Prominence For The U. Of M.

Aun Arbor's delegation at the natlonal convention of elocutionists at Detroit last week was rery prominent in the proeoedmg's ïrom the iirst, Tivo of tiiO Univereity professors had prominent places on the program, üt' them the Detroit Free Preas says: "The flrst paper of the morning was given by Prof. Thomas C. Trueblood, of Aam Arbor, on "The Qualifications of the Orator.' He called oratory the greatest power among men - the key to power. He directed attention to the three elements tliat must be developed in the orator, the vital, the mental and the emotioual. Physically, the orator must be well developed and of manly bearing. Mentally, 'the orator must know what he speaks as Antony did in Julius Caesar. Ideas must have become a part of the speaker's being. The orator must inake all preparation. Inspiration. cannot always be relied on. Genius is but the soil tliat, let alone, will run to weeds; it must be tilled. The orator, too, must keep in touch with the common people. ilorally, he must be of excellent character and reputation. He must possess earnestness and well directed enthusiasm, and must be able to control his faculties. The speaker was loudly applauded." Further down on the program caroe Prof. Fred N. Seott, who, the Free Press says: "Traced the differentiation of the branches of English language study. There had come to be a wide chasm between philology, rhetoric, English literature and elocution. This had given men a chance to specialize in their different lines, but had also brought with it a narrowing tendency. 'Each one is disposed,' said he, 'to draw himself up within the narrow limits of his own specialty and negleet those of others.' He hoped the time would come when rhetoric teachers would know something of elocution and vrhen elocutionists would cultívate the principies or rhetoric and composition more thoroughly. Prof. Scott was well received and warmly applauded."