Illinois Institute of Technology - Integral / Lewis Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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- PUBLIC SPEAKING AT LEWIS INSTITUTE URING the year marked advance has been made in the 'mrt of public speaking at the Institute That 1S to say, provisions have I c 1 c c c been made which provide for much more public speaking than . - 1 . A . 0 Cs C C 5 ever before The Institute has long iequxred '1 certain amount of public speaking as part and parcel of the regular English work. One day a week is taken for this work, the recitation period being devoted entirely to speakingg each student is expected to deliver a speech in the sense that he must make a plea, and then endeavor to defend it, and to win his audience over to his side. Each individualis work is carefully criticised by the in- structor in charge, such criticism being written out, so that the student may have it for private reference. This plan of work brought about such excellent results that the Institute decided to give more prominence to public speaking. In accordance with this policy, it was announced that to the best three speakers in the Allen C. Lewis Society debates during a certain period of time three prizes should be awarded, to wit: the first prize, one yearls tuition at the Institute, the second prize, two quarters' tuition, and the third prize, one quarter's tuition. This year these prizes were won by Messrs. Faust, Moulton and Servis, in the order given in the awards notice. It is understood that the same prizes will be offered annually by the Institute hereafter. In addition to these features, and probably in some way as a result of them, public speaking has advanced in the debating societies of the Institute. The Collegiate Girls' Club has devoted considerable time to debates. The Current Topics Club has done much excellent work in its weekly meetings. Mr. George Faust, winner of the first prize in the Allen C. Lewis contests, is a member of the Current Topics Club. In the Parnassian Society, which is the collegiate men's club, more work in debating has been accomplished this year than ever before, and it is thought that the standard of excellence has been raised considerably. One valuable feature was a compulsory debate held during the winter quarter, a contest which aroused wide interest in the society and which resulted in some excellent speaking. Messrs. Beezley, I-Iazlewood, Stickel and Iuhnke were chosen as the representative speakers of the society. Undoubtedly public speaking will receive much attention at the Institute during the coming year. I 25

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Another important advantage, one offered by few schools of equal size and rank, is the personal advice and assistance of the director in laying out the courses of study, a point of marked superiority over the system in many insti- tutions. Finally, these advantages are brought within the reach of any ambi- tious young man or young woman. Aside from the scholarships awarded annually, the tuition at Lewis Institute is less than at almost any other school of equal rank. This is the sort of school, we believe, that Allen C. Lewis planned, a school eminently practical, of broad scope, and within the reach of all. NVhat Peter Cooper's work has done for thousands in New York Allen C. Lewis' work is doing here in Chicago. SECRET SOCIETIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS N the secondary schools of the-country there are two policies .fol- lowed with regard to fraternities. In some schools fraternities are discouraged and even forbidden, and in certain-cases there has been resort to litigation. The authorities of these institutions maintain that boys in secondary schools are too young for the affiliations of the fraternityg that the fraternity causes them to waste time, and is thus a detriment to study, and that it too often encourages snobbislmess or artificial distinctions based on wealth. V ' In other schools fraternities are tolerated, recognized, and even en- couraged, upon grounds that they cause the formation of pleasant associa- tions, that they are not detrimental to healthful student life, and that they encourage school spirit. The question of allowing the existence of fraternities in any secondary school has recently been revived, and is now being discussed. The policy of the Lewis Institute is established. Fraternities and sororities are recog- nized by the school to the extent that they are allowed to post their notices in the school lobbies, on the condition that a member of the faculty be chosen as an honorary member. who shall act as the adviser of the organization. 24

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS HE editors desire to make grateful acknowledgment to Director Carman, to Doctor Lewis and to Professor Mann for timely and C . Q ifvgftg valuable assistance in many waysg to Dean Greeson, for the use f ' . f ' 3 o his office, to Miss Llanke, for much indispensable help in se- curing illustrationsg to Mr. Harold Robbins, for meritorious art contribu- tions, and to Mr. Charles Henning, the indefatigable, for being a Napoleon of finance. AWARDS Prize of S5 for the best serious contribution is awarded to Sal1y's Rocking Chair, by Miss Gertrude E. Sands. Prize of S5 for the best humorous contribution is awarded to You- Auto-Eatit, by Mr. Harold H. Morgan. Honorable mention is given to Ode to the Lunch Room, by Miss Alice Seton-Thompson, and A State of Mind. by Miss Zella liissell. At the request of the authors, The Courting of Francois Thebautierf' Borer Horriticusf' The Suffererf' and The Ancient Proverb of Them That Burn Sulphur, have not been considered in the awarding of the prizes. The Mrs. Hugh A. Wliite scholarships for the year IQO2-1903 were awarded as follows: Zella S. Bissell, of the West Division Highh School: Julius Klima, of the English High and Manual Training Schoolg Olga Jacob- son, of the John Marshall High Schoolg VValter Hans Forster, of the Lewis Institute. Three prizes for excellence in public speaking for the year 1903-1904 are awarded. as a result of the competition of December 10, 1902, and May 13, 1903, as follows: first prize, tuition for one year. George Reinhard Faustg second prize, tuition for two quarters. Charles Robert Moultong third prize, tuition for one quarter, Howard H. Servis. 26