Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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.

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JESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICK

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THE EMERSONIAN 1 1 Besides her teaching at Emerson College, Mrs. Southwick was for three years assistant instructor in the department of Elocution at Wellesley College. In addition, she has for many years been active in summer school work throughout the country. But it is as a reader and lecturer that Mrs. Southwick is best known to the people of the United States. Apart from the reputation she has acquired in platform and dramatic work, Mrs. Southwick has been successful with her pen. The has published a book on voice, “Expres- sive Voice Culture, which is widely known and extensively used in schools as a text book. Mrs. Southwick is now preparing a book on The Art of Personal Expression. This volume will be an exposition of the principles and ethics of personal development through expression. Although Mrs. Southwick’s national reputation as a reader and lecturer has given her a prominent place in the held of educators, yet in spite of her larger duties she has not lost that personal relationship with the students individually. We regret that through illness, Mrs. Southwick was com- pelled to give up her class work this year and seek a temporary rest. As students of the class of Nineteen Ten, we feel that it has been a great privilege to know and to have studied under Mrs. Southwick, and we hope her spiritual concept of life and her constant endeavors to reveal the truth will always be an inspiration to each member of our class to seek and live the truth.