The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-08
DoINes or rnE UN1HERs1rY.
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture by Professor Ed
 ward J. Phelps.

Professor Edward J. Phelps lectured
 last evening at Osborn hall on the sub
 Iect Debating" under the auspices of
 the Phi Beta Kappa society In the
 course of his talk he said that one great mistake In debating societies is
 that the debaters are placed upon dif-
 ferent sides of the question without any
 regard to the mems own preferences.
 Unless a man is himself convinced of
 the truth of what he is talking about l he cannot make others believe 1t. The style of a speaker is not like the style
 of the writer, who can sit in his study and make such corrections as he
 chooses, while the speaker must speak
 once for all and cannot correct without
 losing force.
 The man who indulges in slipshod
 phraseology Instead of direct language, and who slouches in his speech Is like a man whose manners are habitually bad, and when occasion comes for him
 to be at his best, it is extremely difii- cult. The best part of the English of to-day comes from the Saxon- It is surprising what number of Saxon derivatives are found in the style of the great Webster. Fully 90 per cent. of
 his words are of Saxon origin or have Saxon endings. The good talker ex- presses his thoughts i'll the fewest and shortest words at his disposal, and Us understood by many more persons than he would be with a bombastic style, Another important feature in the de- velopment of oratory is the cultivation of grace of manner and management of the voice Joseph Jefferson. although his voice is sharp and it's compass small, has an inimitable way of producing an effect on his audience, and all because he has paid attention to these details. The speaker should talk with delibera- ton and slowly so that the slow people can catch up with him. In extempora- neou speaking as in everything else the speaker must have individuality, and not initiate others. Although Rufus Choate and Daniel Webster were each good speakers. yet their style was entirely different Each had way which lent a peculiar charm to his language. Let young debaters leave out all sentimentalism and forget them selves if they would be successful.
 osborn hall was well filled with stu dents and the speaker was frequenty loudly applauded.
 YALE NOTES.
 The class tennis tournment will be- gin on Wednesday, May 15. The Shef- field Scientific school and each of the academic classes will have separate tournaments, all men in the graduating department competing with the seniors, Prizes are to be given in each class wehe there are at least sixteen entries. All winners of first and second prizes will be allowed to compete for the uni versity championship.
 Princeton, as she holds the inter- collegiate cup, has the right to name the place and time for the gun club contest this spring Accordingly she challenged Yale to shoot at Princeton on either May 23 June or the morning of June S. The challenge has been ac- oepted and the morning of June chos- en as the date by the Yale club. As this is the day of the Yale-Princeton baseball game there should be a num- Der of Yale men present to encourage the team. Since it Is to be later than was first expected the handicap shoot l at the field for the Parker gun will be 1 postponed week or two
 The Glee and Banjo clubs will give | a concert in Poughkeepsie Friday even- ing. After the concert there will be a | dance given by the patronesses and | young ladies of Vassar. A number of l will accompany the clubs.
 An interesting feature of the regatta | to be held at Lake Whitney this after | noon will be an exhibition race be- | tween the 'Varcity and '97 crews.
 A photograph of the academic seniors will be taken at the senior fence to- morning at 10 o'clock for the | class photogravure album.
 The subject for this years essay for men trying for the Law School Journal Is "The Law and the Telephone"
 Recitations for the academic depart ment will close this year on Wednes- day, June 5, at D. m., and the examin- ations will close on Tuesday, June at 5 D. m.
 The Lafayette game played at | Yale field yesterday afternoon resulted | in victory for the home team by a score of 10 to 1.