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...fund and the interest of Mary Louise Curtis Bok, wife of the late editor Edward William Bok of Ladies' Home Journal, daughter of Publisher Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis. Great pet of Mrs. Bok is the Curtis Institute given in memory of her mother. Its opera students needed an outlet for their new-trained talents. Philadelphia needed one really first-rate resident opera company. In collaboration with Mrs. Leidy, still active president, Mrs. William C. Hammer, artistic director, and William C. Hammer, business manager, Mrs. Bok now dictates the opera's policies, approves the repertoire and casts, signs...
...elderly gentlemen don't start riots. In the first place because they wouldn't dare, but more than that, because most of them wouldn't want to. Most students dare at all times, and sometimes they want to, for there are occasions when youthful energy and enthusiasm desire an outlet and find none, despite compulsory athletics, which is supposed to afford one and obviously doesn't. So disturbances of one kind or another occur, not in the spirit of vandalism but rather of over-enthusiasm and thoughtlessness...
...Alan has three outlets, intoxication, love and work. The chief American outlet is work. Through love man may gain leisure. It is a good check on both intoxication and work. It's not a bad idea to mix the three about even...
...Deny interview as stated. I quoted a French philosopher on three escapes from reality, but said it is better to love intensely than lead a sterile narrow life. I did not say mix the three, but said work is the best outlet. Do what you can to correct. I said man employs three escapes, but I had abiding faith that he would find constructive rather than destructive escapes...
Students musically inclined will find an outlet for their ambition in any one or more of several organizations. There are the Glee Club, the University Instrumental Clubs, and the Pierian Sodality; also, later in the year, the Freshman Class organizes its own Instrumental Club, divided into mandolin, banjo, band, and specialty groups. The University band, which plays at the football games, holds tryouts for candidates...