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Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of Public Speaking, Vol. 3: January-October, 1917 The paragraph was last year. Here again the teacher reads: the Ancient Mariner - no longer on our study list; three other long or several short poems; two stories - all for the purpose of arousing thought, of cultivating imagination by having pupils tell the personal and, therefore, the varied, images aroused in their minds by the pictures and situation described. All this, we believe, helps in attaining the aim of oral assignments for this year: increased confidence in self and in the power to address one's fellow-beings interestingly, convincingly. Pupils are now limited to three or four minutes, and seldom allowed to speak on subjects directly connected with literature or any other part of the English work. Athletics, science, history, current events, favorite pursuits, original monologues and dialogues, experience accounts, that reminds me anecdotes, imaginary interviews, social courtesies - such as the introduction of two pupils by another, with mention of some topic of common interest on which all three then converse for two or three minutes - a group discussion of ways and means for raising money for a school or class enterprise, stereographs again, and Mentor pictures, all afford possibilities. A class reading The Tale of Two Cities has just enjoyed a set of talks on the French Revolution, illus trated by stereograph and Mentor views. They are soon to dramatize one of the Cruncher scenes and a knitting scene. Last year corresponding divisions gave the trial scene. The day of its presentation, study pupils thronged to the room, but seats during the last hour were at a premium. The reason was evi dent when, after calling the regular witnesses, the daring attorney for the defense summoned Jane Addams, Billy Sunday, Theo dore Roosevelt, Jess Willard, and other stars of varying magni tudes. Four times again each pupil speaks formally. Besides, hardly a week passes without several taking part in less formal exercises; all the class may be asked to prepare one or two minute talks in answer to some question in rhetoric, perhaps, or in development of some topic, which only two or three at the appointed time are called upon to give. During the study of argument at least one debate is required in each division, but pupils enjoy this so much that for two years past every pupil in every sophomore division has taken part in a debate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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