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Title: Annual catalogue of the officers and students of the Fort Hays Auxiliary State Normal School : first year--1902-'03
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Fort Hays State Normal School
Subjects: Fort Hays State Normal School Teachers colleges
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Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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se II. Extemporaneous Speaking.— (Beginning.) Lecturesdealing with nature and various methods of speech; advantages anddisadvantages of each method; student encouraged to talk informallyon subjects self-chosen, and preferably relating to matters of personalobservation and experience; simplicity and directness emphasized; care-ful analysis and preparation and logical order and presentation advised;student permitted to speak in manner and from place most conducive toself-possession; criticisms mostly given privately. Course III. Extemporaneous Speaking.— (Advanced.) Auxiliaryreading in works dealing with the principles of public speaking; classdiscussions on same; topics familiar to the student assigned after theclass has assembled; informal debates; speaker must face audience;questions and interruptions permitted; criticisms mostly given in pres-ence of class. Two periods a week. Credit in these courses accepted insubstitution for work required in oration. 28 Western Normal School.
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Hays, Kansas. 29 Course IV. Vocabulary. Elective. Expression complete! impres-sion and creates its exchange values. Tones are the expressional agencyof the feelings. Words are the expressional agency of the intellect, lie-number and nature of the words indicate the extent and content of thethinking carried on by their user. In this course is begun a study of the sources and growth of the Eng-lish language. A brief survey is taken of the inflowing streams of wordsand the race modifications contributing to form our present speech.Words are classified into four groups. The student partially completesan inventory of his vocabulary, examining each word with reference toits expressional value as he has used it, and compares with those mean-ings indicated in the works of the best writers and speakers. This easilyleads to an increase in the stock of words usable in the daily needs ofthinking, speaking and writing. Expression values are tested by meansof substitution of synonyms. Five periods

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