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Study periods, or, preferably, thinking periods, as the name in the regular school program, would then be recognized as more fitting than recitation; the latter is a belittling name. Modifying the method of the recitation.
"You won't give us one of your own songs, then?" asked Medora Phillips, in a disappointed tone. "And at my dinner " No, she could not quite say that, at her dinner, Cope, whatever he had failed to do, had contributed no measure of entertainment for her guests. "Give us a recitation, then," persisted Medora; "or tell us a story.
It had been a very fine place before the war, the residence of a family of wealth and standing; and though now in a measure fallen into decay, was still an attractive spot, not destitute of beauty. The rooms appointed to study and recitation were of good size, airy, and well lighted; with a pleasant outlook here upon lawn and lakelet, there on garden, shrubbery, or orange orchard.
It opened with a series of extracts from the Psalms, relieved by two excursions into the minor prophets, and led up to a sonorous recitation of the problem of immortality from Job, with its triumphant solution in the peroration of the fifteenth chapter of I Corinthians.
"Not out of heaven, But into my heaven, Here have I fallen, Here in your arms." After the long happy silence which followed Henry's recitation of his verses, Angel at length spoke, "Shall I tell you something now?" she said. "I'm almost ashamed to, for I know you'll laugh at me, and call me superstitious." "Go on, little child," said Henry.
The sickening fact will hardly be believed, but during school hours they were obliged to remain in their seats with the appearance at least of discipline. It is stated by good authority that the rolling of croquet balls across the floor during recitation was objected to, under the fiendish excuse of its interfering with their studies.
I have tasted of the heavenly joys where presently I am. Gradually this rapture of retrospection and assurance wore itself down, with the help of recitation by the dying man of the Creed and the Lord's Prayer Knox pausing over the clause 'Our Father, to ejaculate, 'Who can pronounce so holy words? Next day, Monday, 24 November, 1572, was his last on earth.
The chief or capital obstacles which impede or prevent a pious recitation of the Breviary are: sin, the passions, the absorbing thoughts of creatures and the ignorance of the Divine Office.
Select a list of topics that will at one and the same time cultivate fluency and strengthen the memory for the important considerations of history. Fluency in itself does not possess sufficient value to justify the expenditure of recitation time. Facility of expression needs to be cultivated in discussion of the conclusions reached in class which need to be clinched in the student's mind.
Karl von Rosen listened, then his large eyes again turned introspective. Mrs. Edes again arose, after the singing and playing ladies had finished their performance and returned to their seats, and announced a recitation by Miss Sally Anderson.
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