In the Summer Session of 1921 the School of Expression conducted eight summer terms. Four of these were held at the School Studios in Boston and were under the personal direction of the Dean, as was the Southern Term held at Asheville, N. C. Three terms were held in the Middle West: At the University of Pittsburgh, at Waxahachie, Texas, and at Chicago, and were under the personal direction of the President, Dr. Curry. The Waxahachie Term and the various Boston terms were reviewed at some length in the Summer Session Supplement of "Expression," issued in July, 1921. PITTSBURGH SUMMER TERM The Summer Term of the School of Expression which was held at the University of Pittsburgh in July, 1921, was conducted by Dr. Curry, assisted by Mr. Fallis and other members of the faculty. It consisted of a small but appreciative group of students, whose enthusiasm increased with the progress of the work. At the end of the four weeks there was a general demand for an extension of the term, but unfortunately this could not be gratified because of summer terms elsewhere. ASHEVILLE SUMMER TERM The Southern Term, held in Asheville, N. C., in July, was conducted by Miss Hollingsworth, Assistant Dean of the School of Expression, assisted by Mr. James A. Verburg, instructor in Public Speaking and Bible Reading at the School of Expression, Boston, and Miss Laura Plonk. Student recitals were given weekly on Fridays, and a number of recitals were also given by the students outside the school, in the Government Hospital for Soldiers and other similar institutions. As usual, the city and the people of Asheville extended many pleasant social courtesies to the school and its students. The management of Grove Park Inn, one of the most unique pleasure resorts in the world, invited the students of the Summer Term to attend an Organ Recital at the Inn. During the term a number of sightseeing trips were made to places of interest, including one to Mt. Pisga and another to Chimney Rock. CHICAGO AUGUST TERM The Chicago Summer Term was one of the largest and most successful summer terms the School of Expression has ever held in the Middle West. It was conducted by Dr. Curry, with the help of several able assistants. At the Chicago Art Muse "A Hundred Years of Art", illustrating his talk by the pictures in the museum. On August 17, Mr. J. Russell Gaar addressed the school on the need of an endowment for the School of Expression. On motion of Col. Geo. K. Freeman, J. Russell Gaar, as chairman, was asked to appoint a committee of five to consider the matter and report to the school. The chairman appointed-Col. Geo. K. Freeman, Mrs. E. K. Werner, Miss Agnes Hoffinger, Mr. Oliver Hinsdell. On August 19, 1921, the committee made the following report to the school, which was unanimously approved: School of Expression, Boston, Mass. The undersigned students and friends of the School of Expression wish to show our appreciation of the School in a practical way and do hereby subscribe the amounts opposite our names as a permanent endowment to the School. It is the hope of the subscribers that the School will immediately begin from Boston a systematic effort to reach all former students and also all friends of the School. When we consider the unparalleled service rendered to the science and art of true expression by Dr. and Mrs. Curry, we feel that we cannot afford to do less than is hereby indicated. One of the most interesting literary events of Boston for 1921 took place at the School of Expression December 15, when Mr. Edward J. O'Brien, well known as the editor of the now famous annual compilation of Best Short Stories of the Year gave a valuable and interesting lecture on The American Short Story and its Relation to American Life. This was followed by an open forum, in which Mr. O'Brien answered with great adroitness and finesse, a battery of questions lasting more than an hour. In the course of his remarks Mr. O'Brien said that the Anglo Saxon was beginning to absorb large tracts of many other racial fields of memory, and to share the experiences of Scandinavian and Russian and German and Italian, Polish, Irish, African, and Asiatic members of the body politic, and that this was more conspicuously the case in America at the present time than in any other part of the English speaking world. Mr. O'Brien thought that Mr. Sherwood Anderson and a few others were trying honestly to interpret present day America to herself. Mr. O'Brien said that in choosing the thirty or more stories which go to make up his annual volume of the Best American Short Stories of the Year he aimed to select those which have rendered life imaginatively in organic substance and artistic form, and with such sincerity that they may fairly claim a position in American literature. Not all of these are great stories. A year which produced one great story would be an exceptional one. Four or five volumes of average size would hold all the short stories by American authors which can be ranked as literature. Mr. O'Brien is a Massachusetts man, who has taken up his abode in England, near by Oxford University. SUMMER SESSION PREPARATORY COURSES Short Reading Courses in Literature for Platform use, short courses in the use of Dr. Curry's books, and in elementary exercises for Training of Voice and Body have been arranged by the Home Study Department with a view to assisting students who plan to attend the Summer Session. These courses will be found to be real time-savers, and students who desire to make the most of their summer work are advised to send for an outline of our Summer Session Preparatory Courses. A special rate on the Courses will be made to students registering for the Summer Session. Write to Home Study Department, School, of Expression, 308 Pierce Building, Copley Square, Boston, Mass. Though the work of the School of Expression is strenuous at all times, the social life of the School is by no means neglected. Many formal and informal parties, "teas" and similar functions are given during the year. The opening affair of the present school year was the reception to the student body by the School of Expression, when our President was host of the evening. By Dr. Curry's expressed wish, the affair was informal, and the evening's program, which was delightful and never-to-be-forgotten, was almost impromptu. The spirit of the occasion was that of kindly greeting by a beloved president to those who for the coming year were to come under his gentle and inspiring teachings. The Senior Dance, which was the first formal function of the year, was especially brilliant. The reception hall and studios were gaily decorated with shrubbery and flowers, and the school colors were everywhere in evidence. Dean Anna B. Curry and Mrs. H. H. Wadsworth were the matrons. Among the guests of the evening were many students from Harvard, Boston University, Technology, Boston College, Yale and Dartmouth Colleges. Mr. Ira P. Baumgartner of Indiana, class president, Mr. Domis E. Plugge of Michigan, vice president, and Miss Catherine Padwick of Toronto, secretary, were in charge of the various committees. Less formal but none the less delightful was the tea dansant given in honor of Miss Anita Monroe, of Texas, during her Boston engagement with the "Mitzi" Company. The Dean was hostess for the afternoon, and was assisted by members of the senior class. Miss Monroe is a graduate of the School of Expression, class of '20, and those of her former classmates who were in Boston during her professional stay here, planned many festivities in her honor; but like a true aspirant for artistic distinction, Miss Monroe improved many hours of her stay in Boston by further study in voice and diction at the School of Expression. Miss Catherine Dietz of the class of 1921, who also returned to Boston with a professional company, was entertained by former classmates at the School, and was also an honored guest at the Green Room Club of Boston. Mrs. Ada Girand Griffith of Texas, who has been studying at the School of Expression this season, was hostess at a recital tea, when she read from her own poems. Grateful acknowledgment is here made by the School of Expression to Miss Anne R. Stewart ('10) of Baltimore, for her gift of $75.00 for a loan scholarship in the School of Expression. It is Miss Stewart's wish that students from Maryland be preferred in the awarding of the scholarship and after them, any student from the South. LOAN SCHOLARSHIP FROM MR. DAVOL The following letter tells its own story. The School of Expression is indeed fortunate in its friends. Mr. Davol's generous gift has been received and gratefully acknowledged by the School of Expression. My dear Mrs. Curry: August 12, 1921 I presume Dr. Curry has not returned from his Western tour, so I am writing to you. In the attractive summer booklet issued by the School of Expression, I note the statement concerning the need of additional loan scholarships of one hundred dollars. As a mark of appreciation of the fine work the School is doing and of my personal regard for Dr. Curry, I beg that you will accept the enclosed check for an unrestricted scholarship for any deserving student. Very truly, RALPH DAVOL, TUITION RATES, SUMMER SESSION, 1922 Continuous Session, May 17 to October 2 (360 points) $173.33 Continuous Session, May 17 to September 1 (280 points) 133.33 Dramatic Term, six weeks (120 points) 75.00 Boston, July term, four weeks (80 points) 50.00 Boston, August term, four weeks (80 points) 50.00 Boston July and August Terms, taken consecutively (160 points) 75.00 Chicago Term, four weeks (80 points) 50.00 September Preparatory Term, four weeks (80 points) 40.00 Asheville, Boston August and September Terms, twelve weeks (240 points) 133.33 Clergymen, theological students, missionaries, and their families, half regular rates. Gymnastics or Fancy Dancing, Asheville Gymnastics and Fancy Dancing, Boston, each term of six weeks Regular Teacher's Diploma graduates, who have paid the full amount of three years' tuition, will be received in any of the regular summer terms without further tuition. All tuition in advance. No rebates or refunds. |