1939 VOICE RECORDING WILL TERMINATE SOON

Confronted by a formidable array of microphones, amplifiers, and recording turntables in Memorial Hall, 175 Freshmen have recently read a rearrangement of Acsop's fable, "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," for one minute and a half and chatted informally for another minute.

Today a drive will begin to complete this phonographic recording of the voice of each member of the class of 1939, Frederick C. Packard, Jr., '20, assistant professor of Public Speaking announced.

The purpose of this second annual voice recording, according to Professor Packard, is to develop a standard of correctness and pleasingness of diction." Though great strides forward were made last year to further his belief that the "Harvard accent" comes merely from a select group of private schools, whose men occupy the prominent positions in the class, Mr. Packard hopes to prove it conclusively this year.

In the spring of their Senior year, the Freshmen will again be subjected to the ordeal, and a composite record of the Harvard influence on the speech of '89 will be preserved in the archives of the library for future students of the history of languages.