Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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THE 1914 ALMANAC Public Speaking HAT there is an interest and demand by students for public speaking was indicated at the beginning of this semester by about iifty applications for membership in the class. In order to keep the number within the limit of twenty, Seniors were given iirst choice, and prac- tically made up the class. The work of the semester was illrcc-fold: ll consideration of the substance out of which practical everyday speeches are madeg the delivery of all kinds of original speeches from the plat- formg and the memorizing of standard selections, Phillips' helpful book on Ejvffitv Sfldlklillg was studied and examples brought to class illustrating the principles underlying effective speaking. For example, students brought to class short extracts showing how speakers support a proposition, how they introduce their subject, how they state their aim and central idea of the speech. etc. In order to put the study into prac- tice, each member of the class spoke about twenty-live times. in after-dinner speeches, speeches of introduction, of acceptance, memorial addresses. argu- ments, etc. A few short declainations were learned and delivered as a third part of the class work. The purpose of the course throughout was to develop good. straight- forward talking. A definite result was always aimed at, and a given audi- ence was held in mind at which the speakers directed their speeches. The instructor of the class feels that his work will be repaid if, after graduation, the students will try to put into practice what they studied in the class, when they are called on to speak in public in the real work of the World. - TTR.-XNK 1. PAVLICEK. ll9

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NSTRUCTOR I PAVLICEK, J. . F. SPEAKING CLASS Punmc

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