High-resolution, full color images available online
Search, browse, read, and print yearbook pages
View college, high school, and military yearbooks
Browse our digital annual library spanning centuries
Support the schools in our program by subscribing
Privacy, as we do not track users or sell information
Page 25 text:
“
Dratnatic Art Historical Sketch So far as historical data is available the work of speech instruction in Taylor began under the direction of W. C. Dennis in the fall of 1901. Mr. Dennis, then a gradu- ate of Ohio Wesleyan and the Cumock School of Expression, came to teach part time and work out his degree of Master in Arts. The pictures in the old T. U. Gems indicate that Professor Dennis ' department was one in which many people became inter- ested. For six years this man held his classes on the third floor of the administration buildmg m rooms still used by the speech department. In the fall of 1909 Florence E. Cobb took up the speech work at Taylor, which had been carried on during the years between 1906 and ' 09 by Sarah D. Ulmer and Laurie Johnson. Miss Cobb stayed with the school for nine years and contributed much to the aesthetic and cultural training of her students and the school at large. During the years of her stay, the institution was very successful in oratory. Three times in four years Taylor men won the State Inter-Collegiate Prohibition Oratorical Contest. The winners were N. E. Christensen, Roy Ellinghouse and Barton Rees Pogue. The latter also won in the Interstate Prohibition Contest and ranked third in the National at Des Moines, Iowa, in 1920. In 1921 Barton Rees Pogue, having done graduate work in Boston, came back to Taylor to assume responsiblity for Taylor ' s speech work. Miss Lulu R. Walton and Miss Pearl Mallory having directed the classes in the two years after Miss Cobb ' s resignation. The development under Professor Pogue has been chiefly a contribution to the physical equipment of the department. From one room in 1921 the quarters for the departmental activities spread out and now include all the space on the third floor of the administration building. Speirs Hall, named for Miss Ruth Speirs of the 1923 class, rep- resents the salvaging of the old chapel into a well-appointed recital room, and work- shop for the classes in dramatics. Into this room and its equipment Professor Pogue has put almost two thousand dollars, the greater part of which he has made through his own efforts. Speech work in Taylor is marked by the services of three people: Dennis, Cobb and Pogue, these three having given to the school since 1901 a total of twenty-three years service. Continued and unbroken labor on the part of these persons must have of neces- sity given a stability to speech work in Taylor that will make for continued success in years to come. i i i ■=1333=3 Tiifuty-oiic ■Mum. WM Mm m
”
Page 26 text:
“
Associate Professor Wilson Paul Professor Barton Rees Pogue Associate Professor Ruth Flood iaS isiifgis ggs WILSON PAU Department ' ILSON PAUL is sbly fitted to be an instructor in the Speech and Dramatics of Taylor. Last year he was graduated from the department, although his talented recital of Peter Kyne ' s delightfulh ' humorous story Cappv Ricks took place this fall in order to relieve last spring ' s congestion of programs. He has had a summer ' s study at Rice ' s School of the Spoken Word at Oak Bluffs, Mass., and the past summer he spent in work in the Speech Department of Northwestern Univer- sity at Evanston, Illinois. His two years of teaching in Taylor have met with success and hearty appreciation. L ARTON REES POGUE has for eight years been the professor of Speech and Dra- matics. Working from year to year he has built up his department into one of which Taylor should be proud. The past two years especially have seen manly improvements and new equipment for the department, which are due to Professor Pogue ' s tireless and unceasing efforts. A son of the same town as was Riley, and always his great admirer, he has been generally acclaimed Riley ' s successor, this name having been won bv his highlv original and altogether delightful poems. MISS FLOOD with her earlier training in speech and expression, had not been at Taylor very long before her talent was recognized and she was in demand for readings at numerous occasions. She has had two summer ' s work at Rice ' s School of the Spoken Word at Oak Bluffs, Mass., and last year her graduation from Tay- lor ' s department took place. Her rendering of Justin McCarthy ' s dramatic play, If I Were King was superb. For the past two years she has been a valuable instructor in the Department of Speech and Dramatics. Twciity-tuo
Are you trying to find old school friends, old classmates, fellow servicemen or shipmates? Do you want to see past girlfriends or boyfriends? Relive homecoming, prom, graduation, and other moments on campus captured in yearbook pictures. Revisit your fraternity or sorority and see familiar places. See members of old school clubs and relive old times. Start your search today!
Looking for old family members and relatives? Do you want to find pictures of parents or grandparents when they were in school? Want to find out what hairstyle was popular in the 1920s? E-Yearbook.com has a wealth of genealogy information spanning over a century for many schools with full text search. Use our online Genealogy Resource to uncover history quickly!
Are you planning a reunion and need assistance? E-Yearbook.com can help you with scanning and providing access to yearbook images for promotional materials and activities. We can provide you with an electronic version of your yearbook that can assist you with reunion planning. E-Yearbook.com will also publish the yearbook images online for people to share and enjoy.
