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...this vehicle of practice and self expression. There has long been a lack of understanding and appreciation of the fundamental value and revolutionary character of the work he has been accomplishing, but it is coming to be more and more generally recognized now that the course is no fad, but has the basic idea of a new field to training and service such as can be found in very few places elsewhere. The 47 Workshop is the first course of practical dramatics which has been accorded regular academic credit on a common basis with other courses in the University...
...Eaton to be the fore-runners of a great revival in dramatics among our institutions of learning. "It looks like a very hopeful start", he said. "I think it is pretty well established in the minds of education now that the study of the drama is not a fad. Particularly in the far West are people beginning to realize the importance of giving the creative artist a chance to follow his own bent. People realize that this is a mechanical and industrial age, and that none of us have much play for our creative instincts in the ordinary round...
...accrued dividends. The object of this brief paper is to advise any young man who has the oil fever to stop and calmly consider whether he will not be wiser in keeping his feet on the solid foundation of conservative business rather than to indulge in the present day fad of many college students of studying to become oil geologists...
Nowhere in the seven declarations of the platform is there a single word to indicate any opposition by its signers to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps or to preparedness; but from some fad or fancy the CRIMSON has construed the document into an expression of hostility and has turned loose its mighty wrath. The reason for this, I believe, can be made out from a consideration of the way in which the CRIMSON has come to be our heroic defender of the national honor...
...Kimball having retired from the business management. In form and substance the magazine will be carried on along the lines announced in the first number. The Chap Book is now two years old and since its first issue improvements have been steady. It has ceased to be a fad; but has really created a place for itself among the multitudes of other magazines. Its form is handy and the contents are better than those of most other such publications. The May 1st number contains among other articles a short story by Henry James. In the near future, the editors announce...