Word: speech
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...perfecting himself is the fact of self-consciousness. The man who aims directly at making himself perfect gets in his own way. Right here the law of indirectness begins to act. Almost all the truth comes to us indirectly. Eloquence of the highest sort expresses itself in figures of speech and poetry, especially, naturally clothes itself in metaphor. So it is with the man who seeks perfection. His seeking must be along an indirect line or it becomes mere selfishness...
...decide how many minutes you intend to give each. Above all do not permit yourself to change your plan. - Napoleon said "if you set out to take Vienna take Vienna." Make up your mind what you are going to say and say it. The same advice applies to speech-making as to letter writing when one is told to let one's correspondent wish there were more. It might be well to bear in mind Bulwer's advice about calling, "Leave as soon as you've made a good impression...
...exercises at which the challenge cup is to be presented, will be held on Tuesday, December 27th at 3 p.m. Mr. Chauncy M. Depew will make the presentation speech and Mr. McAlpine of Princeton will reply for the colleges. The games will begin at 4 o'clock on the same day and will continue one week, each man playing one game a day. The winning team will be entitled to hold the cup until it is again challenged, and each member of the team will receive a silver medal...
...concisely in appropriate and unaffected words, and, moreover, to pronounce them correctly is an art generally neglected by college men. Yet the subject is not the indifferent one it seems to many; it connects itself more or less with every man. To any man called upon for a public speech this training is of great value; and it has much to do with making a good conversationalist. It leads, moreover, to a better pronunciation of the English language. The fault of clipping and slurring and mis-pronouncing words is often laid to Americans and not unjustly. Still further these courses...
...first step will be the choice of good speakers Friday evening. All men in the university are entitled to speak, but each man's speech must not exceed five minutes. The question, accurately stated, is as follows: - "Resolved, that the power of railroad corporations in the United States should be further limited by national legislation." Dean Briggs, Professor Taussig, and Mr. Hayes have kindly consented to act as Judges. The three best speakers in college are wanted and every man, with any ability in that line, should present himself Friday night without fail...