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M: The Little Theatre operation was..... drew on a lot of university talent .and

 they had problems of equipment" they were limited in equipment and so ....

 yj know there was a talent and we'd borrow some of the equipment and then

 4vrIl' borrow the people to go with the equipment to run it see. Well, we

 don't know how to do this ya know. That sort of thing. You got involved and

 I became more involved after World War II when I came back with the Little

 Theatre and we put on plays in the recreation center and also one play

 we did in the auditorium of the,uh Kirby Smith which I gather is about uh....

J: 9ld.

M: fPld. I wonder what they're gonna do with that building?

J: They just spent the money to renovate it. That's what's ironic. They

 spend money to renovate it and then they close it. Doesn't make sense.

M: That doesn't make sense. And itv.... it's....It is..... I like it. To me,

 it's a school. th these uh classrooms in the round and

 modular teaching or whatever yp call it with y/ know..... one class in this

 end of a large room and one at the other and both of em competing for the ....
 o*
 for the acoustic ...... y. know.you get this we talk a little louder, we

 talk a little louder and pretty soon it's ..... it's ,_lth .

J: Right. I know.

M: It's about as absurd as the concept of cafetoriums which came in in the late

 1404s, early 50"s where you combine an auditorium and a cafeteria into one

 to save money.

J: Yeah.

M: Neither of em were worth a darn. Wasn't a good cafeteria nor was it a good

 auditorium......... cause yL couldn't..... For a cafeteria yf couldn't place

 your facilities where yA wanted em.... and for an auditorium you were always