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Among the dogmas of the intelligentsia, from earliest times onward, has stood the belief that opera was not to be done in English; and this belief has very naturally been the parent of a widespread conviction, that opera, in America, is an entertainment only for the elite. Mr. George Eastman, always enthusiastic for community improvement, defied both of these doctrines in his theater at Rochester; skepticism has given way to applause, and the American Opera Company, surviving the early lances of critics, will visit Boston with a reputation already made...
...Eastman Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., Dutch Henry, southpaw pitcher of the New York Giants, went to a hotel dance in a tuxedo and stiff shirt while his teammates, standing in the doorway, watched...
...Dartmouth Senior, Charles A. Eastman, has declined membership in Phi Beta Kappa, thereby gaining not a little publicity, and furnishing jaded critics of education with enough controversial material to last them for some time. Mr. Eastman states that he does not regard making Phi Beta Kappa as an honor, since he considers that, "the present system of marks in colleges does not show the true ability of a student...
...Eastman's opinion of Phi Beta Kappa in particular appears to be rather typical of the present critical attitude of students toward scholastic standards. But, whatever one's opinion of these standards, they nevertheless exist; and the fact that Phi Beta Kappa must conform to them does not mean that it approves of them. Mr. Eastman's rejection of what seems to him a hollow honor is praiseworthy enough morally; but it seems that he is confusing the empty titles so much beloved these days with a distinction that is real. It is to be hoped that his action will...
...whose desperate bid for first place in the latter stages of the race forced Cutcheon to surpass himself and eliminated the other Crimson entries, P. F. Coburn '24 and J. F. Ryan '26. R. L. Hyatt '24 took first place in the broad jump. The heave of C. A. Eastman '24, which covered 43 feet and one half inches in the shot put, surpassing the old record by seven inches and the recovery of Captain Merrill from some recovery of Captain Merrill from some collisions at the start of the 300, to win second place, were the high spots...