Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-05-17 | Page 11 | Dramatics Teacher Combines 2 Roles of Homemaker, Instructor in Career

VOMES .V CAREERS Dramatics Teacher Combines 2 Roles Of Homemaker, Instructor in Career .. f Mr. Crece Nixon Stewart . . . creative dramatics teacher who likrt role ( housewife Piano Proficiency Abandoned for Lyceum Art KeHeVe TUi hi f ant la a mt IflklM fi .Mae Ilk - a-M laaa li ..e I laa eimwe aa- a... a-M p r-aihn ka ia-4r aattn-Nii aa ,i ill iHlf, WW tpii ee. aa M iimi'i eaea ac Tea !- t By UNA HICKMAN Armed with a number of degree earned la tpeech work at American and European Bnlveraltles, Mr. Grace Nixon Stewart, comely elocu- lion teacher, welcome her role aa a housewife when not teaching. I "Being a reader and a speech teacher gives a woman tha coveted opportunity to be both a careeriet and a mother," she explained in her artistically decorated atudlo, occupying occu-pying the basement of her home at 11 South Wolcott street. Mother of three children, she delights de-lights In Uachlng young people aad a few adults creative dramatics, body technique, choral and public speaking. Portrayrd Child Rote T began my dramatic career portraying por-traying child role in bom sponsored spon-sored dramatics," h aald. Prior to her fundamental training train-ing as a speech teacher aha gained aoma prominence as a pianist In Provo. She abandoned keyboard technique tech-nique In favor of the stare while he was a student at the Brlgham Young university. She played leading lead-ing rolea In college dramatic and also wa a member of tha school's debating team. I went on tha road a a member of a traveling lyceam In tha east aad middle weat." ah said, recalling recall-ing her experiences before graduating graduat-ing from Laland Power School of Dramatic Art In Boston. Returning to Salt Lake City after ber graduation, aha taught for several sev-eral years before departing to enroll en-roll la th University of London, England. Wine High Degree Tt waa at this historic. English college that, after two and a half year. h waa awarded the degree of London Royal Academy of Music and Arts, th highest dramatic, recognition rec-ognition given In England at that time. A special speech course at Oxford university. Cambridge, England, Eng-land, supplemented ber London university uni-versity work. On hsr return shs Joined th University Uni-versity or Utah, faculty and later taught at bar alma mater, B. T. U. Wishing ta maintain pace with tha latest speech technlquea, aha make annual visits to leading eastern east-ern schools for postgraduate work. "Knowledge of correct speech aad poise Is a valuable help for children a well aa grownups," sh observed.