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Even now, the Chapel is fulfilling its age-old use as the College catch-all, for Professor Packard holds his public speaking classes here...
Every Freshman speaks for several minutes into one of the microphones which Professor Packard has had installed in Holden Chapel. Part of the talk is read from a prepared sheet, and the rest is delivered impromptu about summer experiences, political convictions, or etc., to test the student's facility in phrasing his thoughts...
...Professor Packard explains, knows what his own voice sounds like, since it comes to him through the bones of his head. Many a Yardling will find to his chagrin that his voice is not the deep, masculine thing he thinks it is, but more like the chirp of some flutey little bird in one of the Yard elms...
Many of the recordings made so far reveal that the most over-worked word in the Yardling vocabulary is "uh" or "ah", and that the most common sentence construction is a long, awkward pause. Difficulties such as these will be attacked by Professor Packard and his staff after they have been exposed to the light by the voice recordings...
Professor Packard emphasized that these courses are not intended solely for those with speech defects, but are also designed to improve the voices and talking manner of those who already are good speakers. They are not supposed to give the student a Harvard accent by any means, but simply to provide him with a voice that is audible, clear, natural, and pleasing