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Show HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS OF INTERPRETATION 6 thing like a practical consideration of the subject, someone better qualified than myself may be disposed to prosecute the inquiry If thisscheme of elocution should, on the grounds of propriety or better taste, be objectionable, let another be formed by him who is be well In short, let the art of speaking qualified for the task. invested through its descriptive method, with that corporate capac ity, by the preservation of which, the influence of its highest masters shall never die. The mind, or nervous temperament, must furnish .... . .. the design of elocution." Philadelphia studied with Dr. Rush, and later became the instructor of Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman, and many other great artists of his day. Mr. White, somehow, suddenly saw a light, although he has left us no written word to tell us, how. But may we imagine his waking up Lemuel G. White. one Lemuel G. White of fine day with the thought, "What's all this about? cause What's the of the natural phenomenon of 'quality, force, pitch, time, and Why, the feeling and thought, of course." Mr. White natural, mental, and emotional im the have developed pitch, time, and all the rest of it, through pulses external impulse, this same impulse would cause the right pitch, quality, force, and so on. These elements of the voice had been developed from birth through the emotional and mental reactions of the body. The schools and colleges where the Rush-Murdock methods had been enthusiastically received, revolted from the mechanical teach ing; no study could be worth while which could be learned in six weeks. So the educators placed elocution outside the pale of the curricula of the schools. It was relegated to a classification some where between an extra subject and an outcast, with the mere me chanical subjects, and not considered an educational discipline. Then some few teachers tried to save reading by discarding the mechanics of Rush-Murdock, and boldly announced the "Get-the Thought" method. Professor Clark says, "It is a revolt against the other plan (The Mechanical Method). Recognizing the fact that done have little toward mechanics the drills in elevating the stand 6 conscientious or the ard of reading superintendent tells principal abruptness'? . must have reasoned that if the 6 Throughout this work reading is used as an equivalent for oral expression. |
