Arizona republican., 1905-05-22
THE cUnKocK SCHOOL
A Description of It by the General
 Director, Hrs. Grigg.

Mrs. NJ M. rigg, general director of the Cumnock School of Expression, is visiting in Prescott the guest of MT. and Mrs. F. NJ. Murphy. The Cum mock school is the pioneer of its kind in Southern California and is the best known. It was instituted in 1894 by Miss Addie Murphy Grigg. who had graduated from the Northwestern School of Oratory-
 The following facts regarding this well known institution are gathered from a description of it by Mrs. Grigg:
 Beginning in a small way. the school has gradually increased in numbers and popularity, thus finding 1t necess- ary to increase it's accommodations and broaden it's scope.
 Sixty graduates now form the Alum nj Society, while ten more will be graduated at the commencement -exer- cises this year. The graduates are filling responsible positions as teachers and readers, thus satisfying con stantly increasing demand for the highest character of work in the teach ing of expression.
 The work of this school Is not to train pupils for stage c1 ger, or to give them an oratoricai training. but a higher and loftier goal is the aim, that of expression in the highest and best meaning of the word. As jl.ere must be character back of expression, the o:eI elopment of character may truly be said to be the chief work of .he school.
 An art production can be no greater than the artist, hence the building of character is the foundation of true expression. The school endeavors to educate by developing imagination, concentration and continuity of tn 'ught by quickening the appreciation and teaching that reading, in its highest sense, is interpretation.
 The true beauty of a poem CT Of a noble thought can best be understood by aid of the voice It must be read. and the expression of this reading, the development of character, fundaInent- ally necessary to enable the reader to give the true expression to his reading is what this school is now striving to teach.
 c Expressive reading involves not orly an intellectual conception of the great thoughts of a master. but also the ability to enter into close symD; thy with the emotional conditions ot life.
 Cumnock Hall. the home Of the school, was erected in 1902. and IS of old English architecture, modeIe1 after the birthplace of Shakespeare at Stratford- on- Avon.
 The original building in which Shakespeare was born is bat thirty five feet wide, while Cumnock Hall has a width of eighty feet, otherwise. it is an exact reproduction of the biiti- place of the immortal bard.
 The method of instruction of the Cumnock school is based Ipon tine phil osophy of expression, in that it is an unfolding, a drawing out Of the dor mant powers of the pupil.
 The regular course for graduation comprises three school years, and the general grops of study may be de- signated as follows: Philosophy of expression. literary interpretation, dramatic art, which comprises the an- alysis and presentation of Shake speare's plays, oratory. voice culture, literary and language. physical train ing. history, languages and mathemar- ics.
 Recitals have been held by the school from time to time, and "As You Like It." "A Wintr's Tale" and others of Shakespeare's plays have beer pro- duced.
 A study of Shakespeare IS begun when the student enters school and is continued throughout the course. Iris is in charge of Kate Tupper Gaipin, E. $.
 The academic department of this school is another feature that adds to it's thoroughness in the line of work mapped out. This department makes it possible for pupils to pursue regu- lar high school course, while at the same time they may develop in the work of expression. The work is four years duration, and covers a wide