function [ s ] = set( s, varargin )

  propArgs = varargin;
  while (length(propArgs) >= 2)
    propName  = propArgs{1};
    propValue = propArgs{2};
    propArgs  = propArgs(3:end);
    switch propName
      case 'cork'
	if(isa(propValue,'Cork'))
          s.Cork = propValue;
	else
	  s.Cork = set(s.Cork, 'click',propValue);
	end
      case 'gark'
        s.gark = propValue;
      otherwise
        % Note that get/set for multiple parents is hard.  We only do one
        % branch of the parent tree just to test this stuff out.
        s.Dork = set(s.Dork, propName, propValue);
    end
  end

end