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...preparation of a speech it is sometimes necessary to read it off from the written page, but in general the best method is to have clearly in mind what you are going to say, and then let the words and the gestures take care of themselves. Three helps to effectiveness in public speaking are wide reading and familiarity with the Bible, the judicious introduction of humor, and above all, earnestness. Earnestness is of paramount importance, because no audience will believe a man who does not believe in himself
...doubt,--it will mean simply that the Stadium debt will have to run a little longer. On the other hand one of the chief commercializing tendencies will be gone, and we will be well rid of the nuisance of the collector, who is trying to prove, by a method unsatisfactory to all, his fitness for an important position...
There are two ways which might be adopted to limit the forward pass, either of which would be beneficial. The first method would be to limit the men who could receive the pass to the quarterback, halfbacks, and fullback, and eliminate the five-yard boundary on each side of centre, which is not only a constant annoyance to the officials, but makes a decision only an arbitrary expression of opinion, and not of fact. It might be well to allow two passes in each play, the same four men only being eligible to receive it. This would open...
...second method which might be adopted is to allow the defense to make a fair catch just as in the case of a kicked ball, and to punish interference with the opportunity for a fair catch in the same way. This would eliminate all slow high passes, but would not affect the low quick ones, which are the ones to encourage as being those which take skill and head-work...
...method of the course will be constructive rather than historical. Although the general view-point will be technical, educational problems will be treated from a non-professional stand-point. Froebel's theories reflect closely the tendencies of the romantic movement, and lead to the consideration of the work of Carlyle, Ruskin, Emerson, Novalis, Schelling, Goethe, and Schiller...