MacPhail College of Music - Coda Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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HAZEL LOTZE-WHITTAKER, M.A., is a graduate of Smith College with a degree of Bachelor of Arts, and of the University of South Dakota with the Master of Arts degree. She first taught English and expression in the University of South Dakotag afterward she was English instructor and dramatic director for East High School, Minneapolis. From this position she was called to Central High School of Minneapolis as instructor in public speaking. For several years Mrs. NVhittaker has had charge of the oral and written English work in the School of Expression. She also teaches plat- form reading, play production and technic of platform presentation. HAZEL LAURANCE is entering her fifth year as a member of the MacPhail faculty. She is a graduate under Maude Moore, and took post-graduate work under Harriet lYeems of New York City. She played with the Theatre Guild at the Frazee Theatre, New York, during the summer of 1922. CLARA RICE is a graduate under Vlfalton Pyre, late T of the American Conservatory of Chicago, also of the Valparaiso University, School of Expression and Dra- matic Art. Later Miss Rice took a post-graduate course under John Seaman Garns. Besides this she has taken special English training at the University of Minnesota, thoroughly fitting her for her profes- sion. Miss Rice was engaged by the MacPhail School to assist Mr. Garns in the children's department. The Repertoire Players club under her direction, is made up of adult pupils whose artistic performances receive much praise. Her high standards, enthusiasm, unselfish interest in her pupils, and her charming per- sonality have made her one of the best and most popu- lar teachers in the northwest. S tagecraf t Thomas F. Russell will conduct a course in the theory and technic of stage production including a study of stagecraft during its various periods of de- velopment with the parallel development of scenery. This course requires twenty weeks of one evening per week at a cost of 32000.

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5.1 , .. ,,. ,K.... ,... .... 52 . . , , , ,. ff: . 1 . ... ,.., , ... ,.. ... E? ,,. S2 ,,,.,.. ,..A E2 ,,,A ,...,. ,.. . , .. , , .4 ,..,, .4. . Dramatic Faculty JOHN SEAMAN GARNS, A.B., is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, the Drake University School of Oratory, and the Curry School of Expression in Boston. For ten years Mr. Garns gave himself to professional work, as reader and entertainer, and as member of dramatic and entertainment companies with leading lyceum and chautauqua agencies. Since then Mr. Garns has devoted himself to teaching,-- first, for eight years as Professor of Public Speaking at Lawrence College and then as director of the North- western School of Expression, and director of the Drama Service for the University of Minnesota. His present position was assumed in 1916. ' f l ,.ev fl6,- at if 2 'gy . L l . .....e..-.. , J . gg r aj: . Illande Moore fosefillirzc Ret:-Gurus Hazel Lntse-Whittaker MAUDE MOORE is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts fSargent Schoolj, New York. Miss Moore is not only a reader of unusual power but she has demonstrated through the work of her pupils that she is an efficient teacher. She was head of the Department of Expression and Dramatic Art of the johnson School of' Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art for four seasons, and for two years and a half, head of the expression department in the College of St. Teresa, XVinona, Minn. Miss Moore has graduated in the past five years from the Maude Moore School of Expression and Dramatic Art pupils who have successfully occupied positions as teachers, as readers on lyceum and chautauqua circuits. and as actors in vaudeville and on the stage. JOSEPHINE RETZ-GARNS, after graduating from the Drake University School of Oratory toured for several years as reader and accompanist with the Retz-Retchard Recital Company, and later in the same capacity with the Segnior Patricola Grand Concert Company. She then took a post-graduate course at the Curry School of Expression, Boston, and after graduating from this school again filled lyceum and chautauqua engagements for a few seasons. Since her marriage she has taught platform reading, voice culture, and danc- ing successively at Lawrence College, Northwestern Conservatory and the MacPhail School of Expression and Dramatic Art. During the last two years Mrs. Garns has devoted herself almost exclusively to the teaching of dancing and has developed a most successful department of aesthetic, folk and social dancing in the school.

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5.9. .. , ,. .. ,,.A It , , .... . .,,. it .... I . . . .. , .., ,... ,,. E? ... Q ,. ,,4 ,..A ... E2 . , ..., A ..., . ,,. ..... ... , ... ,..4 . . Dramatic Art General Culture Course HIS course offers two years of training, looking to the general develop- ment of the individual. Specihcally, it aims to fit the student as enter- tainer, platform reader, actor, or special teacher of expression. The work of this course is fundamental to all other courses. It gives the student that careful training of voice, body and mind so necessary to success in the platform arts, and at the same time gives him a repertoire of material both classical and popular. This course usually requires two years for its successful completion, at which time the General Culture Diploma is awarded. This diploma is accepted by the State Department of Education and a teacher's certificate issued. First Year Subjects I. TRAINING OF THE BODY. . fab Harmonic Gymnastics and Folk Dancing, Cbj Elements of Acting and Pantomime, Ccj Acting Drama, each 2 hours per week. II. TRAINING or THE VOICE. Cal Voice Production CfundamentalsD, 2 hours, Chj Diction, l hour. III. TRAINING OF THE MIND. Cab General Psychology, l hourg Cbj Literary Analysis and Foundations of Expression, CCD Rhetoric, each 2 hours. IV. THE PLATFORM ARTS. Cal Public Reading, l lIour. V. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT. l Cal Types of Literature and Interpretation, Qbj Survey of English Literature, each 2 hours. Second Year Subjects I. TRAINING OF THE BODY. n Cab Aesthetic Da1IcIng, 2 hours per week, Cbj Pantomimic Training, l hour. II. TRAINING OF THE VOICE. 1 Cal Advanced voice Culture, Cbj The Voice and Emotional Expression, each 2 hours. HI. TRAINING OF THE MIND FOR INTERPRETATION. U Cab Imagination and Literature, Cbj Development of Dramatic Instinct, each 2 hours. IV. ARTIs'r1c DEVELOPMENT. faj Effective Public Speaking, Cbj Public Reading, QCD Acting Shakespeare, each 2 hours. V. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT. Caj Senior English, Cbj Senior Literature, each 2 hours. VI. ELECTIVES. Cab Advanced Platform Training Cprivatej, l hourg Cbj Advanced Dramatic Art, Ccj Normal Course in Expression, fdj Story Telling, Cel Oral English, Cfj Pageantry, each 2 hours. Note: The above outline of the second year work is intended to be merely suggestive of the general plan. Each student is IIOVV encouraged to choose lIis electives along lines of act1IIg, platform entertaining, or teaching dependent upon which Held he desires to major lll.