The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-23
STRENGTHENING run MEMORY.
Memory observation-disclosures Follow
81 ~ Public Speakers.
nY WlllIam d. P. Walkrr-

by william II. r. walker.
Many people complain Of having a poor
memory. aud YET that faculty can be de-
veloped as easily as can the biceps mus
Gle. Nor is Il necessary 20 80 70 any
professor Of memory or 70 master any
elaborate system in order 20 accomplish
this result one does not have 20 go 70
a gymnasium 20 strengthen ones arm or
back Saving wood or rowing boat
VIII DO a.. Similarly memory may he
cultivated by ones own efforts and amid
one's ordinary's pursuits.
one man made the sunday service Of
his church serve ae memory cNeucise.
After the service he would endcavor TO
recall the numbers 81 all hymns sung,
the chapter and verse OF the scripture
lesson. words Of anthem. texts and points
~ sermon. This required tho paying OF
close attention and q conscious erou
70 impress these things upon his mind.
By this and other equally simple means
he developed q memory that was alb
solutcly al his command.
Famous speakers who have mcmorlzed
their speeches have adopted various elm
pie devices 40 aid them The late Hon.
John Bright fixed in mind the different
points IN his speeches hy first drawing lit
tle figures or pictorial representations. II
part ~ his speech had 10 DO with a bridge.
he would mako a little sketch Of such 4
sfruesuro OF IL with ireland or Scotland
ne would sketch small map Of the
country or tho district. lie could remem-
her these little figures or pictures. When
he rose 60 his feet he could sec them In
Imagination. ard select them one by one
as he proceeded from point % point in
the address-not having any noie or man
uzcript hy him AZ AL That war tho
method best suited him
Another way Of memorizinR the points
Of an address 10 be delivered. one which
the writer has frequently used. II nv
means Of anaRrans ~ IL very simple
Suppose one were called upon 60 deliver
Fourth 81 July Grafton. and wished 90
speak mainly on these three points: D
historic origin ~ the day. CO the sue
cess 81 the experiment in government
then inaugurated aud 90 the destiny Of
the republic. a very suitable anagram 10
recall these points 20 mind would be y.
S. A. He could set his topics down IN
tais way;
Union proclaimed by Declaration OF In
dependence.
Success ~ experiment In government
After the present whati
lie does not need 60 take any notes with
him on the platform. He can easily re-
me rnher these letters. Remembering them.
they recall his topics And remembering
tho general topic. II will itself suggest
Gny subdivisions pertaining 70 ~.
Certain people possess what may h.
called the bump % location. n they re-
member a passage IN book, they can
tell yon which side OF the page Il r. on
and what part Of the page. There are
students with that kind ~ a memory who
preparo their rccitatlons BY taking a large
sheet OF paper and writing different parts
Of tho lesson IN different places on the
psper. They then rely on their sense of
location 10 call 90 mind whatever they
may wish 90 remember.
Again. there are people who have a keen
eve Tor color They will make their Nom
oranda on slipc u paper 81 diherent col
ore. Then simply calling 20 mind par
,tcuiar color will enable them 90 remcm-
her the memorandum sssoeia'sp VIZ
thar ,.,i,sT of course all this u based
~, what Il known as the faculty % assoc
citation OF ideas.
Some peop,s who can remember words
"a nbr,ses. ind dificulty IN remembering
apuves or numbers In such cases a Gu
,to,s expedient has sometimes been re-
sorted to. A phrase viii be devised the
initial letters OF which suggest the hsnres
aoteht 70 b. remembered. For example
ENfiif WtlA p NfNfNA NhNttNf@ ~
- tine suggestive phrase might be n
se.k him" The letter will suggest the
euure /: the letter 3 somewhat resem-
Mes an s. aud the two perpendicular
strokes of the "a suggest the Roman mum
erai n. A roundabout method this may
hs but Il has served 20 fasten figures
~ tho memory ~ people who had pre-
vIously found them troublesome.
put perhaps the most wholesome way
in the long run. Is simply b. repetition
an effort to nx the thing IN the memory
directly without tricks Of memory or arli-
aoial methods. BY memorlzing one sem
tepce or verso day from the best liter
,sure the mind wiz soon have a fine
treasury OF beautiful thoughts. and an en-
rtebed vocabulary. Dr. WIN. Punshion. q
great English preacher. dd this. and bis
0ue prose may have been largely due 20
MS familiar acquaintance with the best
literature.
FOR quotation purposes q u necessary
20 remember verbatim and though this is
the hardest task o. memory. II well re-
pavs IN effort. Once trained the memory
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