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Show IyjSSOXS IN MARRYING. Divinity Student Got a Course On How t.i reriorm tlio Ceremony. Chlcaffo TlniPS-IIoraUl: l'ro. Robert JlcLenn Ctiiimock, president of tho Cumnock school of oratory at North-,s North-,s eatcrn University, lias instituted u jew regime in prepailng liis divinity itodeuts for the practical Side of tlielr utnrowurk hiudi Friday jttia chords if Lohengrin's wedding march limit' rym the kiys of the eh ipel organ, I ho nclu'liiius voice of u divinity student hJiitt Hie in ullage sendee, and tliu uuck mar lug" ceremony Is solemnized win uUeiilioii tn tlx inimilest dutnlls. I here is ihu student groom and the jimlilug "co ed" for u bride, the host nau siiul llie bridtsniaids. Professor Jumnoi-k acting us gumdlau to give iway tliu Undo. In pacing this courso in Northwest-:rn'g Northwest-:rn'g curriculum, It is tho intention of i'rofessor Cumnock to give hjs divlnily ludents drill in the olllctating at .nar-iuRcs .nar-iuRcs of every class that they may jeet with la Hie vicissitudes of Iholr uture work. There aro to bo mar-lagcsln mar-lagcsln high life, with six brides, mills ami as many groomsmen as can o crowded at the chancel rail. There vill be cuudilcH'fl l lip quiet vedilng, villi only a few friends ot the family present. All of tho sqrvlces both brief aud prolix are to bo used. The L'Mbrynnlo divine will be shown just where to Maud and how. llo will bo instructed In regard to the best usages it etiquette, the manner of receiving Ills fee ntid how to kiss tho bride. Ho will also learn ho v to composo his countenance and restrain his lacerated feelings when there Is no fee forthooiu-"ft forthooiu-"ft I Professor Cumnock is of the opinion that a nnld, even monotone Is prefer-ablofor prefer-ablofor the ouiclutlng elorgman to assume than a grand, icvorentiul and aublirao style. He argues that tho ipnesof tho human voice when prop-"ly prop-"ly trained ate most smithing "to tho perturbed feelings of the novices at h'u altar, and those hardened by many y'ilts to the matrimonial shrlno aro left out of thp professor's consldera-'ba. consldera-'ba. Tho young minsters aro In-'iractcd In-'iractcd not to shout the words, 'Tleaso join your right hands," like &n ,elled general giving tliu order to PlnsJ up the ranks, but tho entire service ser-vice fruni the lining out of the certll-W8 certll-W8 to the pocketing ot iho t'ecs must Ijo conducted o a smooth, even inono-fone, inono-fone, ennsutont with tljo whlspured Wiles in which tho trembling pair swear fealty to one iiuotho r. It nuui not bo supposed that tho Jovially students aro to reap all of tho lene).a of this course. Tho other Motors of the clui-s who Imvo no tnlu- sierlal ivplrhtlons aro utilized as material ma-terial to practice upon. Their bonellts arii purely objective, and they aro hold m-jny or tho students to bo tho most Peslrable of tho cour6o. Qa ceremonial days .at tho achool of pratory tho principals In tho mock cntract are selected with a view to 8'vlng uncij studont a chance. Tho two processions mobilize n the opposite Fi of tho auditorium, and with tbeir rogiiiaijou C8corts and convoys Proceed to tho plntfoi'm, yyhoro the Minuter awaits ho attaok Tho bride 13 given uwny, while the bridesmaids 'V'tca the pioceodjDR'S with Ill-con-Paled Jealousy. The groom, while . manifestly rattled, aitempts to'follow J9 general courso of pyent, rind the , fnjRlat!qa student receive the Inter-u,,,,un Inter-u,,,,un t"r corrections of proniincta- ' 'n and deport mnit wltii a proper cuvllnK f ,,S fcelin8i nu,0 S whl)re """wni-aisor the. gecular jjaVt qfo ' Pcreriiony cumu in. |