Calendar: 1893-1894 Page 500

498 evening CLASSE All students are recommended to attend the course on Public Reading before Public Speaking if they do not take the two together The course is continuous beginning in October but recom- mences after vacation with recapitulatory lecture for the benefit of new students The Introductory lecture is free Part of the hour on each occasion is occupied by Practical Instruction of the pupils with individual criticism after each reading or speech but the last meeting of the session is devoted to examination when Prizes and Certificates are awarded Syllabus of the Course Introductory Lecture Elocution -The Art of Reading and Speaking dis- tinctly intelligently expressively -I Physical of the body Physiology and Mechanism of Voice and Speech illus- trated by diagrams and specimens-Attitude-Breathing- Voice Cultivation Production and Resonance-Vocalisation vowel sounds-Speech Articulation consonants and words- Pronunciation -II Mental of the intellects Accent-Em- phasis-Pause-Inflection-Pitch and Modulation-Time- Phrasing -III Emotional of the heart Expression-Tones -Gestures Reading Private and Public-of different kinds-Prose and Poetry Declamation-Recitation- Church Reading- Intoning Speaking in private and Public-Rhetoric-Preparation Knowledge Thought Logic Arrangement and Plan- Composition-Sentence-making-Choice of Words-Clearness -Language-Style-Embellishment-Anecdote and Illustra- tion-Speeches written or otherwise-Extempore and Ex- temporaneous-The Beginning and Ending-Delivery in accordance with all the Principles of Elocution-Eloquence Conviction and Persuasion-Different kinds of Public Speak- ing Speeches Debates Addresses Lectures Sermons BelPs Standard Elocutionist" is used as Reading Book