1. Define (_a_) introduction; (_b_) climax; (_c_) peroration.

 

2. If a thirty-minute speech would require three hours for specific preparation,

would you expect to be able to do equal justice to a speech one-third as long in

one-third the time for preparation? Give reasons.

 

3. Relate briefly any personal experience you may have had in conserving time

for reading and thought.

 

4. In the manner of a reporter or investigator, go out and get first-hand

information on some subject of interest to the public. Arrange the results of

your research in the form of an outline, or brief.

 

5. From a private or a public library gather enough authoritative material on

one of the following questions to build an outline for a twenty-minute address.

Take one definite side of the question, (_a_) "The Housing of the Poor;" (_b_)

"The Commission Form of Government for Cities as a Remedy for Political Graft;"

(_c_) "The Test of Woman's Suffrage in the West;" (_d_) "Present Trends of

Public Taste in Reading;" (_e_) "Municipal Art;" (_f_) "Is the Theatre Becoming

more Elevated in Tone?" (_g_) "The Effects of the Magazine on Literature;" (_h_)

"Does Modern Life Destroy Ideals?" (_i_) "Is Competition 'the Life of Trade?'"

(_j_) "Baseball is too Absorbing to be a Wholesome National Game;" (_k_) "Summer

Baseball and Amateur Standing;" (_l_) "Does College Training Unfit a Woman for

Domestic Life?" (_m_) "Does Woman's Competition with Man in Business Dull the

Spirit of Chivalry?" (_n_) "Are Elective Studies Suited to High School Courses?"