Show 4 I The V Value of F Forensics I 4 By DR FRANK CRANE i An earnest little book has fallen n into my h hands called An Outline for Self Education S One of ot the thep points given mot most stress by the writer writers is Is' Is s the of forensics foi foJ developing young men nen Mo Most 1 tt of Americas America's self made men from BenJamin BenJa- BenJa mm min nin Ir Franklin to Abraham Lincoln have testified 1 to o th the benefits the they ther received from debating Ever Eer since and probably probably- long long- before Bacon S wrote that speaking a It ready man man the value of oC nr argument as a sharpener of or the wits has hns been veen recognized Besides Beside this the study of or debating does a number number num num- ber her of ot other things It teaches where to find Information It drills in n the Important art of ot knowing where to seek Jt Its training In where to find facts you are arc looking for helps In everyday life later onIt on It IL trains students to give Ive attention to details derails It demands a challenging of every accepted and seemingly seem seeni- s that may harbor a fallacy It requires an exact definition of ot terms and md a u clear understanding of what is Included and what i is iI left out r It cultivates orderliness It requires that weeds be kept out of oC tile garden arden of ot the mind It demands straight rows solid foundations consecutive links Facts must be marshaled one two three It Inculcates the invaluable lesson of oC seeing the theother theother theother other side filde of ot an argument The surest man in a debate bate is D ah always alwa's s 's the one who knows the other side best S Moreover It gives gie training in teeing seeing from an another's another's another's an- an others other's point of ot view In trying to get an Idea across to a listener the 5 speaker gets training Inputting in inputting inputting putting himself in the others other's and seeing see beo- Ing the problem from his viewpoint It also gives exercise in expressing yourself putting putting put put- ting your Our Ideas Into words and making malting your thoughts clear to others In a debate you have a test of your ability and results are evident I Cop Copyright 1926 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate S A |