend, seal of the University of Michigania, around the margin, and light shining on the dome from above."
Another statute provided that instruction in the primary schools should con- sist of writing, arithmetic, English grammar, and elocution. Another that the classical academy should consist of "French, Latin, and Greek Antiquities, English grammar, composition, mathematies, elocution, geography, morals, and ornamental accomplishments." The following books were to be used: Murray's Grammar and Spelling Book, the English Reader and Exercises, also Walker's Elocution and Dictionary. The thirteenth statute was as follows:
Whereas, for the relief of sufferers by the conflagration of the ancient town of Detroit in the year 1805, there were transmitted from Montreal and Michili- mackinac certain sums of money which are now in the city of Detroit unpaid to such sufferers owing to the want of some principles on which payment can be made, so as to discharge the holders thereof, and whereas, the said sufferers have
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generally manifested a desire that the said funds should now be appropriated in aid of the University of Michigania; Therefore
"Be it enacted by the University of Michigania that the holders of the same funds paying over the same to the trustees of the University, the said University shall be responsible for all future claims on the same, on the part of the sufferers by the conflagration aforesaid.
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