Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-25
CAROL 8. D1Bsns.

Mayors.
Monday evening, at the new pavilion
concert starting az 1880 p. m. snarp
Selections by the Portland band.
500 O'Clock, the ladies state fair
glee will sing Greetings to Spring,
I Strauss, with band accompaniment.
Selections by the Portland band.
$3.50, the Salem business men 3 quar-
tet will sing, "When the Corn is
Waving" Dudley Buck.
Tuesday evening, the ladies' state fair
glee will sing " Estudiantina LacOme,
with band accompaniment and the Sa-
lem business men 5 quartet will sing De
Coppal Moon Shelly.
Wednesday evening, the ladies state
fair glee will sing 'The Miller's Woo
ing, with eontralto solo by Miss Lu-
cile Barton. The business men s quar-
tet will sing "a Summer Lullaby, "
Gibson
Thursday evening concert will be
given over TO the Elks. Thursday af.
ternOOn at the races the ladies state
fair glee and business men s quartet
will sing
Friday evening. the ladies' state fair
eontrato solo by Mrs. T. II. Galloway.
The business mems quartet will sing
."Till the Sands Of the Desert Grow
Cold, with duet by DR.. Mcintyre and
y. s. Barton.
Saturday evening, the ladies state
fair glee will sing Mother MaChree, -
with band accompaniment and the
business men 5 quartet will sing "Ab
sent, " Metcalf.
How many of us, I wonder, realize
the power and personal influence Of the
voice in every day living, and the part
il plays in the success Of a business
or professional career" said Mrs. Helen
Miller Sem the new instructor in Pub.
lie Speaking and Vocal Expression at
Willamette University this year. "My
voice and yours are constantly iaming
or pleasing, moving our listeners or
not, according to the training and the
conscious thought We have put into
the development Of our voices.
''I am not only a woman interested
in literature and art, " Mrs. Sem went |
on, "but | am also business woman,
in fact ] enjoy business and like TO |
meet business people. And what an
asset my years Of study of the pOten.
tialities Of the human voice has been
in practical lifeo People say 70 me,
Why you present that proposition in
such manner / can I help being favor.
ably impressed; 1t appeals to me. -
Here Mrs, Sem threw up her hands
In n characteristic little gesture us she
said, "That tells the story for itself.
Why could j move them, why bring
them to my point Of view; because |
knew how TO no regulate my voice, di. |
rect II in pitch and tone and quality
ns TO produce results. Indeed is il
not proof that one need not necessarily
have in view the vocation Of reader
to benefit by expression work; IL is
being more and more generally recog.
niSed as preparation for any walk of
life, and like many other things n daily
lubricant in the livableness Of living. 4"
AS evidence Of the truth of Mrs.
Sem s last statement was Mrs. Sem
herself, The voice is powcr-there IL
no doubt Of IT, Here was woman
radiating the glow Of n strong person.
llity, attnncd TO the possibilities of her
vocation, alive to the opportunities
which might present themselves in the
'ourse Of ner wears teaching vet poised
and forgetful of herself in the larger
Interests Of her work. The voice is
power, anywhere, MRS. Sem talked
freely Of her outlined courses for the
year and the nature Of her various
'lasses, Though she has charge Of Ora.
tory, Debate aud Heterogeneous
Speaking, her largest class is that en-.
titled Mind, Body and Voice, which
numbers forty members This perhaps
more thun any other class embodes the
fundamentals Of her theory OF vocal
EXPRESSION, the perfect control Of the
body by the mind. Mrs, scnn's own