Show JT It TT IS to to be regretted that the art art r of f public speaking much cultivated in our early nat national onal life now receives comparatively little attention in college courses courses The rhe intellectual strength of Webster Clay and Calhoun was greatly enhanced by their remarkable powers of expression Rhetoric Rhetoric logic and oratory were to them what science mathematics and languages are to us Perhaps our bread and butter course is worth morein more morein morein in practical life than their logic and eloquence eloquence elo elo- quence but not withstanding that fact t j it is is certain certain many well educated men o of today would be far more influential w were r they good pub public ic speakers tj i if Under existing college methods many of the students learn to express their thoughts on paper in a a very respectable way but Lut probably probable as many more ta take e their diplomas before they have acquired skill enough to write a good magazine magazin article Then out of the number that have attained skill in writing perhaps fewer than half would be able able to to express th their ir thoughts before an aril ari audi audience nce I it 1 Ul 1 |