Show DR BAKER BAK RJ NESTOR OF U U. U S. S DIES Pneumonia Fatal to Instructor of Eugene ONeill O'Neill NEW YORK Jan 7 P JP George orge Pierce Baker 68 nestor of ot f i ithe the American stage died yesterday o of pneumonia in New York the the city city where scores score of the students student he trained at Harvard and Yale obtained obtained ob ob- tamed fame fam-e as playwrights Out of a course in drama known known- as English 47 Dr Baker Bakel evolved the 47 workshop during his 36 38 years years' at Harvard His chosen students student would pen plays instead of ot theses h then see their efforts stand or fall faU in iii inthe 1 the little theater at near by Radcliffe college Harvard paid comparatively little heed to the unorthodox methods of ot its dramatics instructor but Broadway Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way welcomed Eugene Eugen ON ONeill O'Neill nI Lee Simson Edward Sheldon Philip Barry Barr and a host of others who came from his workshop In 1924 1 Dr Baker went to Yale to preside over an ultra modern theater for eight years before retiring |