New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-17

tions put 10 him by the students. and that this
mart OF tho exercise would be quite impromptu
Tho address was Of an informal sort The speaker
now and then referred to notes but for the most
part spoke in an onhard manner throwing IN many
amusing anecdotes. and being frequently inter
ruptcd by laughter ard applause. IN" ad'IeSS was
in part as follows.
Ladies ard gentlemen. thank YOU for th's oN'r
whcming and generous greeting. ne'l s,alC,S
tell you-aa there are SO many OF thr tiP'- ~
present that there ia nothing 30 delsntiul 10 an
actor ard conScnal as good rQuld OF app'auSJh
have TO preface my address mere Quay ""
a remark So aa 10 apologize FOR what ! may naFr
t. say When Nr. Sargent nrst invited me TO spslk
az the Berkeley i.yceuir murray So
/ should only address scholars 10 my .N Ng .T
thc,e are mas;'rr here as well az scnolars-maS,,stS
ana r.lsiressos OF Their art, and am very g'au
o. d. 20. PERHAPS. snail he l,I'e "'t ,,"rIs
propourGiae ni iAcorl'~. ana t.a" u, St, his
L all OF you agree with me. eui ! MAKE s, tn's
a,c shortly 70 Doe rising actors. whereas / observe
mon the STAG FOR twenty.;iye years. laughter
Many Of YOU may be actors. and some OF YOU M
gcntlcm.n ami possibly for the ladies' Ns We have
had some me f"maI" orators 20 s"drch thI'uth
stage has ht'et th"m-"hctnei rStuie NJ 49,
them for tho stage u~ orators. Inc atUipules ~
For instan.e the actor and the orator-they should
possess good voices lire artcu laiion. graceful g"s
I'M, thcv reach tho cross roads ana 20 part com
pany The orator t. somehns IN The position tn max
niIiil. moi 20 m. public Nothing abuses nni de-
,,roys Illusion more than 10 turn and LOOK At NE
true - myself and rcprmand myself very severely
Tor IT. We naturally. sometimes when We are uh-
certain seek IN the audience FOR som" sympathetic
Taco that VIII encourage ua. AMI No" betii" rs II
We get unrymp1thctc face.
To those young gentlemen and ladies' men, VINO
arc about 10 a1@p pshc po r ba '% 2or St
tributes are II YOU ind that your characters are
dogmatic expressive and dominant then oratory
vii be extremely beneficial or. At least IA" pursuit
fhif should CWI.oF. II. on the otntT manu- YOU
feel That emotional cncct. that piabiliiy. atapta,
brlty 10 circumstanccs. impression from outward
action then should advice you 20 adopt The stage
After Mr. jefferson had finished the main part
Of his discourse II became the turn Of the students
to ask questions The frs, VAS; is there prn-
cipai faculty 81 the actor and II so. what? The
reply was that natural giii personal maSht'S ha
and Imagination were ali important nut that me
most necessary OF all was the power OF the actor
to express to the audience his own Interpretation
The second question wa: What is personal
Impossible 20 tell. The following remarkable qucs-
ton was the third. which f. the greater art
said that the two should be combined. and then.
after some few rather dscurslVe remarks, al
mttcd that he dd not quite knox what the ques-
ton meant. Tn" fourth question was; What
makes an actor convincing to his audience The
answer WIS that 1t was his success. In great
When al the questions pad boon answered. Miss
Cassal nres"nted Nrealh 10 Mr. J'nrrson, 3n De 20
the tribute by Miss Gordon on behalf OF the junior
class: Mrs. Alice Fischer lIarcourt for the alumni
and Miss BESSIE Tyrec. fot the Twelfth Night
Among tbos. prcsen! were: ". =: Crane. VII
Professor V. W. Goodwin Brander Matthews
William Dean Howclls. Bronson Howard Charles
BARNARD David Belasco. Daniel Frohman. Law
renee Hutton. T. H. Sothern Frank Mayo. George
Fawcett; Miss Maude Banks Miss Mary SaT 11dsr
Miss Anna Warren story Robert Taber Robert
Wge joseph Aaemem RG'Gr s JG nd rrS Sr5 nG
Miss Ida Conquest