12 The Slat man. Salam, Owyn, Friday, September 23, 1950
Toastmaster Clubs Offer L
Opportunity for Orators to
Practice As They Preach
t Br Connd O. Franco
Sua Writer. T1m Statesman.
"We seldom burn the toast but
e likt to roast our speakers,"
would seem to be a layman's mot
to for the five Toastmaster club
operating in Salem.
These speaking; clubs, which are
planting their fall verbs this week,
believe in preaching while they
practice -on each other, that is.
- flewinj close to the old axiom
of "perfection through doing, tht
Toastmaster clubs constitute one
of the "most voluntary, non-profit,
and' unique public speaking
programs ever devised. And most
effective, all Toastmaster wOl tell
you in loud, firm vocies. -
Salem Has Five Clubs
Salem's five clubs include the
Salem club, started in 1938: the
Capitol dub, 1948, and tha Wil
lamette dub, 1949. Two all-women
groups include the Salem Toast-
mistress dub which Is six years
old jmd the Chemeketa Toastmis-
tress club, which received its
charter about two weeks tgo.
Members of the Toastmaster
dubs meet weekly and Toastmis
tress, twice monthly. Tht meet
ings are a combination of speech
training, debate, parliamentary
procedure, good fellowship, humor,
neighborly horseplay and some
good public speaking. Members
pay dues.: which just eover the
cost of operating expenses.
War to Good Speaking
It's hard for an outsider to
understand the attraction of
Toastmastering to club. members.
But these reasons crop out in
talks with nearly an members:
Toastmaster work offers the
cheapest, most pleasant way of be
coming a food public speaker and
improving your personality: the
club offers fun and food and fel
lowship with a variety of persons;
the dub Indulges in very liyttle
' extra-curriculum activity.
A typical meeting goes like this.
It always starts off with a meaJL
Then comes table topics, in which
each member speaks for one or
two minutes extemporaneously oh
any subject assigned him by the
table topic chairman.
Then the acting toastmaster
(new one each week) takes over.
He introduces the panel of speak
ers usually five. Each speaker
gives a five to six minute prepared
speech on a subject of his own
choosing. After the speaking pro-
fram the critics take over. -
peeches Criticized
Each speaker's talk is-criticized
by an assigned member-critic. The
critic follows a well-defined pat
tern and his remarks take into
consideration the speakers ex
perience and the number el
speeches he has made before the
. dub. He criticizes the speaker's
delivery, subject matter and per
sonal appearance.
Then the toastmaster faces his
critic and later a J general critic
shakes the entire meeting down
tor mistakes and virtues.
Toastmasters are near fanatics
on timing. The entire meeting is
timed from start to finish and, ac
cording to strict dub rules, meet
ings must end on time. In fact
each meeting has its timekeeper,
who. with stop- watch and timing
move along at the fast free-wheel
ing style of regular speech nights.
From All Professions
The dub memberships are made
up of men from all professions.
The Capitol dub for instance in
dudes an attorney, six realtors,
two accountants, four insurance
salesmen, a building contractor,
two plumbing contractors, a chiro
practor, an advertising agent.
piano salesman, a county truant
Officer, a landlord and a lumber
company owner. ?
- Dr. Kenneth McNIece, a psy
chiatrist, and a: former member
of tht Willamette dub, used to
thrill members with well-docu
mented accounts of psychiatric ex
periences and developments. Tht
Toastmistress dubs, members say,
are pretty well divided between
professional women and house-
Wives. I (
The CapitoL with Robert Fork
ner as president, still retains 12
of its charter members. The Wil
lamette club. Cyril Mousey pre
sident, has about IS of its original
members left and the Salem dub.
with William Hill president, baj
one charter member left.
Maria Bosch is president of tht
Salem Toastmistress club, which
has one active charter member.
Miss Bosch estimates the average
Toastmistress stays with tht dub
from three to four years. Mrs. C. .
Jacqua is president of the Cheme
keta dub. Each of the five dubs
has about 30 members.
Members of the speech clubs
feel that members "have arrived"
when they become competent
"hot seat" speakers. When a sched
uled speaker falls to show up the
toastmaster appoints a speaker to
fill In (usually one of the older
experienced members). These hot
seat speakers have only about five
minutes to prepare their talks.
Sometimes members who have
gone through basic training are
required to speak under handicaps.
So. for example, members have
seen their speakers talk with their
backs to the audience, wearing
comic masks, behind screens or
while other members made all
sort of noises and interruptions.
What do Toastmasters get out
of all this. Fun? Training? Re
laxation? Speech improvement?
Confidence? Well,' at least one
Toastmaster, Wayne Smith, form
er member of the Capitol dub,
says he owes a recent appoint
ment to a government position to
abilities learned xa Toastmaster
training. '
Sailors Keep Sheet Shooting Eyes Sharp
r-sv-ii' " - V '
I 1 W:w
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eAice ip hand, keeps a record of
each meeting, section. j
Taee. Tisaekeeper
When the speakers talk they
face the timekeeper. He flashes a!
light a minute before their speak
. trig time is up and again a half
minute before the end. When the
full time is-up a bell rings and
the speaker is supposed to sit
flown.
The- same procedure- is followed
In the Toastmistress dubs, except.
ma one member put it. "we women
don't eriticize each other's talks
uite-as outspokenly as the men,'
Once la a while the meetings
wiH vary with a night given over
to rouadtable discussion of current
affairv debate or a program of
parHimoataxj' proceedure. These
De-leer May Bring
New Jet Airliners
LOS ANGELES-4TWet airlin
ers may have been brought a bit
closer by a study made on tne
University of California campus
here. A lighter, cheaper de-icing
system can be used for the planes
if the bating is done intermit
tently, says Dr. Myron Tribus. Tri
intermittent heaters make use of
heat released when ice is formed,
h said.
De-icing problems have been
one of the factors holding up tht
switch to jet commercial airliners.
Tribus said.
These tailors from the Salem naval air facility keep their shooting eye sharp by trap shooting at tht nearby
Salem Gun elob. Skeet shooting Is a favorite sport in the navy and daring cruises regular shooting
meets are held with teams made up from asnong the sailors and officers. From left are, D. B. Baal,
' AD AN. S7 N. Liberty st.; John Anglin, AOL Salem rente ; O. H. Haworfb, AM2, 1009 S. 12th at.; and
W. C Knedler, AD1, 1S48 S. 13th, st. The men practice daring their lunch hoars. (Statesman photo).
Guilty Plea iii
Murder Case
EUGENE, Sept 28 -(JPf A 73-year-old
retired logger today
pleaded guilty to second degree
murder in the death of his wife.
The man, Andrew Jackson Waf
fle, is to be sentenced Monday to
tht mandatory lift term in prison.
He was charged with the fatal
beating of his wife, Stella, 70, in
their Springfield motel kitchen
September 16.
Waffle, bis voice shaking as he
entered the plea, sobbed and eov-
Refrigerator Said
Hub of Activity in
Meal Preparation
NEW YORK-(INS)-The refri
gerator, NOT the range, is the hub
of meal preparation activity, ac
cording to research by the Servel
homemaking institute stiff.
The study, covering several
months of meal preparation as the
ered his fact with his hands as
he left the court room.
average hou-ewife does it, reveals
that 41.5 per cent of a housewife's
hours in the kitchen are spent in
the vicinity of the refrigerator.
That's lust ahout an hour and IS
minutes a day devoted to meal
preparation and service, cleaning
up, and storing foodstuffs for a
family of four. '
At the sink, the homemaker
incnHi ahout an hour and nine
minutes, most of which is devoted
to washing and cleaning up, not
only pans and dishes, but also
some foods, such as. vegetables
and fruits. She spends tht least
time at the range, a little more
than half an hour a day.
Round-Up Reset
In September
PENDLETON, Sept. 28-4P-The
Pendleton round-up will become
a September show again next year.
Officials set tht dates for Sep
tember 12-15, hoping for oooler
weather and better attendance.
A Sunday performance, hall for
tht first time this year, was aban
doned as a failure.
The association hopes to bo able
to pay off the remaining 118,000
in a debt for improvements in the
past five years.
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