Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Clive, the first speaker, voiced the opinion that theatregoers are becoming more receptive to good drama at the present time "What the public wants now," he said, "is enormous action. This is largely the reason for the disinclination of the dramatic public to attend the theatre of literary drama; they prefer to stay at home and read. Further proof of the love of action is the enormous popularity of motion pictures...
...Coolidge ticket man, by President Coolidge's renomination, but the Ohio G. O. P. in general would benefit. The Ohio law requires that Ohio delegates to the national party conventions shall go instructed. A muddle might ensue should Ohio have to decide between its two sons, Speaker Nicholas Longworth (Wet) and Senator Frank B. Willis (Dry). *Last week, Dr Henry van Dyke, retired patriarch of Princeton University's department of English, and a twinkle-eyed Democrat, wrote to the New York Times: ". . . But why put it in the negative ? The positive is shorter, clearer and better...
Presbyotia. People speak just about as fast as they hear?some 20 changes a second, said Dr. J. McKeen Cattell, editor of Science. To be heard by an audience or by people hard of hearing, one must speak distinctly and slowly, not loudly. A stump speaker's shouting is only a blur of tones to his listeners. In old people, the receiving apparatus of the ear becomes less elastic than in youth; it does not respond quickly to short waves (shrill) sounds. Words or notes of music following in fast succession run together and cannot be distinguished. The condition...
Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts will be the speaker this evening at the first of a series of open forums planned for this winter by the Harvard Democratic Club...
...broad generalizations concerning its success or failure. It has found popularity in numbers through one of two channels. The first has been in picking a subject of timely and intense student interest such as the football debate of two years ago. Enthusiasm was generated here by the presence of speakers, whose prominence in undergraduate affairs and information on the subject, added some zest to the occasion. The second successful method of attack has been to invite an expert or widely known speaker from the outside, whose appearance alone is sufficient to draw the crowd. The latter procedure, while of considerable...