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...scoring board extending almost the length of the building, and a large stand for guns. A stove will be put in place for the winter and the interior will be made attractive with pictures and ornaments. A number of improvements have also been made on the new grounds. The platform from which the men shoot has been considerably widened and the pull has been so arranged as not to interfere with the shooters. Now that the equipment of the club has been made thoroughly modern a large proportion of its matches will he held on home grounds...
English 10, conducted by Mr. I. L. Winter, is a half course in "Public Speaking," and is intended for men somewhat advanced in platform speaking. The course should precede English 30, and may be taken as early as the Sophomore year. The number of students is necessarily limited, and only those for whom the training is to serve a special purpose are expected to apply for admission. Each student speaks formally once in two weeks some model address or an original composition of his own, and frequent opportunity is given after the regular speeches for impromptu discussion...
...evidence. Though "form," or the method of presentation, is not given as great consideration as argument, its importance is always recognized in the selection of judges chosen to pick a team to represent the University. Upon every such board of judges is one who is an authority on platform sheaking. The most approved manner of presentation is the deliberate and undemonstrative in distinction to the oratorical or campaign style. The common trait of the best University debaters of the past has been a faculty of combining with solidity of argument an objective style of delivery--the faculty of talking...
...plateau north of the Colorado canon in Arizona and Southern Utah. This party was composed of Professor Davis, E. V. Huntington 3G., J. W. Goldthwait '02, and Messrs. G. B. Dorr '74 of Boston and A. Cobb of Newton. For two nights the party camped on the esplanade or platform in Colorado canon about 1500 feet below the plateau and 3500 feet above the river. The members spent most of their time in studying the great dislocation known as the Horricane Fault, and a number of very important facts were determined in regard to it. The most notable of these...
...days of the conference were mainly divided between religious meetings in the mornings and evenings, and in the afternoon athletic games of several sorts. At eleven o'clock in the morning as well as at eight in the evening there were platform addresses by such prominent speakers as Dr. Kellman, of Edinburgh, Dr. Campbell Morgan, R. E. Spear, Ralph Connor and John R. Mott. There were also addresses in th evening by representatives of various professions who pointed out the opportunities for Christian service in other walks of life than in the ministry...