ANNA BAYRIGHT CURRY Dean Emeritus of the School of Expression Mrs. Anna Bayright Curry, Dean Emeritus of the School of Expression, passed away Friday, February 22, 1924, at 1.45 P.M. Funeral Services were held at her late home, 60 Bay State Road, Sunday afternoon, at 3 P.M. The services were conducted by the Rector of Trinity Church. The remains were interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Mrs. Curry was born June 19, 1854. After a protracted illness of fifteen months she died of an acute attack of dilatation of the heart. Her three daughters, son and only sister were present at the funeral. Meantime *The spring (March) number of Expression will contain detailed information concerning the summer terms of the school, courses to be given, classes, teachers and expense. address: School of Expression 301 Pierce Building, Copley Square 12 Huntington Avenue Boston, Mass. SUMMER TERMS OF THE SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION Summer sessions of the School of Expression for 1924 will include seven summer terms. Four of these terms will be held in Boston; two in the south, and one in Chicago. Full details of the summer courses will be published in the spring (March) number of Expression. Our summer terms have certain characteristics besides the methods of teaching, speaking and reading, viz. Voice, Body and Mind. Summer students, as far as possible, are offered methods of training, application of principles to needs, and scientific and artistic treatment of Expression. In Vocal Expression the actions of the mind and their effects upon the voice are taught. In Vocal Training the voice is improved in an unusually short time; the body is trained for personality and power in expression. The summer terms have grown in numbers year after year. All these various terms are organized in vital relation with the home school, each manifesting the same purpose, using the same methods and applying the principles in progressive steps. The application of the methods of the School of Expression has made these summer courses the greatest organized educational movement of the kind in this country. Teachers and graduates have been in attendance from nearly all the leading universities and colleges; students have come from every calling in life. Organization and concentration in selected subjects and upon the individual needs of the students in class, sections, and individual drill, have enabled the school to accomplish results in training hitherto not supposed attainable except in long terms. A prominent minister, after having attended one of our summer terms said, “I have never seen the voice and delivery improved so much in so short a time." A student of the Dramatic Term of 1921 wrote us: 66 From boyhood I have often heard my father speak in high terms of what your school did for him. After these six weeks of the Dramatic Term I can appreciate his feeling. As a minister I questioned somewhat the value of such a course for my personal needs, but every day has meant a great deal in enabling me to see my weaknesses, the cause of them, and the way to overcome them. "I desire especially to commend the positive, constructive character of the teaching and criticism and the great amount of personal attention which I BOSTON DRAMATIC TERM May 12 to June 20, 1924 The Dramatic term is considered one of the most successful short terms in America for training in dramatic art, pantomime, dramatic interpretation, ease and facility in the staging of plays. The demand of dramatic students for courses similar to the work for teachers and speakers, based on fundamental principles of art, make this term an integral and permanent one in the terms of the School of Expression. 66 The courses are arranged to meet the needs of those who are studying for the stage, and afford unique advantages for the study of dramatic art, the development of the dramatic instinct, and histrionic training. A New York critic has said: There is no better dramatic work in the country than that done in the School of Expression." Opportunities are offered to secure a practical knowledge of histrionic art in all its forms, — comedy, burlesque, farce, melodrama, tragedy and pageantry, training in dramatic action, pantomime and stage business. The methods employed seek first to awaken dramatic thinking to develop the imagination and dramatic instinct, and to train the mental or artistic powers of each student, while training the voice and body to the greatest degree of strength, flexibility, and responsiveness to the action of the mind in every phase of thought and passion; also to develop power in Expression, first in the individual, and then to bring him in contact with other dramatic students, for a higher realization of unity in dramatic action. This term is recommended for those preparing for the stage, as well as for teachers of all phases of dramatic interpretation. It not only furnishes inspiration for individual unfoldment, but offers opportunities in the study of methods of staging plays, developing pantomimic thinking, and training of the dramatic instinct, as well as for finish and the artistic unfoldment in creative power. Judging from the applications already received, this year's Dramatic Term will surpass in numbers that of any similar term in the history of the school. Write for special Dramatic Circular. SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION 301 Pierce Building |