University of Oregon monthly., February 01, 1908, Image 36

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O regon M o n t h l y
E D IT O R IA L
E D IT O R -IN -C H IE F
M IR IA M VAN W A T E R S ’08 g'
BUSINESS M ANAGER,
M E R W IN R A N K IN ’10
ASSISTANT' BUSINESS MANAGER,
W IL L IA M M . CAKE- ’TO -
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L O U IS E B R Y A N T ’08
MARY SC O T T ’0 8 '
RU TH HANSON, ’10 I
JE N N IE L IL L Y , '’1 0 ''’ J
ASSO CIATE AND ASSIST ANT ’ EDITORS •
W IL L IA M D IL L ’08
JE S S E BOND ’0 9 1
E A R L K IL P A T R IC K , » S
T H O M A S B U R K E ; ’i i A
T h e U n iv er sit y o f O regon M o n t h l y is published m o n th ly d-uring th e collège v e a r
by th e A ssociated S tu d e n ts y f th e U n iv ersity o f O regon. S u b sc rip tio n $1 p e r y e ar: 50 Cents
per te rm ; p a y a b le in ad v an ce. Single copies, 15 cen ts. F o r sale a t th e B o o k S to r e s .. A d­
dress a ll b usiness c o m m u n ic atio n s to M erw in R an k in .
T h e M o n t h l y so licits sto rie s, sketches a n d verse from th e s tu d e n t b o d y a n d Alumni'.
[E n te re d a t
p o sto m c e
E ugene, O régon, a s second class m ^ tje ^ ;]
College
W e may be said tb bejfiving in an age o f discussion.
O ratory ' | Ñq subject; hoVevér, v e ile ^ in sa.telí^'ean loñgfescape
the dissolving* process qf popular taík. I More' and more?
our profiíeriis, national and individual' are being setfl^T by1 mete
word/6f mouth. This tendérícyha-s incentivé to progr&is peculiar to
il self. It p l a t é e ’premiutíí Oh mfehhdhalertne^^ S ^ b e a j faetqf^in*
public-matters" One
power to'^alk ablye-'i,<
Theoretically this is- the^Kief function of college oratorical train-*
ing^ It aims- to develop p q^er q.f clear thinking and forceful speech.
The-y^Tue of, süch training, hqwe%r, ilf^ombyzhat limited by th e
indirect method of procedure. By a sg^tem H fryóuts and prizes
elimination tjep ^ esf^ h e prime factor-. In o rd e rj|o w in , and H E R
be said th a fn o one enteja an oratorical cqhíesf w ith any otft¿Vra¿-¿
tiyé| the. young orator must conform to
qratoryxf'-
Herein .lies the g H Q the m atter: the quality J ó fjthe oratory
of the college is determined at the tryout. T he Judge 4 s the cri­
terion. | If college oratory is; to have, value it
be regulated by
the highest-obtainable standard; since’ the’ fudge is .responsible for;
the^tandard he:should b e ,n o t only posse^the-kee,ne4f ability#but.
should act in accordance , withf/soihe'definite“ principle. This-is done
in theory, but it should be made a píae^^í„,i^alb^w Evqrynim e va,
decision Jsdtíascd on, some ipdiyidüaf crochet,-.or sentimentality the
intellectual tone ,qf college oratory
Every departure
from standarclweakens tjie-quality, deteriorates the S H H our pub­
lic speaking. ,
tM ó 'P inion °f
who ^ha^e-given thought-to this?sub-