Word: directing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That remark might well be dismissed as an attempt at wit by a literate and witty professor. Galbraith, however, certainly did not consider it so. Later he added that-although he does not advocate direct U.S. withdrawal-Viet Nam is "a country which has not the slightest strategic importance." His neo-isolationism is less significant as a personal viewpoint than as a measure of a growing tendency among academics and other critics of U.S. policy to believe that Viet Nam is simply not very important to the U,S. It also reflects the feelings of a great many other Americans...
...putting up purely experimental satellites, ELDO should orbit a paying payload, namely a communications satellite, which would require a bigger and more expensive vehicle. The French seem to be successfully playing on the fear of Europeans that eventually there will be only American and Russian satellites in orbit, broadcasting direct to TV receivers, without going through national broadcasting stations. Says Jean Delorme, president of the French chemical and gas concern, Air Liquide, "The future of Europe, its independence and its economic, cultural and political presence in the world of tomorrow are at stake...
...undergraduate who eventually wants to direct on the main stage is tempted to try conventional plays and eschew experimenting, which may lead to failure. The process also tends to fill too many Experimental Theatre dates with shows clearly not experimental. Once he has his main stage show, he must "succeed" if he wants another, and one result of this has been remarkable: more and more of the acting at the Loeb is being done by a coterie of graduate students or Boston residents. A show with a majority of undergraduate leads is a rarity, and shows have been produced...
...drama courses, the University tried to leave its control as loose as possible. It appointed a director, Robert H. Chapman, and later two associate directors, but Chapman defines their role as merely "a magnified version of the Faculty advisers to the old Harvard Dramatic Club." Occasionally the Faculty advisers direct or act in a show. Otherwise, according to Chapman, they are there to let the students do what they want, and to assist them...
...several student directors (who unanimously respect him as a man of the theatre) say they would have appreciated more help from him with their shows. Some undergraduates believe that the senior advisers have made it clear that they are uninterested in student theatre altogether, save for the shows they direct...