Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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EMERSON COLLEGE

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President Henry Lawrence Southwick llenr ' Lawrence Sotitliwick was l)orn in ' est Roxbnry, ] Iassaelin- elts, j nne JT si, J ] is ednealion l)eyan in the free schools, coini)letin«‘ t!ie jirescrihed course at the llarri ' School, 1 )orehester. Mass,, and yradnat- iny as aledietorian of his class front the l)( ' rehester Ilitfli School in 1880, He attended the Monroe College of Oratory, at the same time holding a position on the I’.oston Herald. d ' hc year following his gradnation from the Monroe College in 1887, Mr. Sonthwiek eondneted the class in oratory at iMariha ' s ’ineyard .Snnt- mer Institute, and in the anlitmn he was made master of eloention and ora- Utrv in the W’illitun I’enn Charter Sehitol, ! ’hiladeljthia. In the year 1880 Mr. Sonthwiek married Jessie Irldridge and the fol- lowing year retnrned to lloston and heeamc jtart owner with Hr. Charles V. Lmerson of the Emerson College of Oratory, where he wa the j)rofessor of Literary Interpretation Oratory and Dramatic Art. After spending the years i8od and iS t7 with Angnstine Dalet ' s eom- ] any, he retnrned to the W illiam Lenn Charter School, y here lor t hree years he tanght as blaster of English. At the close of the third year he, in part- nership Ayith Mr. Kenney, ])iirehased the I ' hnerson College. I ' rom t ' r-l time he seryed as dean of the institnlion nntil the year of 1908, when he was electeil I’rc‘sidcn1 of h.nierson Colh-ge. He is known to the ]):il)lie as a reader and a lecturer, and when he is free from duties at the codege Id - s? ' ' ices are in demand in the yarions sec- tions of the Cnited States. President .Sonthwiek is now residing in Lrooklinc ' ' here he and IMrs. Sonthwiek, with their three children, Pnlh, IMildred and Jessie, arc always “at home’’ to Emerson students. Tlteia? is an irre ' n’stihle attraction about the Sonthwiek fireside and the cadlege stndcaits a ail themsehes of eyery oppor- tunity trj enjoy the hospitality of President Sonthwdek and his family.

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THE EMERSONIAN 1 4 Emerson College as an ' Educational Force Much may be, and has been, said in regard to the location of the col- lege in historic and cultured Bost.m, and of tlie great ad ' .antages which come to a student from this environment. All this is true; but true also of any other institution in this city. Rather would we emjihasize in this article some of the special, strong and unique advantages which the Kmerson College of Oratory possesses in itself and jiresents to its students. It is not simply an elocution school or a series of studies where students are taught to “speak iiieces and jiresent the thoughts of others. A ' hen this is said we have placed ourselves outside the ranks of the ninety and nine other schools, bearing kindred names, and stand facile pri nrps in the list of the few leading schools that make English studies, expressional . interpretative and cre- ative tk.eir major presentation. To enter the college as a regular student the same (pialilications as for any liberal art college are recpiired. The a erage student, however, is more mature than the average college student : as age with us is no grade or cri- terion. .Students from si.xteen to si.xty recite in the same classes. Ilere may be found the students just graduated from high school, the college professor on a year ' s leave of absence, sjiecial students from llarvard or Boston universities, teachers with ten or more years ' experience, and those who are looking hope- fully to such service or to other iields where personality and self-e.x])rcssion count. The college is a very cosmoiiolitan school; which is an educational ad- vantage worth recognizing. It is no uncommon thing to tind in me year students from forty different states and foreign countries. The Canadian Club usually presents a membershij) of twenty-live, and the South is “solid with more than twice that number. Vcnces from Xew England, Oklahoma, the I’acific States, and the I’rovinces, are heard daily in onr class rooms. There is no o])p(jrtunity for narrowness or provincialism in such surroundings.