Word: hdc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Every revolution needs a leader, and the Spring '65 upheaval at the Loeb proved no exception. Power was fine, but there had to be someone on the newly enfranchised HDC executive committee to consolidate and exert it. That someone quickly became Timothy S. Mayer '66, president of Harvard G&S and one of the five self-appointed leaders of the new HDC hierarchy...
...Fall of '64, for the gargantuan sum of $8000, Mayer had mounted a dazzling production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia, Limited on the Loeb mainstage. He lost no time getting to the vital center of HDC politics...
Mayer's approach to HDC matters was a blend of fast talking and friends in high places. He made no attempt to hide personal likes and dislikes, which were legion. But he was always intelligent, almost always logical, and all to frequently right. Mayer might have been outclassed in the world of politics, but as a politician in the world of theatre, he was without peer...
...HDC meetings took on a new character once the executive committee assumed the right to select plays. The membership-at-large still elected its own officers -- a president and two secretaries -- but these were, until recently, figurehead posts; the presidency was almost a consolation prize for not getting onto the executive committee. Regular meetings were devoted to electing officers, talking about the Coke machine, and arguing policy questions on which the executive committee had the real control...
...became increasingly difficult to assemble a quorum. As a result, meetings began with the absurdly unconstitutional process of an insufficient number of members deciding to suspend the quorum rule. Lack of authority spawned lack of interest, which in turn made it harder and harder for the HDC membership to decide anything...