9 A. M.-Section II. Interpretation. JOHN RUMMELL, Chairman. Discussion of a few Points in the Technique of Impersona tion. I. By what fundamental principles ought the impersonator to be governed in making his transitions from one character to another? I. How, for example, ought he to suggest the relative positions and distances of the different characters in a scene? 2. How suggest without confusion the change of positions of different characters, as when one at the end of his speech moves away from the one just addressed, or when one is obliged to cross another or several others? 3. When an interpreter's method is to impersonate with the entire body, what ought he to do in a rapid, exciting passage consisting of short speeches? Can he, or can he not, now and then with consistency utter a brief speech with the impersonation in the upper part of the body only, in order to avoid too many marked changes in the position of the legs and feet? 4. As the pantomimic expression naturally precedes the vocal, ought not the impersonator always to reveal pantomimically the mental and emotional state of a character before giving his speech? If not, why not? Or if not always, then when, and when not? II. When one is impersonating a character who is relating to another character a dramatic incident in which he (the character impersonated) and a third person whose speeches he quotes are the actors, ought the character impersonated to be made to impersonate the one he quotes? IO A. M.-English Speech for Every-day Use. MRS. ELLA FORD BENNETT, Toledo, Ohio Discussion of above topic, led by English for Foreigners. ROBERT I. FULTON, Delaware, Ohio JOHH RUMMELL, Buffalo, N. Y. General discussion from floor on topics of the morning, each speaker limited to three minutes. 12 M.-Section I. Methods of Teaching. MISS LAURA E. ALDRICH, Chairman. A Typical Reading Lesson, presented by MISS LAURA E. ALDRICH, Cincinnati, Ohio Open Discussion on Methods of Teaching Reading. 8 to II A. M.-Reception in the Parlors of the Y. M. C. A., tendered by the local membership and the Toledo Association of Elocutionists to the members of the National Speech Arts Association. Wednesday, June 26 9 A. M.-Section II. Interpretation. JOHN RUMMELL, Chairman. I. A Study of "A Summer Night," by Matthew Arnold. I. This poem is a soliloquy, partly objective, partly subjective. Can it be successfully recited? Or ought the interpreter to have the book before him? 2. What pantomimic expression apart from that of the face and head is permissible in the objective portions of the poem-the first and last stanzas? 3. As the poet represents himself as walking alone in a solitary street at night, is there any occasion or oppor-. tunity for gestures of the hands and arms in the subjective portion of the poem? 4. About what degree of vocal intensity may be used in the description of the tempest and shipwreck in stanza VI? II. To what extent may we with propriety interpret emotionally the several characters in the parable of the Prodigal Son?-St. Luke, XV, 11-32. 10 A. M.-How to Teach Literature so as to Inspire a Love of MISS ELLEN HANSON, Chicago, Ill. Reading. Discussion. Climax, Relative and Absolute, with Illustrations. ROBERT I. FULTON, Delaware, Ohio Illustrations by members. GEORGE C. WILLIAMS, Ithaca, N. Y. JOHN RUMMELL, Buffalo, N. Y. General Discussion from floor on topics of the morning, each speaker limited to three minutes. MISS LAURA E. ALDRICH, Chairman. How to Teach Rhythm,-discussion opened by MISS EMMA OSTRANDER, Oxford, Ohio Methods of Life Study,-discussion opened by MRS. KATHARINE OLIVER MCCOY Wednesday Evening, 8 o'clock Music-Una voce poco fa (Barber of Seville) Recital-Romeo and Juliet . . MRS. HANNIBAL A. WILLIAMS, Cambridge, N. Y. Thursday, June 27 9 A. M.-Section II. Interpretation. JOHN RUMMELL, Chairman. How ought we to read: I. The Latin refrain in "King Robert of Sicily"? Ought it to be chanted, intoned, or merely spoken interpretatively? 2. The portion of the mass sung by the priest in "The Benediction" by Francois Coppee, "Vos benedicat Deus omnipotens," etc.? 3. The strain from Il Trovatore in "Aux Italiens"? 5. The "Toll Slowly" in "The Rhyme of the Duchess May"! 6. The song "The Bonnie House o' Airly"-which Babbie sings when she is up in the fir tree tormenting "The Little Minister"? On St. John's eve, at vespers, proudly sat He caught the words, "Deposuit potentes De sede, et exaltavit humiles." -From "King Robert of Sicily," by Longfellow. The great bell upon its cross-beam swung Reiterating with persistent tongue, In half articulate jargon, the old song: "Some one hath done a wrong, hath done a wrong!" -From "The Bell of Atri," by Longfellow. 10 A. M.-Aims and Courses of Study for the Special School of Expression, Oratory or Dramatic Art, with standard for graduation. R. E. PATTISON KLINE, Chicago. Aims and Courses of Study for Elocution in the High School. DWIGHT E. WATKINS, Akron, Ohio. Aims and Courses of Study for College Work in Elocution. The Orator and His Message THOS. W. NADAL, Olivet, Mich. Argumentation and Debate in High Schools and Colleges. JOHN T. MARSHMAN, Tiffin, Ohio. Questions or Discussion from floor on above topics. 12 M.-Section I. Methods of Teaching. MISS LAURA E. ALDRICH, Chairman. The Best Method of Selecting a Class Orator. THOMAS C. TRUEBLOOD, Ann Arbor, Mich. Are Prizes Beneficial or Injurious? Discussion opened by ROBERT I. FULTON, Delaware, Ohio. Music-He is Kind, He is Good, MRS. F. E. SOUTHARD. Aria from Herodiade Accompanist, MISS KATHARINE TRACY. Recital-Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I, Sc. 2; Act V, MRS. KATHARINE OLIVER McCoy, Kenton, Ohio. Friday, June 28 9 A. M.-Analysis of the following selections, with suggestions for treatment with pupils: (a) Parting of Arthur and Guinevere, Tennyson. MISS CORA M. WHEELER, Utica, N. Y. (b) Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg. JOHN P. SILVERNAIL, Rochester, N. Y. IO A. M.-The Value of Psychology to the Teacher of Reading. MISS AZUBAH J. LATHAM, New York City. Recital for Criticism-Count Gismond, Browning. MISS EMMA L. OSTRANDER, Oxford, Ohio. Object Lesson in Criticism. Critics ADRIAN F. NEWENS, Ames, Iowa. MISS AZUBAH J. LATHAM, New York City. |