Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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2|ruru l ahtmtrr S inttlihttrk “The li’ill to do, the soul to dare.” Henry Lawrence Southwick was born in West Roxbury, Mass., in 1863. From 1880-87 he was a member of the staff of the Boston Herald and in 1887 he graduated from the Monroe College of Oratory. The following year he had charge of the Oratory Department at Martha’s Vineyard Summer Institute and then became Master of Elocution and Oratory in the William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia. For two years he was connected with Augustin Daly’s company. In 1900 he returned to Emerson, where he acted as Dean until 1908 when he was elected President of the college. Our President is a born leader with so forceful and splendid a personality that anyone who once meets him never forgets him. He is known the country over as ranking at the head of his profession as l ecturer and reader. He is compelled to be absent from us for a part of the year because of his numerous reading engagements. On his return he IS always enthusiastically greeted by the college, for he is greatly missed. Every student is known personally by the President and he is ever busy in their service. His genial smile and great dramatic ability make his classes a treat. It is indeed a privilege to have known and studied under President Southwick. 9

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HKNR ' i ' LAWRLNCK SOU I I IWICK resident

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11ARR ’ SEYMOUR ROSS Dean