Julia A. Orum

Julia A. Orum (October 28, 1843 – January 6, 1904) was an American educator, lecturer, and author. She was principal of the Philadelphia School of Elocution and of the Mountain Lake Park Summer School of Elocution. She was a successful Shakespearian reader and lecturer.

Early life and education Julia Anna Orum was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1843.

Orum was graduated with honor from the Philadelphia Normal School (later, Philadelphia High School for Girls), when she was 20 years of age. Having chosen the teaching of elocution as her profession, she studied for several years with the veteran tragedian and elocutionist, James B. Roberts.

Career For years, she was connected as instructor in elocution with the YMCA of Philadelphia and Germantown. She taught with marked success in several private schools, until she established an institution of her own, in 1885. She was principal of the Philadelphia School of Elocution; principal of the Mountain Lake Park Summer School of Elocution; and instructor of voice training in the Woman's College of Baltimore.

Orum was actively engaged in the philanthropic and benevolent work of the church, particularly its home missions.

Death In her later life, Orum was a patient at the Philadelphia Home for Incurables. On January 8, 1904, she was scalded to death in a bath at the institution.

Selected works The Orum System for Voice Education (1895)