Word: platformization
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...those of 1833 and 1866, is predicted for Thursday or Friday night. This is the last time they may be expected for thirty-three years, and ample preparations have been made at the Observatory to cover the entire field of the shower. Four cameras have been mounted on a platform moved by clockwork so that they will cover the same sixty degrees of the sky, throughout the entire shower. Six other instruments will be in use for determining the spectrum, magnitude and distance of the Leonids, and the radiant from which they come...
...words, two of which must be arguments. The choice of topics for the other three manuscripts and their treatment will largely be left to the discretion of each student, but it is expected that he give himself practice in eulogy, the after-dinner speech, and the platform or commemorative address...
English 10, "Public Speaking," is intended for students somewhat advanced in platform speaking, although an elementary section has been added to the course to suit the needs of inexperienced men. The work consists in the study and rendering of model public addresses, and in the delivery of the students' original compositions. Each member of the course delivers a formal speech once in two weeks and more frequently opportunity for impromptu speaking is given. Brief written exercises are required from time to time, and conferences may be appointed by the instructor. The course may be taken in the Sophomore year...
...been, but elementary vocal training will be provided, to be taken either in a preceding year or in hours additional to the regular hours of the course. The work of the course will consist in the study and rendering of model speeches for acquiring the principles of platform speaking and the application of those principles to the presentation of speeches of the students' own composition. Impromptu speaking will also be practiced...
...strong in their vividness and sincerity. "Salem Skinner, Sportsman," is perhaps the most entertaining" story in the number. The writer has not allowed humor to run riot and has tempered his ridiculous situation with a very appropriate touch of the sentimental side of boy human nature. "From the Front Platform" suffers somewhat from unnecessary length, but the story, which the old horse-car driver tells, is dramatic and abounds in well-drawn pictures. "Coward" is a railroad story with an exciting situation but the writer fails to make it very clear why the "coward" deserves to be called by that...