Word: arts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sargent spoke before a large audience last night in behalf of elocution as a collegiate course of study. He began by giving some statistics of the study of elocution in this country, showing that his art had already gained a firm foothold, and was rapidly advancing to the position of science. Elocution with us is only about fifty years old, less than twenty-five years in the colleges. There are now in America 3,000 teachers and 150,000 students of elocution. More college men are needed in the profession to raise it to its proper ranks. Very...
After apologizing for his inexperience in public speaking, Mr. Bronson Howard entered upon a very interesting lecture, holding the attention of the large audience in Sanders for an hour and a half last evening. He declared his inability to tell what Dramatic Art was, but he would endeavor to show how the dramatist was obliged to obey its laws in the construction of a play. To illustrate this he gave the "Autobiography of a Play." an account of the original plot of the "Banker's Daughter," and a description of the later alterations, and showed how these alterations were brought...
...interesting meeting of the Art Club may be expected this evening. The subject of Mr. Fowler's lecture will be "The Parthenon...
...ART CLUB. - There will be a meeting of the club this evening at half past seven. Mr. Fowler will deliver a lecture on the Parthenon...
...Bachelder, L. S. All the men seemed well versed in all kinds of hand-springs, walking with arms, etc. Mr. Knapp's spider walk occasioned long and continued laughter and applause. The race between Messrs. Bachelder and Knapp and Dudley and Faulkner in the double somersault art was won by Dudley and Faulkner. This event was the clown of the afternoon, and the ape-like movements of the contestants elicited long and uproarious applause. In this event Dudley won the first prize and Knapp the second...