Plan Ahead

Harvard drama-types are suspicious of attempts to impose organization over their widely-scattered enterprises, and perhaps with justification. But whatever its charms, anarchy can be expensive, as the theatrical logjam last December proved. The community and the actors were both the poorer for the thoughtless scheduling that had seven plays running on the same nights.

In an effort to avoid any such trouble this spring, several undergraduates recently called two informal meetings of producers of spring-term shows. The first was held just before Christmas vacation, and the poor attendance was no surprise. The failure of all but five shows to send representatives to yesterday's meeting, however, is more difficult to explain or excuse.

At present, no less than five shows intend to play the weekend of April 27 (which is also Freshman Jubilee Weekend), and three of these are musicals. Surely their producers should at least have shown their awareness of the problem by participating in yesterday's discussion.