| National School of Elocution and Oratory | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Information | |
| Other name | Shoemaker School of Speech and Drama |
| Type | college |
| Established | 1873 |
| Founders | Jacob and Rachel H. Shoemaker |
| Closed | late 1930s |
| Principal | Dora Adele Shoemaker |
National School of Elocution and Oratory (later, Shoemaker School of Speech and Drama) was an American school for speech arts, focused on rhetoric and elocution. It was established by Jacob and Rachel H. Shoemaker in Philadelphia, 1873.[1][2] Attention was given to conversation and oratory, vocal culture, reading, and recitation.[3] It awarded Bachelor's and master's degrees. From 1915, their daughter, Dora Adele Shoemaker, served as principal, renaming the school "Shoemaker School of Speech and Drama" and adding coursework in journalism and radio technique. The school closed in the late 1930s.
- ^ REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION THE YEAR 1880. 1882. p. 281. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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- ^ Who's who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. 1904. p. 680. Retrieved 27 September 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1878. p. 222. Retrieved 28 September 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
