Some Reasons for and Against the Use of the Reader's Desk and the Printed Page in Platform Interpretation. MRS. NETTIE SHREVE BAYMAN, Boston, Mass. Papers A New Needed H. S. Course. W. K. WICKES, Syracuse, N. Y., H. S. A. S. HUMPHREY, Kansas City, Mo., H. S. MISS MARY A. BLOOD, Chicago, Ill. Papers-Courses That Should Be Developed for Men in a University. 12:00 m. C. E. BLANCHARD, Columbus, Ohio Section 1 Methods of Teaching. Opened by MISS CORA MARSLAND, Emporia, Kansas Evening-Informal Reception. The local committee in Oak Park has arranged a most unique and promising entertainment for Thursday afternoon and evening. The River Forest Tennis Clubhouse has been procured for this day, where the members may go and enjoy the beautiful forest of oak trees surrounding it, lounge about the house and porches, visit with each other, and grow loquacious over the supper which will be served in the clubhouse at 6 o'clock. The evening will be taken up with an informal program on "The Art of Getting Acquainted." 9:00 a. m. Friday, July 3 Section II-Interpretation. R. E. PATTISON KLINE, Chairman Practical Methods in Securing Interpretive Values in Reading in the Public Schools. MR. W. K. WICKES, Syracuse, N. Y. MISS CORA MARSLAND, Emporia, Kan. General Discussion. 10:00 a. m. General Program. Paper-Scientific Basis of the Speech Arts. Paper-Secrets and Service or Altruism of the Profession. ALBERT H. JOHNSTONE, Madison, Wis. Addresses-How to Strengthen the Position and Artistically. MISS MARIE WARE LAUGHTON, Boston, Mass. Educationally. J. Q. ADAMS, Alma, Mich. In Organization. MRS. ELIZABETH M. IRVING, Toledo, Ohio 12:00 m. Speakers Appointed by the President Business Meeting. 8:00 p. m. Warrington Theater. A Group of Original Songs. Recital. MRS. CARRIE JACOBS BOND MRS. PHOEBE MAE ROBERTS-HEDRICK, Oak Park, Ill. PROCEEDINGS OF THE National Speech Arts Association Seventeenth Annual Convention Held at Oak Park, Illinois, June 29th-July Nakama Hall, Oak Park, Ill., June 29th, 1908. 2:00 p. m. President Williams: The convention will be opened, Fellow Members and Ladies and Gentlemen, with an invocation by Reverend Mr. Marshall of the Second Presbyterian Church of Oak Park. Mr. Marshall: Let us pray. Almighty God, the Giver of all life, the fountain of all knowledge, we look up to Thee. Thou hast given us minds with which we can think of Thee; Thou hast given us hearts with which we can get in touch with Thee; Thou hast given us lips with which we can speak Thy praise. We invoke Thy blesing in our gathering to-day. Do Thou enable us to do all, whether it be in word or in deed, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and as we seek improvement in the art of speech, may it be with an eye single to Thy honor and glory, with a desire to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteous way. May all that is done be done to the honor and glory of Thy great name, and to Thee will we ascribe the praise now and forevermore, Amen. President Williams: Fellow members, I have great pleasure in introducing to you one who is already known to many of our members, our esteemed Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, Mrs. Belle Watson Melvile, of Oak Park. Mrs. Melville: I am sure that by the time you have been in Oak Park the prescribed five days, you will find that the people of this small suburb of a great city are just a little more intelligent than any people you have ever seen. I know that Mrs. Irving and some of the other people from Toledo are here, but nevertheless we think that we do know just a little more, and we owe this very largely to the leading spirit in educational line in this suburb, the gentleman I am about to introduce to you, the principal of our High School, Mr. John Calvin Hanna. (Applause.) Mr. Hanna: Delegates to the Speech Arts Convention, ladies and gentlemen. In Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado About Nothing," you will remember that delightful fellow Dogberry, who has become one of the greatest creations of literature, had gathered about him the night watch, and combined injunctions to them as to how they should conduct themselves and preserve the peace with philosophizing on life in general, and while he was thus engaged there were recommended to him two of the members of the watch as suitable for the office of constable, on the ground that they could read and write, and Dogberry, leaning back and com 66 placently stroking his chin, delivered himself thus: To be well favored is a gift of fortune, but to read and write comes by nature." (Laughter.) No doubt the audience which listened to his words of wisdom agreed promptly, but I take it, Mr. President, that this convention is called or this association exists to demonstrate the falsity of Dogberry's conclusions, and to prove that reading and writing do not come by nature, but by very careful instruction and training. You are to be welcomed by officials representing our village, our village of which we are proud, and by others who will welcome you in a social way. To me falls the lot, and I appreciate highly the honor of welcoming you from the educational side of Oak Park. Now we have a way in Oak Park of saying to ourselves, and in fact the words have been by us formally adopted as the motto of our High School in this village, "The best is none too good for us," and we want to say to our visitors that the best is none too good for them. We hope to be as hospitable, and perhaps a little more hospitable in our feelings and perhaps a little more hospitable in our language, than the gentleman who once, when asked where he was living then, answered by giving the street and number, stating that it was down near the canal, and then with much unction added "I do hope if you are down that way that you will drop in." (Laughter and applause.). I take it that this meeting is called not merely for the purpose of discussing the important problems presented to you as a body representing as you do a profession of great importance, but perhaps it has been called for the purpose of showing us how to read and how to speak, helping us over the hard places somewhat as Sam did Josiah. Now Sam and Josiah attended the same school. Sam was little and bright Josiah was large and stu and quick and shifty. |