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Show TWO STRONG TALKS BY PROF. CLARK Trof. S. IT. Clark par two interesting and highly instructive lectures yesterday afturnoon. Tho subjeot of his first lecture lec-ture was 'Xltoraturo and Vocal Exprc3-alon" Exprc3-alon" and hln second was a discussion on "Tho Interpretation of tho Printed Pago." Prof. Clark aald ln beginning that ho would bo very Informal with tho "select," and lids very fact nerved to make- tho lecluro all tlio moro ploaslng, ontortalnlng and lnstructlve- In beginning Ills lecture on "Utoraturo and Vocal BxprciGlon" ho Kild: "TJiat which makes literature so groat Is Its beauty, and that Is why wo study It. It Is a study of tho beautiful from Its beautiful beau-tiful nklo, and tho teacher of reading should aim to bring out these beautiful thoughts and pictures and not opend his whole tlmo on touching Inflection and vowel values. If It Is poetry tho teacher should specially aim to bring out tho beauty of tho sound, the rhythm and tho exquisite muslo of tho poem." Ho Illustrated IiIk meaning by delight- ful readings of bits of poetry from Wordsworth, Words-worth, Poe. Milton, Arnold, tho Biblo suid Shakespeare. Ills rendition of "Tho 13ell3" was full of llfo and music. In his lecture on "Tho Interpretation of tho Printed Page" a groat many psychological psy-chological and jiedagoglcal truths wero brought out by the speaker, but no brought out as to bo both plenttlng and benellclal. "Thero Is no sclenco by which you can got Instruction out of the prlntod page, but tho toachor can by tho uso of proper methods direct tho pupil's attention atten-tion so that tho meaning will less easily cscaro him. "Tho following poIntB should bo ob-Horvod ob-Horvod la tlio 'Intorprctatlon' of tho prlntod page: Wo think ln phrases and henco the unit of tho pago Is tho phraso. Then notlcu the abBOluto, rclatlvo and emotional values of theso phrases or groups, and lastly that every phraso has a melody of Its own which Is determined by Its motif." Prof. Clark urged thorough dictionary work and tho maetcry of facts, for "thoy aro the tools necessary to tho study of literature." |