Word: schwalb
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...H.D.C., however, would not collapse if bolstered by another proposal for college drama, the Schwalb, or Economic Salvation plan. Feeling that the basic problems of college drama are material, Schwalb proposes that more costumes, bigger sets, and larger audiences are the real needs of Harvard drama. If one accepts this philosophy of dramatic art, one is of course led to the conclusion that efficiency is all that is needed. Hence, a strong central bureaucracy is indispensable to provide capital for heavy investments in costumes and sets, to arrange performance dates, and to withold financial support from inferior productions. Of course...
...Schwalb plan marks the realization that art can only be furthered by legislation. It is this enlightened idea that puts the Schwalbians and the H.D.C. in the same camp, despite the emphasis of the one on economics and the other on aesthetics. Perhaps the virtues of both plans might be attained by combining them into one great interlocking directorate. This new institution, the Harvard Dramatic Organ, could prevent recalcitrant individualists from forming new "out-caste" groups, simply by scheduling some spectacle, say Aida, at the same time as the out-caste performance of Oedipus, which would not have the benefit...
Burton A. Schwalb '57 first proposed his plan at the Student Council meeting Monday. At that time, however, the Council tabled the measure until its next meeting...
...Schwalb said his plan would reduce the production costs of all productions by centralizing purchasing and eliminating competitive advertising...
Last night, however, it seemed as if Schwalb's program might not meet with the complete approval of the various groups. In fact, Robert L. Loud '56, president of the Adams House Music Society, said it would serve his group no worthwhile purpose. "There has always been a need in productions for more information on dates," Loud said, "but Dean Watson's office has this information. The Schwalb plan would run into too many complications in the long run. The House Committee has always been generous in giving funds to the Music Society...