Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-17
A Splendid LECTURE
Delivered at the Y. N. c. A. Building,
Last Evening.
DR.. John w. Simpson, Ex-President
Of Marietta College, Discoursed
en- "HOw we Americans Talk.
The Last of tho Winter Course of
Lectures.

The Last Of the Winter Course of
Lectures.
Or. John ". Simpson. the scholarly ex-
president of Marietta College last night
delivered for the first tins. his recently
composed lecture. How We Americans
Talk" az the y. NJ. C. A. Hall.
This was the last of the seasons course
| OF lectures and no previous event of the
/ winter eNcelled the entertaining and in
/ structve address of Dr Simpson. 1t was
a forceful and logical plea for a better APP
! probation and more intelligent us of the
( vast powers and resources of the English
/ language on the part of present day Amer
/ leans. DIR. Simpson is a pleasing speaker
and a thorough scholar. and his lecture is
/ bound 10 be popular wherever and when
/ ever delivered. This address was not only
an outline of the faults of which Amer
I leans should be cautioned. buJ was splen-
/ did tribute TO the inos,imabie power OF
words and language when wisely chosen
| and appropriately spoken. He prefaced the
main part of his lecture by an argument
. against the stock phrase tina, acts always
/ speak louder than words He held that
/ language was the means by which mind
triumphed over matter and the future mis-
tori,,, would f,,J .,,o+ tho ,,rostes, ,otio,s
were do 10 the power Of language or words.
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/ by Bryan last year was cited as an in
stance that language was still a force in
the field of action. Words cover even
hosts of facts and have swayed more peo-
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and 20 describe small incidents shows
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tl,o,,qbte and sentiments were rare3tel
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habit generally INDUCED in by the frail
members or The American paonIs and soci-
etv The habit dcprecatine or detrac.Inc
speaking was also 10 be abhored and con-