Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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JESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICK

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®hts, thr tlrtrb bolitmr of thr iEmrrauntan, lor affrrtionatrlg brbiratr, as a mark of apgrrria- turn, to our iuljo lias gihrn lirr brst tntrrrata to iEmrrson (Eol- Irgr, anb lirr mtarlttsh brhotion to thr stubrnts aa a trarlirr aub aa a frirnb. Jrsatr Elbribgr Smutliluirk.

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ifln i. Jpasir iElitriiUu ' Sumthimrk The march of time may steal the golden day Of youth and hide in cold and wintry clime. The passing years may lend to fleeting time Another hand to reverence and lay Its tender touch on toddling hates and stay Their fall; to guide the roving feet of youth The perfumed fields about where blossoms truth. Till maiden spirits wed its fragrant ray. But none more sacnricing cannot he. Then let us bring to thee, while Mayflowers white Bestrew the happy paths of days most dear, This tribute of our love: we give it free Sweet mother dear — sincere and lustrous bright, It tells thy heart how we thy love revere. Emerson College never had a more loyal daughter than Mrs. South- wick. Her high ideals and her untiring work as an artist, have been an in- spiration to her students and all those who know her. She has endeared her- self to the students of Emerson College by her sweet simplicity of manner and her earnest endeavors to promote the general good and best welfare both of the College and of the students. Mrs. Southwick was born in Delaware, but her childhood was spent in Ohio. Most of her early education was carried on under the guidance of her mother, and later under the instruction of private tutors. For a short time she attended the Glendale Female College in Cincinnati. She devoted much time to the study of music, and by the age of thirteen, when she first played for public audiences, showed unusual appreciation in her execution of the master compositions. It was their daughter ' s taste for music which led her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge, to send her to the Xew England Conservatory. But strangely enough, she had not long been a student at the Conservatory when her. in- terest in the department of Oratory became dominant, and it was from that department that ' -he received her diploma. After her graduation from the Conservatory, she. became interested in an institution devoted entirely to the study of expression, the Monroe Con- servatory of Oratory, which institution is now known as the Emerson Col- lege of Oratory. Entering’ as a student, she soon completed the course and was immediately elected to a position on the Faculty; this position she has since retained.