Word: macgowan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Delivering the Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture, Macgowan said that students must be taught to feel as well as think," and that the theatre is a good way to attain this end. He stressed that "theatre in its broadest sense has the happy advantage of providing a wide cultural base...
...Macgowan added that the theatrical arts emphasize a creative form of artistic intelligence de-emphasized in the normal college curriculum. He insisted that this "creative power must be set free if life in this democracy is to attain the highest degree of happiness...
...Macgowan pointed out that Harvard is one of the few leading universities without a major in theatre. He said that the present unrecognized status of theatre works to the disadvantage not only of a student's dramatic efforts but of his other courses as well. He cited himself as an example of a student who nearly did not graduate because of the time spent on the theatre...
...Macgowan also advocated building a new theatre at the University. He suggested that it might be wise to build a small experimental auditorium seating one or two hundred persons before preceding to build a larger...
...first part of his speech Macgowan discussed the achievements of Harvard graduates in the theatrical world and their attempt to encourage the teaching of theatre at the University...