Calendar: 1880-1881 Page 347

EVENING CLASSES 347 28 POLITICAL ECONOMY Day and Hour oj Attendance-Friday from to The Tooke Professor of Political Economy will deliver course of Lectures on Friday Evenings during the Winter Session on the following subjects The Origin and Progress of Agriculture and Rent in England II The History of Currency and Banking III The Manufacture and Commerce of England IV The History of the Revenue The Economical History of the English Army VI The Interpretation of Historical Prices 29 PUBLIC READING AND SPEAKING Hour of Attendance Tuesday and Friday from Introductory Remarks-On Public Reading and Speaking What is Elocution -Definition of the term-Estimation in which the art was held by the Ancients-Its subsequent com- parative decline and neglect-The great value of Elocution to those preparing for the Church the Bar and Public Life generally-The art of Reading Aloud considered as an accomplishment-Good results that follow from its habitual practice-Readers and hearers alike benefited-The Elemen- tary Principles of Elocution-Necessity of patience and practice in acquiring them thoroughly-General description of the various speech organs and their several functions The Lungs-The Larynx-The Chorda Vocales-The Glottis How Vocal Sound is produced and converted into Articu- late Speech-Functions of the Tongue Teeth and Lips-The right manner of using the several Speech Organs-Their Use and Abuse-Elocution considered in sanitary point of view-The Mechanics of Elocution"-Formation of the Voice-Mistakes of early life in reference to the Management of the Voice-Serious maladies not unfrequently caused or aggravated by wrongly using the several speech organs