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With reference to the recent flood of articles about the departure of Agassiz Theatre technical guru Alan P. Symonds '69, I am adamant to have the last word...
...student assistant techie at Agassiz Theatre, I have had the occasion to observe Symonds in action for one year. A typical Alan Situation would...
...spending an entire Saturday--morning to late evening--rewiring and trying to shore up the shamefully decrepit Agassiz Theatre...
...this point the most glaring question would be, why on earth is Alan so overworked? Couldn't student theater groups get someone else to work the lights? Can't Agassiz Theatre afford a professional renovator and electrician? Can't those House productions go to someone else for props, flats, drills, bolts, scenic paint and concise professional advice...
...deplorable shortage of immediately accessible technical support staff. What we need are in fact more Alans. To remove someone who has his hands on all the ropes, who has an intimate knowledge of every facet of Harvard student theater, who thoroughly knows every nook and cranny of the Agassiz, and replace him with someone who, for all his teaching qualifications, has to take time to rethink and relearn his experience to suit the demands of Harvard theater, probably represents the most economically inefficient decision ever made...