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Leland Powers School

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26: 160:, was originally located on Massachusetts Avenue in the South End. A purpose-built building on Evans Way, behind the Museum of Fine Arts was constructed in 1914. This building was taken by eminent domain in the 1970s. The school moved three more times - 2001 Beacon Street, Cleveland Circle, 10 Charlesgate East in the Back Bay, and 70 Brookline Avenue, adjacent Fenway Park before it closed in 1979. Speaker and author 195:
circuit business. While working for the bureau, Powers was assigned as a reader during chautauquas, and as a coach to other readers. Powers also edited scripts for usage, focusing on readability and performance. During this time Powers was an associate of
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In 1904, Powers' school cost $ 200 for a semester's tuition. Joining his wife and more than a dozen staff members in teaching 140 students annually.
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founded the school in 1904. The school educated several notable speakers and authors of the early 20th century, including drama educator
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The School was credited with being on the leading edge of technology when in 1944 it started broadcasting a show called
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Circuit chautauqua: From rural education to popular entertainment in early twentieth century America.
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Random recollections: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Leland Powers School, 1904-1954
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J T Nichols, playwright (Porktown, Taming the Savages, Jesus & the Pirates, etc.)
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Leland Powers School closed on April 27, 1979, due to financial problems.
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Rod Fritz, newscaster, Boston (WBZ and WRKO) and New York (Fox) (as per
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Leland Powers School of Radio, Theatre, and Television
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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Private
President
Leland Powers
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
42°20′16″N 71°05′57″W / 42.3378°N 71.0992°W / 42.3378; -71.0992
Leland Powers
T. Earl Pardoe
Reta Shaw
Wendall Woodbury
Leland T. Powers
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Chautauqua
Carl Sandburg
WIXG
Annette Carell
Fay Davis
Jeff Donnell
Mary Freeman Byrne
this excerpt from the WRKO article
Ernest Holmes
Don Gillis
Creature Double Feature
anecdote from his days
WCBS (880 AM)
Glynn Ross
Bob Wilson
A Handbook of American Private Schools

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