Catalogue of Simmons College, 1917-1918 Page: 79
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Simmons College 79
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call for a continual use of the voice. The training enables
him to avoid the unnatural straining that leads to exhaustion
of voice. Huskiness and sore thoart after speaking
are due to ignorance in using the vocal organs, and every
speaker owes it to himself, and to his hearers, to gain intelligent
control of his vocal instrument.
Graduates in this department must have completed the
Academy Course or its equivalent, and two College Courses
in English. The course may be covered in three years, as
follows:
FIRST YEAR
A-Concentration and its expression; responsiveness.
B-Elemental voice training; correct methods of breathing;
articulation.
C-Lyrics, narrative poems, reading, recitation and speaking.SECOND YEAR
A-Foundation of Expression.
B-Voice training; breath control; voice qualities.
C-Studies from Tennyson and from standard orations;
short plays, selections and arrangements of short
stories; recitation and speaking.
D-Harmonic gymnastics; action.
THIRD YEAR
A-Vocal Expression.
B-Voice training; support of tone; tone color.
C-Studies from the poets; preparation of scenes from novels
and from Shakespeare for criticism; recitation
and speaking.
D-Harmonic Gymnastics: action.
post graduate work; imagination, and dramatic instinct.
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Simmons College (Abilene, Tex.). Catalogue of Simmons College, 1917-1918, book, May 1918; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth41681/m1/81/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.