Word: websterian
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This appointment made Washington gasp. Mr. Pomerene, a solemn, bookish man with a Websterian manner, whose hobby is growing early table corn, is not a banker. He is not a famed executive. While he made a good Senator, his name, it was claimed, was not familiar enough to inspire nation-wide confidence...
...their speeches and their picnic-lunch, Their black constituent-hats and their devotion: Some even brought a little whisky, too. (A little whisky is a comforting thing For congressmen in the sun, in the heat of the sun.) The bearded congressmen with orators' mouths The fine, clean-shaved, Websterian congressmen, Come out to see the gladiator's show. But from a high place, as befits the wise, You will not see the long windrows of men Strewn like dead pears before the Henry House Or the stonewall of Jackson breathe its parched Devouring breath upon the failing charge...
Beyond question, the gradual extinction of what was once a flourishing department is explicable in terms of the modern attitude toward old-fashioned public speaking with its strong savor of Websterian oratory. English 10 was deeply imbued with this tradition. To day the too polished speaker is more apt to be distrusted than admired; the prevailing theory, unfortunate as it often is in its results, is that if a man be sufficiently full of his subject, the words will come. To betray attention to old time rules of inflection and gesture, imperfectly mastered, is far more disastrous to the modern...
...possible change from traditional football tactics, but in the policy of the cheer leaders. Hitherto the major sport captains have hopped about like true athletes. But perhaps because their training has been so varied, uniformity of movement has been surprisingly lacking. Nor have they always possessed the Websterian voice that could carry a message from sideline to colonade...