SOCK AND BUSKIN

Dramatics are in the air at the University this week. With the second production of the 47 Workshop successfully completed, the Dramatic Club takes the center of the stage. But other groups, also, are in the limelight: the Cercle Francais is presenting an interesting program of short plays, the Pi Etta musical show is in rehearsal, and the Circulo Espanol is preparing to add yet another language to the babel on our stage.

The Dramatic Club, however, fills a special place in the dramatic activities of the College. For while the Workshop produces the original work of its members, the Pi Eta and Hasty Pudding give "home-made" musical productions, and the various language clubs give plays in foreign tongues, the Dramatic Club limits itself to the works of English playwrights or translations of pieces which are not likely to be produced professionally in this country. The club, in the past, has been highly successful in this policy and has proved that there is an appreciation of good drama in the University. The past decade has seen an awakened interest in drama and a striving toward better dramatic standards. In this movement Harvard has taken its part: the activities of its organizations have more and more frequently come to take the dramatic form. Boston has been called the poorest "show city" in the country; just now, Cambridge is doing its bit to redeem the balance.