Inevitably does the name HARKNESS evoke Yale University. Yale's Memorial Quadrangle was given by Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness. There is a William L. Harkness Hall. And sadly do Harvard men recall that day in December, 1924, when a University Theatre was given to Yale by Edward Stephen Harkness, Yale '97. For, immediately, Professor George Pierce Baker of the famed Harvard 47 (theatre) Workshop was invited to the Yale faculty of Fine Arts to teach dramatics with the Harkness theatre as laboratory. Immediately, Prof. Baker accepted.
Last week came news that Edward S. Harkness had more than made amends to Harvard. With an...
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