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Another College President Speaks On Speech, Paul R. Anderson Nov 1954

Another College President Speaks On Speech, Paul R. Anderson

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One of the obvious, and sometimes over powering, obligations of the college president is that of speech-making. There are people who seem to believe that college presidents can speak on almost any subject at the drop of a hat. Since trustees, "friends of the college," and public relations are involved, for one to refuse even the impossible is difficult. So the average college president speaks once or twice a week and this in addition to whatever other commitments he may have on and off the campus. He can either learn to speak with comparative ease or his life is miserable.

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Vox Sodalitatis Nov 1954

Vox Sodalitatis

The Gavel of Delta Sigma Rho

Letters and comments come frequently to the editor. Many of them are not full articles but contain material of interest to the members. So we decided to have a section for such material. We went immediately to the Language department and asked for a good Latin term for the "VOICE OF THE MEMBERS." The above title is the result. In this section, therefore, we will print your letters, comments, and news items of importance, as space permits.

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Books In Review, Charles S. Goetzinger Nov 1954

Books In Review, Charles S. Goetzinger

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Review of the book Freedom and Loyalty in Our Colleges by Robert E. Summers (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1949).

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Speech Training For The Physician, Ormond S. Culp Nov 1954

Speech Training For The Physician, Ormond S. Culp

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Few individuals arc more dependent on rapport with fellowmen than medical practitioners. Patients, relatives, trainees, colleagues and contemporaries constitute a source of seemingly endless inquiries that cannot be ignored. From examining room to county or national meeting, the physician of today is expected to provide lucid answers to perplexing and poignant questions. Yet the average physician is notoriously inept at self-expression.

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Speech Training Helps Preaching, Cecil H. Jones Nov 1954

Speech Training Helps Preaching, Cecil H. Jones

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My college training in speech has been in valuable to me in my profession as a minister. 1 can best summarize its help as follows.

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The Role Of Delta Sigma Rho Chapters, John W. Keltner Nov 1954

The Role Of Delta Sigma Rho Chapters, John W. Keltner

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Delta Sigma Rho is an honorary organization. A candidate who is selected for membership in the society is chosen because he rep resents certain standards of achievement in forensic activity. Once selected, what is his responsibility to the local chapter and to the national organization? This question has arisen several times in the past and more recently in respect to some of the newer chapters. Let's see if we can suggest several directions that the member and the local chapter may take.

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Do We Teach English?, W. Roy Diem Mar 1949

Do We Teach English?, W. Roy Diem

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Not long ago I listened to a speech by the mayor of one of the. large cities of America. He gave a thoroughly interesting talk, one that hehi the rapt attention of an audience of six or eight hundred people. He was vigorous, fluent, concrete. But his language was marked by the syntax of a semi-literate person, though he is a college man. Such expressions as "he who I was the guest of" and "I was setting across the table from him" made one wince who was sensitive to correct English.

So far as I know, the mayor had never …

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President's Page...William Jennings Bryan -- An Eye-Witness Report, E. C. Buehler Mar 1948