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Show ORAL EXPRESSION J THEJCHOOLS "There has never been a time when convincing and forceful speech exerted exert-ed o great an Influence as now, In business, social and public llfo. It Is not too much to say that to speak well Is a passport to success," said W. H. O'Byrne, head of the department depart-ment of oral expression In the h;gh school when asked by a representative representa-tive of the Standard to outline the purpose (of that department. Continuing Con-tinuing Mr O'Byrne said: "Oral expression Is the art of speaking speak-ing language so as to make the thought It expresses, clear and Impressive. Im-pressive. This is beat done bj teaching teach-ing students to deliver the sentences in which their thoughts are couched in a natural and consequently in an impressive manner, "In this department we begin with the fundamentals. The first-requisite J to natural and impressive speaking Is that the student think in a logical , manner. But before giving utterance I to thoughts a student must learn j that the slufT of which speech Is mn.le is breath. The students are trained in the management of the breath and i In the management of their mother tongue sufficiently well to articulate It distinctly and to pronounce It nc- cording to some recognized authority, j As a matter of course, studies in articulation ar-ticulation and pronounclatlon aro re-quired re-quired as a preparation. "After acquiring the fundamentals, students are taught and attain by constant con-stant practice In the class room, directness, di-rectness, earnestness nnd dignity In their delivery." |