Wyse agreed with Brustein that Harvard should have a drams concentration, but he added that it should be established "extremely carefully."

If not administered carefully, a drama concentration might "squash the healthy amateurism" of undergraduate drama. Wyse warned, adding. "Non-concentrators might feel inhibited by competing with concentrators."

Wyse called the lack of a drama concentration a long-standing gripe among undergraduates, noting that students' complaints on the subject intensified when the ART moved to Harvard four years ago.

But Jurij Striedter, professor of Slavic Languages and Literature and a member of the committee, said that in the past. "The Faculty was not interested in training undergraduates to be professional actors," he said.

Stredier also said that HRDC"s support for the creation of a liaison represents a complete change in student opinion. When the ART first came to Harvard, undergraduates interested in drama were afraid that their needs would he sacrificed for those of the ART, Striedter said, adding. Now the feeling is that students would like to have more intense contact the ART."

Brustein said he is unsure whether the committee would endure any of his proposals, "We can't talk about any changes until the committee makes its recommendations. If they're positive we'll go on from there," he said.

Wyse expressed doubts about the financial feasibility of establishing a liaison "Unfortunately, the Faculty is reticent to commit any more theory to the ART then they already have," he said.

In addition to the free one of the Lorb Drama Center, the ART currently receives $225,000 or about 11 percent of its budget from the Faculty. The Faculty also covers any deficit the ART might incur, with the understanding that the money will be paid back