Word: idea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whether the characterizations in this little fable were correct or not is debatable. But the idea of portraying Loeb people as animals was unquestionably a stroke of genius. Like animals, they (a) growl, (b) bite, and (c) growl and bite each other more than the common enemy. Maybe this is characteristic of theatre people everywhere, but it was certainly true of the Loeb community in the Spring...
While President Conant was less than gung-ho about the idea of a university theatre, his predecessor, A. Lawrence Lowell, had actively opposed one, going so far as to refuse unsolicited offers of money for the purpose of establishing a drama school. Conant's successor, Nathan Pusey, felt differently. Early in '54 he announced his support for a drive to finance construction of a theatre, and when John L. Loeb '24 donated a flat million to the cause, its realization became a certainty...
...vague vision for the future, everyone could see it in his own image. Students could think of the Loeb simply as a stage to be used as freely as any other. Some faculty members could envision a gradual evolution toward a formal drama school. Others, to whom this idea was repugnant, only hoped the Loeb would be professional, respectable, and faculty...
Susanne J. Wilson '67, president of RGA, said yesterday that Giles Constable, Head of North House, has responded enthusiastically to the idea of a lounge, but feels that there is need for a plan of supervision...
Earlier this week, the Council had discussed the parietal changes with RGA executives. They then seemed "favorably disposed" to the idea of extension, Suzanne Wilson '67, President of RGA, said last night...