On Friday morning, November 18th, Dr. Curry arrived in Washington, and was met at the train by Dr. H. E. Cady, President of the Washington Missionary College where he addressed the student body at eleven a.m. on, "What is Expression?" At 2 p.m., he attended a meeting specially called, of the executive committee of the National League for the Promotion of the Curry Methods of Expression. The meeting lasted an hour and a half, and the discussion took the form of a set of resolutions for a reorganization of the present control of the School of Expression. The League expressed the feeling of the Alumni that the need for a more efficient working plan is imperative. Most particularly, was emphasized, the need for a capable and commanding Business Manager to relieve Dr. and Mrs. Curry, and permit the devotion of their entire time to instruction and artistic work. After the meeting Mrs. Renshaw and Mr. Gaar took the Doctor for a drive about the city. On Saturday morning Dr. Curry was the guest of Senator Norbeck at the Senate office building. He was entertained at luncheon at the Washington Hotel by a number of old friends and students, among whom were Miss Anne R. Stewart, Mr. Ralph Davol, Hon. J. M. Long, Miss Jane Plummer, Miss Alice D. Spalding, Mrs. Wm. Wolfe Smith and Mrs. Renshaw. The party adjourned to the Corcoran Art Gallery where the Doctor spoke informally to an enthusiastic group. The resolutions passed at the meeting of the executive committee recommended that: 1. The Board of Trustees of the School of Expression be elected for a term of years, not to exceed four, an interval of one year to elapse before any one member would be eligible for re-election. These Trustees to be so elected that at least one-fourth would retire each year. 2. At least fifty percent of the Trustees shall be alumni of the School of Expression. 3. The Trustees from the alumni shall be nominated by the alumni, ballots being sent to every alumnus of known address. A majority vote shall elect. 4. The Trustees shall elect a Treasurer and Business Manager into whose hands shall be given entire control of the business of the School of Expression. 5. The salary of Dr. Curry shall be $- ; the salary of Mrs. Curry shall be ; and such other recompense as the Trustees may decide. 6. The Trustees shall elect teachers, at the same time designating rank and salary. Instructors shall be elected for one year. The ranks of teachers shall be,-Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor. (Signed) J. STANLEY DURKEE ANNE T. RENSHAW PETER NORBECK ANNE ROTHWELL STEWART THE CURRY METHODS OF EXPRESSION As we go to press the League for the Promotion of the Curry Methods of Expression reports this interesting news in brief: More than one hundred bona fide members. A good percentage of these Life Members. Many of the Regular Memberships, promising to take out higher memberships as soon as possible. Dr. Shailer Matthews, Prof. Binney Gunnison, Mrs. Putnam, and Mr. Verburg have joined the Advisory Council-and the executive committee now has the following members: Prof. Anne T. Renshaw, National Chairman, Prof. J. Carter Walker, Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, Pres. Howard University, Prof. Florence E. Lutz, Rev. J. Russell Gaar, Miss Ione Grindrod, Miss Anne Rothwell Stewart, Senator Peter Norbeck, Miss Henrietta Fetzer, chairman Junior League and Student Membership Committee. Every mail brings new members and the work of organization is advancing satisfactorily. The Executive Committee has relieved Mrs. Renshaw of the financial burden by securing the services of a prominent official of the Washington Savings Bank who will act in the capacity of Treasurer. The necessary expenditures will be put on a budget basis. Our first necessity, however, is complete organization—if you have not already joined with us, will you not do so at once? We need every Curry student, every graduate, every friend. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE HEAD QUARTERS: 2109 F ST., N. W. Please enroll me as a.. WASHINGTON, D. C. ..member of the National League.... for the Promotion of the Curry Methods of Expression. I enclose $.. Make check payable to League and mail to Anne T. Renshaw, Chairman, 2109 F St., N. W., Washington, D. C. The Bureau of Expression is having a most successful season. Under its auspices Mr. Edward Abner Thompson has made an extensive trip through the far and middle west, his itinerary taking him as far north as Vancouver, British Columbia, and as far south as Texas. On this trip he has given recitals in some of the largest universities of the West with gratifying success. Professor Victor H. Hoppe, of the English and Expression Department, Washington State Normal School, Bellingham, Washington, writes: "Edward Abner Thompson appeared at Bellingham State Normal School October 7, presenting in the morning Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln and in the evening Parker's Disraeli. I had not heard him in ten years. He has grown into a sincere, and to my mind a great artist. Really, the simplicity of this man is marvelous. In Lincoln he suggests the very spirit of the Emancipator, He was charming and facile in Disraeli. His mobile face, his splendid buoyancy of spirit, his qualities of mind and heart, voice and body, make him a commanding figure on any platform." In January Mr. Thompson will read in the lecture course of the Boston Public Library and will conclude his season with a trip through the eastern and southern states. Miss Ethel Priscilla Potter, one of the artists of the Bureau of Expression, is now on tour in the South, filling a series of engagements at colleges and universities. The Bureau is in receipt of a number of most appreciative letters from the various institutions where she has read. Miss Annie M. Powell, Chatham Episcopal Institute, Chatham, Virginia, writes: "Miss Potter presented Barrie's A Kiss for Cinderella in a most delightful way. It seems to me that she fully represents all the ideals for which the School of Expression stands. I hope that we may have her every year.” President Chandler of the College of William and Mary says: "I was thoroughly satisfied with both the selection for reading and the manner of rendering it, which Miss Potter gave in her appearance here. She made so favorable an impression that I am sure the literary societies will be glad to consider having her back next year." President W. E. Martin of Sullins College, Bristol, Virginia, says: Both "We were delighted with Miss Potter's work in A Kiss for Cinderella. students and faculty pronounced it a great succes. She gave some readings in our college chapel before the Expression class. Her coming was a great inspiration and will be remembered as one of the real treats of the year.' President J. D. Blanton, of Ward-Belmont, Nashville, Ten nessee, writes under date of December 3, 1921: "Let me express my hearty appreciation of the reading given us by Miss Ethel Priscilla Potter some days ago. I considered it the best we have ever had. We want her to read for us again next session." Miss Margaret A. Boyer, M.A. (G.C.D., '95), is Supervising Principal of the City Schools, Tower City, Penn. Miss Mary E. Latimer, A.B. (P.R.D., '20), has charge of the Department of Public Speaking in the High School, Elgin, Ill. Miss Edith M. Smaill (G.C.D., '06), has been appointed to Assistant Professorship at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. Miss Ellen C. Magoon, A.B. (Sp.D., '18), is teaching in the State Normal School, Fitchburg, Mass. Miss Lois M. Dean (T.D., '21), is one of the assistant teachers of Expression in the Shaw High School, East Cleveland, O. Miss Katherine Keifer (G.C.D., '16), is Head of the Department of Expression in Flora McDonald College, Red Springs, N. C. Miss Jane Douglas Crawford (P.R.D., '17), is teaching in the Laurel School, Cleveland, O. Miss Ethel Powell (G.C.D., '17), has been chosen as teacher of Expression in Hardin College, Mexico, Mo. Miss Elizabeth Stahr (P.R.D., '20), succeeded Miss Catherine Pierce, A.B. (G.C.D., '19), as Teacher of Public Speaking in the High School, Schenectady, N. Y. Rev. Charles Williams, A.B. (A.D. '05), has been appointed Assistant Rector in St. Paul's Parish, Chicago, Ill. Miss Dorothy Richey A.B. (P.R.D., '21), has been appointed teacher of Expression in the Alabama Technical Institute and College, at Montevallo, Ala. Miss Grace Kepner (T.D., '21), is teaching at Drury College, Springfield, Mo., at the same time taking courses for her degree in that College. The officers of the Alumni Association of the School of Expression are as follows: President, Mr. L. D. Fallis, School of Expression; Secretary, Miss Kate McGaffigan, 6 Willis St., Dorchester; Treasurer, Mrs. W. C. Taylor, 176 Winthrop Rd., Brookline, Mass. Ruth Zachery (T.D. '15), sailed October 12, 1921, for Rangoon, Burma, where she will marry Mr. Charles L. Conrad, A.B. (Student '15), a missionary in India. Mr. James F. Watson, A.B. (T.D. '09), is President of the Atlanta School of Oratory and Expression. He is also Professor of Expression at Cox College, College Park, Ga., and Professor of Public Speaking at Atlanta Theological Seminary. Miss Mary V. Wheatley (G.C.D., '21), is teaching at St. Katherine's School, Bolivar, Tenn. J. Johnston Williams (T.D., '11), is Editor and Publisher of the WaycrossJournal-Herald, and of the Waycross Weekly Journal, Waycross, Ga. James A. Verburg, M.A. (T.D., '17), is Director of Religious Education in the State of Ohio for the Presbyterian Church. His headquarters are at 802 North High Street, Columbus, O. Miss Florence Cunningham, A.B. (G.C.D., '15), is Director of the Playhouse-on-the-Moors, and the Community Dramatic School, East Gloucester, Mass. Mrs. Rebecca Young Schofield (G.C.D., '16), has opened a Studio at 606 West Avenue, Austin, Tex. Speech, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Mrs. Grace Clarke Pierce (Student, '98; '10), is Teacher of Expression and Dramatic Art at Tudor Hall, and Teacher's College, Indianapolis, Ind. Miss Florence A. Price (Phil.D., '16), is teacher of Expression and Public Speaking at Bethel Institute, St. Paul. She also conducts a Studio, at 202 Schiffman Building, St. Paul. Mrs. Georgia Burrows Parker (G.C.D., '96), is teaching English and Public Speaking in the High School, Belfast, Me. Miss Texora Nash (G.C.D., '11), is this year a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin as a candidate for M.A., Major in Speech. She is on leave from Asbury College, Wilmore, Ky. Miss Edith W. Moses, B.Sc. (Phil.D., '08), has been appointed Associate Professor of Spoken English at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. Miss Franke Longbotham (T.D., '21; Org. Gym. Certif., '21), is Teacher of Expression and Director of Physical Training at Galloway College, Searcy, Ark. Mr. Walter Kunce (G.C.D., '11), is Superintendent of Schools at Antwerp, Ohio. Miss Miriam V. Hewins (T.D., '21; Org. Gym. Certif., '21), is Instructor of Physical Training and Expression at Kent's Hill Seminary, Kent's Hill, Me. Miss Alice R. Hubbard (G.C.D., '20), has been appointed teacher of Public Speaking and Dramatics in the High School, Nowata, Okla. Mrs. Dean Cram Hunter (T.D., '18) is teaching in the Departments of Expression and Dancing at Rogers Hall, Lowell, Mass. Miss Lola Harkins (T.D., '21), is Director of the Department of Expression at Abilene Christian College, Abilene, Tex. Mrs. Elizabeth Parker Hunt, A.B. (G.C.D., '09), is Assistant Professor of Reading and Speaking at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. Miss Florence A. Holt (T.D., '19); Org. Gym. Certif., '19, is Supervisor of Reading in the Public Schools of Sanford, Me. Miss Lucie Jameson, M.A. (T.D., '21), is teaching Public Speaking, English and Literature in the High School at Beaumont, Tex. Mrs. Eleanor Woodworth Hale (G.C.D., '20), is the Founder and Principal of the Ames Family School, Chicopee, Mass. Olivia Hobgood, A.B. (P.R.D., '20), is Head of the Expression Department of Simmons College, Abilene, Tex. Miss Agnes Riser (G.C.D., '20), is her Assistant in the Expression Department, and Director of Girls' Athletics. Miss Lois Hardy, A.B. (T.D., '13), continues her work as teacher of Expression at Whitworth College, Brookhaven, Miss. Miss Elba Henninger (T.D., '21), is Director of Expression and Physical Education at Greensboro College, Greensboro, N. C. Miss Gertrude Kollmeyer (G.C.D., '21; Org. Gym. Certif.. '21), is Teacher of Expression and Physical Training at the Woman's College of Due West, S. C. Miss Lone Grindrod, A.B. (T.D., '21), is teacher of Expression in the Lincoln High School, Seattle, Wash. Mr. Binney Gunnison, A.B. (Phil.D., '07). is Assistant Professor of Public Speaking in Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; also Lecturer in Public Speaking at Connecticut College for Women, New London, Conn. Miss Callie Eddins (P.R.D., '20), has opened a Studio at Cooper, Tex. |