Word: good
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Webster you will mark something little skin to the methods of today. I never had the good fortune to hear Mr. Webster. I saw him only once, but the inborn power of oratory that stood in his massive figure I could take for granted. I saw him standing on a corner and I can not remember that he was doing anything but the people in passing looked at him as if he were Bunker Hill monument...
With Mr. Everett there was none of this personality. He had great personal beauty and the most perfectly attuned classic manner. It is possible for you to form a very good conception of him by the law of negatives from the person and oratory of his son, Wm. Everett. Mr. Everett always made the most careful preparation for his speeches and would arrange his watch or glass with the utmost nicety...
...simplest form. Think over what you want to say; then select three or four points. Let these form a logical order in your mind if possible. If the logical order be impossible, take some other natural order. Then think out for each of these points some good illustration or story. Even a little humor at times is good, but be careful how you use it. While you are making the acquaintance of your audience it is well to say something that will make them feel that you are human...
Haughton '99 is good, but his motion is too slow and gives the runner too much chance to steal. Cozzens '98 has the makings of a 'Varsity pitcher; he is very speedy and has effective curves, but he needs better control. Fitz '99, of last year's Freshman team, does fair work, but he has poor control of his drop ball...
...first rate game; this is Cochrane's first attempt at catching, and with practice he promises to do well. Morse 1L. S. S. is rather the best of the Freshmen and makes an effective backstop. Burrage '98, Egbert 1900 and Skillings 1900 are fair catchers and have done good work so far. Altogether the battery candidates seem rather above the average, and there should be enough men to provide not only good 'Varsity batteries, but one for the College nine...