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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Austen Chamberlain provided, by issuing a White Book covering the treaty negotiations. In his introduction Sir Austen penned an amazing paragraph: "I could recall the sincerity with which the Ministers [of Queen Victoria] declared that our occupation [of Egypt] was only temporary and would be withdrawn at the earliest possible moment. But circumstances proved too strong for us. The moment of withdrawal never came and the events of the intervening 45 years have shown that neither of us could escape from a situation in which God had placed us, or evade the mutual relations which the situation imposed upon...
...marked the semi-official launching of the outdoor spring crew season, as it is expected that the weather and river conditions will permit outdoor workouts nearly every day from now on. On January 13 five shells ventured out on a quarter of a mile of open water in the earliest workout recorded. A day or two later the ice again blocked the water...
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...
...first committee, composed of Winslow Carlton '29 and H. F. Schwarz '29, has been chosen to meet Dean Hanford at the earliest possible moment to discuss with him the clause number six of Article E on the powers of the Council, which is embodied in the new constitution of the Council, drawn up last fall. It is felt that this change would require essentially the support of the administration. This committee will make its report at the next meeting. The clause causing the difficulty states that the Council has the power "To prohibit any man who shows an indisposition...
Tomorrow evening the CRIMSON will open its first Freshman competitions. Perhaps it would be well to pause here a moment. Since the earliest CRIMSON days there has always been a certain glamor about the first Freshmen competition which finds no exact counterpart in any of the later contest. It is still an honor to be the first man in the class to make the CRIMSON and although the distinction may make no practical difference on the Board itself, there is a traditional respect paid to the editor who led his Freshman competition. Whether he attains any higher office...