Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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Uhe' can-amz Expression Q9 im JZ K-9 '53 J E9 ci AQ! E9 ci Q9 .Q E9 Q it Q. Sf Q9 23 E9 'B F EXPRESSION, THE INTERPRETATION OF LIFE Expression is the manifestation of life, and speaking in some form is vitally necessary for the assimilation of truth and the awakening to a conscious- ness of personal powers. -Dr. S. S. Curry. It is supposed by some individuals that the day for vocal expression is far spent, tor they contend, We have the printing press, see what a power- ful factor it is in shaping the opinions and policies of statesmen and citizens- The human voice is no longer required in the political world. While these mechanical innovations have been and shall continue to be po- tent factors in the social and economic structure of society, the spoken word has its important place. Moreover, with the advent of the radio, the spoken word is again pushing itself into prominence. The spoken word is ever a determining factor in shaping decisions. There are the modulations of the spoken word, which no mechanism can imitate. The pantomimie actions of the body are the direct results of definite emotional and sympathetic impressions made upon the mind and soul of the speaker. There is nothing like the emotions and the imagination, demonstrated, to produce the desired reactions upon the hearcrs. To fully appreciate the masters of the literary world, to catch the sub- limity of the inspired Word of Jehovah, to interpret the varied conditions in life, it is essential to be able to identify oneself with the prevailing situation therein described and to have a deeper insight into the motives of men. The teacher must have the power to see the subject from the point of view of the student or he cannot successfully teach. A lawyer must have insight into the motives of men. The minister must comprehend the nature of human experi- ence, or his work will be a failure. A reader of the Scriptures must live the passage, every faculty and power in him must be alive. The experiences of the human soul are the most Vital elements i11 expression. A man whose nature is awake will not speak of his as- pirations and spiritual realizations in a cold business like tone. If the reader of the Word of God cannot rise at once to the realization of spiritual truth, he will have no power to stir the hearts and consciences of his congregation. It was not merely what the Master said, but the way He said it that moved men. Passage after passage in the Gospels become clear to us only when we feel the sympathetic point of view of the Master, or the attitude of those to whom He spoke. y l, How to interpret intelligently but not extravagantly, with sympathy but without artitieiality, the varied messages of the Bible, becomes, then, for the preacher almost a lost art. Of few modern preachers can it be affirmed, as it was said of Channing, and as no doubt it has been said of many spiritual lead- ers. that to hear him read the Bible was to be admitted to the very sources of religious power. No professor of elocution can make an effective Bible reader out of a light-minded, self-assertive, or sentimental man. Reading is an extra- ordinary revelation of eharacterg and it would surprise many a minister to be told with what precision his reading of the Bible portrayed hardness or indo- lcnee or conceit. - The Bible as we know is the best of literature and the most important and precious of all books ever written, then why should we not give it more care- ful study and try to better express the words of the Master to a lost and dying world. This is the purpose of the department of Expression in Frankfort Pil- grim College. -N, B. Shugart. -50-

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U-fill' 151931115 3 - r' f . H at Q9 E9 ci e. gf Q9 S3 J 'E 3' 3' Q9 ci cj 19 '03 e-D Ca Q1 E9 iv Expression VOCAL AND LITERARY INTERPRETATION GROUP First Row: Ralph Niharger, Cleo Kelley, Neal I-Iutehinson, Everett Powers. Second Row: Miss Slnigart, tear-her, Dorotha Dobie, Naomi Hanna, Mattie Morris, Louise Niehols, Olive Crider. Third ROW: Glenn Hahn, Francis Burseh, Susie Burseh, L. C. Philo. MISCONCEPTIONS OF EXPRESSION When expression is mentioned, many think of it as a superfluous varnish or veneer whieh some in their leisure moments ehoose to apply to their manners of speeeh-a disgusting' atfeetation heing the result. To many, expression is just an unnecessary side dish, rather an unpalatable.dessertf It is not sur- prising' that we find sueh erroneous ideas for they are the consequent result of the wide spread manifestation of a false expression which is only a Worth- less eonnterfeit of the realy and we remember that it is only the Worth-While things in life that are eounterfeited. Some have rejected these eounterfeits and not only refused to aeeept them themselves, but have spent their lives and Cevoted their time to the writing- of books and the estahlishing' of schools in order that others might know the truth. Isn't there something' in expression for eaeh of us-something' that we have overlooked heretofore 1? Ilet us eare- fully eonsider these preeoneeived ideas of onrs and even though they are our own. let us lay them aside as we find them to he false. VVe must diseard the false in order to find the true. These mistaken ideas arise chiefly from eonfusing' expression With appear- :-nee. Many think that expression merely exhihition but this is not true. On the eontrary, expression teaehes us how to obtain the proper impression in order that true expression may be the natural and spontaneous result. Neither is expression merely a polish of manners-as if the manner eould be separated from the aetion of the mind and soul of the man and eould be put off or on like a eoat! This is absurd. Nor is expression simply aetion, eve11 though some CContinued on page 6-lj -62-