Idler Forum to Debate Need For New Theater at College

Actors, critics, and scholars will all have their say on the desirability of fostering a college theater at the Idler drama forum at 8 p.m. this evening in Agassiz Theater.

Professor Harry T. Levin '33, chairman of the Comparative Literature Department, will moderate the program which treats the question, "Do we need a college theater?" Panel speakers will include Miss Helen Maud Cam, professor of History; professor F. O. Matthiessen of the English Department; Miss Rosamond Gilder, secretary of the American National Theater and Academy, member of the New York Drama Critics Circle, and former editor of the American Theater Arts Monthly; Rudolph Elie, critic and columnist for the Boston Herald; Frank Day Tuttle, professor of Drama at Smith College; and Jerry Kilty of the Brattle Theater Company, formerly with Harvard Theater Workshop.

All members of the college community and the public may attend the program and air their views on the subject. Evaluation of a college dramatic group's functions, problems, and possibilities will come up for discussion from the diversified viewpoints of the panel and the participating audience.