Sixteen Harvard and Radcliffe students were retained after the tryouts last night for final casting in the Harvard Dramatic Club's spring production, which will be chosen in a few days.

Those retained are: Allan L. Steinberg '35, John Cromwell '36, Arthur Szathmary '37, Richard C. Sullivan '35, Robert L. McKee '37, Paul Killiam, Jr. '37, James W. Tower '37, John Michael '35, Whitney M. Cook '36, Stephen Greene '37, William M. Hunt, 2d, '36, William H. Ledgard '36, Betty Anne Noland, Lois Hall, Miriam Hurwitt, Jean Goodale, and Agnes Love.

Joe Losey, well known New York director, arrived in Cambridge yesterday and supervised the final tryouts and will take charge of rehearsals as soon as they begin.