The Classes in Singing.

Over one hundred men are taking advantage of the opportunity offered for the cultivation of the voice in the course just started by Herr Frese. The course consists of twenty lessons which will end soon after the mid-year examination period. At present the class meets twice a week, Tuesday and Friday at half past four.

The object of the course is three-fold. First to teach the science of reading at sight, second to cultivate the voice, and third to bring out the aesthetic qualities,- to sing with expression and feeling. Herr Frese does not adhere to any particular method, but through extensive study is able to present the best ideas of all the different schools.

The preliminary lessons consist of talk, the development of the voice with practical exercises to bring about this development. On Tuesday the class will be supplied with Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirate" which will be used as a text book. At the close of the lessons if the men in the course so desire the opera will be given publicly; either after the fashion of an oritorio, or by securing a number of public singers to fill the leading places.

The usual trouble is being gone through to get a sufficient number of first tenors. To remedy this Herr Frese hopes to enlist a number of Radcliffe students.