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Today a drive will begin to complete this phonographic recording of the voice of each member of the class of 1939, Frederick C. Packard, Jr., '20, assistant professor of Public Speaking announced...
...purpose of this second annual voice recording, according to Professor Packard, is to develop a standard of correctness and pleasingness of diction." Though great strides forward were made last year to further his belief that the "Harvard accent" comes merely from a select group of private schools, whose men occupy the prominent positions in the class, Mr. Packard hopes to prove it conclusively this year...
...list of patronesses includes the following: Mesdames Arthur N. Holcombe, Charles W. Dugig, Frederick C. Packard, and Adolph W. Samborski...
Professor Packard advocates no scientific and quick method to the undergraduates. His work is aimed at research and is to be extended over a period of years, leading eventually to a real solution to this personally vital problem. Attacking the problem from the angle of self-confidence, Professor Packed should find great consolation in the statistical conclusion that practice makes perfect. Only one sufferer in ten is female...
Professor Packard explains that some men come into the college and are so affected in the presence of other people that they are unable to pronounce their own names. Many such instances have been recorded, and through the persistent application of the afflicted person enough self-confidence has been developed to overcome the defect completely. One very interesting example is a Professor in the Medical School who could not produce his vowels and consonants with any degree of intelligibility as an undergraduate, whereas at present he lectures daily to enthralled hundreds. Interested primarily from a psychological point of view...