Daniel Seltzer Named Acting Loeb Director

Daniel Seltzer, assistant professor of English, will serve as director of the Loeb Drama Center during the academic year 1964-65. He will resign as head tutor of the English department.

The present director, associate professor Robert H. Chapman, will resume his position in the summer of '64 after a one year leave of absence.

Noted as a Shakespearean scholar, Seltzer has acted extensively himself, including a portrayal of Ulysses in Treilius and Cressida, the first play ever to be produced at the Loeb.

Believing that the Loeb should be an "integral part of the colege." Seltzer hopes to speed the development of the Drama Center into a "truly educational instrument in the study of dramatic literature."

He advocates close relationships between the Loeb and House dramatic groups as well as college-wide dramatic and musical organizations. Because he desires "as much student activity in the center as possible," he hopes to emphasize the Loeb's role as a producing agent for as many productions as it can accomodate.

Although the Center was an "unknown quantity" at first, Seltzer maintains that "all things considered, it has done very well" since its dedication in 1960.

No specific programs have been decided upon yet, but the Elizabethan expert indicated that he would not overlook the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth in the spring of 1964.