The Handout (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1922 Page: 3 of 4
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Thursday, February 23, 1922
JN MEMORY OF I Hi. S. S. CURRY.
THE HANDOUT
PAGE THREE
In tin- early Seventies a sensitive
Tennessee youth^vith literary ambi-
tionn and '» thirst for knowledge en-
tered the -iBoston University. S. S.
Curry soon became the favorite pu-
pil of Professor Monroe, teacher
of Kloeution. In 187!) he took his
I'h.I)., having taken his M. A. the
preceding year at the. University of
Tennessee. He studied with Profes-
sor Alexander Mellville Bell, discov-
erer' of visible speech; Steele Mac-
Kaye, pupil of Delsarte; the elder
Lnniperti, and many other illustri-
ous teachers;
Dr. Curry's whoU* nature revolted
against the mechanical manipulation
and parrot work of the elocution
then being taught. No one had se-
riously sought the principles that
would bring into co-ordination the
mental processes, vocal modulations,
and muscular actions. lie sincerely
believed that a better form of train-
ing could be found. With this self-
assigned task to bring order out of
chaos, he searched science and art
with a philosopher's insight, a poet's
appreciation and a scientist's under-
standing. This man of the age with
his vision has given to speech edu-
cation fundamental truths that raise
the standard of training from the
plane of superficiality and medioc-
lity to that of science and art. Only
a man with a great vision and an
undaunted purpose could have un-
dertaken and accomplished such a
stupendous . task.
Dr. S. S. Gurry, president and
founder of the Boston School of
EjcprSssion, the father of the' prin-
ciples'' of expression taught in Tex-
as Woman's College for the past
six years, died at his home in Bos-
ton Christmas Eve day, after an
illness of three days. His death
brought a gloomy Christmas to the
many thousands of graduates and
students, but then though he has
gone on ahead, the great principles
for which he stood will live on and
continue to help those who are striv-
ing to master the difficulties of
the speech art'.: ... t
He was assistant instructor at Un-
ion Theological Seminary, New
York, from 1919 till his death.
Ilis Books.
"Dr. Curry's published works are:
"Classics for Vocal Expression,"
published in 1888; "Province of Ex-
pression," 1891; "Lessons in Vocal
Expression," 1895; "Imagination and
Dramatic Instinct," 1890; "yocal and
Literary Interpretation of the Bi-
ble," 1903; "Foundations of Expres-
sion," 1908; "Browning and the Dr^
matie Monologue,'' 1908; "Mind and
Voice," 1910; "Little Classics for
Oral J^ntclish," 1912; "Spoken Eng-
lish," 1913; "The Smile and How to
Add Ten Years to Your Life," 1915.
At least two other important works
were nearly ready for publication at
the time of his death."
DR. S. S. CURRY
Founder of the Psycho-Scientific Method
for the fundamental truths that un-
'ierlie a! 1 normal training for
speech. A steadfast desire to serve
humanity, and a vision of a. method
that would train the individual,
"purred him on to greater work.
Out of his study and research came
the principles that make it possible
to develop the personality, train the
voice and discipline the muscles in
harmony with nature's laws. The
d1 covery of this scientific basis for
training gave the work a rightful
recognition as a branch of educa-
tion.
Dr. Curry taught in Boston Uni-
versity, Yale, Harvard, Newton
Theological Seminary, before found-
ing the School of Expression. The
upreme optimism and fatih of the
man was tested when for years he
struggled to establish the truths
discovered. Like all great discov-
eries, they were slowly received and
understood by the public. Mrs. Cur-
ry, who was one of the most artis-
tic renders of the time, was his
constant support and loyal helper in
this trying period. The establish-
ing of his own institution made it
possible for Dr. Curry to carefully
select and train only those who
Would maintain hits own high stand-
ards. For years* his work has ate
traded earnest students, and has had
rbe&loyal support of. guch scholars
as Rev. Phillips Brooks, William
Dean Howell.*, Thomas Bailey Al-
drich, J. T. Trowbridge, Professor
•I. F. Churchill, Governors William
Gaston* Alexander H. Rice and Ol-
iver Ames, Sir .Henry Irving, Ellen
Terry, and Shailer Mathews.
Dr. Curry was not only a stu-
dent. and teacher, but a writer of
note. He constantly looked for-
ward to the day when he could give
more of his time to literature. Only
occasionally did he indulge in poetic
expression. life held himself to the
' y.v at task of recording the results
of his scientific research. His books
arc distinctively individual and mark
a new era in the training for pub-
lic spenking and literary interpre-
tation.
December 24, 1921, marked the
clo;:e of the life of this great man
All over the United States on
Feb. 10, at 8 o'clock in the evening,
those who knew and loved Dr.
Curry and the principles for which
he stood, gathered together in close
communion in memory of their last
leader. There was a meeting at the
same hour* in the Boston school, and
the feeling of unity in a great cause
was felt very close. The students
in the Expression Department at
Texas Woman's College gathered at
the appointed hour in the expression
studio and manjt and varied were
the beautiful tributes read by the
girls, .some 25 of them having been
with Dr. Curry last summer. There
were some graduates who 'traveled
many miles to be with us, and
beautiful letters were received from
others who could not come. The
one hour spent in service will be
remembered as being one of the
most inspirational and impressive of
its kind for Dr. Curry's love and
sympathy for human kind seemed
ever present.
The following article, which was
clipped from Who's Who in Amer-
ica, bespeaks the man as. the pub-
lic knew him: &'
t "Dr.- Curry was born in Chatata,
Tennessee, November 23, 1847. He
was graduated in 1870 from the Uni-
versity of Tennessee with the de-
gree of B. A. In 1878 he took his
M. A. at the same university, in
1879 his Ph.D. at Boston Univer-
sity, and in 1905 Colby bestowed
the degree of Litt.D. upon him. He
was Snow Professor of Oratory at
Boston University " from 1879 to
1888, was acting Davis Professor' of
Elocution at Newton Theological
! Seminary from 1884 to 1919. He
'was instructor of Elocution at Har-
! vard University, from 1891 to 1894,
at Yale Divinity School from 1892
' to 1902, and at Harvard Divinity
School from 1890 to 1902. He was
; also lecturer on Art at the Uni-
' vcrsity of Minnesota in Ii)05( at the
; University of Chicago in 1908. In
1909 he was lecturer on the Prin-
| ciples of Dramatic Expression at
' Teachers' College, Columbia Uni-
! versity. From 1891 to 1909 he was
1 librarian of the Boston Art Club.
There are lovers of nature and
poets of na'ture. Some are able to
put their impressions in a poetic
form and some are not. I think if
Dr. Curry should have been able to
give us all of his .ideas in a poetic
form he would have been truly a
Wordsworth or Browning. Indeed, I
think he was a Wordsworth in ap-
preciation. He only saw or rather
remembered the beauty in nature.
The dull, drab things never stayed
in his memory. In Waxahachie last
summer he said the things that
would stand out as the bright spots
in ..his memory of Texas would be
the song of the mocking bird that
had nested below his window-sill,
and the beautiful and brilliant sun-
rises and sunsets.
I am reminded of the words of
Van Dyke, when he says, "There
are three vines that belong to the
ancient forest, elsewhere they will
not grow. Through the soil pre-
pared for them be ever so rich,
though the shade of the ar-bor built
for them be ever so closely and
cunningly woven, their delicate,
thread-like roots will take no hold
upon the soil tilled and troubled by
the fingers of man.
"One of these is adoi-ned with
white pearls sprinkled lightly over
its robe of green. This is snowber-
ry. And if you eat of its fruit you
will grow wise in the wisdom of
flowers. You will know where to
find the yellow violet, the pink lady
slipper, the scarlet sage and fringed
gentcau.
"Another of the forest vines is
partridge berry. Rubies are hid-
den among its foliage. And if you
eat of the fruit you will know where
the oren bird secretes her nest, the
drumming Jog of the ruffed grouse
will be easy to find. There will be
no dead silence fo* you in the for-
est any longer, but it will be in-
habited in hundreds of warblers,
voices that you know and love,
"A third of the forest vines is
wood magic. It bears neither flower
nor fruit, but if you cat of the
leaves of the little vine wood magic
you will not know what you have
done, but the enchantment of the
tree land will enter your heart and
the charm of the wildwood will
flow through all your veins.'*
And I'm sure Dr. Curry found
his wood magic.
—Ann K. Coghill.
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OUR LOST LEADER.
Behind every great life there must
be the motive of a great intellect,
the mellowing influence of a great
soul, the powerful force of a great
personality.
In the combination of these we
have as a result, God's greatest
handiwork—a truly great man.
As a notable example of this re-
sult we have our dear lamented Dr!
Curry.
An intellect developed to its high-
est degree ,at once masterful in its
scope, unconquerable in its research
for truth, fathomless in this depths
of its earnestness, almost holy in its
devotion to righteous teaching and
eranscendently beautiful in its power
of expression. (Some of us had the
very great privilege of knowing him
last summer and to know him was
to love him. I regard that as one
of the greatest events of my life.)
A soul, gentle as a mother's pray-
er, strong as the tempests sweep,
deep as the ocean's bed, broad as the
earth's expanse, uncompromising as
the Mosaic laws, sweet as the morn-
ing zephyrs and tender as an angel's
kiss.
A personality, purified by suffer-
ing, strengthened by prayer, exalted
by faith, sanctified b(>V service and
glorified by love.
DR. CURRY, THE« MAN.
In all the language we find no
word more beautiful and inspiring
when considered in its broadest
sense. The greatest achievement of
Gods creative genius.
No greater epitaph can be in-
scribed on the tomb than "Here Lies
a Man."
His intense love for humanity and
his untiring enei-p:ies for its better-
ment endear him to us all. None
were too low and none to high but
that his hand was ever stretched out
to lift and to bless.
Endowed with many talents, he
consecrated them all to the service of
his fellowmen.
God gave him length of years that
! he might the" more effectively bless
the world. Eternity alone can meas-
ure the power of his influence.
Death cannot end the power of a
great life, for like the rippling
waves upon the sunny ocean, gain-
ing power and momentum by time
far out. in the blue expanse thep
become rolling billows unending in
their onward sweep to be broken
only upon .the shores of eternity. A
groat man has fallen: Dr. Curry is
gone, but yet he liveth and in the
hearts of those who knew him and
loved him for his sterling worth and
his kindly ministrations, he will ever
live. • i
May we but pause beside his
grave to drop the sympathetic tear
and then in the full assurance of the
presence of his ransomed spirit, urg-
ing us on to higher achievements in
the world of letters, let us proift
by his great example and strive to
carry out his lofty purposes.
Could his good deeds be flowers cast
upon his grave,
To their sacred influence be a frag-
rance given.
'Twould make a pyramid, which in
honor of the brave,
Would proudly rear its lofty head
to Heaven.
—Jewell Furr,
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The following are selections from
a memorial supplement for Dr. S.
S. Curry:
"National Memorial Service for
Dr. Curry, Educator.
"The National League for the Pro-
motion of the Curry Methods of Ex-
pression invites all graduates, stu-
dents and friends of the School of
Expression who are connected with
educational institutions in the United
States and Canada to unite in a Na-
tional Memorial Service in honor of
Dr. Curry, Educator; the service to
be held simultaneously with the
Boston Memorial Service Thursday,
Feb. 1(5, 8 p. m.
"It is suggested that reports of
such meetings be given to the local
press and that copies be sent to the
headquarters of the League, 2109 F.
Street, Washington, D. C."
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THE SERVICE.
look for the last time upon his kind
old face.
The service itself was, conducted
throughout by old friends, and was
in every way a beautiful and appro-
priate tribute. John Orth, musician
and composer, intimate and valued
friend for twenty years, played two
magical numbers at the piano, one
^specially composed /> for the occa-
si on. f * 4 !> 5R» J#
Rev. Samuel Lindsay, pastor of
the Hanson Place Baptist Church,
Brooklyn, N. Y., and Dr. Stanley
Durkee, president of Howard Uni-
versity, Washington, D. C., both old
students of the doctor, made ad-
dresses.
Rev. Woodman Bradbury, profes-
sor of homiletics at the Newton the-
ological Institution, and Mrs. John
B. Willis of the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, read from the
Scriptures. »
Rev. John M. English, D. D., for-
mer colleague of I)r. Curry at New-
ton Theological Institution, made the
closing prayer.
The service was held at the home
of the family, 00 Bay State Road.
Wednesday, Dec. 28.
The honorary pallbearers were Dr.
Stanley Durkee, J. Carter Walker,
Rev. Pitt Dillingham, W. B. Clos-
son, James M. Head, Binney Gunni-
son, Malcolm Green and Willard P.
Lombard. Six of these are trustees
of the School of Expression.
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Says Which?
From the time of his death to
the following Wednesday, when the
funeral service was held, a steady
utrcam uf visitors of all classes, na-
tionalities and beliefs called to ex-
press their grief and love and to
The School of Expression has sus-
tained a great loss in the death of
its president and founder, Dr. Cur-
ry, which took place at his home, 60
Bay State (Road, Boston, after a
three days' illness. On the previous
Tuesday Dr. Curry conducted his
classes as usual with his accustomed
vigor and poise. There was no ap-
parent sign to warn us of the great
grief in store for us, although the
suddenness of the end was not alto-
gether unforeseen by himself and
others who were in his confidence.
In the following pages friends and
educators pay their last tribute to
his memory and express the esteem
and affection which they held for
him. A memorial service for Dr.
Curry, educator, will be held in Bos-
ton, Feb. 16, at 8 p. m.
Had this loss occurred some years
earlier it would have been an irrep-
arable blow to the school and its
work, but Dr. Curry's long life of
indefatigable energy and devotion
has been instrumental in placing
both On a firm and secure founda-
tion. l£ now remains but to per-
petuate a fid carry on the work so
ably begun. All plans for the pres-
ent regular session and for the sum-
mer session of 1922, as authorized
by Dr. Curry, will be carried out as
announced with the necessary sub-
stitution of members of the faculty
in charge of Dr.( Curry's classes.
But the personal loss will be none
the less keenly felt nnd the memory
of the beloved teacher and friend
will always be treasured by the stu-
dents and teachers of the School
of Expression, # * , ,.
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