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College attitude on debating and public speaking instruction came in for a lambasting this weekend from Frederick C. Packard '20, associate professor of Public Speaking, who asserted at the New England Speech Conference that the richest university in the land gives no support to forensics...
...single unofficial grant of $100 and scattered graduate support are the only wherewithal by which the debaters pay their coach and expenses, Packard declared, and a half course in public speaking is all offered by the University in comparison with three full courses in writing...
...turn away hundreds each year," said Packard. "As a result, Harvard students may be able to write well, but they cannot speak well...
Icebreaker. With a proud blare of horns, Packard Motor Car Co. last week drove out its new cars, thus became the first motormaker to put 1948 models on the market. The new models were radically different from the '47; gone was the distinctive Packard hood, the company's trademark for more than 40 years. Packards now have rounded hoods and wide, square bodies, forecast by the '48 convertible model put out last spring. Although some models, which range in price from $2,125 to $4,668, will cost more than their predecessors, two of them will...
After regaling prospective enrollees with impersonations of his own, Packard announced that a regular "try-out" session will be held to determine those best qualified for the course...