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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.

The Gavel Of Delta Sigma Rho, Volume 37, Issue 1, Complete Issue

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Complete digitized issue (volume 37, issue 1, November 1954) of The Gavel of Delta Sigma Rho.

We Hold These Truths, Thorrel Fest

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What appears to be a small minority of private colleges (no DSR schools) have expressed some concern regarding the suitability of the current intercollegiate debate proposition. Some critics of the question feel that to argue for diplomatic recognition of Red China is to approve its conquests, possibly mislead the immature student and provide communists with propaganda material. None of these arguments seems to have sufficient validity to merit the action proposed—change to another proposition. There has been some effort to make a public issue of this matter, and on October 22 your president was asked by one of the wire …

Howard Hill, Speaker-Teacher, John Robson

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Biography on Dr. Howard T. Hill from the Department of Speech at Kansas State College.

James Gordon Emerson: A Scholar Graduates, Leland Chapin

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Biography of James Gordon Emerson.

New Members - 1953-1954

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List of new members of Delta Sigma Rho for 1953-1954.

University Of Washington Chapter Is Installed

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The new University of Washington chapter of Delta Sigma Rho was formally installed on May 11, 1914, by regional Vice-President Earl W. Wells of Oregon State College.

The Objectivity Of Debate Judges, Robert L. Scott

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"The problem of securing competent judges of debate is always with us."' This statement is as true in 19J4 as it was in 1917 when Lew Sarett made it. At the turn of the century, however, important personages, governors and judges, for example, were invited or hired to sit as debate judges and to render their decisions. Today the average intercollegiate debate situation is the tournament debate. Two teams debate before a critic-judge, generally a coach from some other school entered in the tournament, who designates the "winning" team and who is often required to give oral or written criticisms …

Speech Training Provides Solid Background For Industrial Relations, Donald Sherbondy

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Since graduating from college in 1930 I have been a teacher, a lawyer, and now the director of industrial relations for a company. I can say without hesitation chat the preparatory work in college which has helped me most in each of these professions was my training in public speaking and debating.

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.

Oxford And The Cross-Examination Tournament, Robert P. Newman

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Now the truth is that Englishmen are hard as nails, and quite capable of rigorous activity when necessity demands. Furthermore, the students of English collegiate institutions are not only well-grounded in history and politics, but remarkably fluent (at least the debaters) and flexible. There was no reason, as far as I could see, why a British team should not participate in at least two rounds of an American collegiate tournament, debating our question under our rules.

It seemed particularly appropriate, further more, to ask them to participate in a cross examination tournament, where the format would allow a type of …

Delta Sigma Rho...Chapter Directory

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List of Delta Sigma Rho chapters.

Maine, Muskie, And Delta Sigma Rho, Brooks Quimby

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How did it happen that Maine elected a Democratic governor? Television and radio commentators, news weeklies and editors have all had their guesses; here is the forensic explanation!

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.

Attention All Delta Sigma Rho Sponsors

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Announcement for the Delta Sigma Rho Regional Congresses for 1955.

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.

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).

Vox Sodalitatis

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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.

Index To Volume 36

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Index to Volume 36 of The Gavel of Delta Sigma Rho.

The Gavel Of Delta Sigma Rho, Volume 31, Issue 4, Complete Issue

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Complete digitized issue (volume 31, issue 4, May 1949) of The Gavel of Delta Sigma Rho.

Report Of The Legislative Committee...

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Report of the Legislative Committee at the Fourth National Student Congress of Delta Sigma Rho.

The Principles Of Poor Speaking..., Harold F. Harding

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Contrary to popular op1111on, it is fairly easy to write or to speak well. But writing poorly and speaking poorly are really difficult. To give these arts their proper due requires hard study. Many accomplished practitioners of poor speaking are not aware of their methods. It is time that poor speaking be given the systematic treatment it deserves.

With The Chapters

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Information and accomplishments of Delta Sigma Rho chapters.

President's Page..., E. C. Buehler

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Text of the President's address to the Opening Assembly at the Fourth Delta Sigma Rho Congress.

The Fourth Delta Sigma Rho Congress...

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Report on the Fourth Delta Sigma Rho Congress held in Chicago on March 31 and April 1-2, 1949.

A Distinguished Alumnus

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Brief biography of Erwin Canham, alumnus of Delta Sigma Rho.

The College Oration And The Classic Tradition..., Charles W. Lomas

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Recently I had occasion, after a lapse of several years, to judge the oratorical contest in a college forensic tournament. The experience brought home to me forcibly the futility and ineptness of college oratory as currently practiced in the tournament situation. I hope it is not a sign of premature senility to observe that I do not believe college oratory is as good as it was twenty-five years ago, and that it has fallen completely from the heights it attained when it was the training ground for William Jennings Bryan and Robert M. La Follette, Sr. I do not believe …

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 …

The Oberlin College Forensic Union..., J. Jeffery Auer

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One of the contributions we believe a college may take to this widespread public discussion is to furnish trained student speakers, capable of providing provocative and critical analyses of current public questions. Since 1927, Oberlin College, through the Forensic Union and the Department of Speech, has offered such a service. This service is available without charge to organizations within a reasonable distance of Oberlin; there is no tariff on public discussion. Organizations are requested to furnish transportation for the speakers or to reimburse them for their traveling expenses, but otherwise the service is a contribution of Oberlin College.

And Now To Define The Terms..., Roy C. Nelson

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The quality of any debate depends to a large extent on a concise, accurate, and honest appraisal of the main terms in a resolution. Al though almost all textbooks on argumentation carry chapters on definitions of terms and principles to be followed, yet many high school and college debaters arc perfunctory in analyzing the questions they debate. In listening to hundreds of debates over a period of years, I have observed many recurring deficiencies in the interpretation of the resolution. Among the most common faults have been: 1. Strained and limited definitions for purpose of strategy. 2. Quibbling over terms …