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Identifier: belltvol20elephonemag00amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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eech. At Rutgers we approach thesubject from a strictly practical view-point. We are turning out young men,many of whom will go into business.Good speech is one of the most help- ful assets these men can have, es-pecially since their careers are stillahead. Therefore, we are interestedonly in speech that can be used intel-ligently. Speech to be useful andvaluable must be practical! It occurred to us that for every oc-casion when a man speaks from theplatform or in the conference room,he takes part in hundreds of telephoneconversations. Again, this appliesparticularly to the younger men. Sofar as we knew, no school or collegeoffered instruction in use of the tele-phone—not even schools specializingin speech training. Yet your voice, bytelephone, is often your first introduc-tion to some stranger. His first im-pressions are likely to be determinedby how you sound to him in his re-ceiver. No matter what you actuallymay be like, if you sound ill-educated, 82 Bell Telephone Magazine MA Y
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Recording a Conversation Two Rutgers seniors converse and Professor Reager monitors as the apparatus in the center makes a record of the conversation. Specially grouped for this picture, the students are actually stationed in separate rooms for regular instruction slovenly, or uninterested in the othermans affairs, his impression will be un-favorable. Regardless of the logic ofit, decisions are made every day (andoften important decisions) on noth-ing more tangible than the thought:He seems like a pleasant chap, or Ididnt like him! This led us to be-lieve that instruction in speech forpractical daily use is incomplete with-out training future business men toextend their voices and personalitiesby telephone in an effective, pleasantmanner. Recording Permits Review When the new four-week coursewas introduced, use was made of therecording technique because of its ef-fectiveness in public speech instruc- tion. Two students go to separatetelephones which are connected to theequipment. They

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