Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Green and James S. Harrison '57, his predecessor as HDC president, last night called for a new college dramatic organization to be formed next fall, under Administration auspices. Only such a group, they maintained, could efficiently conduct dramatics on a College-wide scale. They suggested that this new group should voluntarily assume any outstanding obligations of the HDC, to "preserve the name of Harvard theater...
...Green indicated that he had met with Dean Watson in the past few days in an attempt to secure help for the HDC from the Administration. According to Green his requests for a loan and for shop space on University property were both turned down. Furthermore, he reported being told that the Faculty Committee on Student Activities would oppose any attempt by the Club to rent outside facilities...
...Green reported that "a member of the Administration told us Monday afternoon that he would just as soon see drama at Harvard discontinued until the new theatre is built." Another member of the HDC Executive Board lamented what he called the University's anti-theatre policy," as manifested in its unwillingness to create a faculty drama department and its refusal actively to support...
Harrison and Green both agreed in calling the present set-up of the HDC "impossible" and said that "Harvard has led us to believe that a College-wide dramatic organization is not wanted at this time...
Should the Executive Board decide this afternoon in favor of disbanding, it will submit a recommendation to this effect at a meeting of the entire Club membership. Green and Harrison thought it extremely unlikely that the membership would go aaginst such a recommendation...